following cost data pertain to the operations of Mancia Department Stores‚ Inc.‚ for the month of February. The Brentwood Store is just one of many stores owned and operated by the company. The Shoe Department is one of many departments at the Brentwood Store. The central warehouse serves all of the company’s stores. | (1) | 1. | What is the total amount of the costs listed above that are NOT direct costs of the Brentwood Store? | $152‚000 | | $92‚000 | | $79‚000 | | $38
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AJ Davis Department Store Part B AJ Davis Department Store Introduction The following information will show whether or not the manager’s speculations are correct. He wants to know the following information: Is the average mean greater than $45‚000? Does the true population proportion of customers who live in an urban area exceed 45%? Is the average number of years lived in the current home less than 8 years? Is the credit balance for suburban customers more than $3200? Hypothesis testing and confidence
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MAJOR MOTIVATIONAL AND EMOTIONAL RESPONSE THEORIES Define the major motivational and emotional response theories that influence behavior. "Emotion is a feeling state involving physiological arousal‚ a cognitive appraisal of situation arousing the state‚ and an outward expression of the state. The James-Lange Theory "James claimed that first an event causes physiological arousal and a physical response. Only then does the individual perceive or interpret the physical response as an emotion
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Human motivational theories propounded by Maslow‚ Herzberg ‚ McClelland and Vroom Motivation is a term that refers to a process that controls‚ and sustains certain behaviours. For instance: An individual has not eaten‚ he or she feels hungry‚ and as a response he or she eats and decreases feelings of hunger. According to various theories‚ motivation may be rooted in a basic need to minimize physical pain and maximize pleasure‚ or it may include specific needs such as eating and resting‚ or a desired
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Generically‚ appraisal theorists define emotions as episodes that are restricted to a duration of a little more than a few seconds‚ which will encounter several changes; changes in your evaluation and appraisal of the stimulus‚ changes in your action tendencies‚ the peripheral and central somatic responses‚ your expressive behaviour (muscle movements‚ facial expressions) and emotional feelings (the reflections of other factors and the stimulus in your consciousness) (Moors‚ 2013). Additionally‚
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an Australian retailer tracing its origins back to 1838 when it first opened in Sydney to sell “the best and most exclusive goods” (DJS‚ 31 Oct. 2009). It has since expanded to become a national retail chain comprising of nearly 40 premium department stores. The subject of this analysis is a strategic business unit (SBU) that is playing an increasingly important role in the company’s future growth strategy; namely the provision of financial services. As the result of a strategic alliance with
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Motivational Strategies and Productivity Cynthia Henry PSY 320 June 4‚ 2012 Sandra Branton‚ EdD Motivational Strategies and Productivity Introduction Recent research by Gallup and Harris Interactive polling shows that ninety percent of managers are either disengaged or distracted from key priorities and only ten percent are focused on what matters most to their organizations. More discouraging are the findings regarding employees. Poll results showed that only twenty nine percent of all
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optimize performance in a work setting‚ the different motivational theories will be discussed as well as their affect on employee’s behavior. It intends to outline a fictitious organizations proposed incentive and motivation plans for their employees. Keywords: motivation theory‚ organizational development‚ incentive plans‚ motivation MOTIVATIONAL PAPER: MOTIVATION THEORIES 3 Motivational Paper: Motivation Theories Motivation is a crucial yet invisible force that all
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Motivational Techniques Motivation‚ everyone who has a desire to succeed in life and in business usually has some form of it. Motivation represents those psychological processes that cause the arousal‚ direction‚ and persistence of voluntary actions that are goal directed (Kreitner & Kinicki‚ 2008‚ p. 210). But one must ask‚ what makes a company successful? Is it the products they make? Is it the marketing they use? Or is it the people that work for the organization that makes them successful? After
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