We learned in class that Starbucks uses its baristas as front line “brand ambassadors”. This is an example of ?

A.
top management not doing their jobs

B.
Inverted Organization Structure

C.
Management by Objectives MBO

D.
Giving uneducated employees too much responsibility

The lee family is looking to buy a house in one of two suburban areas just outside of a major city, and air quality is a top priority for them. overall air quality is calculated by taking measures in 100 locations within each suburb and then calculating a measure of central tendency. in one suburb, there is a major bus station that creates very poor air quality at its location but has no impact in the surrounding parts of the suburb. in this situation, which measure of overall suburb air quality would be most useful?

Creation landscaping has 1,000 bonds outstanding that are selling for $1,280 each. the company also has 2,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding, currently priced at $27.20 a share. the common stock is priced at $37.00 a share and there are 28,000 shares outstanding. what is the weight of the debt as it relates to the firm's weighted average cost of capital?

Suppose a country's productivity last year was 84. if this country's productivity growth rate of 5 percent is to be maintained, this means that this year's productivity will have to be: