Transferring people from job to job within the organization is the philosophy at Arcadia Plastics. Management believes that job rotation deters employees from feeling that they are stagnating in their jobs and promotes a better understanding of the company. The computer services personnel typically work for 6 months as an operator, 1 year as a systems developer, 6 months as a database administrator, and 1 year in systems maintenance. At that point, they are assigned to a permanent position.RequiredDiscuss the importance of separation of duties within the information systems department. How can Arcadia Plastics have both job rotation and well-separated duties?

If the workers required for the current month is 65 and prior month is 48, calculate the hiring cost for the current month, if the hiring rate is $250 per worker.

You have been asked to estimate the selling price per unit of a new production line of a certain product. Pertinent data are as follows: Direct labor rate Production material Factory overhead Packing costs Desired profit RO 15.00 per hour RO 375 per 100 items 125% of direct labor 25% of direct cost 30% of total manufacturing cost Past experience has shown that 83% learning curve applies to the labor required for production these items. The time to complete the first item has been estimated to be 1.86 hours. Use the estimated time to complete the 50h item as your standard time for the purpose of estimating the unit selling price.

Pat Nelson is the assistant director of human resources in charge of recruitment for Central Bank, a large, full-service banking institution. One of Pat’s major responsibilities each spring is to visit as many college campuses as he can to interview graduating seniors for credit analyst positions in the commercial lending area at Central Bank. Although the number varies, he usually ends up hiring about 20 new people, most of whom come from the same schools, year after year. Pat has been doing recruitment for the bank for more than 10 years, and he enjoys it very much. However, for the upcoming spring he is feeling increased pressure from management to be particularly discriminating about whom he recommends hiring. Management is concerned about the retention rate at the bank because in recent years as many as 25% of the new hires have left. Departures after the first year have meant lost training dollars and strain on the staff who remain. Although management understands that some new…