The Manager at the Screen Saver Manufacturing Manufactures Screen Savers

question 108

Multiple Choice

The manager at the Screen Saver Manufacturing manufactures screen savers.The manager continues to find ways to reduce manufacturing costs and the manager received a proposal from Entrepreneurial Consultants to rearrange the production in the upcoming year.The managerial accountant provided the following information:

Required
Compute the current and proposed information and decide whether management should accept the proposal.Which of the following decisions should management accept?

• A)$138,000;Current
• B)$120,400 Proposed
• C)$118,000;Current
• D)$124,000;Proposed
• E)$180,000;Proposed

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Definitions:

Autonomy

The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision; in social contexts, it refers to the self-governance or independence of individuals or groups.

Higher Authority's Orders

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Agentic State

The psychological condition in which an individual sees themselves as an agent executing orders, often used to explain obedience to authority figures.

Higher Authority

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