Techniques for controlling the cost of labor in services include1. accurate scheduling of labor-hours to assure quick response to customer demand; 2. an on-call labor resource that can be added or deleted to meet unexpected demand; 3. flexibility of individual worker skills that permits reallocation of available labor; 4. flexibility in rate of output or hours of work to meet changing demand. select one: true false

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

-the personal ownership of property

-the influence of consumer demand

explanation:

the command economy prohibits the personal ownership of property.

basically, command economy is defined as the system where a nation’s government is the one that makes all the decisions when it comes to its economy. the government is the one who controls the production of goods and services and regulates the prices and salaries.

therefore, since that the government is the authority, then all kinds of personal ownership of property is prohibited by them.