Rinker Audio Products wants to adopt the total quality management (TQM) philosophy as developed by, among others, W. Edwards Deming. The company employees are, however, confused as to what TQM entails. As a consultant, you are helping Rinker's employees understand TQM as it would impact them. Which of the following is true of W. Edwards Deming's beliefs about the total quality management philosophy?a. Quality of supervision should be improved by allowing more time for supervisors to work with employees.
b. Management should embrace the philosophy that mistakes are often acceptable.
c. Work standards should be defined only as numbers or quotas.
d. Achieving better quality requires commitment more at the top management than at any other level.
e. Management should create an environment in which employees will follow recommendations rather than recommend changes.

In a macroeconomic context, what are implicit liabilities? money owed to people possessing government issued bonds. the amount of money that firms collectively owe to shareholders. money that the government has promised to pay in the future. payments that the federal government undertakes only during periods of recession. which of the choices is a significant implicit liability in the united states? military spending education spending national science foundation spending social security

If a bond is issued at a premium the effective interest rate is most likely

Instructions: use the following information to construct the 2000 balance sheet and income statement for carolina business machines. round all numbers to the nearest whole dollar. all numbers are in thousands of dollars. be sure to read the whole problem before you jump in and get started. at the end of 1999 the firm had $43,000 in gross fixed assets. in 2000 they purchased an additional $14,000 of fixed asset equipment. accumulated depreciation at the end of 1999 was $21,000. the depreciation expense in 2000 is $4,620. at the end of 2000 the firm had $3,000 in cash and $3,000 in accounts payable. in 2000 the firm extended a total of $9,000 in credit to a number of their customers in the form of accounts receivable. the firm generated $60,000 in sales revenue in 2000. their cost of goods sold was 60 percent of sales. they also incurred salaries and wages expense of $10,000. to date the firm has $1,000 in accrued salaries and wages. they borrowed $10,000 from their local bank to finance the $15,000 in inventory they now have on hand. the firm also has $7,120 invested in marketable securities. the firm currently has $20,000 in long-term debt outstanding and paid $2,000 in interest on their outstanding debt. over the firm's life, shareholders have put up $30,000. eighty percent of the shareholder's funds are in the form of retained earnings. the par value per share of carolina business machines stock is