Answer and Explanation:
A. Toothpaste brand: Toothpaste is a commonly used, inexpensive, and very popular product. These decisions are governed mainly by the reference group such as family , friends or primary group with whom a student has regular face to face experiences. Hence the purchase decision is affected by a low degree of comparison community.
B. Buying a hybrid car: A hybrid car is sometimes described as expensive and luxury products. It's moreover a non-necessity commodity for a college student. These decisions are therefore usually affected by secondary community. And a high degree of control in the comparison community will only inspire a student to buy a car.
C. Buying cereal for breakfast: This is a simple requirement of a lifetime. Therefore, even without consulting any reference group a student can buy such product. Often such transactions are rules by family group control. So it needs a low degree of control.
D. Becoming a vegetarian: It takes a high degree of influence and motivation to become a vegetarian.
Thus the aspirational group influences a student. So they opt for vegetarianism to become part of such a community. Such decision taking involves a high degree of control.
E. Option of a computer tablet like the iPod: these products are a luxury commodity sold at regular prices. Typically refer to their families , friends, magazines before making a purchase student to get an idea about the output and price of these products. These goods are the weak product with a strong brand and a strong purchase is controlled by a strong reference community impact.
Answer:
sensitivity analysis
Explanation:
According to my research on different business strategies, I can say that based on the information provided within the question the senior management is undertaking sensitivity analysis. This is a study of what kind of relationship exists between the inputs and outputs of a system and how much uncertainty exists between them. This is what the senior management is undertaking when determining different factors which might lead to different profit projections.
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Answer:
CRS would not benefit from dropping Donnelly’s Pizza because it would lose $43,680 in revenues and save $43,344 in costs resulting in a $336 decrease in operating income.
Explanation:
Difference: Incremental(Loss in Revenues)and Savings in Costs from dropping Donnelly’s Pizza:
Revenues $(43,680)
Cost of goods sold 26,180
Order processing ($14,000 – 10% × $14,000)= 12,600
Delivery ($3,500 – 20% × $3,500)= 2,800
Rush orders 924
Sales calls 840
Total costs 43,444
Effect on operating income (loss)
$(336)
Answer:
Explanation:
This question puts together two different perspectives based on different goals and metrics: economics and ethics. In economics, self interest is the driving force and productivity is one of the metrics used by managers and shareholders in measuring their profit making. In ethics, doing good for people and creating social value is the goal. The results cannot be measured anymore in units of productivity.
Peter Drucker in his famous book "Management: tasks, responsibilities, practices" says : "To know what a business is we have to start with its purpose. Its purpose must lie outside of the business itself. In fact, it must lie in society since business enterprise is an organ of society. There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer." That means to create value for society and not to maximize the profit.
I shall add a recent message sent by Richard Branson - the creator of Virgin Group - in his book "Screw business as usual" : Doing good can help improve your prospects, your profits and your business; and it can change the world." But with a condition: in that firm to exist an organizational culture based on positive values and not on profit maximization. In conclusion, ethics may impact positively on performance if and only if there is a managerial philosophy based on ethics and not on profit maximization, and on value creation. In this well-defined context profit and profitability are consequences and not driving forces of the whole business.
Answer:
The correct answer is letter "B": False.
Explanation:
Company layoffs not only represent a problem to the workers not working anymore for the firm but also to those who keep the job. Layoffs, in general, create uncertainty within a company because the remaining workers typically tend to believe sooner or later they will be laid off as well. Low esteem, engage with the company, and productivity is the result of this scenario.