Assignment #1 1. Define scarcity and opportunity cost. What role d these concepts play in the making of management decisions? Scarcity is a condition that exists when resources are limited relative to the demand for their use. Another way of describing this condition is to state that scarcity exists when resources are not available in unlimited amounts. When resources are available in unlimited amounts‚ economists consider them to be “free” goods. Because of the scarcity of resources‚ choices
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Quiz Questions for Chapter 1 1. Waverly Company paid $5‚000 cash for wages of production workers. This business event would: a. increase total assets and total equity. b. increase one asset account and decrease another asset account. c. decrease total assets and total equity. d. decrease one asset account and increase an equity account. 2. Warren Company makes candy. During the most recent accounting period‚ Warren paid $3‚000 for raw materials‚ $4‚000 for labor‚ and
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Benedictine University MBA 601 Managerial Accounting Final Project (paper) Outsourcing In today’s business environment‚ outsourcing becomes more and more popular and important for all kind of companies because more and more companies realized the benefits of outsourcing. Outsourcing is the process by which the company contracts to another one to supply some goods and services. Outsourcing is not only used in the domestic business‚ but also used in the international business that is the offshoring
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Michelle Seefeld Managerial Finance Learning Session 1 Written Assignment Chapter 1 Discussion Question 6 What document is necessary to form a corporation? A corporation is formed through articles of incorporation‚ which specify the rights and limitations of the entity (Block‚ Hirt‚ & Danielson‚ 2011). Web Exercise (pp. 22-23) In summary‚ the credo for Johnson & Johnson challenges the company to put the needs and well-being of the customers first. The former chairman for the company
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Managerial Roles Managers must wear many different hats in formulating and implementing task activities related to their positions. In an attempt to understand the diversity of hats managers must wear‚ Henry Mintzberg examined managerial activities on a daily basis. His study enabled him to identify ten different but‚ coordinated sets of behavior‚ or roles‚ that manager assume. These ten roles can be separated into three general groupings: interpersonal roles‚ informational roles‚ and decisional
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Gus Bonilla MBA 217 Managerial Economics Individual Assignment 2) A firm’s product sells for $2 per unit in a highly competitive market. The firm produces output using capital (which it rents at $75 per hour) and labor (which is paid a wage of $15 per hour under a contract for 20 hours of labor services). Complete the following table and use that information to answer the questions that follow. K | L | O | MPK | APK | APL | VMPK | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | 50 | 50 | 50
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Profit rates differ among firms in a given industry and even more widely among firms in different industries. Please explain the factors which contribute to different profit rates. Profit rates differ among firms in any given industry in variety of industries. Several theories are explained below to show which the factors are influences the profit of a firm; A. Risk Bearing Theory of Profit The idea was conceived initially by an American economist‚ F.H. Hawley. Hawley believed that a circle
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Managerial Statistics Distinguish between primary data and secondary data? OBJECTIVE The main objective of this topic is to measure the degree of relationship between the variables under consideration.The correlation analysis refers to the techniques used in measuring the closeness of the relationship between the variables. DEFINITION Some important definitions of correlation are given below: 1. “Correlation analysis deals with the association between two or more variables”. ---- Simpson &
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............................ 2 2.0 MANAGERS………………………………………………………………………….. 2 2.1 Top Level Managers…………………………………………………………… 2 2.2 Middle level Managers………………………………………………………… 2 2.3 Low level Managers or first-line Managers…………………………………… 3 3.0 MANAGERIAL FUNCTIONS………………………………………………………. 3 3.1 Planning……………………………………………………………………….. 4 3.2 Organising……………………………………………………………………… 4 3.3 Leading or Directing…………………………………………………………… 5 3.4 Controlling…………………………………………………………………….. 6 3.5 Staffing…………………………………………………………………………
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Benedictine University Managerial Economics Individual Work-1 Unit Tutor: Char Lee Racine Student name：Gu Haizhen (Vivian) Date of issue: September 6‚ 2010 Date of submission: September 13‚ 2010 Contents I. 3 II. 4 III. 7 VI. 9 Technical problems I. During a year of operation‚ a firm collects $175‚000 in revenue and spends $80‚000 on raw materials‚ labor expense‚ utilities‚ and rent. The owners of the
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