Company leaders that are not satisfied with the ruling of the full Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals. The danger in appealing to the Court of Appeals is:
A) the company does not have the opportunity to present oral arguments
B) the cease and desist orders are normally upheld
C) a company may be ordered to pay civil penalties
D) the decision is not binding
C
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a. They should be written in an informal style. b. Few employees are required to prepare them. c. They have little value in the overall management of a business. d. They are often based on the writer's experience and related notes or files.
A catfish bait manufacturer uses a secret blend of ingredients to make their infamous bait. One of these ingredients, we'll call it X for proprietary reasons, is the major component in the mixture
X is ordered in 55 gallon barrels from out of state and is used at the rate of 800 barrels per year. Each order that is placed with the supplier costs $45 to process. Storage space is at a premium on the manufacturing floor and out in the yard, so their annual cost to hold inventory is $80 per barrel. The owner's brother-in-law provides transportation services and his record has been less than stellar, so lead time has averaged 6 days with a standard deviation of 3 days. Stopping the process would be disastrous, so the plant manager has set a 99% service level on the reorder point. What is the best order quantity? What is the total cost at this reorder point? What is the reorder point? What is the cost of holding this safety stock? What will be an ideal response?
Lucky administers an integrity test at Garden Haven, a supplier of lawn and garden supplies, in order to screen out potential thieves or dishonest workers. Howard, another Garden Haven employee, frantically finds Lucky and tells him the test is no good because several applicants just told him they faked their answers. What should Lucky do?
A. hire a group of proctors who are trained to catch cheaters to oversee test administration B. do away with unreliable integrity tests and ascertain the qualities of applicants from face-to-face interviews C. invalidate all of the tests taken during the testing period referred to by Howard D. stop using the integrity test and switch to the more reliable and less invasive polygraph test instead E. nothing because faking is common and does not influence the correlation between scores and performance
Which of the following statements about the Internet's impact on marketing is not true?
A) The Internet has broadened the scope of marketing communications. B) The Internet has decreased the impact of brands. C) The Internet has increased the richness of marketing communications. D) The Internet has expanded the information intensity of the marketplace.