A pallette conveyor system used to transport pallettes of product at the Browning Harvey plant in St. John's costs $160,000 plus $50,000 to install. It is estimated to depreciate at a declining balance rate of 25% per year over its 15-year useful life. Annual maintenance costs are estimated to be $9,500 for the first year, increasing by 20% every year thereafter. In addition, every third year, the rollers must be replaced at a cost of $9,000. Interest is at 11%. Construct a spreadsheet that has the following headings: Year, Salvage Value, Maintenance Costs, and the EAC of each of Capital Costs, Maintenance Costs and a Total Equivalent Annual Costs (as used in the lectures and is shown below). The economic life of the conveyor system is determined by the year that has the lowest Total Equivalent Annual Cost. Complete the row of the table below, inputting data for the row that has the lowest Total Equivalent Annual Cost from your spreadsheet for this project:

You have been hired as an HR consultant to help implement a high-performance work system at a large firm. To date, you have discussed the need for change with employees and explained strategy and the vision of the future. What should you do next? O Perform a process audit. O Allocate resources. Engage senior management. Tie the HPWS to performance. Use your knowledge of high-performance work systems to answer the following question. You have been hired as an HR consultant to monitor and evaluate a high-performance work system that has been in place for two years at a large firm. What are the best questions to include in your process audit? Check all that apply. Is the organization more competitive than in the past? What is the employee turnover rate? What is the overall satisfaction rate of employees? Are employees being treated fairly so that power differences are minimal?

Write a topic on economies of scale, economies of scope, or learning curves.

Suppose that you want to open a new business or purchase an existing one. Describe that business.  What good or service would you provide?  Where would you be located?  What would be some explicit costs of starting the business?  What would be some implicit costs?

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