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Globus Quiz 2, Parts 1 & 2; All Latest Complete Solutions (2024/2025) Verified Grades.
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If a management team wishes to undertake efforts specifically aimed at helping the company meet3 or beat the investor-expected increases in the company's stock price in upcoming years, then it
should pursue actions to
Which one of the following is not an advantage or disadvantage of shifting to robotics-assisted
camera assembly methods?
- If borrowing is used to partly or wholly finance the cash outlays required to pay for robotics
upgrades, the company will incur higher interest costs until the borrowed funds are repaid.
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- Installing robots at each camera workstation enables the size of PATs to be cut by one member.
- The capital cost of converting to robot-assisted camera assembly results in higher annual
depreciation costs in producing/assembling cameras.
- Installing robots at each camera workstation raises the administrative costs per - camera produced.
-Robot-assisted camera assembly reduces total annual compensation costs per camera PAT
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Which of the following is not an action Making it a regular practice to pay an annual dividend to shareholders that is lower
company co-managers can take that will every year, perhaps even reaching levels approaching 30% to 50% less than in Year 11
help the company meet or beat the investor- -- this is because retaining a progressively larger fraction of net earnings for use in
expected ROE targets in upcoming years? the business makes it easier to achieve the higher ROE targets that investors expect
One of the benefits of spending sizable the positive impact such spending has on increasing the company's image rating.
sums of money for social responsibility
initiatives and good corporate citizenship
over a multi-year period is
- increased job satisfaction on the part of
most PAT members (because they
enthusiastically approve of their employer's
commitment to good corporate citizenship).
- the positive impact such spending has on
increasing the company's image rating.
- the positive impact such spending has on
increasing the company's credit rating.
- the increased chances a company has in
winning one or more Gold Star Awards for
Corporate Citizenship given by the World
Council to Promote Exemplary Corporate
Citizenship.
-increased P/Q ratings for both action
cameras and UAV drones
Which one of the following results from the The financial statement data shown on page 5 of the Company Operating Reports
latest decision round is LEAST important in
providing guidance to company managers in
making strategic moves and decisions to
improve their company's competitiveness
and rank among the top-performing
companies in the current decision round?
, Which one of the following is unlikely to be Trying to keep the warranty period to 60 days or 90 days (but no more than 120
an attractive and effective way to reduce the days), if it is competitively feasible to do so
design, assembly, marketing, and other costs
of UAV drones and help achieve a sizable
competitive advantage over rival companies
based on lower overall costs per UAV drone
sold?
- Trying to keep the warranty period to 60
days or 90 days (but no more than 120 days),
if it is competitively feasible to do so
-Trying to keep the warranty period to 60
days (if rivals offer long warrant
Which one of the following actions is a Allocating a sizable portion of the company's internal cash flows each year to
reliable way for managers to try to increase repurchasing shares of the company's common stock
the company's EPS?
- Allocating a sizable portion of the
company's internal cash flows each year to
issuing new shares of the company's
common stock
- Cutting total annual compensation per PAT
member by 10% to 20%; the resulting savings
on labor costs per camera/drone sold will
boost total profits and EPS
- Striving to gain additional sales and market
share of both cameras and drones by
underpricing all rival companies in each of
the four geographic regions
- Increasing spending on product R&D for
both cameras and drones by 20% or more
each decision round; the resulting increases
in a company's camera/drone P/Q ratings
will boost both total profits and EPS
- Allocating a sizable portion of the
company's internal cash flows each year to
repurchasing shares of the company's
common stock
Which one of the following actions does not Reducing annual expenditures to train camera/drone PATs in best practice assembly
result in higher levels of PAT productivity in methods (because the time spent in training reduces the time available for
assembling cameras or drones? assembling units)
- Increasing the assembly quality incentive
paid to PATS
- Increasing the annual bonus for perfect
attendance paid to camera/drone PAT
members from $800 to $875
- Maintaining a total compensation package
that is above the industry average total
compensation package (to minimize labor
costs)
- Reducing the number of camera/drone
models being assembled
-Reducing annual expenditures to train
camera/drone PATs in best practice
assembly methods (because the time spent
in training reduces the time available for
assembling units)
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