5. Which of the following could be used to eliminate potential agricultural shortages? Multiple Choice O Selling the surplus in government stockpiles. O Stimulating export sales. O Acreage set-asides. O imposing price ceilings

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.

Draw a flowchart for a process of interest to you, such as a quick oil-change service, a factory process you might have worked in, ordering a pizza, renting a car or truck, buying products on the internet, or applying for an automobile loan. identify the points where something (people, information) waits for service or is held in work-in-process inventory, the estimated time to accomplish each activity in the process, and the total flow time. evaluate how well the process worked and what might be done to improve it.

Sally mitchell works as a manager at an environmental organization. she is currently working on a global warming project and decides which tasks related to creating awareness about the issue need to be done. in addition, she is also deciding which members of her team will work on engaging with the public and which will work on lobbying with the government. she is also assigning people as team members to ensure that tasks are undertaken on time. which of the following categories of functions is mitchell undertaking? envisioning organizing controlling planning