Averno inc. wants to create a flexible base wage/salary structure. which of the following will be true if the company decided to use the broadbanding approach? a. it works especially well in organizations that are slow moving and undergoing intermittent change. b. under this system, employees are reluctant to take a lateral move or a downgrade
c. it is not effective in eliminating many of the frequent barriers to communication and development. d. managers have more autonomy in setting pay rates.

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)