Which of the following is a distinctive characteristic of multidivisional structured organizations in the United States?
A) These organizations have a close relationship with the different organizations part of the supply chain.
B) Executives at the corporate headquarters are committed to single business units.
C) Corporate headquarters are least concerned about strategic planning and the allocation of resources among business units.
D) Profit responsibility for operating decisions is assigned to managers of individual business units.
C
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Job applicants should use the business letter format of written communication to write cover letters for job applications. 2. Anyone being asked to write a letter of recommendation should be specifically asked if they would be willing to write a favorable letter. 3. Process directives are a form of written communication that addresses changes in company policies. 4. Written proposals should only include bulleted lists of objectives. 5. Interview data is a type of qualitative information included in business reports.
Overturf, Inc., manufactures and sells two products: Product Y1 and Product Y0. Data concerning the expected production of each product and the expected total direct labor-hours (DLHs) required to produce that output appear below: Expected Production Direct Labor-Hours Per Unit Total Direct Labor-HoursProduct Y1300 6.0 1,800 Product Y0500 9.0 4,500 Total direct labor-hours 6,300 The direct labor rate is $27.50 per DLH. The direct materials cost per unit is $106.10 for Product Y1 and $168.40 for Product Y0.The company is considering adopting an activity-based costing system with the following activity cost pools, activity measures, and expected activity:Activity Cost PoolsActivity MeasuresEstimated Overhead CostExpected Activity???Product Y1Product
Y0TotalLabor-relatedDLHs$151,263 1,8004,5006,300Production ordersorders 43,253 300400700Order sizeMHs 863,478 4,9005,0009,900 $1,057,994 The overhead applied to each unit of Product Y0 under activity-based costing is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) A. $1,322.49 per unit B. $1,511.46 per unit C. $1,137.72 per unit D. $872.20 per unit
Memphis Music Makers Inc.'s stated purpose is to sell musical instruments. If chief executive officer Neal contracts with Open Season Firearms in Memphis Music's name to sell a shotgun, he has likely committed
a. anultra vires act. b. ade facto act. c. ade jure act. d. a legal act.
Upon completion of an Analytic Hierarchy Process analysis, the CR = 0.23, thus
A) the decision makers' answers are relatively consistent. B) the decision makers' should consider reevaluating their pairwise comparisons. C) no conclusion is available for this value of the CR. D) the decision maker has made near perfectly consistent pairwise comparisons. E) None of the above