Prestige Telephone Company Scott Johnson‚ Nicole Phillips‚ Ashton Shuler‚ & Brandy Watts February 25th‚ 2014 Group Contributions Responded to all texts‚ discussion boards‚ and emails Participated in online chat and conference call Answered question 3 Provided the framework of how the case would be set up Suggested new ideas for later projects on how to discuss our topic Responded to all texts‚ discussion boards‚ and emails Participated in online chat and conference call Answered
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Qualities of a good telephone operator Punctuality – it is extremely important that an operator reports for duty at least five minutes before his/her shift. Personal hygiene and deportment – operators must be particularly careful that their mouths are free from odour. Hair should be properly groomed and finger nails well maintained. Accuracy – errors are usually caused by carelessness or misunderstanding. All this can be avoided by the exercise of reasonable care‚ particularly in putting
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follows to demonstrate the financial impact to the Prestige Telephone: A To keep Prestige Data Service in operation‚ Prestige Telephone will incurre: Expense Lost of Subdiary Revenue Earned Space Corporate Service Total Expense B 82‚000 21‚438 Service fee paid to Prestige Data Service Net Loss in March Fee paid by Prestige Data Service 9‚240 15‚236 $ 78‚962 To close down Prestige Data Service‚ Prestige Telephone will incurre: Expense Sunk Cost 178‚400 4‚560‚000
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Accounting for Decision Making (GSM5301) Case Study Report 6 Prestige Telephone Company GROUP 4 : LECTURER : Dr. Ahmed Razman HAND IN DATE : 26 March 2014 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2.0 Prestige Data Services is a subsidiary of Prestige Telephone Company‚ designed to perform data processing for the telephone company and selling computer services to other organizations. The subsidiary started operations in 1995 and has yet to experience a profitable month. Worse
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Tri-Component Attitude Model Tri- Attitude Attitude (aka‚ The ABC Model) Affect (Emotions): A lasting evaluation of an object. lasting – The way a consumer feels about an attitude object. Object Object evaluations are generally unidirectional‚ although ambivalence is possible. Behaviour (Connative): – Consumer’s intent to do something in relation to an attitude object. Cognition (Beliefs): – Thoughts a consumer has about an attitude object. Attitude Functions
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1.) "Revenue hours" represent the key activity that drives costs at Salem Data Services. Which expenses in Exhibit 2 are variable with respect to revenue hours? Which expenses are fixed with respect to revenue hours? Variable: Wages of hourly personnel‚ Power Fixed: Rent‚ custodial services‚ computer leases‚ maintenance‚ depreciation‚ salaried staff wages‚ administration‚ sales‚ systems development‚ sales promotion‚ corporate services 2.) For each expense that is variable with respect to
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Sales Fixed cost10 Sales promotion Fixed cost11 Corporate services Fixed cost11 1 The rent is a fixed cost because SDS has to pay the rent at Salem Telephone independent how many hours they are selling. That means even if SDS sell nothing the rent has to be paid. 2 The custodial services are fixed cost because they depend on Salem Telephone ’s estimated annual cost per square foot and so they are independent from the revenue of SDS. 3 The computer equipment is a fixed cost due to the fact
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John Locke wrote two essays‚ which defended the English who had recently removed the king in the Enlightenment. The two essays included two Treatises on Government to provide the framework for our right to revolt. In the Second Treatise‚ which we read‚ John Locke covers the topics of the state of nature‚ the state of war‚ slavery‚ and property. The state of nature means to have no government and we have the rights to life‚ liberty‚ and property‚ which were given to everyone by God. There are three
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Lockheed Tri Star Case Study Introduction By 1966‚ Lockheed had already invested almost $900 million in research and development of the Tri Star L-1011 (Scott‚ 2010). By 1971‚ with over $1 billion in sunk costs‚ Lockheed was seeking a $250 million federal guarantee through a congressional hearing in order to complete the program. Lockheed presented their case as a liquidity issue caused by unrelated military contracts and assured that the Tri Star program was economically sound (text). Through
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Turkesa Bullock BUS 5431 Managerial Accounting January 31‚ 2013 Salem Telephone Company Harvard Case Study Recommendation: The two suggestions by Flores: 1. Use pricing strategy to increase commercial revenue hours * This method will not add extra costs. However‚ according to our estimation above‚ changing price to either $1000 (97 hours) or $600 (180 hours) cannot prevent a net loss. 2. Increase sales promotion cost to win more business but the price unchanged *
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