Which of the Following Should You Do When Making an Adjustment

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following should you do when making an adjustment refusal?

• A) Begin your message on the point of disagreement.
• B) Focus on a strategy that tells the reader what he or she wants to hear.
• C) Logically present your reasons for refusal, using your company's relevant policy or practice.
• D) Use a subdued, negative tone as befits the bad news.
• E) Refuse the reader's request in a roundabout way so that it is not clear that you are actually refusing.

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Definitions:

Activity-Based Costing

A pricing approach that allocates overhead and indirect expenses to associated goods and services according to their consumption of resources.

Product Costs

Costs that are directly associated with the creation of a product, including materials, labor, and manufacturing overhead.

Activity-Based Costing

A pricing technique that allocates overhead and indirect expenses to corresponding products and services according to the activities they necessitate.

Plantwide Factory Overhead Allocation

Plantwide factory overhead allocation involves spreading all of the indirect costs of operating a manufacturing plant across all products based on a single cost driver.