Your Turn to Write Pretend you are the Human Resources Manager at your place of employment. There has been a decline in morale, and your supervisors have asked you to intervene. An increase in morale would likely lead to an increase in productivity. (NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT MORALE IS, LOOK IT UP. IT IS NOT THE SAME AS MORAL.)Pick a common problem in the workplace. Compose a letter to your supervisor stating (1) the problems as you see them, (2) possible solutions, (3) realistic ways to carry out your ideas (solutions), and (4) what you hope the end result will be. Please write professionally as you are writing to a supervisor. 15 points

Xie company identified the following activities, costs, and activity drivers for 2017. the company manufactures two types of go-karts: deluxe and basic. activity expected costs expected activity handling materials $ 625,000 100,000 parts inspecting product 900,000 1,500 batches processing purchase orders 105,000 700 orders paying suppliers 175,000 500 invoices insuring the factory 300,000 40,000 square feet designing packaging 75,000 2 models required: 1. compute a single plantwide overhead rate, assuming that the company assigns overhead based on 125,000 budgeted direct labor hours. 2. in january 2017, the deluxe model required 2,500 direct labor hours and the basic model required 6,000 direct labor hours. assign overhead costs to each model using the single plantwide overhead rate.

Which of the following would indicate an improvement in a company's financial position, holding other things constant? a. the inventory and total assets turnover ratios both decline.b. the debt ratio increases.c. the profit margin declines.d. the times-interest-earned ratio declines.e. the current and quick ratios both increase.

Your family business uses a secret recipe to produce salsa and distributes it through both smaller specialty stores and chain supermarkets. the chain supermarkets have been demanding sizable discounts, but you do not want to drop your prices to the specialty stores. true or false: the robinson-patman act limits your ability to offer discounts to the chain supermarkets while leaving the price high for the smaller stores. true false