A Newly Hired Colleague Has Asked for Your Advice About

question 50

Multiple Choice

A newly hired colleague has asked for your advice about revising e-mail messages, text messages, and tweets. What is the best advice you can give her? 

• A)In today's fast-paced digital age, you shouldn't take time to revise e-mail messages, text messages, or tweets because doing so reduces productivity.
• B)People don't expect informal text messages and tweets to be perfect, so don't worry about revising them.
• C)To avoid messages that waste time, create confusion, and reduce your credibility, take time to revise e-mail messages, text messages, and tweets.
• D)Text messages and tweets are too informal to be used in a business environment.

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Definitions:

Direct Labor Rate Variance

The difference between the actual labor cost incurred and the expected (or standard) labor cost for the actual production level.

Direct Labor Variances

The differences between the budgeted and actual labor costs incurred during a production process, analyzed to control and optimize labor expenses.

Research Development

The systematic activity combining both basic and applied research, aimed at discovering solutions to problems or creating new goods and knowledge.

Fixed Overhead Rate

A predetermined rate used to assign fixed manufacturing overhead costs to products, typically based on a standard activity level.