Ortein, a shoe manufacturing company, wanted to cut costs and hence laid off half its employees from two of its departments. it then made the departments share free resources with each other. this sharing of resources led to the company improving the overall productivity of the two departments, and it also in reducing costs. this approach is an example of

a) dominance
b) synergy
c) anarchy
d) compromise

Adamson company manufactures four lines of garden tools. as a result of an activity analysis, the accounting department has identified eight activity cost pools. each of the product lines is produced in large batches, with the whole plant devoted to one product at a time. classify each of the following activities or costs as either unit-level, batch-level, product-level, or facility-level. activities (a) machining parts. (b) product design. (c) plant maintenance. (d) machine setup. (e) assembling parts. (f) purchasing raw materials. (g) property taxes. (h) painting.

If a hotel has 100 rooms, and each room takes 25 minutes to clean, how many housekeepers working 8-hour shifts does the hotel need at 50 percent occupancy?

Aggart technologies is considering issuing new common stock and using the proceeds to reduce its outstanding debt. the stock issue would have no effect on total assets, the interest rate taggart pays, ebit, or the tax rate. which of the following is likely to occur if the company goes ahead with the stock issue? a. the roa will decline. b. taxable income will decline. c. the tax bill will increase. d. net income will decrease. e. the times-interest-earned ratio will decrease