The following information is taken from the records of the Carolby Company, a manufacturer of lawn furniture. Indicate whether the cost of each item should be included as part of the finished goods cost or should be treated as an expense. For the items that become part of the cost of finished goods, indicate whether each should be designated as materials, labor, or factory overhead.

(a). Salaries of sales office staff

(b). Electric utilities for the factory area

(c). Office supplies

(d). Paint and miscellaneous plastic parts

(e). Depreciation on factory equipment

(f). Depreciation on delivery vans

(g). Salaries of factory foremen

(h). Miscellaneous factory supplies

(i). Steel rods used for chair frames

(j). Plastic sheets used for table tops

(k). Salaries of furniture assemblers

(l). Insurance on the factory

(m). Insurance on the administrative offices

(n). Advertising in trade magazines

(o). Lawn furniture sold to retailers

(p). Rental of storage facilities for materials

(q). Rental of storage facilities for finished goods

Required Briefly explain your reasoning for classifying the various items as part of the cost of goods manufactured or as an expense.

1a.) Using mostly your own words, write a paragraph explaining FOUR of the main advantages of the analytical/ formal approach to employee selection (‘science-based selection’), as compared with the intuitive /informal approach (‘practice-based selection’). (8 marks) b.) Name TWO types of employee selection method that have relatively high ‘validity coefficients’, i.e. methods that would likely be ‘very beneficial’ in helping to predict the future job performance of a current job applicant. (2 marks)

b)

a.)Regarding Legal Issues, an employer may be required, in certain circumstances, to accommodate the needs of an employee or job applicant ‘up to the point of undue hardship.’ One allowable form of ‘undue hardship’ is the related financial cost to the employer. Identify any TWO other potentially allowable forms of ‘undue hardship.’ (4 marks)

b.) In designing a ‘recruitment action plan’that will fit well with an organization’s business strategy, the Human Resources (HR) Department should consider various questions. One such question would be ‘How many positions will we need to fill?’ Identify any TWO other questions the HR Department should consider