Which of the following is the best description of organizational culture?
a. conditions that prevent new companies from entering an industry
b. the network that obtains raw materials, transforms them into products, and distributes them to customers
c. the process of searching out information that is unavailable to most people and sorting through it to interpret what is important and what is not
d. the process of comparing an organization's practices and technologies with those of other companies
e. a system of shared values about what is important and beliefs about how the world works

For each example identify the most appropriate ctso

You are the manager of the packaging department in a cookie factory. (obviously, the packaging employees cannot eat the cookies that are transferred in during the period.) after your employees insert cookies into colorful packages (step 1) for display on store shelves, the packages of cookies are then boxed using cardboard cartons (step 2) for shipment to stores. each unit of product is represented by a carton of packaged cookies. the packaging department began the period with 1,000 units of cookies. during the period, 5,000 units of cookies were transferred in from the baking department and 5,500 units of cookies were transferred out to the finished goods department. the number of units of cookies in the ending inventory of the packaging department equals:

Which of the following is an effective strategy when interest rates are falling? a. use long-term loans to take advantage of current low rates. b. use short-term loans to take advantage of lower rates when you refinance a loan. c. deposit to a short-term savings instrumentals to take advantage of higher interest rates when they mature. d.select short-term savings instruments to lock in earnings at a current high rates.