An office supply store is trying to develop of schedule for a typical business 8am-5pm day. The business is not seasonal, and each day's volume is similar, so the schedule can be applied to every day they are open. The have determined that the number of employees needed for each hour they are open are as follows: 8a-9a=6; 9a-10a=4; 10a-11a=4; 11a-12p=9; 12p-1p=11; 1p-2p=9; 2p-3p=6; 3p-4p=5; 4p-5p=5. Their company policy is that full-time workers (8a-5p) will take a lunch break at 11:00 for one hour. All other employees must work four hour shifts. The part-time shifts then are: 8a-12p, 9a-1p, 10a-2p, 11a-3p, 12p-4p, and 1p-5p. The owners do not want to hire any more people than is necessary. Determine the how many of each type of shift need to be hired to minimize the number of employees.

Balance sheet the assets of dallas & associates consist entirely of current assets and net plant and equipment. the firm has total assets of $2 5 million and net plant and equipment equals $2 million. it has notes payable of $150,000, long-term debt of $750,000, and total common equity of $1 5 million. the firm does have accounts payable and accruals on its balance sheet. the firm only finances with debt and common equity, so it has no preferred stock on its balance sheet. a. what is the company's total debt? b. what is the amount of total liabilities and equity that appears on the firm's balance sheet? c. what is the balance of current assets on the firm's balance sheet? d. what is the balance of current liabilities on the firm's balance sheet? e. what is the amount of accounts payable and accruals on its balance sheet? [hint: consider this as a single line item on the firm's balance sheet.] f. what is the firm's net working capital? g. what is the firm's net operating working capital? h. what is the explanation for the difference in your answers to parts f and g?

Beswick company your team is allocated a project involving a major client, the beswick company. although the organization has many clients, this client, and project, is the largest source of revenue and affects the work of several other teams in the organization. the project requires continuous involvement with the client, so any problems with the client are immediately felt by others in the organization. jamie, a member of your team, is the only person in the company with whom this client is willing to deal. it can be said that jamie has:

Skathy lee berggren, a professor of oral communication at cornell university, indicates “a lot of my students re­ally [only] scratch the surface with the type of research they’re doing.” according to andy guess, at inside higher ed, “just because students walk in the door as ‘digital natives’, doesn’t mean they’re equipped to handle the heavy lifting of digital databases and proprietary search engines that comprise the bulk of modern, online re­search techniques.” students erroneously think a google search is research. as you read through the reasons that should stimulate your interest in studying research methods or evaluate the nine factors that guarantee good research, what actions do you propose to narrow the gap between students’ research competence and what’s required of a modern college graduate about to become a manage