Kathy Is the Production Manager for a Computer Assembly Company

question 55

Multiple Choice

Kathy is the production manager for a computer assembly company. Kathy is evaluating her best workers so that their assembly methods can be formalized and documented for all workers to follow. Which goal of scientific management is Kathy pursuing?

• A)making sure that workers did not consider their work boring or repetitive  
• B)eliminating conflict between workers and management  
• C)finding the one best way to perform each task  
• D)finding different ways to motivate workers

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Definitions:

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all of the direct and indirect manufacturing costs in the cost of a product.

Depreciation Expense

The systematic allocation of the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life.

Factory Building

A physical structure designated for manufacturing processes and activities.

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs—direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed overhead—in the cost of a product.