Sideways has been a borrower at your bank for several years. The owner, Mike Frontline, dropped by your office to deliver his year-end financial statements. Glancing through them, you noted that both sales and inventory had decreased by substantial amounts. You asked him if his gross profit margin had changed and what had caused the decrease in inventory. He replied that his margins were virtually unchanged and that inventory shrank because his volume had gone down. Which of the following should you do to verify this information? a. Compare gross profit margins for this year and last year and calculate the change in inventory days on hand and its impact on cash flow.
b. Calculate the change in accounts payable DOH and the impact of that change on cash flow and the level of inventory.
c. Calculate the change in sales and the impact of the change in sales on inventory
d. Calculate the gross and operating profit margins for this year and last and determine the cash flow impact of any change in margins.

The hawthorne works was a large western electric factory with 45,000 employees. during the 1920s and 1930s, hawthorne works was the site of some well-known industrial studies. in one of the studies, researchers investigated the impact of different working conditions on worker productivity. prior to the start of the study, researchers secretly measured workers' productivity for several weeks. then researchers chose two workers, who then chose their own teams. the teams were separated from the general workforce and completed their work in different experiment rooms where the researchers could observe them more easily. over a 5-year period researchers manipulated the structure of the workday for each team (number and duration of breaks and number of hours per shift). for each of these changes in working conditions, the researchers measured the effect on productivity. for some conditions, such as frequent short breaks, workers rebelled by intentionally decreasing productivity.why did the researchers secretly measure the workers' productivity before creating the two treatment groups? a, to create similar treatment groups so that a cause-and-effect relationship could be establishedb, to draw conclusions about the productivity of all workers in the plant based on the test groupsc, to directly control for confounding variablesd, to provide a baseline for measuring worker productivity

Match the vocabulary word to the correct definition. 1. sexual harassment 2. terminate 3. recruitment 4. professional development 5. union a. any unwanted sexual attention, the suggestions that maintaining one’s job or professional advancement depends on sexual favors, or verbal and/or physical harassment of a sexual nature b. to fire from a job or end a professional relationship c. an organization of those in the same industry who join together to more effectively bargain with employers d. the process of attracting and hiring employees e. continuing education in a chosen field

Select all that apply. what do opponents of minimum wage believe are the results of minimum wage? increases personal income results in job shortages causes unemployment raises prices of goods