Management at Work

Imagine you own a pro soccer team. You’ve been posting player salaries and guaranteed compensation online since 2007 as a result of an agreement with the Major League Soccer Players Union.

You know that some salaries are a bit on the high side and some are on the low side. You’ve been trying to smooth things out, and overall, you think you’re doing pretty well. But today, four of your players approached you on the field. Two of your best players, Dwight and Guillermo, start to talk for the group, and they don’t sound happy.

YOU: Hey, guys, what’s going on?

GUILLERMO: Dwight and I just got done looking at the latest pay postings. What do you think you’re doing?!

YOU: I thought things were coming along pretty well. Are you seeing a problem?

DWIGHT: A problem? It’s more than a problem, buddy. Why does everybody else on the team have a guaranteed salary of at least $30,000 more than their base pay? And you’re giving us a measly $2,500? I’ll say we have a problem! Our a are just as high as anybody else’s on the team, and you know it!

YOU: I’m sorry the league pay seems b to you. I compared the salaries in our club with the salaries in several other clubs, and, overall, the players on our team have higher c___ than the players on the other teams.

A: outcomes/ inputs

B: equitable/ inequitable

C: inputs/ outcomes

The chromosome manufacturing company produces two products, x and y. the company president, jean mutation, is concerned about the fierce competition in the market for product x. she notes that competitors are selling x for a price well below chromosome's price of $13.50. at the same time, she notes that competitors are pricing product y almost twice as high as chromosome's price of $12.50.ms. mutation has obtained the following data for a recent time period: product x product y number of units 11,000 3,000 direct materials cost per unit $3.23 $3.09 direct labor cost per unit $2.22 $2.10 direct labor hours 10,000 3,500 machine hours 2,100 1,800 inspection hours 80 100 purchase orders 10 30ms. mutation has learned that overhead costs are assigned to products on the basis of direct labor hours. the overhead costs for this time period consisted of the following items: overhead cost item amount inspection costs $16,200 purchasing costs 8,000 machine costs 49,000 total $73,200using direct labor hours to allocate overhead costs determine the gross margin per unit for product x. choose the best answer from the list below.a. $1.93b. $3.12c. $7.38d. $2.43e. $1.73using activity-based costing for overhead allocation, determine the gross margin per unit for product y. choose best answer from list below.a. $10.07b. ($2.27)c. ($5.23)d. ($7.02)e. $7.02