Alabama Airlines has three planning specialists who help division managers develop their own division plans. Serving as consultants to the divisions, the planning specialists give advice about strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Alabama Airlines is utilizing which of the following approaches to the planning function?
A. Centralized planning department
B. Decentralized planning staff
C. Planning task force
D. Centralized planning committee
E. TQM
Answer: B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Under international accounting standards, cash received from interest (associated with interest revenue) can be shown on the statement of cash flows as an
a. operating activity only. b. operating or financing activity. c. operating or investing activity. d. investing or financing activity.
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a. Security b. Social c. Ego d. Self-actualization