Gregg Company supplies schools with floor mattresses to use in physical education classes. Gregg has received a special order from a large school district to buy 600 mats at $45 each. Acceptance of the special order will not affect fixed costs but will result in $1,200 of shipping costs. For the first 6 months of 2016, the company reported the following operating results while operating at 80% capacity: Sales (100,000 units) $ 7,000,000 Cost of goods sold 4,200,000 Gross profit 2,800,000 Operating expenses 2,000,000 Net income $ 800,000 Cost of goods sold was 75% variable and 25% fixed; operating expenses were 70% variable and 30% fixed.

a. Prepare an incremantal analysis for the special order.
b. Should gregg company accept the special order?

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

Turtle corporation produces and sells a single product. data concerning that product appear below: per unit percent of sales selling price $ 150 100 % variable expenses 75 50 % contribution margin $ 75 50 % the company is currently selling 5,600 units per month. fixed expenses are $194,000 per month. the marketing manager believes that a $5,300 increase in the monthly advertising budget would result in a 190 unit increase in monthly sales. what should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change?

According to the textbook chapter, “the emotional connection of distinguishing differences and conflict”, which of the following groups of terms describes best the skills/resources that managers need when managing differences in their organization? energy, commitment, tolerance, and appreciation energy, adequate funding, tolerance, and appreciation funding, tolerance, a strong hr department, and tolerance energy, a strong hr department, patience, and strong leadership skills