Your project team has completed the task to develop potential ideas to increase productivity (select a specific organization that is applicable to you, if desired). your next step, as the project leader, is to present your ideas for approval and further guidance. after the presentation you anticipate feedback and guidance from your leadership. while receiving feedback and guidance (message-receiving process) you should: select one:

a. listen, analyze, and check understanding.
b. listen, analyze, and follow up.
c. listen, analyze, and give feedback.
d. listen, paraphrase, and analyze.

Posting references on the journal should be a. made when journalizing. b. entered when the journal is totaled. c. entered when posting to the ledger. d. entered in alphabetical order.

Following are the transactions for valdez services. the company paid $2,000 cash for payment on a 6-month-old account payable for office supplies. the company paid $1,200 cash for the just completed two-week salary of the receptionist. the company paid $39,000 cash for equipment purchased. the company paid $800 cash for this month’s utilities. the company paid $4,500 cash in dividends to the owner (sole shareholder). examine the above transactions and identify those that create expenses for valdez services. prepare general journal entries to record those transactions that created expenses in the above given order.

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?