Management is a process designed to achieve an organization's objectives by using its resources (accomplishing the objectives with a minimum of resources) and (having the intended result).

Ski powder resort ends its fiscal year on april 30. the business adjusts its accounts monthly, but closes them only at year-end (april 30). the resort's busy season is from december 1 through march 31. adrian pride, the resort's chief financial officer, the museums a close watch on lift ticket revenue and cash. the balances of these accounts at the end of each of the last five months are as follows:

Decision alternatives should be identified before decision criteria are established. are limited to quantitative solutions are evaluated as a part of the problem definition stage. are best generated by brain-storming.

On december 31, 2016, the decarreau, andrew, and bui partnership had the following fiscal year-end balance sheet: cash $10,000accounts receivable $20,000inventory $25,000plant assets - net $30,000loan to decarreau $18,000total assets $103,000accounts payable $14,000loan from bui $15,000decarreaua, capital (20%) $32,000andrew, capital (10%) $23,000bui, capital (70%) $19,000total liab./equity $103,000the percentages shown are the residual profit and loss sharing ratios. the partners dissolved the partnership on january 1, 2017, and began the liquidation process. during july the following events occurred: * receivables of $18,000 were collected.* all inventory was sold for $15,000.*all available cash was distributed on january 31, except for$8,000 that was set aside for contingent expenses.the book value of the partnership equity (i.e., total equity of the partners) on december 31, 2016 isa. $58,000b. $71,000c. $66,000d. $81,000