Answer:
The correct answer is letter "A": The amount that would be paid today to receive a single amount at a specified date in the future.
Explanation:
The present value (PV) of a single sum tells us how much a future sum of money is worth today given a specified rate of return. This is an important financial concept based on the principle that money received in a specific time in the future is not worth as much as an equal sum received today.
HDI includes life expectancy, education and per capita income indicator, which is a measurement that is used to rank countries, therefore suggesting that when the lifespan of the country is high the country's score of HDI is also high and thus the education level is high and the GDP per capita is also high as well.
Answer:
Quantitatively, Harlan Bikes is justified in deciding to close the department, but there are other qualitative factors that need to be considered which may result in the company loosing much more that they can save if the department is closed, such as for example a decrease in employee morale, a negative signalling effect to other stakeholders, a drop in sales in related products etc.
Explanation:
A decrease in employee morale can result especially if workers in other departments are no-longer sure about their future in the company, resulting from fears of their departments being closed. This can negatively affect productivity resulting in lower profits in other department.
A negative signalling effect means that other stakeholders such as investors and creditors may start questioning managements ability to profitably run the business, and the company will be perceived as more risky. Cost of debt and cost of equity capital for example, may go up, due to this higher perceived risk, and which may reduce the number of positive net present value projects that the company can undertake due to an increase in cost of capital.
If the company carries related products in other departments, it may also see a drop in sales in those sales, which will effectively reduced the savings that are estimated to be gained from closing the division.
Answer: The answer is co workers at the same level.
Explanation:
Horizontal communication is a system of communication which operates through internal communication channels such as the internal telephone, memoranda or face -to face communication. It takes place between staff of about the same level in different department in an organization. For example horizontal communication can take place between the factory manager and cost accountant in an organization. In horizontal communication there is no authority flowing along the lines of horizontal communication
