Organizations compensate their employees in a variety of ways in order to motivate them. Compensation may be offered at the individual, group, and organizational level, depending on what type of performance is to be rewarded. Compensation plan elements use principles of equity theory, expectancy theory, and goal setting theory in order to encourage direction, intensity, and persistence of effort toward organizational and individual goals. In addition, the motivational impact of compensation plan elements can be focused at the individual, unit, and/or organization as a whole. The following descriptions illustrate ways that organizations may use a variety of compensation plan elements.

Which type of data does your company collect from customers or potential customers? a. positioning datab. market share datac. primary datad. secondary data select the best answer from the choices provided

Bond x is noncallable and has 20 years to maturity, a 7% annual coupon, and a $1,000 par value. your required return on bond x is 10%; if you buy it, you plan to hold it for 5 years. you (and the market) have expectations that in 5 years, the yield to maturity on a 15-year bond with similar risk will be 9.5%. how much should you be willing to pay for bond x today? (hint: you will need to know how much the bond will be worth at the end of 5 years.) do not round intermediate calculations. round your answer to the nearest cent.

Grey company holds an overdue note receivable of $800,000 plus recorded accrued interest of $64,000. the effective interest rate is 8%. as the result of a court-imposed settlement on december 31, year 3, grey agreed to the following restructuring arrangement: reduced the principal obligation to $600,000.forgave the $64,000 accrued interest.extended the maturity date to december 31, year 5.annual interest of $40,000 is to be paid to grey on december 31, year 4 and year 5. the present value of the interest and principal payments to be received by grey company discounted for two years at 8% is $585,734. grey does not elect the fair value option for reporting the debt modification. on december 31, year 3, grey would recognize a valuation allowance for impaired loans of