Hogle Company – Job Order Costing Example Hogle Company is a manufacturing firm that uses job-order costing. On January 1‚ the beginning of its fiscal year‚ the company’s inventory balances were as follows: Raw materials $20‚000 Work in process 15‚000 Finished goods 30‚000 Prepaid Insurance 10‚000 The company applies overhead cost to jobs on the basis of machine-hours worked. For the current year‚ the company estimated that it would work 75‚000 machine hours and incur $450
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Temporary Employees versus Permanent Employees Lynne Basco Ashford University BUS 640 Michael Blagg June 19‚ 2011 Temporary Employees versus Permanent Employees Executive Summary The purpose of this paper is to determine whether a company should utilize temporary employees over hiring permanent fulltime employees. This paper will look at not only the economic cost and the accounting cost of both options; it will also factor in the long-run economic impact that both options will have on
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such as organizational commitment (Farkas & Tetrick‚ 1999) and job involvement (Babnik‚ 2010)‚ which are necessary in present times‚ where all firms are looking for competitive advantage and especially through their people (Galanou‚ & Dimitris‚ 2010). One of the most often cited definitions on job satisfaction is the one given by Spector (1979) according to whom job satisfaction has to do with the way how people feel about their job and its various aspects. It has to do with positive employee attitudes
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Employees who like where they work will help the company make more money. Sears conducted an 800-store survey that showed the impact of employee attitudes on the bottom line. When employee attitudes improved by 5%‚ customer satisfaction jumped 1.3%‚ consequently increasing revenue by one-half a percentage point. Seeking ways to motivate and build worker morale pays dividends to any business or organization. The motivated worker is more committed to the job and to the customer. In order to attract
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Motivating Employees Motivating Employees If you want a successful company‚ you need to understand the important role that your employees play in any activity. Many times‚ as an employer‚ we forget the importance of understanding employees’ needs and want to be able to keep an atmosphere with motivated employees. When I think about motivation‚ I think about the reason that initiates‚ guides‚ and maintains people to keep reaching for their goals. Without motivation
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1. Introduction After candidates recruited by the company‚ the human resource supervisor should face a very important problem‚ that how to motivate the employees to improve the integrate quality and work positivity. Motivational technique is one of the most effective ways. While motivation techniques are not difficult to master‚ they are often neglected‚ but it does not have to be that way (Weiss‚ 2011). The advance of motivation theories made human resource management entered a higher phase
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Behavior Unit 2: Assignment Job Satisfaction Important Factors 6/17/2011 I selected my top five to reflect what I believe are important aspects within the workplace. I selected Job security as my number one most important aspect. My second is career advancement‚ then pay/compensation. Fourth is Benefits and lastly balance between home life and work. These to me are the most important aspects of a job or career that could be offered within any given position with a company. I was appalled when I
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A research work on Employee Satisfaction measurement with special reference to KRIBHCO‚ Surat Ekta Sinha Asst. Professor‚ Uka Tarsadia University‚ Gujarat Abstract: This research work has been done to measure the satisfaction level of employees with special reference to KRIBHCO‚ Surat. Today to sustain in such a competitive market its very important to retain good employees‚ that contribute towards the attainment of Organizational goal and customer satisfaction as well. Many researchers have
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BUS 520 Week 4‚ Chapter 6: Motivating Employees Slide # Slide Title/ Topic Slide text/Narration 1 Introduction Welcome to Leadership and Organizational Behavior. In this lesson‚ we will discuss Motivating Employees. Please go to the next slide. 2 Objectives Upon completion of this lesson‚ you will be able to: Identify the key factors affecting individual motivation and explain the application of a variety of motivational theories and job design considerations. Please go to the next
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MANAGERS INFLUENCE EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION AND COMMITMENT? HOW DO SMALL BUSINESS MANAGERS INFLUENCE EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION AND COMMITMENT? Janine Krüger: Department of Business Management‚ Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Chantal Rootman: Department of Business Management‚ Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Purpose: The purpose of this research is to scrutinise motivational factors that may influence the levels of satisfaction and commitment of small business employees. Problem investigated: An
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