Allen is in the marketing department of a midsize firm that develops and sells communications systems. he is proud of the human resource area in the company that provides the firm with excellent employees. allen himself really enjoys his work, but he knows the work of hr create an operational advantage for the firm because of all the following except
a. the company provides products with a high perceived value.
b. it is easier to communicate with and inspire the customer if the employees believe in what the firm is doing.
c. customers appreciate the kind of service that knowledgeable employees provide.
d. building customer loyalty depends on a committed workforce.
e. employees play a major role in the success of the firm.

“wonderful! not only did our salespeople do a good job in meeting the sales budget this year, but our production people did a good job in controlling costs as well,” said kim clark, president of martell company. “our $11,150 overall manufacturing cost variance is only 3% of the $1,536,000 standard cost of products made during the year. that’s well within the 3% parameter set by management for acceptable variances. it looks like everyone will be in line for a bonus this year.” the company produces and sells a single product. the standard cost card for the product follows: standard cost card—per unit direct materials, 4.00 feet at $4.00 per foot $ 16.00 direct labor, 1.1 direct labor-hours at $13 per direct labor-hour 14.30 variable overhead, 1.1 direct labor-hours at $2.40 per direct labor-hour 2.64 fixed overhead, 1.1 direct labor-hours at $6.50 per direct labor-hour 7.15 standard cost per unit $ 40.09the following additional information is available for the year just completed: a. the company manufactured 20,000 units of product during the year.b. a total of 77,000 feet of material was purchased during the year at a cost of $4.25 per foot. all of this material was used to manufacture the 20,000 units. there were no beginning or ending inventories for the year.c. the company worked 24,000 direct labor-hours during the year at a direct labor cost of $12.50 per hour.d. overhead is applied to products on the basis of standard direct labor-hours. data relating to manufacturing overhead costs follow: denominator activity level (direct labor-hours) 19,000 budgeted fixed overhead costs $ 123,500 actual variable overhead costs incurred $ 64,800 actual fixed overhead costs incurred $ 120,900required: 1. compute the materials price and quantity variances for the year. (round standard price and actual price to 2 decimal places. indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "f" for favorable, "u" for unfavorable, and "none" for no effect (i.e., zero 2. compute the labor rate and efficiency variances for the year. (round standard rate and actual rate to 2 decimal places. indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "f" for favorable, "u" for unfavorable, and "none" for no effect (i.e., zero 3. for manufacturing overhead compute: a. the variable overhead rate and efficiency variances for the year. (round standard rate and actual rate to 2 decimal places. indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "f" for favorable, "u" for unfavorable, and "none" for no effect (i.e., zero b. the fixed overhead budget and volume variances for the year. (indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "f" for favorable, "u" for unfavorable, and "none" for no effect (i.e., zero

Review the wbs and gantt chart you created previously. propose three to five additional activities that would you estimate resources and durations. now, identify at least eight milestones for the recreation and wellness intranet project. remember that milestones normally have no duration, so you must have tasks that will lead to completing the milestone. add your activities and milestones to your gantt chart, creating a new gantt chart. estimate the task durations and enter dependencies as appropriate. remember that your schedule goal for the project is six months. copy the gantt chart and network diagram to a word document.

30 points + mark as the brainliest use the internet to research legal concerns that could result from increased use of technology in business. discuss some of these concerns.