What Should Charles Most Likely Do

question 35

Essay

What should Charles most likely do?
A)He should quit the job because he cannot succeed in a territory that is disorganized and about which he has little information.
B)He should ask the manager for a list of orphaned customers and their contact information to develop potential referrals.
C)He should start fresh by developing his own prospect base and forget about the retiring representative's customers.
D)He should piece together his prospect base by asking the retiring representative for information and matching that information up with invoices from the billing department.
E)He should ask the other sales representatives in the department to each give him three or four of their prospects so that he can start to put together a prospect base.

• A)He should quit the job because he cannot succeed in a territory that is disorganized and about which he has little information.
• B)He should ask the manager for a list of orphaned customers and their contact information to develop potential referrals.
• C)He should start fresh by developing his own prospect base and forget about the retiring representative's customers.
• D)He should piece together his prospect base by asking the retiring representative for information and matching that information up with invoices from the billing department.
• E)He should ask the other sales representatives in the department to each give him three or four of their prospects so that he can start to put together a prospect base.

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Definitions:

Variable Costing

A costing method that includes only variable production costs (materials, labor, and overhead) in product costs, excluding fixed overhead expenses.

Cost Per Unit

The calculation of the total cost of producing a product or providing a service divided by the number of units produced or serviced.

Finished Goods

Products that have completed the manufacturing process but have not yet been sold or distributed to end users.

Variable Costing

A costing method that includes only variable production costs in the cost of goods sold and reports fixed overhead separately.