21. GJ Company, a manufacturer, has provided the following information pertaining to its recent year of operation: • Net income, $500,000 • Accounts payable decreased $42,000 • Prepaid assets increased $31,000 • Depreciation expense was $53,000 • Accounts receivable decreased $41,000 • Loss on sale of a depreciable asset was $31,000 • Wages payable increased $19,000 • Unearned revenue decreased $31,000 • Patent amortization expense was $5,000 Using the indirect method, how much was GJ's net cash provided by operating activities? $545,000 $607,000 $514,000 $463,000

Amanufacturing firm is considering overhauling the existing compensation strategy. currently every front line employee who works on the assembly line earns the same hourly wage. ideally, management would like to institute a new pay system that involves pay-for-performance. which of the following recommendations is both consistent with scientific management's general emphases and generally good advice for management of this firma. the firm should adopt a differential pay system with one pay level for average performance, and a higher level for good performance. b. the firm should adopt a differential pay system, but the firm should modify it from its original design and provide many different levels of pay associated with different performance levels. c. the firm should understand worker psychology and to focus on pay as the key motivator. d. all of the abovee. none of the above