The human resource manager at Creative Minds Inc. has just calculated that the employee absenteeism rate for 2017 is 18 percent higher than it was in 2016, and the turnover rate increased 20 percent over the same time period. Which of the following is NOT an option she should consider for improving the situation?
a. Wait until 2018 and see what the turnover rate is at the end of that year.
b. Deal with employees’ possible work overloads.
c. Identify the causes of job dissatisfaction.
d. Address and adjust job design.
e. Identify possible employee role conflicts.

Abc company currently pays a dividend of $2.15 per share, d0=2.15. it is estimated that the company’s dividend will grow at a rate of 30 percent per year for the next 3 years, then the dividend will grow at a constant rate of 7 percent thereafter. the market rate of return is 9 percent. what would you estimate is the stock’s current price?

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

At the end of the current year, accounts receivable has a balance of $550,000; allowance for doubtful accounts has a credit balance of $5,500; and sales for the year total $2,500,000. an analysis of receivables estimates uncollectible receivables as $25,000. determine the net realizable value of accounts receivable after adjustment. (hint: determine the amount of the adjusting entry for bad debt expense and the adjusted balance of allowance of doubtful accounts.)