Paulis kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. during february, the kennel budgeted for 5,300 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 5,320 tenant-days. the kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for february: data used in budgeting: fixed element per month variable element per tenant-day revenue - $ 31.80 wages and salaries $ 4,300 $ 7.80 food and supplies 900 12.60 facility expenses 8,700 4.80 administrative expenses 7,700 0.60 total expenses $ 21,600 $ 25.80 actual results for february: revenue $ 109,080 wages and salaries $ 23,630 food and supplies $ 36,803 facility expenses $ 19,380 administrative expenses $ 9,166 the overall revenue and spending variance (i. e., the variance for net operating income in the revenue and spending variance column on the flexible budget performance report) for february would be closest to: a. $9,781 f b. $9,901 f c. $9,781 u d. $9,901 u

The monthly sales for yazici​ batteries, inc., were as​ follows: month jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sept oct nov dec sales 19 20 17 12 11 18 16 17 19 22 21 24 this exercise contains only parts b and c. ​b) the forecast for the next month​ (jan) using the naive method​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to a whole​ number). the forecast for the next period​ (jan) using a​ 3-month moving average approach​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). the forecast for the next period​ (jan) using a​ 6-month weighted average with weights of 0.10​, 0.10​, 0.10​, 0.20​, 0.20​, and 0.30​, where the heaviest weights are applied to the most recent month​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to one decimal​ place). using exponential smoothing with alpha ​= 0.40 and a september forecast of 21.00​, the forecast for the next period​ (jan) = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). using a method of trend​ projection, the forecast for the next month​ (jan) = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). ​c) the method that can be used for making a forecast for the month of march is ▾ a 3-month moving average a 6-month weighted moving average exponential smoothing the naive method a trend projection .

You are president of a large corporation. at a typical monthly meeting, each of your vice presidents gives standard area reports. in the past, these reports have been good, and the vps seem satisfied about their work. based on situational approach to leadership, which leadership style should you exhibit at the next meeting?

Brandt enterprises is considering a new project that has a cost of $1,000,000, and the cfo set up the following simple decision tree to show its three most likely scenarios. the firm could arrange with its work force and suppliers to cease operations at the end of year 1 should it choose to do so, but to obtain this abandonment option, it would have to make a payment to those parties. how much is the option to abandon worth to the firm?