Both examples below illustrate which element of the assertive message format? example 1: "yesterday, kristopher promised me he would stop coming over to my house without calling first. today, he stopped by without clearing it with me." example 2: "carla hasn't been asking me to join her for lunch, like she usually does. she also hasn't been hanging out much outside of her office, and hasn't returned any of my emails that weren't directly related to work."

Aztic inc., a manufacturer of sports goods, plans to expand its operations to various other countries. during market research, it avoids countries where the dominant population is mostly rural. in this case, aztic inc. is assessing the of the countries

Norton manufacturing expects to produce 2,900 units in january and 3,600 units in february. norton budgets $20 per unit for direct materials. indirect materials are insignificant and not considered for budgeting purposes. the balance in the raw materials inventory account (all direct materials) on january 1 is $38,650. norton desires the ending balance in raw materials inventory to be 10% of the next month's direct materials needed for production. desired ending balance for february is $51,100. what is the cost of budgeted purchases of direct materials needed for january? $58,000 $65,200 $26,550 $25,150

Why is efficiency an important economic goal?