Active participation in meetings you showcase your talents and advance your career. in the following situation, consider how yakov appears to his colleagues. the planning session had been long but productive. yakov had been quiet throughout the meeting. he spent his time texting messages to his son on his cell phone instead of listening or asking questions. the director finished by summarizing the plan to reschedule stock offerings. everyone was preparing to leave when yakov raised his hand. “i don’t know if we covered this,” he said, “but have we talked about rescheduling the stock offerings yet? i don’t think we should wait until the fall.”

what could yakov do to make the next meeting more effective and productive?

come prepared
put the cell phone away
remain quiet

Yolo windows, a manufacturer of windows for commercial buildings, reports the following account information for last year (all costs are in thousands of dollars): information on january 1 (beginning): direct materials inventory $ 89 work-in-process inventory 111 finished goods inventory 1,620 information for the year: administrative costs $ 3,610 direct labor 12,900 direct materials purchases 8,210 factory and machine depreciation 11,720 factory supervision 774 factory utilities 940 indirect factory labor 2,880 indirect materials and supplies 688 marketing costs 1,480 property taxes on factory 282 sales revenue 45,800 information on december 31 (ending): direct materials inventory $ 94 work-in-process inventory 138 finished goods inventory 1,430 required: prepare an income statement with a supporting cost of goods sold statement. (enter your answers in thousands of dollars (i.e., 234,000 should be entered as