The receptionist at madcap advertising is punctual, polite, and always cheerful. the firm's employees and customers all love her. however, she has difficulty with the clerical tasks that the firm's prior receptionists handled. the receptionist's supervisor recommends redesigning the receptionist's job. that recommendation would be most appropriate in which of the following situations?
a. the employee is low in both ability and motivation to meet standards.
b. the employee has the ability to do better, but lacks the necessary motivation.
c. the employee is highly motivated, but lacks ability unless she gets training.
d. the employee is highly motivated but lacks ability, and training is not expected to .

Calculate the cost of each capital component—in other words, the after-tax cost of debt, the cost of preferred stock (including flotation costs), and the cost of equity (ignoring flotation costs). use both the capm method and the dividend growth approach to find the cost of equity.calculate the cost of new stock using the dividend growth approach.what is the cost of new common stock based on the capm? (hint: find the difference between re and rs as determined by the dividend growth approach and then add that difference to the capm value for rs.)assuming that gao will not issue new equity and will continue to use the same target capital structure, what is the company’s wacc? e. suppose gao is evaluating three projects with the following characteristics.each project has a cost of $1 million. they will all be financed using the target mix of long-term debt, preferred stock, and common equity. the cost of the common equity for each project should be based on the beta estimated for the project. all equity will come from reinvested earnings.equity invested in project a would have a beta of 0.5 and an expected return of 9.0%.equity invested in project b would have a beta of 1.0 and an expected return of 10.0%.equity invested in project c would have a beta of 2.0 and an expected return of 11.0%.analyze the company’s situation, and explain why each project should be accepted or rejected g

Differentiate between the trait, behavioral, and results-based performance appraisal systems, providing an example where each would be most applicable.

Which of the following is not one of the four principles of bottleneck management? a. increasing capacity at non-bottleneck stations is a mirageb. lost time at the bottleneck is lost system capacity.c. release work orders to the system at the bottleneck's capacity pace.d. increased bottleneck capacity is increased system capacity.e. bottlenecks should be moved to the end of the system process.