Imagine that you work in a large retail company with many stores concentrated in large metropolitan areas. The average sales across all stores have been typically stable from year to year, but every year there has been large and fairly unpredictable variation among the sales of different stores. A new CFO is trying to maximize sales, and she studies the sales in the last 2 years. She notes a puzzling pattern: some stores that did very poorly 2 years ago did much better last year, and some stores that did extremely well 2 years ago did not do as well last year. The CFO excitedly shares her findings with you and asks you to find out what changes were implemented in these two types of stores. She is ready to give you a team of 4 employees, a decent budget, and 1 year time to visit and investigate the practices of the stores. Are there alternative explanations of the changes in performance (as opposed to successful or unsuccessful local practices)? Assuming the CFO trusts your opinion and there are no repercussions for disagreeing with her, what would you advise her?

Imagine that you work in a large organization and that the organization makes the same personnel selection decisions every year. Candidates are screened by trained HR managers, and those who make the cut are interviewed by a single HR manager. You have noticed that the managers are often surprised by the decisions of their colleagues, but your boss is unconcerned about potential disagreement, because all of the HR managers are highly experienced. How would you convince your boss that the potential disagreement could be costly to the organization? Assume that you can collect data to build your argument. How would you design the hiring process to make it more efficient and more accurate, meaning maximizing your chances to hire the best candidates?

Which of the following drugs is an add on sedative for fractious patients but may be detrimental if given to a patient with heart disease?

Which drug will provide analgesia?

Which inhaled anesthetic agent can result in good analgesia?

What refers to the study of function of the human body?

What focuses on body changes due to disease?

Meen County reported a combined fund balance of $980 million for all governmental funds, an increase of $110 million, or 12.64%, from the prior year. The increase is primarily due to the issuance of a general obligation bond. The bond agreement stipulated that the proceeds are to be used for road infrastructure refurbishments. The proceeds of the bond issue are reported as which fund balance classification?

The City of Mindy’s General Fund has the following net resources at year end: $59,000 of prepaid insurance $420,000 rainy day fund approved by the township governing board with specific conditions for its use $3,500 of supplies inventory $39,000 state grant for snow removal $180,000 contractual obligations for the purchase of equipment Outstanding encumbrance of $108,000 for the purchase of furniture & fixtures (assume no contractual obligation) Total Fund Balance is $1,015,500 Prepare the fund balance section of the balance sheet for the City of Mindy.

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