What Are the Components of the General Environment and Why

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Essay

What are the components of the general environment and why is it important to understand them.

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Definitions:

Overhead Rates

The method used to allocate indirect costs to produced goods, often calculated as a ratio of overhead to direct labor hours, direct labor costs, or machine hours.

Contact Hours

The actual hours spent in direct contact between teachers and students or professionals in a specified context.

Design Hours

The number of hours allocated or spent on the creative and specification process of product or project development.

Activity-Based Costing

An accounting method that assigns costs to products based on the activities they require, such as ordering materials or setting up machinery.