On may 1, newtown motors, a used-car dealer, wrote a letter to o'reilly, which stated, "we have a 1969 pontiac firebird in mint condition that we will sell you for $12,500 at any time before june 1. [signed] newtown motors." by may 15, having heard nothing from o'reilly, newtown motors sold the firebird to another party. on may 25, o'reilly told newtown motors that he accepted the offer and tendered $12,500. when newtown motors told o'reilly it had sold the car to another party, o'reilly claimed newtown motors had breached their contract. is newtown motors in breach? explain.

What is the purpose of taking a personality inventory assessment? a. to find out what personality traits you should acquire for a successful career b. to identify your personality traits and relate them to a suitable career c. to compare your personality traits with those of successful people in different careers d. to identify aspects of your personality that you can improve with the of a counselor

Goals that are overly ambitious can discourage employees and decrease motivation, yet the idea of stretch goals is proposed as a way to get people fired up and motivated. as a manager, how might you decide where to draw the line between a “good” stretch goal and a “bad” one that is unrealistic?

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)