Corbin must inform employees that overtime pay will be reduced from the current 2.0 factor to a 1.5 factor. Because he anticipates a hostile reaction, which of the following sequences should Corbin use for the parts of his message?
A) Bad news, explanation, reasons, and closing
B) Bad news, reasons, buffer, and closing
C) Buffer, reasons, bad news, and closing
D) Buffer, explanation, reasons, and closing
C
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Which of the following statements is true about apparent authority?
A. If the agent justifiably believed he or she had authority, this authority would be apparent. B. Only a general agent can have apparent authority. C. If a third party justifiably believed the agent had authority, the agent's authority would be apparent. D. Only a special agent can have apparent authority.
GrowHealthy, a manufacturer of vegetarian food options had the following results from its Subunit A:
Requirements:
1. Complete the performance evaluation report for this subunit (round to two decimal places).
2. Based on the data presented and your knowledge of the company, what type of responsibility center is this subunit?
3. Which items should be investigated if management's decision criteria is to investigate all variances equal to or exceeding $9,000 and 10% (both criteria must be met)?
4. Is it possible that the variances are due to a higher-than-expected sales volume?
5. Which balanced scorecard perspective is being addressed by this performance report? Is it a lead or lag indicator?
Darren Corporation's Maintenance Department provides services to the company's two operating divisions - the Paints Division and the Stains Division. The variable costs of the Maintenance Department are budgeted based on the number of cases produced by the operating departments. The fixed costs of the Maintenance Department are budgeted based on the number of cases produced by the operating departments during the peak period. Data appear below:Maintenance Department: Budgeted variable cost$2per caseBudgeted total fixed cost$830,000 Paints Division: Percentage of peak period capacity required 30% Actual cases 20,000 Stains Division: Percentage of peak period capacity required 70% Actual cases 63,000 For performance evaluation purposes, how much Maintenance
Department cost should be charged to the Paints Division at the end of the year? A. $498,000. B. $289,000. C. $298,800. D. $240,000.
Acme, Inc., produces widgets. To manufacture a new type of widget, it took 52 hours for the first widget. Acme estimates it has a 95% learning rate. Using the logarithmic approach, calculate the time it will take to manufacture the 132th widget.
a. 36.24 hours b. 34.51 hours c. 29.52 hours d. 35.94 hours