Business Messages Should Use Positive Language Rather Than Negative Language

question 62

Multiple Choice

Business messages should use positive language rather than negative language. Positive language

• A) has no effect on the tone of a message.
• B) conveys less information than negative language.
• C) grants the reader all requests or demands.
• D) tells what is and what can be done.

Analyze the effects of capacity levels on budgeting and variance analysis.

Understand the concept of overhead variances, including controllable and volume variances.

Identify causes of variances and their implications for management decision-making.

Prepare flexible budgets showing variable and fixed costs for different sales volumes.

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Definitions:

Sickles

Hand-held agricultural tools with a curved blade for cutting grass or harvesting crops, widely used in farming for centuries.

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Sedentism

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