Alyssa works for a large amusement park and is in charge of scheduling the sizable staff, including ride attendants, food service and janitorial employees, and character actors, in an effective manner. This work is typical of
A. operations research.
B. contingency planning.
C. quality management.
D. operations management.
E. qualitative analysis.
D. operations management.
Operations management is concerned with work scheduling, production planning, facilities location and design, and decisions about the optimum inventory a company should maintain.
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A company received a bank statement showing a balance of $76,000. Reconciling items included outstanding checks of $2,000 and a deposit in transit of $9,100. What is the company's adjusted bank balance?
A) $64,900 B) $68,900 C) $83,100 D) $66,900
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. When more units are sold than produced, operating income is higher under absorption costing than variable costing. 2. For every unit that is produced but not sold, absorption costing "hides" some of the fixed manufacturing overhead in ending Finished Goods Inventory. 3. The use of variable costing to determine managers' bonuses does not give the incentive to produce more products than needed. 4. Under absorption costing, the more units added to ending Finished Goods Inventory, the less fixed manufacturing overhead is "hidden" in ending Finished Goods Inventory at the end of the accounting period. 5. Under absorption costing, the more fixed manufacturing overhead in ending Finished Goods Inventory, the larger the Cost of Goods Sold.
Martha is a high maintenance type of difficult person. On the job she is most likely to
A) demand an unreasonable amount of her supervisor's time. B) backstab her coworkers. C) cajole and intimidate other workers. D) promise any deadline, but fail to deliver.
The best way for a company to prosper is to downsize.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)