The Acme Aircraft Seat Company produces aircraft seats and is able to assemble 10 seats in 30 minutes using four workers. The single-factor productivity of the firm is ____ seats per labor hour.
Answer:
The productivity of the firm = 5
Explanation:
Total number of seats that is assembled in 30 min = 10 seats
Therefore total number of seats assembled in 1 hr = 10 x (60/30) = 20 seats
Total labor hours required for 20 seats = 4 workers x 1hr = 4hrs
The Single-factor productivity = output / labor hours
The Single-factor productivity = 20 seats / 4 hrs
The Single-factor productivity = 5 seats per labor hr
g Dybala Corporation produces and sells a single product. Data concerning that product appear below: Per Unit Percent of Sales Selling price $ 110 100 % Variable expenses 66 60 % Contribution margin 44 40 % The company is currently selling 5,060 units per month. Fixed expenses are $180,000 per month. The marketing manager believes that a $6,300 increase in the monthly advertising budget would result in a 200 unit increase in monthly sales. What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change
Answer:
Effect on income= $2,500 increase
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Contribution margin= $44
The marketing manager believes that a $6,300 increase in the monthly advertising budget would result in a 200 unit increase in monthly sales.
To calculate the effect on income, we need to use the following formula:
Effect on income= increase in total contribution margin - increase in fixed costs
Effect on income= 200*44 - 6,300
Effect on income= $2,500 increase
Brief Exercise 10-3 Cullumber Company is constructing a building. Construction began on February 1 and was completed on December 31. Expenditures were $1,884,000 on March 1, $1,284,000 on June 1, and $3,049,820 on December 31. Cullumber Company borrowed $1,038,290 on March 1 on a 5-year, 13% note to help finance construction of the building. In addition, the company had outstanding all year a 10%, 5-year, $2,241,900 note payable and an 11%, 4-year, $3,500,300 note payable. Compute the weighted-average interest rate used for interest capitalization purposes. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 7.58%.) Weighted-average interest rate %
Answer:
Explanation:
Interest capitalization is the sum of unpaid interest and the principal amount of a loan . Please note that interest are capitalized on outstanding note payable.
Workings
Outstanding note payable
Amount Interest
10% 5 - year note payable - 2,241,900 224,190
11% 4 year note payable - 3,500,300 385,033
Total 5,742,200 609,223
Weighted average interest rate = 609,223/5742200*100= 10.61%
Shoe companies pair their logos with exciting athletes in order to get you excited about buying their shoes. Which could be BEST described as the unconditioned stimulus in this scenario
Answer:
Exciting athletes.
Explanation:
In psychology, the term classical conditioning refers to a form of learning in which a stimulus that triggers a natural answer by itself (unconditioned stimulus and unconditioned response) is paired with another stimulus that originally doesn't trigger any answer (neutral stimulus) but, after some repetitions, the answer evoked by the first stimulus starts to show up by presenting the originally neutral stimulus. Then, this answer is known as the conditioned response and the neutral stimulus has become a conditioned stimulus)
In this example the companies are pairing the logos which originally don't trigger any answer (and therefore are the neutral stimulus) to exciting athletes (which trigger a natural answer of excitement and thus are the unconditioned stimulus) in order that you get excited when you see the logo and buy the shoes. So, the answer evoked by the exciting athletes (unconditioned response) starts to show up when you just see the logo (neutral stimulus). Thus, in this scenario, the unconditioned stimulus (the one that triggers an answer by itself) would be the exciting athletes.
Sondra was expecting a shipment of food from one of her suppliers and it didn't come. When she called the supplier the phone was disconnected. Later Sondra read that the supplier had gone out of business because it couldn't pay its debts. The supplier likely declared Chapter __________ bankruptcy.
Answer: Chapter 7 bankruptcy
Explanation:
Sondra was expecting a shipment of food from one of her suppliers and it didn't come. When she called the supplier the phone was disconnected. Later Sondra read that the supplier had gone out of business because it couldn't pay its debts. The supplier likely declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
It should be noted that chapter 7 bankruptcy is a very common form of bankruptcy and does not involve filing of a repayment plan.
A company uses the percent of sales method to determine its bad debts expense. At the end of the current year, the company's unadjusted trial balance reported the following selected amounts: Accounts receivable $ 358,000 debit Allowance for uncollectible accounts 530 debit Net Sales 803,000 credit All sales are made on credit. Based on past experience, the company estimates that 0.3% of net credit sales are uncollectible. What amount should be debited to Bad Debts Expense when the year-end adjusting entry is prepared?
Answer:
Debit Bad Debts Expense $2,939; Credit Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $2,939
Explanation:
Estimated Uncollectibles based on the past experience = $803,000 * 0.3%
=$2,409
Debit balance in allowance for doubtful accounts = $530
The total amount of Bad Debts Expense to be provided in the adjusting entry = $2,409 + $530
= $2,939
Target profit a.are when sales and costs are exactly equal. b.can be calculated by modifying the break-even equation. c.equals differential costs. d.cannot be calculated in cost-volume-profit analysis.
Answer:
b. can be calculated by modifying the break-even equation.
Explanation:
As the name implies, target profit can be explained to be the certain amount a business enterprise or a business organisation targets to hit at the end of its sales or at the end of her business dealings.
It can be easily seen in a cash flow planning as it is once modified to approximate cash flow, and also used for revealing expected results to investors and lenders. In all that it is been used for, in the scenario above, it also can be calculated by modifying the break-even equation, and deriving more conservative budgeting packages in business development too.
Adjust the contribution margin per unit and units sold based on an expected sales promotion.
Alter the fixed cost total and the contribution margin per unit for the effects of outsourcing production.
Alter the contribution margin for the effects of changing to a just-in-time production system.
If there is continually a large unfavorable variance between the target and actual profit, it may be necessary to examine the system used to derive the target profit,
Ms. Jones, the CEO of First Bank, is hoping that her employees will buy into a new performance review system. Which of the following statements would be most likely to help Ms. Jones achieve buy-in?
1. I would like the new performance system im plemented by Monday. Please see that it is done.
2. The new performance system starts on Tuesday of next week. Be prepared to use it.
3. We are implementing a new performance system effective Monday.
4. We will have a meeting Friday with HR to learn how to use it We need to continue to work on the new performance system.
Answer:
The correct answer is the option 4: We will have a meeting Friday with HR to learn how to use it. We need to continue to work on the new performance system.
Explanation:
To begin with, if Ms. Jones is looking forward to get her employees to buy the new system then she must tell them that they are going to use and it is important for the company and even more for them to have it in order to use it later because that will bring more benefits for everyone. Therefore that when she tells them that there is a meeting soon that will focus in the fact of learning how to use it and that it will show the importance of using it, the employees will feel the necessity of acquiring it for that reason.
Pocahontas School District, an independent public school district, financed the acquisition of a new school bus by signing a note for $90,000 plus interest on the unpaid balance at 6%. Annual principal payments of $30,000, plus interest, are due each July 1. Assuming that the District maintains its books and records in a manner that facilitates the preparation of the fund financial statements, the appropriate entry in the General Fund at the date of acquisition is:_________.
A) Debit Expenditures $90,000; Credit Notes Payable $90,000.
B) Debit Fixed Assets $90,000; Credit Notes Payable $90,000.
C) Debit Expenditures $90,000; Credit Other Financing Sources $90,000.
D) Debit Fixed Assets $90,000; Credit Other Financing Sources $90,000.
Answer:
C) Debit Expenditures $90,000; Credit Other Financing Sources $90,000
Explanation:
A General fund can be defined as the primary fund which are often used by a government entity and they are used to help record all inflows and outflows of resources that are not associated with funds which are for special purpose.
Therefore ,the entry in the General Fund at the date of acquisition will be :
Debit Expenditures $90,000
Credit Other Financing Sources $90,000
Reason been that the acquisition of the new school bus was been financed by signing a note for $90,000 in which the $90,000 is an expenditure which was debited while Other Financing Sources of $90,000 was been credited.
Sheridan Corp.’s sales slumped badly in 2020. For the first time in its history, it operated at a loss. The company’s income statement showed the following results from selling 550,500 units of product: sales $2,752,500, total costs and expenses $2,855,400, and net loss $102,900. Costs and expenses consisted of the amounts shown below.
Total Variable Fixed
Cost of goods sold $2,140,000 $1,590,000 $550,000
Selling expenses 250,000 92,000 158,000
Administrative expenses 210,000 68,000 142,000
$2,600,000 $1,750,000 $850,000
Management is considering the following independent alternatives for 2018.
1. Increase unit selling price 20% with no change in costs, expenses, and sales volume.
2. Change the compensation of salespersons from fixed annual salaries totaling $150,000 to total salaries of $60,000 plus a 5% commission on sales.
Required:
a. Compute the break-even point in dollars for 2017. (Round final answer to 0 decimal places.)
b. Compute the contribution margin under each of the alternative courses of action. (Round final answer to 0 decimal places.)
Answer and Explanation:
a. Here we will follow some steps to reach break-even point in dollars for 2017 is shown below:-
Step 1
Selling price per unit = Sales ÷ Number of units
= $2,752,500 ÷ $550,500
= $5
Step 2
Variable cost per unit = Total of variable ÷ Number of units
= $1,750,000 ÷ $550,500
= $3
Step 3
Contribution margin ratio = (Selling price per unit - Variable cost per unit) ÷ Selling price per unit
= ($5 - 3) ÷ $5
= 0.4
and finally
Break even point in dollars = Fixed cost ÷ Contribution margin ratio
= $850,000 ÷ 0.4
= $2,125,000
b. As per the situation the solution of contribution margin under each of the alternative courses of action is below:-
According to the 1 alternative
Selling price per unit = $5 × 1.20
= $6
Contribution margin ratio = (Selling price per unit - Variable cost per unit) ÷ Selling price per unit
= ($6 - 3) ÷ $6
= 0.5
or
= 50%
According to the 2 alternative
Variable cost per unit = $3 + $5 × 5%
= $3.25
Contribution margin ratio = (Selling price per unit - Variable cost per unit) ÷ Selling price per unit
= ($5 - $3.25) ÷ $5
= 0.35
or
= 35%
Using the overdraft protection line. Isabella Harris has an overdraft protection line. Assume that her October 2015 statement showed a latest (new) balance of $862. If the line had a minimum monthly payment requirement of 5 percent of the latest balance (rounded to the nearest $5 figure), then what would be the minimum amount that she’d have to pay on her overdraft protection line?
Answer:
$45
Explanation:
Calculation for what would be the minimum amount that Isabella Harris have to pay on her overdraft protection line
Using this formula
Percentage of monthly payment requirement × The new balance
Let plug the formula
5% * 862 = 43.1
Now we are going to round it to nearest $5
Thus, to the nearest $5 will be $45.
Therefore what would be the minimum amount that Isabella Harris have to pay on her overdraft protection line would be $45
Based on the information provided, what rental rates would you include in your forecast/proforma model from the tenants?
Select the answer and briefly explain your rationale
Contract rental rates
Market rental rates
A blend of contract and market rental rates
Insufficient information to determine
Answer:
Insufficient information to determine
Explanation:
The question makes reference to information provided as a basis for making a decision. But, there is no information provided. This makes it impossible to select any rental rates, whether Contract rental rates, Market rental rates, or a blend of contract and market rental rates, to include in the forecast or proforma model from the tenants. So, the conclusion is that there is insufficient information to determine.
Low Carb Diet Supplement Inc. has two divisions. Division A has a profit of $150,000 on sales of $2,780,000. Division B is able to make only $28,400 on sales of $307,000. a. Compute the profit margins (return on sales) for each division. (Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. Based on the profit margins (returns on sales), which division is superior
Answer:
(a) Profit margin for A = 5.40%, For division B =9.25% (b) Division B has a superior higher profit margin
Explanation:
Solution
Given that
Division A has a profit = 150,000
sales = $2,780,000
Division B profit = $28,400
Sales =$307,000
Now
(a)We compute for the margin profit for each division which is giving below:
Profit margin=Profit/Sales
Profit margin for A=(150000/2,780,000)
=5.40%
Profit margin for B = (28400/307000)
=9.25%
(b The division B is superior having higher profit margin.
Assume that taxes are constant. If the government borrows $17 billion in new funds and has a budget deficit of $35 billion, then the central bank has to:
Answer:
increase the money supply by $18 billion.
Explanation:
Data provided in the question
The Borrowed amount by the Government = $17 billion
Budget deficit = $35 million
Based on the above information
The central bank has to raise the money supply by $18 million i.e come form
= Budget deficit - the borrowed amount
= $35 million - $17 million
= $18 million
Hence, the supply is increased by $18 million
Don receives 100 utils from consuming two oranges. The utility he derives from consuming the second orange equals 30 utils. Which of the following conclusions is derived from the law of diminishing marginal utility?
a. The marginal utility Don receives from consuming the third orange will be less than 30 utils.
b. The marginal utility Don receives from consuming the third orange will be less than 100, but greater than 30 utils.
c. If the price of oranges decreases, Don will buy fewer oranges, ceteris paribus.
d. The total utility Don receives from consuming the first orange is less than the marginal utility from consuming the first orange.
Answer:
A
Explanation:
If he receives 100 utils from 2 oranges, and the second orange gives him 30 utils, we know that the third orange will give him less utils than the last, meaning without knowing the exact until he'll receive, it can be said for sure that he'll receive less than 30 utils from the third orange.
a coupon is an example of:
-inflation
-an incentive
-consumerism
-macroeconomics
Answer:
an incentive
Explanation:
A coupon is an example of an incentive. A coupon is usually a piece of paper that states a costumer can get a discount on a certain product. When someone finds a coupon that allows them to save money on a desired product, they will be encouraged to buy it. Therefore, the coupon acts as incentive to get costumers to buy more products.
When consumers purchase cell phones, they also often purchase a protective case to take care of the cell phone. As the price of a cell phone rises, the demand for a protective case shifts to the left. This means cell phones and a protective case are
Answer:
Complement
Explanation:
Complementary goods are goods that are consumed together. if the price of a good rises, the quantity of the other good falls and if the price of a good falls, the demand for the complement would rise.
If the price of a cell phone rises, the demand for a protective case shifts to the left, it means that the demand for protective cases fell. so, when the price of cell phones rose, the demand for protective cases fell.
Which of the following generate the type of externality described? Check all that apply. Your roommate, Kate, has bought a puppy that barks all day while you are trying to study economics. A leading software company has decided to increase its research budget for inventing new open-source technologies. Clancy has planted several trees in his backyard that increase the beauty of the neighborhood, especially during the autumn foliage season. The local airport has doubled the number of runways, causing additional noise pollution for the surrounding residents.
Answer:
A negative externality is a cost that a third party incurs from someone else's economic activity. When the third party experiences a beneficial effect, it is called a positive externality.
Requires the government to impose a tax.
EX:
Your roommate, Dmitri, has bought a bird that keeps you up at night with its chirping.
The local airport has doubled the number of runways, causing additional noise pollution for the surrounding residents.
Explanation:
On January 1, 2021, Avondale Lumber adopted the dollar-value LIFO inventory method. The inventory value for its one inventory pool on this date was $310,000. An internally generated cost index is used to convert ending inventory to base year. Year-end inventories at year-end costs and cost indexes for its one inventory pool were as follows: Year Ended Inventory Cost Index December 31 Year-End Costs (Relative to Base Year) 2021 $ 408,450 1.05 2022 420,740 1.09 2023 478,500 1.10 2024 513,585 1.13 Required: Calculate inventory amounts at the end of each year
Answer:
Avondale Lumber
Calculation of Inventory Amounts at the end of each year:
= Inventory cost divided by the Index:
2021: = $408,450/1.05 = $389,000
2022: = $420,740/1.09 = $386,000
2023: = $478,500/1.10 = $435,000
2024: = $513,585/1.13 = $454,500
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Year Ended Inventory Cost Index Year-End Costs
(Relative to Base Year)
2021 $ 408,450 1.05 $389,000 (408,450/1.05)
2022 420,740 1.09 $386,000 (420,740/1.09)
2023 478,500 1.10 $435,000 (478,500/1.10)
2024 513,585 1.13 $454,500 (513,585/1.13)
b) The conversion of the ending inventory cost to the base year with an index is obtained by dividing the inventory cost by the index. This gives a cost that is relative to the base year.
Pro forma income statement
Austin Grocers recently reported the following 2016 income statement (in millions of dollars):
Sales $700
Operating costs including depreciation 500
EBIT $200
Interest 40
EBT $160
Taxes (40%) 64
Net income $96
Dividends $32
Addition to retained earnings $64
For the coming year, the company is forecasting a 20% increase in sales, and it expects that its year-end operating costs, including depreciation, will equal 75% of sales. Austin's tax rate, interest expense, and dividend payout ratio are all expected to remain constant.
What is Austin's projected 2017 net income? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $13,000,000 should be entered as 13. Round your answer to two decimal places.
$ million
What is the expected growth rate in Austin's dividends? Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.
%
Answer:
Austin Grocers
1. Projected 2017 Net Income
= $102 million
2. Expected Growth Rate in Dividends
= 6.25% (2/32 x 100)
Explanation:
a) Income statement (in millions of dollars):
2016 2017
$'millions $'millions
Sales $700 $840
Operating costs
including depreciation 500 630
EBIT $200 $210
Interest 40 40
EBT $160 $170
Taxes (40%) 64 68
Net income $96 $102
Dividends $32 $34
Addition to
retained earnings $64 $68
b) Sales for 2017 = $840 million ($700 x 1.2)
c) Operating costs for 2017 = $630 million ($840 x75%)
d) Taxes for 2017 = $68million ($170 x 40%)
e) Dividend payout ratio = Dividend/Net Income = 33.33%
f) Growth Rate in Dividends = Dividend Increase/Previous year's dividend x 100 = 6.25% (2/32 x 100)
Changes in real GDP reflect Group of answer choices only changes in prices. only changes in the amounts being produced. both changes in prices and changes in the amounts being produced. neither changes in prices nor changes in the amounts being produced.
Answer:
Only changes in the amounts being produced is the correct answer to this question.
Explanation:
Real GDP is the value of goods and services at base year prices so real GDP changes reflect changes in the amounts produced in the economy.
Effective gross domestic product ( GDP) is an inflation-adjusted indicator representing the cost of the goods and economic resources by a nation in a given year (demonstrated in foundation-year prices) and is often referred to as "current prices," "corrected deflation," or "constant currency" GDP.
The varying amounts of a good or service that producers are willing and able to release on the market at different prices in a particular time period is known as
Answer:
Supply, is the right answer.
Explanation:
The given statement in the question exhibits the “Supply” because the term supply refers to the goods and services that are supplied by the supplier or producer at a particular time period and price of a commodity. There is a direct relationship between the price and supply of goods. Accordingly, if the price increases, the producers supply more commodities to earn more profit and when the price decreases, the producers supply fewer goods, or supply decreases because, at a lower price, the producer is less willing to supply the commodity.
Which of these countries has a command economy?
A. Cuba
B. France
C. United States
D. India
Answer:
A. Cuba
Explanation: Command economy , simply means planned economy
Some other countries with command economies are;
North KoreaThe former Soviet UnionA Production Facility has produced 515,000 products and would like to allocate these products to their customers. Given the following requested customer demand, calculate how much of the EXCESS product should be sent to Customer 1.
Customer 1 Demand 115,000
Customer 2 Demand 110,000
Customer 3 Demand - 95,000
Customer 4 Demand - 170,000
Customer 5 Demande 10.000
A. 2.300
B. 400.000
C. 25.000
D. 3,450
E. 15.000
Answer:
D
Explanation:
To allocate the excess , a ratio formula shall be used to allow fairness and accuracy .
Workings
Customer 1 demand - 115,000
Customer 2 demand- 110,000
Customer 3 demand - 95,000
Customer 4 demand- 170,000
Customer 5 demand- 10,000
Total 500,000
Excess production = (515000 -500000) = 15,000
Share allocated to customer 1 = Customer 1 demand / total demand * Excess production
115,000/500000*15000= 3,450
The number of Excess product that should be sent to Customer 1 is 3,450 product.
Here, we are to calculate the number of Excess product that should be sent to Customer 1.
Now, to be able to allocate the excess to Customer 1, we will use a ratio formula allow fairness and accuracy .
Details
Customer 1 Demand - 115,000
Customer 2 Demand - 110,000
Customer 3 Demand - 95,000
Customer 4 Demand- 170,000
Customer 5 Demand - 10,000
Total 500,000
The excess production = 515,000 - 500,000
The excess production = 15,000
Calculation of shares to be allocated to Customer 1
Share allocated to customer 1 = (Customer 1 demand / Total demand) * Excess production
Share allocated to customer 1 = (115,000/500,000) * 15,000
Share allocated to customer 1 = 0.23 * 15,000
Share allocated to customer 1 = 3,450
Therefore, the number of Excess product that should be sent to Customer 1 is 3,450 product.
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A plant manager wants to know how much he should be willing to pay for perfect market research. Currently there are two states of nature facing his decision to expand or do nothing. Under favorable market conditions the manager would make $100,000 for the large plant and $5,000 for the small plant. Under unfavorable market conditions the large plant would lose $50,000 and the small plant would make $0. If the two states of nature are equally likely, how much should he pay for perfect information?
Answer:
$25,000
Explanation:
Decision pay off matrix
Plant Favourable market Unfavourable market equally likely
Large 100,000 (50,000) 25,000
Small 5000 0 2500
EVPI =?
EVPI = EVwPI - EVwoPI
EVPI = 50,000 - 25,000
EVPI = $25000
Workings
EVPI = Expected value of Perfect Information
EVwPI = Expected value with Perfect Information
EVwoPI = Expected value without Perfect Information
EVwPI = (100,000+0)/2
EVwPI = 50,000
EVwoPI = 25,000 equally likely
Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 74,000 units of product were as follows: Standard Costs Actual Costs Direct materials 185,000 lbs. at $6.00 183,200 lbs. at $5.80 Direct labor 18,500 hrs. at $16.50 18,930 hrs. at $16.90 Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr., based on 100% of normal capacity of 19,310 direct labor hrs.: Variable cost, $3.10 $56,780 variable cost Fixed cost, $4.90 $94,619 fixed cost Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor. Required:
Answer:
You are missing the requirements. I looked them up and found the following:
Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 185,000 lbs. at $6.00 183,200 lbs. at $5.80
Direct labor 18,500 hrs. at $16.50 18,930 hrs. at $16.90
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr., based on 100% of normal capacity of 19,310 direct labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $3.10 $56,780
variable cost Fixed cost, $4.90 $94,619 fixed cost
Each unit requires 0.25 hours of direct labor
direct materials price variance = AQ x (AP - SP) = 183,200 x ($5.80 - $6) = -$36,640 favorable variance
direct materials quantity variance = SP x (AQ - SQ) = $6 x (183,200 - 185,000) = -$10,800 favorable variance
total direct materials cost variance = (AQ X AP) - (SQ X SP) = (183,200 X $5.80) - (185,000 X $6) = $1,062,560 - $1,110,000 = -$47,440 favorable variance
or
total direct materials cost variance = direct materials price variance + direct materials quantity variance = -$36,640 - $10,800 = -$47,440 favorable variance
When inventory declines in value below original (historical) cost, and this decline is considered other than temporary, what is the maximum amount that the inventory can be valued at
Answer:
Net realizable value
Explanation:
Net realizable value is the value gotten after taken out purchases from the estimated selling price of an inventory. This means that the net realizable value on an inventory at disposal is higher than the cost when it was originally purchased. It is to be noted that an increase in the value of inventory are recognized at the point of sale.
However, with regards to the above, inventory may be recorded at net realizable value if there are no tangible costs associated with disposal, there exist a controlled market with a price that is already quoted or the inventory is made up of gold, silver or general precious metals and agricultural products.
Which of the following is a substantive culture-changing action that a company's managers can undertake to alter a problem culture?
A. Identify aspects of the present culture that pose problems.
B. Revise policies and procedures in ways that will help drive cultural change and replace senior executives who are resisting and obstructing needed organizational and cultural changes.
C. Shift from decentralized to centralized decision-making so as to give senior executives more authority and control in driving cultural change.
D. Make a concerted effort to turn the company's core competencies into distinctive competencies.
E. Empower employees to adopt whatever new work practices they believe will be an improvement.
Answer:
B. Revise policies and procedures in ways that will help drive cultural change and replace senior executives who are resisting and obstructing needed organizational and cultural changes.
Explanation:
Culture of a company are the accepted ways of doing things on a daily basis with a view of achieving organisational goals. It includes the way employees interact with one another and their customers, procedures carrying out tasks, and so on.
The management of the company are the drivers of company culture, so a substantiative culture-changing action that can be taken to solve a problem culture will include replacing senior executives who are resisting and obstructing needed organizational and cultural changes, and revising policies and procedures in a way that will drive culture change
A local bank is running the following advertisement in the newspaper: "For just $ 2 comma 000 we will pay you $ 200 forever!" The fine print in the ad says that for a $ 2 comma 000 deposit, the bank will pay $ 200 every year in perpetuity, starting one year after the deposit is made. What interest rate is the bank advertising (what is the rate of return of this investment)?
Answer:
10%
Explanation:
Since the payment is a perpetuity, it means that the local bank is advertising a an interest rate of 10%.
This is derived by simply using the formula
PV = 2000
r
where the PV is 200,
r is unknown.
we have, 200 = 2000
r
we have 200r = 2000
solving for r, we have,
r = 2000 /200
= 10%
The $200 return rate is 10% of the initial deposit.
Cheers.
Q 7.39: In a small-town retail store, the sales clerk is responsible for counting the cash in the cash register and comparing it to the cash register tape. The clerk then takes the cash and tape to the accountant, who verifies the count, prepares the deposit slip for the bank, and records the entry in the journal. Which cash receipt control is the company most in violation of with their current system
Answer: b.segregation of duties
Explanation:
Segregation of duties as an internal control ensures that there are multiple people doing activities that if left to one person can leave the company at the risk of fraudulent activity. It also helps to reduce the incidence of errors in reporting because more than one person will be cross-checking transactions.
There should be more segregation of duties in this small-town retail store. For instance, the sales clerk should not be responsible for both the counting and comparison to the cash register tape because they could have omitted sales from the machine and then simply taken the money from the cash when counting. A different person should count the cash to see if it tallies with the cash register tape.