The following selected transactions occurred for corner corporation: feb. 1 purchased 470 shares of the company’s own common stock at $27 cash per share; the stock is now held in treasury. july 15 issued 135 of the shares purchased on february 1 for $37 cash per share. sept. 1 issued 95 more of the shares purchased on february 1 for $22 cash per share. indicating the account, amount, and direction of the effect for the above transactions.

Sunset foods relies on a highly centralized functional structure to ensure consistency in the quality and taste of its products and to drive down costs via process innovations. however, as a consequence of its highly compartmentalized structure, the firm has found it difficult to transfer information and ideas from one department to the next. with the launch of its new line of breakfast foods coming up, how can sunset improve its ability to collaborate without sacrificing the benefits of its current structure