Karina, a researcher, believes that an organization needs to plan what they will pay employees in each job. Timmy, her colleague, argues that an employee's pay should be independently negotiated. Which statement weakens Timmy's argument?A. The pay structure is the same for both an entry-level and a manager-level employee if it has been independently negotiated. B. When the pay is planned by the organization, it creates more employment opportunities. C. Most of the employees prefer planned pay because negotiation with the management takes time. D. An unplanned approach will likely result in unfairness and dissatisfaction among the employees. E. Independently negotiated pay will increase the workload and rivalry among the employees.

The 2016 financial statements of the new york times company reveal average shareholders’ equity attributable to controlling interest of $837,283 thousand, net operating profit after tax of $48,032 thousand, net income attributable to the new york times company of $29,068 thousand, and average net operating assets of $354,414 thousand. the company's return on net operating assets (rnoa) for the year is: select one: a. 3.5% b. 6.9% c. 13.6% d. 18.7% e. there is not enough information to calculate the ratio.

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?

What do you recommend adam do to increase production in a business setting that does not seem to value high productivity?