A Manager Spent Hours Reviewing a Comprehensive Report to Determine

question 1

Multiple Choice

A manager spent hours reviewing a comprehensive report to determine that only two brief sections were helpful inputs to a decision that needed to be made. The manager thought that this report

• A)lacked relevance and decreased the manager's performance.
• B)lacked reliability in supporting a decision.
• C)enhanced the decision-making process due to its completeness.
• D)took too long to process to provide real-time information.
• E)lacked timeliness due to the time wasted on some sections.

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Definitions:

Clock Card

A card used by employees when clocking in and out of the factory; it becomes the basis for the payroll.

Payroll

The total amount of wages, salaries, bonuses, and deductions paid to or on behalf of employees over a specific period.

Manufacturing Overhead-Control

An accounting method used to gather and monitor the costs associated with the manufacturing process but not directly tied to specific products, such as rent, utilities, and salaries.

Supplies Inventory

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