The ceo of tough mudder believes that teams in his company are not working as effectively as they could, and he is asking you for advice. provide the best answer to his question."our teams in different countries have learned a great deal, so i am putting together an international team to study and share the best practices that have been developed. this team will have people from each continent where we operate. how should i plan to manage this team? "a. speak about everyone on the team as though they are the same to team members feel they are being treated equally. do not single people out for special recognition. b. understand that some people use online technology more than others and cannot be expected to participate as much. accept that internet culture often involves "trolling," or disrespectful disagreement, and do not interfere if this happens. c. encourage team members to socialize online by sharing photos and videos. reach out to people from cultures where proactively sharing ideas is not valued. d. to promote a sense of privacy, do not monitor online team communications. keep information that may change frequently to yourself, as sharing it would be confusing

Sweeten company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of march and no beginning inventories. the company has two manufacturing departments--molding and fabrication. it started, completed, and sold only two jobs during march—job p and job q. the following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for jobs p and q (all data and questions relate to the month of march): molding fabrication total estimated total machine-hours used 2,500 1,500 4,000 estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead $ 10,000 $ 15,000 $ 25,000 estimated variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 1.40 $ 2.20 job p job q direct materials $ 13,000 $ 8,000 direct labor cost $ 21,000 $ 7,500 actual machine-hours used: molding 1,700 800 fabrication 600 900 total 2,300 1,700 sweeten company had no underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead costs during the month. required: for questions 1-8, assume that sweeten company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base. for questions 9-15, assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments. 1. what was the company’s plantwide predetermined overhead rate? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) next

Boone brothers remodels homes and replaces windows. ace builders constructs new homes. if boone brothers considers expanding into new home construction, it should evaluate the expansion project using which one of the following as the required return for the project?

On december 31, 2013, coronado company issues 173,000 stock-appreciation rights to its officers entitling them to receive cash for the difference between the market price of its stock and a pre-established price of $10. the fair value of the sars is estimated to be $5 per sar on december 31, 2014; $2 on december 31, 2015; $10 on december 31, 2016; and $8 on december 31, 2017. the service period is 4 years, and the exercise period is 7 years. prepare a schedule that shows the amount of compensation expense allocable to each year affected by the stock-appreciation rights plan.