You are a consultant to a growing technology company that is contemplating a change in its design. The company is currently set up as a functional structure. The organization is growing rapidly but is showing signs of strain. For example, top managers are seeing a substantial rise in the number of complaints from customers about the innovativeness of their latest products when compared to the competition. The company operates in an environment that is changing rapidly and is quite complex. The firm has recently expanded to several new geographic markets, and it has introduced several new products within these markets. The firm’s strategy has historically been based on keeping costs low and underpricing the competition and top management is hesitant to change their low-cost approach. Based on your understanding of contingency theory, what are your recommendations? Explain why.

Jurvin enterprises is a manufacturing company that had no beginning inventories. a subset of the transactions that it recorded during a recent month is shown below. $76,700 in raw materials were purchased for cash. $71,400 in raw materials were used in production. of this amount, $66,300 was for direct materials and the remainder was for indirect materials. total labor wages of $151,700 were incurred and paid. of this amount, $134,300 was for direct labor and the remainder was for indirect labor. additional manufacturing overhead costs of $126,300 were incurred and paid. manufacturing overhead of $126,800 was applied to production using the company's predetermined overhead rate. all of the jobs in process at the end of the month were completed. all of the completed jobs were shipped to customers. any underapplied or overapplied overhead for the period was closed to cost of goods sold.required: 1. post the above transactions to t-accounts.2. determine the cost of goods sold for the period.

How could brian, who doesn't want his car insurance premiums to increase, show he poses a low risk to his insurance company? a: drive safely to avoid accidents and traffic citations b: wash and wax his car regularly to keep it clean c: allow unlicensed drivers to drive carelessly in his car d: incur driver's license points from breaking driving laws

Select the correct answer a research organization conducts certain chemical tests on samples. they have data available on the standard results. some of the samples give results outside the boundary of the standard results. which data mining method follows a similar approach? o a. data cleansing ob. network intrusion o c. fraud detection od. customer classification o e. deviation detection