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    Role of a supervisor in labor negotiations

    Supervisors are often confused as to how they should behave during a union organizing campaign. Identify five actions a supervisor should take and three actions the supervisor should avoid. Why is it important for senior administrators to communicate frequently with supervisors before and during the negotiation of a labor agr

    Organizations as Organisms

    See attached files. Organizations as Organisms - living organisms, seeking to adapt and survive in a changing environment Part A: After reading the attached articles (Part 2A Attachment), compare the "military unit" and the "symphony" as examples of different kinds of living systems, noting both similarities and differe

    Maslow

    A recent study reported that instructors at colleges and universities are frequently required to engage in emotional labor. Identify the situations in which emotional labor is required for this job. In your opinion, is emotional labor more troublesome for college instructors or for telephone operators working at an emergency ser

    Labor Price Variance & Total Quantity Variance

    Company X has set their standard labor rate at $25 per hour and a particular job has a standard time of 2.5 hours to complete. The company accountant is looking over last months results for this job, and, the accountant sees that the actual labor rate was $32 per hour and the time to complete each job was 1.8 hours. The company

    Public Relations and Technology

    Please provide original answer: Do you think that new technologies will facilitate or hamper creativity in public relations? Give at least three examples.

    Prepare and Analyze a Direct Labor Budget

    Ceco Grass Care is a small lawn maintenance service that provides a variety of landscape services. A large part of Ceco's sales are generated through lawn maintenance. Jeff Roberts manages Ceco. Jeff reviewed the job order log for the next 12 weeks (three months ending July 26th, 2005), and the log is full. Ceco recently acquire

    Direct material and labor variances

    See attached file. Controller Tri Nuygen is analyzing the direct material and direct labor variances for 2008. He asks you to prepare a memo outlining what to investigate and why. The following information comes from the accounting records Required Compute the appropriate direct material and direct labor variances.

    LFM Corporation: Budgeted direct labor costs for June

    LFM Corporation makes and sells a product called Product WZ. Each unit of Product WZ requires 3.5 hours of direct labor at the rate of $16.00 per direct labor hour. Management would like you to prepare a Direct Labor Budget for June. The company plans to sell 31,000 units of Product WZ in June. The finished goods inventories

    Business accounting

    Rapache Clothiers is a small company that manufactures tall-men's suits. The company has used a standard cost system. In May 2008, 11,200 suits were produced.The following standard and actual cost data applied to the month of May when normal capacity was 14,000 direct labor hours. All materials purchased were used. Cost Elemen

    Quantity Variance for Direct Material & Direct Labor

    Scenario: Shanghai Toy Company produces 10,000 stuffed bears. The standard direct-material allowance is 1.75 kilograms per bear, at a cost per kilo of $3. Actually, 16,500 kilos if materials (input) were used to produce the 10,000 bears (output). Similarly, the standard allowance for direct labor is 4.6 hours to produce one bear

    Minimize labor cost in a nursing home with solver

    A nursing home wants to minimize costs. A RN costs the nursing home $50 an hour, while a Licensed practical nurse(LPN) costs $35 an hour. For every 3 LPN's on the floor, an RN must also be present. A physical therapist (PT) costs the nursing home $55/hr while a PTA (physical therapy assistant) costs $40. For every 3 PTA's o

    Prepare Flexible Manufacturing Overhead Budget

    Twyla Company uses a flexible budget for manufacturing overhead based on direct labor hours. Variable manufacturing overhead cost per direct labor hour as follows. Indirect Labor $1.00 Indirect Material 0.60 Utilities 0.40 Fixed overhead cost per month are: Supervision $4,000, Depreciation $1 500, and prop

    Homegoods return on investment; Brown Co material and labor variances

    The 2007 income statement for the east division of the Homegoods Company is as follows: Sales $2,000,000 Operating expenses 1,250,000 Net operating income 750,000 Interest expense 150,000 Earnings before taxes 600,000 Tax expense (40%) 240,000 Net Income $360,000 If this division's invested capital is $3,000,000 then

    Calculations for Arthur Manufacturing Company

    Arthur Manufacturing Company produces a component part of a top secret military communication device. Standard production and cost data for the part, Product X, follow. Planned production 40,000 units Per unit direct materials 2lbs. @ $2.16 per lb. Per unit direct labor

    Justifying unfavorable direct labor efficiency variance

    Ron LaTulip oversees projects for ACE Construction Company. Recently, the company's controller sent him a performance report regarding the construction of the Campus Highlands Apartment Complex, a project that LaTulip supervised. Included in the report was an unfavorable direct labor efficiency variance of $1,900 for roof struct

    What is division of labor?

    What is meant by division of labor? What are blue-collar, white-collar, and pink-collar segments of the workforce? Provide examples of each.

    Compute Hansenko material Reynolds variable overhead variance

    COST MANAGEMENT ? Hansenko Company manufactures 100-pound bags of fertilizer that have the following unit standard costs for direct materials and direct labor:  Direct materials (100 lbs. @ $1.00 per lb.)$100.00  Direct labor 12.00  (0.5 hours at $24 per hour)  Total

    Marginal and average productivity: technological innovation

    1. What would be expected to happen to marginal and average productivity if a technological innovation that improves productivity is introduced to the production process? 2. How might diminishing marginal productivity be expected to impact the costs of production in your organization -- If not certain, choose another organiza

    Capital Investment vs. College Education

    How does capital investment affect the marginal physical product of labor? Does more college education have the same kind of effect? Which is a better investment?

    1. What were some of the inventions critical for agricultural settlement of the west? Eli Whitney's newly invented cotton gin was the basic invention. Other major inventions of the time were mechanical reaper, threshing machine and steel plow. Introduction of canals, steamboats, and railroads helped the farmers to commercialize the agriculture. 2. What was the nickname for former slaves who homesteaded on the plains? The former slaves of the south were known as the exodusters 3. What were some of the basic characteristics of Plains Indian Tribes? The plain Indians were were excellent buffalo hunters and lived in tipis. 4. Where was the last battle fought between the U.S. armed forces and plains tribes? The Battle of the Wounded Knee in 1890, the last battle was fought near Wounded Knee creek at South Dakota. 5. What particular "complaints" did Ida Lindgren have about living in the American Plains? The wagons were packed to the full and the environment was not friendly. There were no proper roads to travel and the Indians were not friendly. There was terrible drought and the prospects to raise a bountiful crop was dim along with the attacks of the grasshoppers. 6. Differentiate: the goals of the Knights of Labor and the AFL? The Knights of Labor aimed to organize all workers without caring for skill, sex or age. They tried to organize women on national scale. They demanded an end to child labor and progressive income tax. AFL had conservative political views and represented only skilled white male crafts men 7. Understand differences between "natural increase" and "migration" and their contributions to the growth of U.S. cities? Natural increase occurs when birth rate overtakes the death rate. Migrants are people who live in another country temporarily or permanently where he/she is not born. The migration strengthened the workforce of US cities. They also increased the economic growth and per capital income. The migration created a diversity of population in US cities and the education is also highly benefited. 8. What were some of the objects commonly found in parlors? The main objects found in parlors were different kinds of musical instruments like piano

    1. What were some of the inventions critical for agricultural settlement of the west? Eli Whitney's newly invented cotton gin was the basic invention which helped the growth of agricultural west. Mechanization of farming too helped the farmers. Some of the machines invented during the period were mechanical reaper, threshing

    Labor Market Compensation Analyst

    As a compensation analyst for All Sate Insurance Company, which is located in Hartford, Connecticut. Define the relevant labor market for insurance claims adjusters and for data entry clerks. Please explain the rationale for your definitions.

    Causes of the decline of labor strikes in the United States

    Causes of the decline of labor strikes in the United States The main points that I perceive contribute to the decline are: MP1: The decline of unions in itself MP2: Economic Factors MP3: Public opinion/media influences MP4: Global Impact MP5: Federal Protection Laws Any further suggestion for each of the main poi