You knew that it was only a matter of time when this type of situation would arise, but you now must deal with it. One of your area sales directors (Tonya) in South Korea has complained about the way clients refuse to deal with her because she's a woman. She tells you of not being able to go to meetings with clients or be at closings because of her gender. You tell her that you'll get back to her on this. After some legal review work you find that in some cases this type of sexual discrimination has been upheld because of cultural mores. What's more, it doesn't help that she is a distant cousin of yours and you and your spouse are the Godparents of her little girl. For the last six months, Pete, a South Korean, has been the surrogate representative for all of her clients who do not wish to deal with a woman. You've thought about just replacing her, but Tonya is into her second year of a five-year nontransferable contract to South Korea, which was implemented because of her Korean husband's work. Pete has also told you and you've had it confirmed that five of the largest clients (35% of business) want Tonya out so that they can work with Pete. If you don't get rid of Tonya they have said they'll take their business to your competition.

Afirm’s production function is represented by q(m,r) = 4m 3/4r1/3, where q denotes output, m raw materials, and r robots. the firm is currently using 6 units of raw materials and 12 robots. according to the mrts, in order to maintain its output level the firm would need to give up 2 robots if it adds 9 units of raw materials. (a) true (b) false

During the year, the delph company had no beginning or ending inventories and it started, completed, and sold only two jobs—job d-75 and job c-100. it provided the following information related to those two jobs: job d-75: molding fabrication total direct materials cost $ 375,000 $ 325,000 $ 700,000 direct labor cost $ 200,000 $ 160,000 $ 360,000 machine-hours 15,000 5,000 20,000 job c-100: molding fabrication total direct materials cost $ 300,000 $ 250,000 $ 550,000 direct labor cost $ 175,000 $ 225,000 $ 400,000 machine-hours 5,000 25,000 30,000delph had no overapplied or underapplied manufacturing overhead during the year. assume delph uses a plantwide overhead rate based on machine-hours.1-a. compute the predetermined plantwide overhead rate.1-b. compute the total manufacturing costs assigned to job d-70 and job c-200.1-c. if delph establishes bid prices that are 150% of total manufacturing costs, what bid price would it have established for job d-70 and job c-200? 1-d. what is delph's cost of goods sold for the year? assume delph uses departmental overhead rates based on machine-hours.2-a. compute the predetermined departmental overhead rates.2-b. compute the total manufacturing costs assigned to job d-70 and job c-200.2-c. if delph establishes bid prices that are 150% of total manufacturing costs, what bid price would it have established for job d-70 and job c-200? 2-d. what is delph's cost of goods sold for the year?

With the slowdown of business, how can starbucks ensure that the importance of leadership development does not get overlooked?