Well-conceived policies and operating procedures can aid good strategy execution by (a) speeding the adoption and use of best practices and benchmarking.(b) providing top-down guidance regarding how certain things need to be done and enforce consistency in how execution-critical activities are performed in geographically scattered organization units.(c) providing company personnel with the detailed instructions they need to do their jobs in the most accurate and cost-efficient manner.(d) allowing no leeway for company personnel to do things in ways that deviate from the company's best practices standard.(e) facilitating tight top management control over how daily operations are conducted and reducing the need for employee empowerment.

You are thinking of making your mansion more energy efficient by replacing some of the light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs, and insulating part or all of your exterior walls. each compact fluorescent light bulb costs $4 and saves you an average of $2 per year in energy costs, and each square foot of wall insulation costs $1 and saves you an average of $0.20 per year in energy costs.† your mansion has 150 light fittings and 3000 sq ft of uninsulated exterior wall. to impress your friends, you would like to spend as much as possible, but save no more than $750 per year in energy costs (you are proud of your large utility bills). how many compact fluorescent light bulbs and how many square feet of insulation should you purchase? how much will you save in energy costs per year? (if an answer does not exist, enter dne.)

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Amanufacturer has paid an engineering firm $200,000 to design a new plant, and it will cost another $2 million to build the plant. in the meantime, however, the manufacturer has learned of a foreign company that offers to build an equivalent plant for $2,100,000. what should the manufacturer do?