Alocal university is considering changes to its class structure in an effort to increase professor productivity. the old schedule had each professor teaching 5 classes per week, with each class meeting an hour per day on monday, wednesday, and friday. each class contained 20 students. the new schedule has each professor teaching only 3 classes, but each class meets daily (mon.-fri.) for an hour. new classes contain 50 students. hint: find out number of students taught per week first and number of teaching hours for the old and new scenarios a. calculate the labor productivity for the initial situation (students/hour). b. calculate the labor productivity for the schedule change (students/hour). c. are there any ethical considerations that should be accounted for? d. suppose that each teacher also is required to have 2 hours of office hours each day he/she taught class. is the schedule change, a productivity increase? show increase in productivity change?

What is the quantity demanded when the price floor is $0.75 in the market for public transportation? a. 75,000 b. 116,000 c. 0 (zero) d. 100,000 e. 86,000?

Job a3b was ordered by a customer on september 25. during the month of september, jaycee corporation requisitioned $2,400 of direct materials and used $3,900 of direct labor. the job was not finished by the end of the month, but needed an additional $2,900 of direct materials in october and additional direct labor of $6,400 to finish the job. the company applies overhead at the end of each month at a rate of 100% of the direct labor cost. what is the amount of job costs added to work in process inventory during october?

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations