Swagelok Enterprises is a manufacturer of miniature fittings and valves. Over a 5-year period, the costs associated with one product line were as follows: first cost of $25,000, and annual costs of $16,000. Annual revenue was $25,000 and the used equipment was salvaged for $4,000. What rate of return did the company make on this product? The rate of return that the company made on the product is

Review 10K 2017 Apple Inc. Did the footnotes include any disclosures related to: -Corrections of errors -Changes in accounting principle -Changes in reporting entity -Changes in estimates What has the company disclosed related to the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard (ASC 606)? What has the company disclosed related to the adoption of the leases standard (ASC 842)?

Gobblers, a small midwestern clothier, is considering fabricating a new line of men's pants. It needs some help understanding its current male customer base in order to better assess what sizes of pants to offer. The firm presently has demographic data on all 5,000 of its male customers. It has found that the average weight of all its male customers is 195 lbs with a standard deviation of 20 pounds. In addition, the average weight has been found to be normally distributed. Listed below you will find weight information on just 20 randomly sampled customers. Customer Weight 1 200 lbs 2 225 3 180 4 197 5 186 6 239 7 167 8 143 9 242 10 194 11 201 12 185 13 184 14 178 15 181 16 210 17 203 18 194 19 212 20 207
5.) Based upon the population data, what percentage of customers would be expected to weigh above 230 pounds? 6.)Basd upon the population data what is the weight value that you would expect 25 percent of the customers to exceed? 7.) Based upon the population data what is the weight level that you would expect 90% of the customers to exceed? 8.)based upon the population data what percentage of customers would be expected to weigh between 170 and 230 lbs?

I will be creating a simulation of the reception of a bank in C++ (based off the requirements listed below). I plan to develop a test plan that I will use to make sure the key requirements are all covered by a test case.

*I just need help defining how each of the requirements below can be tested. I can use a numbering system to map each requirement to the appropriate test case(s). High level information would be appreciated. I can elaborate on the details. I just need assistance identifying how I can test the requirements below.

Requirements for my simulation are as follows:

• Customers coming at random times
• Each customer will require random amount of service time
• You may have 1-3 tellers based on the # of customers
• Once you have more than 4 customers waiting you need to get the 2^nd teller
• Once you have more than 8 customers waiting you need to get the 3^rd teller
• Once the line size gets smaller, you should remove the tellers in opposite order of their addition (the last one joining should be the first one leaving)
• The reception operates from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM
• At the end of the day, you need to run the following reports:
  • A list of customers coming along with the type of transactions they requested. This report should be sorted by:
    • Last name of the customer
    • Amount of money involved
    • Time of arrival
  • Average waiting time per customers
  • Average number of customers waiting

QUESTION 1
Your organization has started experiencing low sales amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The management has decided to carry out an Action Research to beef up the sales and enhance the overall performance of the organization. As a Research Officer of the organization, outline and briefly discuss most suitable elements of an Action Research proposal for management consideration.

QUESTION 2
Case Study
The case below relates to an MBA Accounting & Finance student, Eli, at UPSA, who was interested in the applicability of organizational citizenship behaviour theory to Ghanaian workers. The title of the research is: The applicability of organizational citizenship behaviour theory to a Ghanaian organisation.

Background
The early definition of organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) viewed this as discretionary behaviours by employees that were not recognised through the reward system (Organ 1988; Organ et al. 2006). Partly because such behaviours could subsequently be recognised through reward, OCB was redefined as ‘performance that supports the social and psychological environment’ within which work occurs (Organ 1997: 95). It has been adopted by researchers such as Bolino et al. (2002) to indicate situations where employees work beyond contractual requirements to support one another, to subordinate individual interests to organizational ones and to demonstrate organisational commitment. In this way OCBs may contribute to organisational performance and potentially offer a source of competitive advantage. Podsakoff et al. (2009) report finding over 650 published articles on OCB, mainly examining the categories of behaviour that make up OCB (its dimensions), what causes employees to engage in these behaviours (the determinants or antecedents of OCB) and how OCB is related to these other variables. An early, influential study to identify its dimensions used interviews with managers in a manufacturing company to ‘identify instances of helpful, but not absolutely required job behaviour’ to help to define OCB (Smith et al. 1983). This and other early studies led to the identification of five categories of OCBs (Organ 1988). These were labelled as altruism (helping a co-worker with a workplace task); civic virtue (participating in the organisation); conscientiousness (working beyond the minimum requirements for the job); courtesy (considering how one’s own behaviour might affect others and acting to facilitate harmony); and sportsmanship (not complaining even in less than ideal situations) (e.g. Organ 1988). Further research led to new dimensions of OCB being proposed (Organ et al. 2006), although these five original categories have remained the most commonly tested.

However, continuing to use some of these dimensions of OCB and the measurement scales associated with them (Organ 1988; Podsakoff et al. 1990) has been questioned for two important reasons. Firstly, the nature of work has changed since the 1980s and 1990s. Manufacturing and manual work is now less important in many economies while knowledge work is much more important. Based on research, Dekas et al. (2013) developed an OCB scale for knowledge workers that reflects the nature of knowledge-based work, such as working flexibly and taking personal initiative. This new scale overlaps with some earlier OCB dimensions but replaces or eliminates outdated items related to willingly obeying rules or regimented working practices.

Secondly, questions have been asked about the transferability of OCB scales to other cultures.
OCB studies may apply only to the cultural context within which they are conducted (Choi, 2009). The applicability of OCB to other cultural settings therefore requires further research. Hui et al. (2004) examined the relationships between psychological contract constructs and OCBs in Ghana.
They adopted the OCB scale developed by Podsakoff et al. (1990) (see earlier) and, in part, found that that more research is required to understand how culture affects the applicability of OCB. Farh et al. (1997) examined the relationships between organisational justice theory and OCBs in Ghana, using a Ghanaian OCB scale they developed. They found that the relationships between organisational justice and OCB were moderated by cultural (attitudes about either modernity or tradition) and gender factors. Some behaviour of Ghanaian employees may be due to socialization or broader cultural norms and be more personally focused than organizationally related (Farh et al. 1997; Hui et al. 2004). This raises questions about the applicability of OCB in Ghana and whether organisational justice and psychology contract constructs may be determinants or antecedents of OCB. In addition, Hui et al. (2004) point out that organisational type may affect OCB; for example, they cite research saying that Ghanaian employees may prefer working for a foreign-owned company rather than a state-owned enterprise.

Research question and research objectives
The research question is:
To what extent are organisational citizenship behaviour, organisational justice and psychological contract theories applicable to Ghanaian organisations and why?
The research objectives are:
1) To identify suitable measurement scales for each theory, to use in the case study of Ghanaian organisation.
2) To examine the relationship in the case study organisation between findings from the organisational justice scale and findings from the organisational citizenship behaviour scale.
3) To examine the relationship in the case study organisation between findings from the psychological contract scale and findings from the organisational citizenship behaviour scale.
4) To examine the relationship between findings in the case study organisation from the organisational citizenship behaviour scale and findings in other national contexts from organisational citizenship behaviour research.
5) To draw conclusions from the relationships observed in objectives 2, 3 and 4, to evaluate the applicability of these concepts in a Ghanaian organisation.

Method
Research design
This research is designed to test the applicability of these theories in a case study, Ghanaian organisation. The research will use a survey strategy incorporating existing scales from peer-reviewed, high-quality academic journals. The research will be cross-sectional in nature.
Participants
The intended participants in this study work for [company name] in Ghana. Its management have agreed to grant me access to a representative sample of employees drawn from the different grades and occupations and between males and females employed within the organisation [email attached]. Eli is currently in correspondence with the manager of the human resource department to finalise a stratified random sample to represent the characteristics of the organisation’s workforce. It is envisaged that the sample size will be 200 employees.

Techniques
The scales for organisational citizenship behaviour, organisational justice and the psychological contract will be incorporated into a questionnaire that will also collect data about respondents’ demographic characteristics. This questionnaire will be administered in Ghana. It will be checked for accuracy of translation and pilot tested by some of my fellow students. Amendments will be made where necessary. It will then be administered in paper form. The data will be analysed quantitatively using IBM SPSS Statistics. A range of statistical techniques will be used to analyse these data and the results from these will be used to identify relationships between the concepts identified in the research objectives and to allow comparison with previously published research.
Ethical considerations and procedures
Eli will compose a letter to be sent to members of the sample that informs them about who I am and the purpose of my research project, and to assure them that their responses to each of the questionnaire items will be seen and used only by Eli. Respondents will not be asked for their name on the questionnaire. The questionnaire will ask for only limited personal data about each participant [for example, whether they are male or female as previous research has found this to be a significant factor in the applicability of organisational justice and organizational citizenship behaviours in a Ghanaian context (Farh et al. 1997)].
Completed questionnaires will be posted into a sealed container that will be returned to Eli to ensure respondent confidentiality and the anonymity of the data that they provide. These questionnaires will be given an anonymous code and the data they contain entered into a spreadsheet by Eli. Once I have input the data and it has been checked carefully to ensure accuracy the questionnaires will be shredded by Eli. Ensuring confidentiality and anonymity should mean that no harm should result from participating in this research. Part of my covering letter will state that participation is entirely voluntary and if an intended participant does not wish to take part, they are not under any obligation to do so. Another matching employee will be sent a copy of my letter and asked if they would like to receive a copy of my questionnaire. If he or she is willing to complete the questionnaire, he or she will be informed to post it personally into the sealed container.

Resources
I will be responsible for producing and copying the questionnaire. I will pay for the cost of posting these to Ghana. I also have access to IBM SPSS Statistics and am competent in the analytical techniques required to analyse the data and interpret this analysis. The company has kindly agreed to pay the costs of returning the completed questionnaires to Eli. Once I have received these questionnaires I will be responsible for inputting the data into the software to analyse it. There should not be any other resource requirements in order to be able to undertake this research project.
Required:
a) Using the information in the ‘Background’ section of the proposal, what concerns may be raised about the proposed ‘Research design’, ‘Title’, ‘Research question and research objectives’?
b) What further information would be helpful to know in the ‘Participants’ section?
c) Based on the concerns raised in questions 1 and 2, suggest appropriate ‘Title’, ‘Research question and research objectives’ and the ‘Research design’?

Big Country Ski Shop is a retail store that sells ski equipment and clothing. Big Country Ski Shop commenced business on September 1, 2019. The firm purchases merchandise on open account. The firm’s purchases, purchase returns and allowances, and cash payments on account during September 2019 follow:

Required:
Record the transactions in a general journal.

Analyze:
What was the amount of the cash discount on September 12?

Many companies have programs in place aimed at increasing their social responsibility. For this discussion, select a company. I recommend selecting larger companies, and be sure to select the corporate company (not a brand). As an example, Tide is produced by Procter & Gamble, so Procter & Gamble is the company. Please do not select P&G - that was meant only as an example.

• What are some of the highlights, in your opinion, of the company's responsibility program?
• Do these make you more likely or less likely to buy this company's products? Why or why not?
• Does the company seem to focus more on its employees, its customers, or other shareholders with its aims to be responsible?

On October 1, 2018, Jay Pryor established an interior decorating business, Pioneer Designs. During the month, Jay completed the following transactions related to the business:

Enter the following transactions on Page 2 of the two-column journal:

Required:

1. Journalize and insert the posting references for each transaction in a two-column journal beginning on Page 1, referring to the following chart of accounts in selecting the accounts to be debited and credited. For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

2. Post (in chronological order) the journal to a ledger of four-column accounts, inserting appropriate posting references in the general journal as each item is posted. Extend the balances to the appropriate balance columns after each transaction is posted. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

3. Prepare an unadjusted trial balance for Intrex Designs as of October 31, 2018. List all accounts in the order of Assets, Liabilities, Stockholders’ equity, Revenues, and Expenses.For those boxes in which no entry is required, leave the box blank. The first two account titles are filled in as an example.

4. Determine the excess of revenues over expenses for October.
$

5. Why the amount determined in above might not be the net income for October?

Because the dividends are declared but not paid

Because the cash balance is incorrect.

Because the closing inventory balance is missing

Because necessary adjustment to expenses, like depreciation has not been made.