Targus, an Engineering Consulting Company Based in Vancouver, Canada, Has

question 49

Multiple Choice

Targus, an engineering consulting company based in Vancouver, Canada, has opened new offices in Hong Kong and Singapore.Targus wishes to hire Asian-born staff for these new offices and would also like to increase the percentage of aboriginal persons it hires as engineering consultants in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.Given this shift in hiring practices, designing the orientation program for the company will present which of the following challenges?

• A)nothing, there is no challenge
• B)the challenge of union vs non-union employees
• C)orienting employees from a different background poses a special challenge in that the values of the organization may be new to them
• D)hiring a diverse workforce creates a new corporate culture
• E)the main learning style of new employees will be auditory

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Definitions:

Manufacturing Overhead

All indirect costs associated with manufacturing, such as indirect materials, indirect labor, and other overhead costs.

Labor Efficiency Variance

The difference between the actual labor hours used and the standard labor hours expected, multiplied by the standard labor rate.

Direct Materials

Raw materials that can be directly traced to the production of specific goods or services.

Direct Labor-Hours

The sum of hours contributed by personnel directly employed in the process of manufacturing.