Asser and his partner Ali decided to start a business selling flowers called A and A Blooms. They agreed the business objectives they would set. There are several other shops in the town and much competition. Asser and Ali had little
cash to start the shop, BUT after 5 years running, it is still open. Business objectives have changed, there are plans to
open 2 or 3 new shops, perhaps by taking over some of their competitors. The business now employs 5 workers and
uses several local flower growers as suppliers.
a) What is meant by 'business objective'?
[2]
Goals
Direction in which business Сол be succesful
b) Identify two of A and A Blooms' stakeholders, other than workers and suppliers.
[2]
Customers and Community
c) Identify and explain two likely business objectives of Blooms when the business was first established. [4]

Arnold rossiter is a 40-year-old employee of the barrington company who will retire at age 60 and expects to live to age 75. the firm has promised a retirement income of $20,000 at the end of each year following retirement until death. the firm's pension fund is expected to earn 7 percent annually on its assets and the firm uses 7% to discount pension benefits. what is barrington's annual pension contribution to the nearest dollar for mr. rossiter? (assume certainty and end-of-year cash flows.)

Mystic bottling company bottles popular beverages in the bottling department. the beverages are produced by blending concentrate with water and sugar. the concentrate is purchased from a concentrate producer. the concentrate producer sets higher prices for the more popular concentrate flavors. a simplified bottling department cost of production report separating the cost of bottling the four flavors follows:

Amanufacturing firm is considering overhauling the existing compensation strategy. currently every front line employee who works on the assembly line earns the same hourly wage. ideally, management would like to institute a new pay system that involves pay-for-performance. which of the following recommendations is both consistent with scientific management's general emphases and generally good advice for management of this firma. the firm should adopt a differential pay system with one pay level for average performance, and a higher level for good performance. b. the firm should adopt a differential pay system, but the firm should modify it from its original design and provide many different levels of pay associated with different performance levels. c. the firm should understand worker psychology and to focus on pay as the key motivator. d. all of the abovee. none of the above