Fatima is a regional sales manager and has decided that each member of the sales team must increase his or her current sales figures by 80% within two months if they want to remain with the company. Overall, the economy for the industry has dropped dramatically and she has decided this is the best way to motivate her sales team. Which aspect of the marketing objective is Fatima failing to recognize

Answer:

Achievable

Explanation:

Marketing objectives are set to meet up with the goals of the business. Which isnto.ake profit.

The SMART approach to marketing objectives are outline below. The marketing objectives should be;

- Specific, that is a particular objective should be set. In this case Fatima has set 80% increase on current sales figures.

- Measurable, that is the objective should be quantifiable. 80% of the current performance is measurable.

- Achievable, means that the objective should be within a reasonable scope. Targets should not be set too high.

In this case the economy for the industry has dropped dramatically, so setting objective of 80% sales increase on current performance is most likely not achievable.

- Realistic, are there sufficient personel and resources to achieve the goal.

- Time specific, it must be within a defined time period. In this case 2 months was set to achieve the objective.

Sound Audio manufactures and sells audio equipment for automobiles. Engineers notified management in December 2018 of a circuit flaw in an amplifier that poses a potential fire hazard. An intense investigation indicated that a product recall is virtually certain, estimated to cost the company $7.5 million. The fiscal year ends on December 31. Required: 1. Should this loss contingency be accrued

James has earned his doctorate in kinesiology and gone on several job interviews. He has been offered positions at different universities. James is planning to move out of state next year, so his primary factor for consideration is that he not be tied down to a long-term commitment. Which option would work the best for him?


a tenure-track position as an assistant professor at a liberal-arts college

a position as an adjunct professor at a technical college

The director of a community athletic center

a postdoctoral fellow at a university

Nissley Wedding Fantasy Corporation makes very elaborate wedding cakes to order. The owner of the company has provided the following data concerning the activity rates in its activity-based costing system: Activity Cost Pools Activity Rate Size-related$1.33per guest Complexity-related$28.42per tier Order-related$74.92per order The measure of activity for the size-related activity cost pool is the number of planned guests at the wedding reception. The greater the number of guests, the larger the cake. The measure of complexity is the number of tiers in the cake. The activity measure for the order-related cost pool is the number of orders. (Each wedding involves one order.) The activity rates include the costs of raw ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs, and shortening. The activity rates do not include the costs of purchased decorations such as miniature statues and wedding bells, which are accounted for separately. Data concerning two recent orders appear below: Tijerina WeddingTwersky Wedding Number of reception guests 54 129 Number of tiers on the cake 2 4 Cost of purchased decorations for cake$29.30$54.84 Assuming that all of the costs listed above are avoidable costs in the event that an order is turned down, what amount would the company have to charge for the Tijerina wedding cake to just break even

Flax Corp. uses the direct method to prepare its Statement of Cash Flows. Flax's trial balances at December 31, 20X4 and 20X3, are as follows: December 31 20X4 20X3 Debits: 33,000 30,000 Cash $35,000 $32,000 Accounts receivable 33,000 30,000 Inventory 31,000 47,000 Property, plant, & equipment 100,000 95,000 Unamortized bond discount 4,500 5,000 Cost of goods sold 250,000 380,000 Selling expenses 141,500 172,000 General & administrative expenses 137,000 151,300 Interest expense 4,300 2,600 Income tax expense 20,400 61,200 $756,700 $976,100 Credits: Allowance for uncollectible accounts $1,300 $1,100 Accumulated depreciation 16,500 15,000 Trade accounts payable 25,000 17,500 Income taxes payable 21,000 27,100 Deferred income taxes 5,300 4,600 8% callable bonds payable 45,000 20,000 Common stock 50,000 40,000 Additional paid-in capital 9,100 7,500 Retained earnings 44,700 64,600 Sales 538,800 778,700 $756,700 $976,100 Flax purchased $5,000 in equipment during 20X4. Flax allocated one-third of its depreciation expense to selling expenses and the remainder to general and administrative expenses. What amounts should Flax report in its Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 20X4, for cash paid for goods to be sold?

Genting Berhad is a Malaysian conglomerate with holdings in plantations and tourist resorts. The beta estimated for the firm relative to the Malaysian stock exchange is 1.15, and the long-term government borrowing rate in Malaysia is 11.5%. The Malaysian risk premium is 12%. The expected return on the stock for a Malaysian National who is not Internationally diversified is closest to:

A manufacturer has been selling 1000 flat-screen TVs a week at $350 each. A market survey indicates that for each $10 rebate offered to the buyer, the number of TVs sold will increase by 100 per week. (a) Find the demand function (price p as a function of units sold x). p(x) = Correct: Your answer is correct. (b) How large a rebate should the company offer the buyer in order to maximize its revenue? $ 125 Correct: Your answer is correct. (c) If its weekly cost function is C(x) = 61,000 + 110x, how should the manufacturer set the size of the rebate in order to maximize its profit?

A foundry is developing a long-range strategic plan for buying scrap metal for its operations. The foundrycan buy scrap metal in unlimited quantity from two sources: Atlanta and Birmingham, and it receives thescrap daily by railroad cars.The scrap is melted down, and lead and copper are extracted. Each railroad car from Atlanta yields 1 ton ofcopper and 1 ton of lead, and costs $10,000. Each railroad car from Birmingham yields 1 ton of copper and2 tons of lead, and costs $15,000. The foundry needs at least 4 tons of lead and at least 2.5 tons of copperper day for the foreseeable future.1. In order to minimize the long-range scrap metal cost, how many raiload cars of scrap should bepurchased per day from each source

The following is the adjusted trial balance for Stockton Company. Stockton Company Adjusted Trial Balance December 31 Cash 6,577 Accounts Receivable 2,141 Prepaid Expenses 690 Equipment 15,082 Accumulated Depreciation 4,161 Accounts Payable 1,637 Notes Payable 5,294 Common Stock 1,000 Retained Earnings 9,508 Dividends 709 Fees Earned 7,913 Wages Expense 2,839 Rent Expense 798 Utilities Expense 352 Depreciation Expense 234 Miscellaneous Expense 91 Totals 29,513 29,513 Determine the net income (loss) for the period.

Tiger Inc. has total sales of $35,821, cost of goods sold is $10,832, general and administrative expenses are $8,240, and depreciation is $523. The tax rate is 21 percent. The firm does not have any interest expense. What is the operating cash flow

What was the opportunity cost in a situation in which you use your available cash to buy gas for your car and then stay hungry the rest of the way home?

The classic supply chain approach has been based on
forecasting which of the following parts of future
inventory using statistical trending?
Transfer
Demand
olololo
Lifecycle
Safety stock

Nettle Co. uses process costing to account for the production of rubber balls. Direct materials are added at the beginning of the process and conversion costs are incurred uniformly throughout the process. Equivalent units have been calculated to be 12,000 units for materials and 10,000 units for conversion costs. Beginning inventory consisted of $7,000 in materials and $4,000 in conversion costs. April costs were $36,000 for materials and $40,000 for conversion costs. Ending inventory still in process was 4,000 units (100% complete for materials, 50% for conversion). The equivalent cost per unit for materials using the FIFO method would be closest to:

Although appealing to more refined tastes, art as a collectible has not always performed so profitably. Assume that in 2015, an auction house sold a statute at auction for a price of $10,710,500. Unfortunately for the previous owner, he had purchased it in 2010 at a price of $12,738,500. What was his annual rate of return on this sculpture

Jackson Inc. listed the following data for 2019: Budgeted factory overhead $1,272,000 Budgeted direct labor hours 80,000 Budgeted machine hours 40,000 Actual factory overhead 1,201,400 Actual direct labor hours 86,700 Actual machine hours 39,800 Assuming Jackson Inc. applied overhead based on machine hours, the firm's predetermined overhead rate for 2019 (round calculations to 2 significant digits) is:

4.9 Each day of the week you meet with your direct supervisor and your coworkers for a morning meeting. The meeting is open-forum and issues, goals, topics, and ideas are all discussed at the meeting, during which the supervisor responds when able and asks for feedback often. This is an example of ___________________________________. A. authority compliance management B. team management C. country club management D. middle-of-the-road management

Jane James owns an appliance store. She normally receives $50,000 worth of appliances per month. She does not like to owe people money and always pays her bills on the day she receives the invoice. Someone told her that if she delayed payment, she could actually increase her profit because the money would be earning interest in her account. She went through her bills and found that she actually had an additional ten days, on average to pay her invoices. She also found that she was earning 5 percent interest on the money she had in her money market savings account. If she delayed payment by ten days, how much additional interest would she earn for the year

Van is sick and tired of his job. His doctor certifies that his health may be compromised if he continues to work at his current job. He sells his life insurance policy to Life Settlements, Inc. for $50,000 so he can take a break from work. He has paid $10,000 so far for the policy. How much of the $50,000 must Van include in his taxable income

The cost of lighting and maintaining the tallest smokestack in the US (at a shuttered ASARCO refinery) is $90,000 per year. At an interest rate of 10% per year, the present worth of maintaining the smokestack for 10 years is closest to: a. $1,015,000 GE 311 Financial Decisions in Engineering Skill Development Assignment

use a large percentage of their checkable deposits for the purpose of __________.
A.
paying interest
B.
giving loans
C.
employee salaries
D.
maintaining reserves

the answer is D

2. It is the intentional planting of trees or shrubs that are grown for food
production.
A. Orchards
B. Plants
C. Shrubs
D. Trees

Someone who does not have an aptitude or ability in a career area is at disadvantage if they select a career in that
field.
Please select the best answer from the choices provided
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6 . How shifts in demand and supply affect equilibrium Consider the market for pens. Suppose that the number of students with an allergy to pencil erasers increases, causing more students to switch from pencils to pens in school. Moreover, the price of ink, an important input in pen production, has increased considerably.

What is a KEY reason that an entrepreneur might choose to establish a
corporation rather than a partnership or a sole proprietorship? *

During the month of March, Harley's Computer Services made purchases on account totaling $45,500. Also during the month of March, Harley was paid $11,000 by a customer for services to be provided in the future and paid $37,900 of cash on its accounts payable balance. If the balance in the accounts payable account at the beginning of March was $78,300, what is the balance in accounts payable at the end of March

Why is the United States concerned about China’s devaluation of the yuan?

Consider two neighboring island countries called Arcadia and Felicidad. They each have 4 million labor hours available per week that they can use to produce jeans, corn, or a combination of both. The following table shows the amount of jeans or corn that can be produced using 1 hour of labor.

Jeans Corn
Country (Pairs per hour of labor) (Bushels per hour of labor)
Arcadia 8 16
Felicidad 5 20


Initially, suppose Arcadia uses 1 million hours of labor per week to produce jeans and 3 million hours per week to produce corn, while Felicidad uses 3 million hours of labor per week to produce jeans and 1 million hours per week to produce corn. Consequently, Arcadia produces 8 million pairs of jeans and 48 million bushels of corn, and Felicidad produces 15 million pairs of jeans and 20 million bushels of corn. Assume there are no other countries willing to trade goods, so, in the absence of trade between these two countries, each country consumes the amount of jeans and corn it produces.


Arcadia's opportunity cost of producing 1 pair of jeans is____of corn, and Felicidad's opportunity cost of producing 1 pair of jeans is____of corn. Therefore,____has a comparative advantage in the production of jeans, and____has a comparative advantage in the production of corn.

Suppose that each country completely specializes in the production of the good in which it has a comparative advantage, producing only that good. In this case, the country that produces jeans will produce ___ million pairs per week, and the country that produces corn will produce ____ million bushels per week.

When the two countries did not specialize, the total production of jeans was 23 million pairs per week, and the total production of corn was 68 million bushels per week. Because of specialization, the total production of jeans has increased by____million pairs per week, and the total production of corn has increased by____million bushels per week.

Because the two countries produce more jeans and more corn under specialization, each country is able to gain from trade.
Calculate the gains from trade—that is, the amount by which each country has increased its consumption of each good relative to the first row of the table. In the following table, enter this difference in the boxes across the last row (marked “Increase in Consumption”).
Arcadia Felicidad

Jeans Corn Jeans Corn
(millions of pairs) (millions of bushels) (millions of pairs) (millions of bushels)

Without Trade
Production 8 48 15 20
Consumption 8 48 15 20

With Trade
Production
Trade action
Consumption

Gains from trade
Increase in consumption

To be considered part of a market, an individual must

The Gargus Company, which manufactures projection equipment, is ready to introduce a new line of portable projectors. The following data are available for a proposed model: Variable manufacturing costs 270 Applied fixed manufacturing overhead 135 Variable selling and administrative costs 90 Applied fixed selling and administrative costs 105 What price will the company charge if the firm uses cost-plus pricing based on variable manufacturing cost and a markup percentage of 200%

Insurance is a financial service that allows

Why do we need incentives for entrepreneurs?