Casia, the human resource manager of a firm, is planning how to support a strategy of empowering employees. Currently, jobs are grouped based on different functions, such as customer service, manufacturing, and packaging. Casia is considering a redesign in which members of various functions work in divisions responsible for a particular customer group. In what way could this redesign support the goals for employee empowerment

ernst's electrical has a bond issue outstanding with ten years to maturity. these bonds have a $1,000 face value, a 5 percent coupon, and pay interest semiminusannually. the bonds are currently quoted at 96 percent of face value. what is ernst's pretax cost of debt?

Materials purchases (on credit). direct materials used in production. direct labor paid and assigned to work in process inventory. indirect labor paid and assigned to factory overhead. overhead costs applied to work in process inventory. actual overhead costs incurred, including indirect materials. (factory rent and utilities are paid in cash.) transfer of jobs 306 and 307 to finished goods inventory. cost of goods sold for job 306. revenue from the sale of job 306. assignment of any underapplied or overapplied overhead to the cost of goods sold account. (the amount is not material.) 2. prepare journal entries for the month of april to record the above transactions.

The discussion of the standards for selection of peanuts that will be used in m& ms and the placement of the m& m logo on the candies speaks to which building block of a sustainable competitive advantage: