A manager is responsible for the planning, organizing, leading, and controlling of human and other resources to achieve organizational goals efficiently and effectively. Each of these tasks must function cohesively to achieve organizational goals and gain a competitive advantage in the industry. To perform these tasks, managers are differentiated by their skill levels, which range from a first-line manager to a middle manager to a top manager. Organizations have three levels of management: first-line, middle, and top. Each of the managers at these levels has different levels of skills and responsibilities. First-line managers are generally responsible for the daily supervision of nonmanagerial employees and are often called supervisors. Middle managers generally oversee first-line managers and report to top managers. Middle managers ensure that organizational goals are being met by devising the best way to organize resources. Top managers are responsible for all departments and determine organizational goals and how departments achieve goals. The top management team is responsible for ensuring good working relationships among the top managers. a. Joseph has just been hired as a first-line manager at a clothing manufacturer. Within the first few weeks at his position, various employees complained about his supervisory skills to his boss, a middle manager named Greg. The employees complained that Joseph is more interested in acting like a middle manager than a first-line manager. What are the main responsibilities of a first-line manager? How do these responsibilities compare to those of a middle manager and a top manager?
b. Roll over each name to read a description. Decide if each person is performing the duties of a first-line manager, a middle manager, or a top manager. Then drag each name to the correct column on the right.
c. Micheal works at a computer company. He is responsible for 15 fields service technicians, overseeing the quality of their work and the level of customer service they provide. (First-line/Middle/Top Manager?)
d. Dana performs an analysis on the efficiency of the sales department at a real estate company and makes recommendations to her boss, Bill, on which goals should be changed. (First-line/Middle/Top Manager?)
e. Rochelle is the head nurse of the obstetrics department at the hospital. Her responsibilities include staffing and establishing her employee's shift dates and times. (First-line/Middle/Top Manager?)
f. Renee is ultimately responsible for the success or failure of the company. She meets with other employees and investors to review the organization's performance.(First-line/Middle/Top Manager?)
g. John sets forth a vision for his promotional products organization as to what goods should be produced and communicates that vision to his employees. (First-line/Middle/Top Manager?)
h. Cole is a manager of a manufacturing facility, one of four operated by his employer. His responsibilities include examining the efficiency of each of his departments.(First-line/Middle/Top Manager?)
i. Brian works at a T. G.I. Friday's. He is responsible for a day shift, and currently is examining the restaurant's utility bills to see how he can help the restaurant save money.(First-line/Middle/Top Manager?)
j. Jose is the head mechanic of a new automobile dealership. He is in charge of making sure his employees perform superior service work on client's vehicles.(First-line/Middle/Top Manager?)
k. Jessica works for a hearing-aid manufacturer. She decides how the manufacturing and marketing departments of the organization should interact with each other.(First-line/Middle/Top Manager?)

Alandowner and his neighbor purchased adjoining undeveloped lots. after both built homes on their respective lots, the landowner suggested to the neighbor that a common driveway be built where the two lots joined. the neighbor agreed. the landowner and the neighbor split the cost of constructing the driveway and entered into a written agreement to equally share the costs of its upkeep and maintenance. the agreement was recorded in the county recorder's office. two years later, the neighbor built a new driveway located entirely on his lot. the common driveway, which the landowner continued to use but which the neighbor no longer used, began to deteriorate. the landowner asked the neighbor for money to maintain the common driveway, but the neighbor refused to contribute. three years later, the neighbor conveyed his lot to a friend. the friend entered into possession and used only the driveway built by the neighbor. by this time, the common driveway had deteriorated badly and contained numerous potholes. the landowner asked the friend to pay half of what it would take to repair the common driveway. the friend refused. the landowner repaired the driveway and sued the friend for 50% of the cost of repairs. will the landowner prevail?

Calculate riverside’s financial ratios for 2014. assume that riverside had $1,000,000 in lease payments and $1,400,000 in debt principal repayments in 2014. (hint: use the book discussion to identify the applicable ratios.)

The following transactions and events that occurred in the village of kowitt gorge during the calendar year 2019: 1. the village commissioners adopted the following budget: estimated revenues: property taxes $1,850,000 all other revenues 300,000 total revenues $2,150,000 appropriations: all departments other than police $1,000,000 police—salaries 600,000 police—fringe benefits 450,000 police—supplies 80,000 total appropriations $2,130,000 2. the village received, in cash, property taxes of $1,840,000 and all other revenues of $295,000. 3. the village made cash payments, charging the following appropriations: all departments other than police $1,000,000 police—salaries 595,000 police—fringe benefits 390,000 4. the administrator of fringe benefits received an invoice for police employee health insurance in the amount of $95,000, together with a letter from the insurance provider, explaining that the large increase was caused by a change in federal laws. the invoice could not be paid because the police—fringe benefits appropriation had a balance of only $60,000 (appropriation of $450,000 minus expenditures in item 3 of $390,000). as a result, the village commissioners amended the budget as follows: increase: appropriation for police—fringe benefits $35,000 decrease: appropriation for police—salaries 5,000 decrease: appropriation for police—supplies 25,000 use of fund balance 5,000 5. the village paid the invoice for $95,000, referred to in item 4 above, charging the appropriation for police—fringe benefits. 6. the police department placed po 2019a for firearms in the amount of $30,000 and po 2019b for uniforms in the amount of $20,000, all charged to the appropriation for police—supplies. (enter these pos as one transaction.) 7. after receiving po 2019a, the supplier notified the police department that a change in the design of the weapons would increase the cost to $32,000. the department sent the supplier an amended po, increasing it by $2,000. 8. the police department received the uniforms ordered on po 2019b, together with an invoice for $20,000. the department approved the invoice for payment. record the transactions and events applicable to the appropriations for police—fringe benefits and police—supplies in the following appropriations ledger. notes: use a negative sign with your answers if: 1. the amount entered in the appropriation column is a debit (dr.) rather than a credit (cr.); or 2. the amount entered in the expenditures column is a credit (cr.) rather than a debit ( in the available appropriation column, enter the appropriate balance after every transaction/event, even if a transaction isn't recorded in a particular ledger for that transaction. for transaction 6, enter both purchase orders (pos) as one combined transaction. appropriations ledger appropriation: police - fringe benefits appropriation encumbrances expenditures available transaction cr. dr. cr. dr. appropriation 1 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 2 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 3 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 4 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 5 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 6 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 7 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 8 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 appropriations ledger appropriation: police - supplies appropriation encumbrances expenditures available transaction cr. dr. cr. dr. appropriation 1 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 2 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 3 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 4 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 5 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 6 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 7 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 8 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0 answer 0