Answer:
(a) increase its dividend;
dividends are increased for two reasons:
- the company has excess cash and it doesn't have any possible investments on hand
- the board and upper management want to increase the stock price and higher dividends always result in higher stock prices, even if it is only in the short run.
(b) buy back some of its common stock shares;
- the company has excess cash and the board and upper management believe that the stock price is too low.
(c) pay down some of its debt;
- the company has excess cash and it considers that the cost of its debt is too high and it can get cheaper financing from other sources if needed.
(d) increase its use of internal financing;
- the board and upper management considers that the company needs to invest in new or existing projects and they consider that the financing costs are too high. Also, on the long run if things work well, the stock price should increase.
(e) take the public firm private
- the company has excess cash and the board and upper management believe that the stock price is too low. It is similar to (b) only on an extreme situation.
Answer:
The correct answer is False.
Explanation:
The identification of risks and their subsequent management is one of the most important aspects in order to maintain control of a project. This allows the project manager to anticipate those situations that may compromise (or favor) the objectives, and define action plans for them in advance.
The first step in identifying risks is to define what a risk is. A risk is a known situation, which may or may not occur, and that if it occurs, will affect our ability to meet the objectives of the project (if it is negative it will be a risk, and if it is positive, an opportunity). Here it is important to highlight known, if we cannot define the situation we cannot consider it, and also the fact of being able to occur, which implies that the management of a risk will be affected by its probability of occurrence.
The identification of risks is developed during the planning phase, once we have defined the scope, the people involved in the project, the tasks to be carried out, and the schedule. Having these well-defined aspects is important because the risks must be related to a particular task (or group of tasks), and may arise from aspects related to the team or time.
I think the most appropriate answer would be D.
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