A manager tells her production employees, "It's no longer good enough that your work falls anywhere within the specification limits. I need your work to be as close to the target value as possible." Her thinking is reflective of:
A) internal benchmarking.
B) Six Sigma.
C) ISO 9000.
D) Taguchi concepts.
E) process control charts.
D
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. A large organization with a strong culture is immune to developing subcultures. 2. Beliefs, values, and norms are important even though they are not part of the organization’s culture. 3. A strong culture can even serve as a substitute for such management controls as policies, procedures, and managerial directives. 4. A norm is a subtle but spoken standard of behavior that defines how employees should act toward guests.
Game theory is the study of
A) how optimal strategies are formulated in conflict. B) decisions and their consequences. C) pure probability. D) conditional probability. E) None of the above
______ detail an agency's structure and describe its method of operation and its internal practices
a. procedural rules b. agency rules c. structural rules d. formal rules e. interpretative rules
Quantum Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system:Activity Cost PoolOverhead Cost Total ActivityAssembly$1,114,920 57,000machine hoursProcessing orders$47,016 1,800ordersInspection$107,328 1,560inspection hoursThe company makes 340 units of product J71B a year, requiring a total of 980 machine-hours, 36 orders, and 22 inspection-hours per year. The product's direct materials cost is $27.50 per unit and its direct labor cost is $18.10 per unit. According to the activity-based costing system, the total overhead cost for producing the 340 units of the J71B product is:
A. $37,126.72 B. $15,504.00 C. $17,957.92 D. $30,972.72 E. $21,622.72