According to hofstede's dimensions of cultural personality, cultures that are are assertive and competitive.

Adamson company manufactures four lines of garden tools. as a result of an activity analysis, the accounting department has identified eight activity cost pools. each of the product lines is produced in large batches, with the whole plant devoted to one product at a time. classify each of the following activities or costs as either unit-level, batch-level, product-level, or facility-level. activities (a) machining parts. (b) product design. (c) plant maintenance. (d) machine setup. (e) assembling parts. (f) purchasing raw materials. (g) property taxes. (h) painting.

Alex is the r& d manager with digital copier inc. the company is having a problem with one of its most popular copiers jamming. the vice president of marketing told alex that "we need to quickly discover how to turn this problem into a desirable situation. you need to determine the underlying cause of the problem and perhaps even make improvements to the copier." when alex analyzes the underlying causes of the paper-jam problem, which function is he performing? a. synergy b. diagnosis c. analytics d. feasibility e. mbo

Saks fifth avenue wants to learn about its consumers' attitudes toward on-line purchases. there are numerous studies that are available about consumers and on-line buying, but saks believes its customers might be different from the usual on-line consumer profile, so they decide to conduct their own study. if saks were to use the available data about consumer attitudes, it would be using data; however, if saks does its own study it would collect data.