Answer and Explanation:
The computation of the service level and the corresponding optimal stocking level is shown below:
Given that
Selling price = SP = $4.50
Cost price = CP = $3.00
So,
Salvage value = V = $1.50
Average daily demand (d) = 35 quarts
The standard deviation of daily demand = 4 quarts
based on the above information
Overage cost = (Co) is
= CP - V
= $3.00 - $1.50
= $1.50
Now
Underage cost= (Cu)
= SP - CP
= $4.50 - $3.00
= $1.50
So,
Service level is
= Cu ÷ (Co + Cu)
= 1.50 ÷ (1.50 + 1.50)
= 1.50 ÷ 3.00
= 0.50
= 50%
Now
At 50 % service level, the value of Z is 0
So,
Optimal stocking level is
= d + Z × standard deviation
= 35 + (0 × 4)
= 35 + 0
= 35 quarts
The production department is proposing the purchase of an automatic insertion machine. They have identified 3 machines and have asked the accountant to analyze them to determine the best average rate of return.
Machine A Machine B Machine C
Estimated Average Income $45,192.56 $64,695.00 $60,929.70
Average Investment $322,804.00 $215,650.00 $406,198.00
Select the correct answer.
a) Machine B or C
b) Machine A
c) Machine C
d) Machine B
Answer:
Option D is correct
Machine B is the best investment
Explanation:
The accounting rate of return is the average annual income expressed as a percentage of the average investment.
The simple rate of return can be calculated using the two formula below:
Accounting rate of return =
Annual operating income/Average investment × 100
To determine the the machine with the best return,we would compute the average annual return of all of the machines and then choose the machine with the highest return
This is done as follows:
Machine Working s Average annul rate
A 45,192.56/322,804.00 × 100 = 14.0%
B 64,695.00/215,650.00 × 100= 30.0%
C 60,929.70/406,198.00× 100 = 15.0%
Machine B is the best investment
3. “The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are two institutions that have outlived their usefulness”. Do you agree?
Answer:
“The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank"
Have they outlived their usefulness?
No.
The IMF and the World Bank have not outlived their usefulness. They remain very useful and relevant to our world today. The problem they have experienced stem in part from the neglect of their purposes, because of the near-absence of the grassroot touch. They can refocus on their purposes and reduce elitistism, and then they continue to be useful.
But, they cannot rediscover and concentrate on their purposes without the cooperation of member-countries. Recalcitrancy does not allow any organized institutions without police power to function at their best. Member-countries must learn to cooperate with these bodies to achieve their purposes. There is still global poverty ravaging the world population, even among the rich and developed countries of the world.
In most developing countries, their national governments are traditionally entrenched as anti-developmental. While they make long and meaningless speeches at world fora, back home they do not walk their talk and so often renege on their promises. This is why it seems that the impact of these world bodies are not being felt. National governments must be able to show responsibility to allow the effects of monetary policies and agreements to benefit the poor and the vulnerable.
Explanation:
The World Bank is an international body of the United Nations with about 189 member-countries. It works with developing countries to reduce poverty, increase access to wealth, and promote global prosperity. The IMF is responsible for ensuring that the international monetary system is operational and stable to ginger sustainable global economic growth.
Usually, the decision to notify parties outside the client’s organization regarding noncompliance with laws and regulations is the responsibility of the
Answer:
Management
Explanation:
Sometimes in the course of discharging his duties, an auditor might discover a case of non-compliance with laws and regulations. In such situations, he is expected to report the issue to the governing body or management of the organization who in turn notify parties outside the client's organization. This might imply reporting to the appropriate law enforcement agencies who now investigate the matter.
The auditor should ensure that he is keeping to the code of confidentiality before proceeding on such a case. The management is expected to review the report to determine if the action was indeed non-compliant with the laws before proceeding on the next call of action.
Who is responsible for responding to workflow(s) for equipment dispatch requests through the business workplace require An approving authority must approve
Answer:
Commander
Explanation:
GCSS-Army is short for Global Combat Support System-Army. The GCSS is a section of the United States Army that is fielded under the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. There are the GCSS Wave 1 and GCSS Wave 2. These two groups have different roles.
The role of the Commander falls under the Wave 2 functions where he is required to perform the roles of maintenance, dispatch, unit supply, and property book functions. The Wave 1 function is mostly about allowing access to support supply activity functions. The commanders in any organization they work with can screen several transactions and give approval for equipment dispatch.
In Rooney Company, direct labor is $18 per hour. The company expects to operate at 12,000 direct labor hours each month. In January 2017, direct labor totaling $222,400 is incurred in working 12,600 hours.
Prepare a flexible budget report.
Answer:
Flexible budget Report for Rooney Company
Flexed budget Actual Variance
Labour hours 12,600 12,600
Labour cost($) 226,800 222,400 4,400 Favorable
Explanation:
A flexible budget is that which is prepared to reflect the actual activity level achieved.
It is useful for a control purpose; to compare the actual result to the expected performance. The expected performance is the the flexible budget which is a revised master budget.
Also it uses the assumptions of the static budget like standard costs and prices.
Flexed budget for labour = standard hour × actual labour cost
= $18× 12,600 = $ 226,800
Flexible budget Report for Rooney Company
Flexed budget Actual Variance
Labour hours 12,600 12,600
Labour cost($) 226,800 222,400 4,400 Favorable
You short-sell 100 shares of Tuckerton Trading Co., now selling for $44 per share. What is your maximum possible gain, ignoring transactions cost
Answer:
$4,400
Explanation:
Calculation for the maximum possible gain, ignoring transactions cost
Using this formula
Maximum possible gain = Sale proceeds - Cost of purchasing the share
Let plug in the formula
Maximum possible gain = (100 shares *$44 per shares)- (100 shares *0) = 14000
Maximum possible gain=$4,400-0
Maximum possible gain=$4,400
Therefore the maximum possible gain, ignoring transactions cost will be $4,400
A company decides not to pay dividends to stockholders, but the company is requested to pay interest to debt holders. What does this mean about the performance of the company?
Answer: Poor Performance
Explanation:
Options are not available but the foremost reason why a company would decline to pay dividends but still be requested to pay interest to debt holders is that they performed poorly.
Dividends are based on how much net income the company got for the period and so if a company performs poorly, they should not pay out dividends as it will put them in financial difficulty.
Interest payments however have to be paid regardless of if the company made a profit or not. So even if the company performed poorly, they would still be requested to pay interest to debt holders.
you decided to get a summer job since you were 14 as a lifeguard. you have made 2000 each summer. you placed all your earning in your savings account each year. It's 5 years later and you want to determine how much interest you have made. use the calculator to determine this
Answer:
Determine of interest made by placing $2,000 earnings each summer in savings account each year:
Total Interest $1,265.95
at 4% interest per annum.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
1. Data:
Earnings each summer = $2,000
Period = 5 years
Interest Rate = 4%
2. Using online calculator:
V (Future Value) $11,265.95
PV (Present Value) $9,259.79
N (Number of Periods) 5.000
I/Y (Interest Rate) 4.000%
PMT (Periodic Payment) $2,000.00
Starting Investment $0.00
Total Principal $10,000.00
Total Interest $1,265.95
3. By placing all your earning in your savings account each year after 5 years, you will get an interest of $1,265.95 and a total future value of $11,265.95, having deposited $10,000 ($2,000 each for 5 years).
For the current year ended March 31, Cosgrove Company expects fixed costs of $27,600,000, a unit variable cost of $805, and a unit selling price of $1,150.a. Compute the anticipated break-even sales (units).unitsb. Compute the sales (units) required to realize operating income of $5,175,000.units
Answer:
Instructions are below.
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Fixed costs= $27,600,000
Unitary variable cost= $805
Unit selling price= $1,150
To calculate the break-even point in units, we need to use the following formula:
Break-even point in units= fixed costs/ contribution margin per unit
Break-even point in units= 27,600,000 / (1,150 - 805)
Break-even point in units= 80,000 units
Desired income= $5,175,000
Break-even point in units= (fixed costs + desired profit) / contribution margin per unit
Break-even point in units= (27,600,000 + 5,175,000) / 345
Break-even point in units= 95,000 units
A newly issued 20-year maturity, zero-coupon bond is issued with a yield to maturity of 8% and face value $1,000. Find the imputed interest income in: (a) the first year; (b) the second year; and (c) the last year of the bond’s life.
Answer:
First Year $ 17.17
Second Year $ 18.53
Last Year $ 74.08
Explanation:
Computation to Find the imputed interest income in: (a) the first year; (b) the second year; and (c) the last year of the bond’s life
Imputed Interest
First step
Using this formula
Imputed interest=(Present Value /1+Yield to maturity)^Numberd of years
Year Years Remaining to Maturity Constant Yield Value ( 1 / 1.08)^n
0 20 (1/1.08)^20= $ 214.54
1 19 (1/1.08)^19=$ 231.71
2 18 (1/1.08)^18=$ 250.24
19 1 (1/1.08)^1=$ 925.92
20 0 (1/1.08)^0=$ 1,000
Second step is to find the Imputed interest for the first year, second year; and the last year of the bond’s life
Year Years Remaining to Maturity Constant Yield Value ( 1 / 1.08)^n =Imputed Interest
0 20 $ 214.54
1 19 $ 231.71 $17.17
($231.71-$214.54)= $17.17
2 18 $ 250.24 $18.53
($250.24-$231.71)=$18.53
19 1 $ 925.92
20 0 $ 1,000 $74.08
($1,000-$925.92) =$74.08
Therefore the imputed interest will be:
First Year $ 17.17
Second Year $ 18.53
Last Year $ 74.08
Marston Manufacturing Company has two divisions, L and H. Division L is the company’s low-risk division and would have a weighted average cost of capital of 8% if it was operated as an independent company. Division H is the company’s high-risk division and would have a weighted average cost of capital of 14% if it was operated as an independent company. Because the two divisions are the same size, the company has a composite weighted average cost of capital of 11%. Division H is considering a project with an expected return of 12%. Should Marston Manufacturing Company accept or reject the project? Reject the project Accept the project On what grounds do you base your accept–reject decision? Division H’s project should be accepted, as its return is greater than the risk-based cost of capital for the division. Division H’s project should be rejected since its return is less than the risk-based cost of capital for the division.
Answer:
Should Marston Manufacturing Company accept or reject the project?
Marston C Company should reject the project because its expected return is lower than Division H's cost of capital.
Since the divisions' risk is so different, and probably their projects are also very different, the company should use different costs of capital to accept of reject the projects based on each division's cost of capital.
Imagine another situation where Division L is evaluating a project that yields 10%. If they used the company's WACC, then they should reject the project, but if they used the division's cost of capital, then they should accept the project (in this case I would recommend accepting it).
Explanation:
Division H's risk = 14%
Division L's risk = 8%
WACC = 11%
Costs which can be eliminated in whole or in part if a particular business segment is discontinued are called:
Answer:
Avoidable costs
Explanation:
An avoidable cost is defined as one that an entity will not incur if a particular activity is not undertaken.
In business operations avoidable costs are usually variable costs. These are costs that vary or change in the cost of production. For example wages, cost of raw materials, and labour. These can be avoided depending on business needs.
Costs that are not avoidable are fixed cost. For example rent, insurance, and utilities.
These costs are paid wether production occurs or not.
Oriole Company uses flexible budgets. At normal capacity of 15000 units, budgeted manufacturing overhead is $120000 variable and $360000 fixed. If Oriole had actual overhead costs of $483000 for 18000 units produced, what is the difference between actual and budgeted costs
Answer:
$21,000 favorable
Explanation:
Given the above information,
Variable overhead rate = $120,000 / 15 units
= $8
Overhead variance = Real - Allocated
= $483,000 - (8 × 18,000 + $360,000 )
= $483,000 - $504,000
= $21,000 favorable
f covered interest arbitrage opportunities do not exist, Group of answer choices interest rate parity holds. interest rate parity does not hold. interest rate parity holds, and arbitragers will be able to make risk-free profits. arbitragers will be able to make risk-free profits. interest rate parity does not hold, and arbitragers will be able to make risk-free profits.
Answer: interest rate parity holds
Explanation:
Covered interest arbitrage is a trading strategy that is used by an investor when the person whereby takes advantage of the differences in interest rate between two nations and invest in the currency that brings higher value.
If covered interest arbitrage opportunities do not exist, it simply means that interest rate parity holds.
The Treasury bill rate is 4% and the market risk premium is 7%.
Project Beta Internal rate of return %
P 1.0 14
Q 0 6
R 2.0 18
S 0.4 7
T 1.6 20
Required:
a. What are the project costs of capital for new ventures with betas of 0.75 and 1.75?
b. Which of the following capital investments have positive NPVs?
1. P
2. Q
3. R
4. S
5. T
Answer:
the answer is going to be 3. R
Which strategy is considered a timeout? captive company rebirth pause/proceed-with-caution contraction concentration
Answer: Pause/Proceed-with-caution
Explanation:
A timeout strategy refers to when a company decides to scale down a certain or certain operations for a time to effectively rest. The Pause/Proceed with caution strategy is a timeout strategy because it involves the company pausing operations to enable it assess the market before it can launch a bigger grand strategy.
This strategy is also employed when a company has gone through changes such as a serious expansion. They take a pause to enable the changes brought by the expansion to seep through the organization to give employees the chance to get acquainted with the changes so that moving forward, everyone is more or less on the same page.
Hankins Corporation has 8.1 million shares of common stock outstanding, 300,000 shares of 4.1 percent preferred stock outstanding, par value of $100; and 185,000 bonds with a semiannual coupon rate of 5.5 percent outstanding, par value $2,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $57 per share and has a beta of 1.15, the preferred stock has a par value of $100 and currently sells for $99 per share, and the bonds have 18 years to maturity and sell for 107 percent of par. The market risk premium is 6.6 percent, T-bills are yielding 3.3 percent, and the company’s tax rate is 24 percent.A. What is the firm’s market value capital structure?B. If the company is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm’s typical project, what rate should the firm use to discount the project’s cash flows?Solve for:A. DebtPreferred StockEquityB. Discount Rate
Answer:
common stocks = 8,100,000 x $57 = $461,700,000
preferred stocks = 300,000 x $99 = $29,700,00
debt = 185,000 x $2,000 x 1.07 = $395,900,000
total market value = $887,300,000
a)
capital structure:
common stocks = $461,700,000 / $887,300,000 = 52.03%
preferred stocks = $29,700,00 / $887,300,000 = 3.35%
debt = $395,900,000 / $887,300,000 = 44.62%
b) WACC = 7.48%
Re = 3.3% + (1.15 x 6.6%) = 10.89%
Cost of preferred stock = 4.1 / 99 = 4.14%
cost of debt = YTM = {55 + [(2,000 - 2,140)/36]} / [(2,000 + 2,140)/2] = 51.11 / 2,070 = 2.469 x 2 = 4.94%
WACC = (10.89 x 52.03%) + (4.14 x 3.35%) + (4.94 x 44.62% x 0.76) = 5.67% + 0.14% + 1.67% = 7.48%
perline, inc., has balance sheet equity of $6.2 million.At the same time, the income statement shows net income of $948600. The company paid dividends of $493272 and has 100000 shares of stock outstanding. If the benchmark PE ratio is 26, what is the target stock price in one year?
Answer:
The target stock price in one year is $264.75
Explanation:
We first calculate the ROE as below
ROE= Earnings / Book value of Equity
ROE= $948,600 / $6,200,000
ROE= 0.153
The payout ratio is:
b= Dividend / Net income
b = $493,272 / $948,600
b = 0.52
So the sustainable growth rate is:
g = ROE * (1-b)
g = 0.153 * (1-0.52)
g = 0.153 * 0.48
g = 0.07344
The earning in the first year are
EPS1 = $948,600 / 100,000 * (1 + 0.07344)
EPS1 = $9.486 * 1.07344
EPS1 = $10.1827
According to the benchmark PE ratio, the target stock price in one year is
Price = EPS1 * 26
Price = $10.1827 * 26
Price = $264.75
TB MC Qu. 9-100 The following labor standards have been ... The following labor standards have been established for a particular product: Standard labor-hours per unit of output 9.6 hours Standard labor rate $ 13.40 per hour The following data pertain to operations concerning the product for the last month: Actual hours worked 7,400 hours Actual total labor cost $ 96,200 Actual output 950 units What is the labor efficiency variance for the month
Answer:
Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= $23,048 favorable
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Standard labor-hours per unit of output 9.6 hours
Standard labor rate $ 13.40 per hour
Actual hours worked 7,400 hours
Actual output 950 units
To calculate the direct labor efficiency variance, we need to use the following formula:
Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= (Standard Quantity - Actual Quantity)*standard rate
Standard quantity= 9.6*950= 9,120
Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= (9,120 - 7,400)*13.4
Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= $23,048 favorable
If you were on the Federal Reserve Board and you were concerned only with reducing high unemployment, you would implement_____________ monetary policy with a focus.
a. Short-term
b. Long-term
c. Contractionary
d. Expansionary
Answer: Expansionary; Short-term
Explanation:
If you were on the Federal Reserve Board and you were concerned only with reducing high unemployment, you would implement an expansionary monetary policy with a short-term focus.
Expansionary monetary policy has the effect of putting more money into the economy. As there is now more money in the economy, the expectation is that there will be more consumption spending as well as investment. More consumption because people have more money and more investment because interest rates reduce when there is an increased money supply. As there is now more investment as well as the need to satiate the increased demand, more companies can expand and employ people thereby reducing unemployment.
This should however be done with a short term view because expansionary monetary policy will lead to higher inflation in the longer term making business operations less profitable.
A monopolist's maximized rate of economic profits is $1500 per week. Its weekly output is 500 units, and at this output rate, the firm's marginal cost is $32 per unit. The price at which it sells each unit is $42 per unit. At these profit and output rates, what are the firm's average total cost and marginal revenue?
Answer:
Average total cost = $39
Marginal revenue = $32 per unit
Explanation:
The computation of average total cost and marginal revenue is shown below:-
Average total cost = Selling price - (Economic profit ÷ Weekly output)
= $42 - ($1,500 ÷ 500)
= $42 - 3
= $39
Marginal revenue = Marginal cost
So,
Marginal revenue = $32 per unit
Therefore for computing the average total cost and marginal revenue we simply applied the above formula.
The cities of Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg, located on opposite sides of the Tampa Bay, are associated with what manufacturing industry
Answer:
The cities of Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg, are associated with the electronics and stationary manufacturing industry. For example office equipment, electronics, and optical products are manufactured in great quantities in both cities.
Explanation:
Dog Up! Franks is looking at a new sausage system with an initial cost of $445,000 that will last for five years. The fixed asset will qualify for 100 percent bonus depreciation in the first year, at the end of which the sausage system can be scrapped for $53,000. The sausage system will save the firm $139,000 per year in pretax operating costs, and the system requires an initial investment in net working capital of $25,000. If the tax rate is 23 percent and the discount rate is 11 percent, what is the NPV of this project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Answer:
The NPV of this project is $494,385.54.
Explanation:
Note: See the attached excel file for the calculation of the NPV.
Net present value (NPV) of project refers to the the difference between the project's present value of its cash cash inflows and the present value of of its cash outflows over a specific period of time.
Since inflow is positive and outflow is negative, NPV can also be calculated by just sum of both the inflows and outflows.
The NPV of this project $494,385.54.
On January 1, Power House Co. prepaid the annual rent of $10,140. Prepare the journal entry to record this transaction.
Answer and Explanation:
The journal entry to record the given transaction is shown below:
Prepaid rent Dr $10,140
To Cash $10,140
(Being the prepaid annual rent paid in cash is recorded)
For recording this we debited the prepaid rent as it increased the assets and credited the cash as it reduced the cash so that the proper posting could be done
Radoski Corporation's bonds make an annual coupon interest payment of 7.35% every year. The bonds have a par value of $1,000, a current price of $1,470, and mature in 12 years. What is the yield to maturity on these bonds
Answer:
The answer is 2.71 percent
Explanation:
The interest payment is annually.
N(Number of periods) = 12 years
I/Y(Yield to maturity) = ?
PV(present value or market price) = $1,470
PMT( coupon payment) = $73.5 ( [7.35 percent x $1,000)
FV( Future value or par value) = $1,000.
We are using a Financial calculator for this.
N= 12; PV = -1470 ; PMT = 73.5; FV= $1,000; CPT I/Y= 2.71
Therefore, the Yield-to-maturity of the bond annually is 2.71 percent
Classify the following as a population or sample:
a. Two chimpanzees chosen to carry out genetic research.
b. Statistics 201 is a course taught at a university. Professor Rauch has taught nearly 1,500 students in the course over the past 5 years. You would like to know the average grade for the course.
c. Weather reports for each day of a month in a city for a study on that city's weather during that particular month.
d. To find how many books are published in one week by a famous publishing company.
e. To test a new drug produced by a biotech company.
f. To find the number of men and women working in an IT company with 600 people.
g. To estimate the average salary of doctors in California.
Answer:
Classification as Population or Sample
a. Sample
b. Population
c. Population
d. Population
e. Sample
f. Population
g. Population
Explanation:
The population defines the whole group, while the sample is a part of the population. This means that the sample is less than the population. In statistical research, it is not always possible to study the whole population, unless it is not large. Most times, only the sample is studied and conclusions are then drawn about the population size based on the characteristics discovered about the sample size.
Erosion costs. Fat Tire Bicycle Company currently sells bicycles per year. The current bike is a standard balloon-tire bike selling for $, with a production and shipping cost of $. The company is thinking of introducing an off-road bike with a projected selling price of $ and a production and shipping cost of $. The projected annual sales for the off-road bike are . The company will lose sales in fat-tire bikes of units per year if it introduces the new bike, however. What is the erosion cost from the new bike? Should Fat Tire start producing the off-road bike? What is the erosion cost from the new bike?
Answer:
A. $1,725,000
B. Yes
Explanation:
Calculation for the erosion cost from the new bike
First step to find the erosion cost
Using this formula
Erosion cost =(Sales-Production and shipping cost )*Loss of sales units per year
Let plug in the formula
Erosion cost=(100-40)*7,500
Erosion cost=60*7,500
Erosion cost= $450,000
Second step is to calculate for the Net annual Cash flow using this formula
Net annual cash flow= (Projected selling price-Production and shipping cost)*Projected annual sales-Erosion cost
Let plug in the formula
Net annual cash flow= (370-225)*15,000 - 450,000
Net annual cash flow =145*15,000-450,000
Net annual cash flow =2,175,000-450,000
Net annual cash flow=$1,725,000
B.Yes Fat Tire start producing the off-road bike
Because the net annual cash flow is positive
Describe various ways that knowledge management systems could help firms with sales and marketing or with manufacturing and production.
Answer:
Please see explanation below.
Explanation:
Knowledge management system is a system that allows sales people have quick and right information about a company's value proposition without having to wait for feedback from team members or someone else in the company. An advantage of knowledge management system is the ability to train many employees remotely or places where they may be needed.
Various ways ways that knowledge management system could help sales and marketing.
•Getting sales people on the same page. A company's sales team should understand the value propositions of their firm and how such values distinct them from the competitors. Each sales member should be acquitted with the knowledge management system which provides an easily accessible place for the company's value proposition. It also means that the values should readily be known and understood by everyone and are able to apply them according to how situations demands.
• Allowing to refine and deliver a better training process. This explain that knowledge management system can assist in terms of tracking questions frequently asked by sales people , contents mostly assessed by them and activities often carried out by top sales person that bring about the best result. All the information gathered including possible answers and training contents can then be loaded into the knowledge management system to help train new hires.
• Helping to track valuable insights and information. Prospects and customers usually give useful feed back which can assist a sales team and sales representative handles future sales opportunities. It is not enough capturing these information on the knowledge management system, they should be properly organized and accessible for other team members to benefit .
• Making it easier for sales and marketing to help each other. An important part of marketing team's task is to understand the challenges faced by the target audience and the questions prospects commonly ask so as to create relevant contents for them and also upload them on the knowledge management system portal. Such information should be often accessed by the team and then take better advantage of it.
Other areas knowledge management system could help sales and marketing are assistance with sales trend, high level decisions with regards to product orders, price negotiations . etc
The standard overhead applied is based on the ______ level of activity multiplied by the predetermined overhead rate.
Answer: actual level
Explanation:
It should be noted that when determining the standard overhead cost rate, overhead costs have to be grouped into the fixed cost and the variable costs.
The standard overhead applied is based on the actual level of activity multiplied by the predetermined overhead rate.
The Big Five Personality refers to the structures and propensities of people that explain their patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior. Although there are literally thousands of traits that can be used to describe an individual's personality, most traits reflect one of five broad dimensions or factors of personality: conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, and extraversion. It is especially useful for managers to understand the personality traits of their employees since these traits often have important implications for workplace attitudes and behaviors, such as performance and commitment. The following activity takes you through the thought process of a manager trying to hire a new sales associate based on personality assessments of the candidates. Imagine that you are a midlevel manager at a paper company and you are in the process of hiring a new sales associate. So far, you have scheduled interviews with three potential candidates. You just concluded your first interview and want to spend some time reflecting on the notes you took. In particular, you want to make sure that you have a solid grasp of each candidate's personality traits since you know how important that can be on the job. Read through the notes and classify them according to the Big Five Taxonomy of personality. Conscientiousness Agreeableness Neuroticism Took Initiative Openness to Experience Cold Hardworking Extraversion
Answer and Explanation:
Please find attachments
The big five taxonomy of personality refers to the "Big five" personality traits believed to be the traits on which many different personalities of people revolve. They include:extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
In the example above, based on the manager's interview with Cynthia. The manager can understand her personality by classifying using the big five personality traits based on information gathered from her and recommendations:
Cynthia took initiative: this falls under openness which are people who are creative and adventurous and like to learn new things
Cynthia could be hardworking: this falls under conscientiousness characterized by people who are generally organized and careful about things
Cynthia follows procedures: this falls under agreeableness which is the tendency to be trust and be cooperative
Cynthia seemed nervous: this falls under neuroticism which is the tendency for one to be emotionally unstable and usually have mood swings, anxiety or be sad
Cynthia was described as cold: this is also fall under neuroticism as Cynthia could be depressed
