意象一经物态化和物化进入艺术品中,便成为艺术意象,也就同时进入了非现实(存)的层次,这是指 ()
A. 艺术意象的想象性
B. 艺术意象的感性
C. 艺术意象的虚拟性
D. 艺术意象的情感性
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艺术品具有审美特质的根源,艺术品能否真正称为艺术品的关键是()
A. 想象
B. 意象
C. 艺术理想
D. 物质实存
在意象的种类中,有哪一种带有明显的人工痕迹 ()
A. 抽象
B. 喻象
C. 兴象
D. 仿象
The Safe Soap Co makes environmentally-friendly soap using three basic ingredients. The standard cost card for one batch of soap for the month of September was as follows:
The budget for production and sales in September was 120,000 batches. Actual production and sales were 136,000 batches. The actual ingredients used were as follows:
Required:
(a) Calculate the total material mix variance and the total material yield variance for September. (8 marks)
(b) In October the materials mix and yield variances were as follows:
Mix: $6,000 adverse
Yield: $10,000 favourable
The production manager is pleased with the results overall, stating:
‘At the beginning of September I made some changes to the mix of ingredients used for the soaps. As I expected, the mix variance is adverse in both months because we haven’t yet updated our standard cost card but, in both months, the favourable yield variance more than makes up for this. Overall, I think we can be satisfied that the changes made to the product mix are producing good results and now we are able to produce more batches and meet the growing demand for our product.’
The sales manager, however, holds a different view and says:
‘I’m not happy with this change in the ingredients mix. I’ve had to explain to the board why the sales volume variance for October was $22,000 adverse. I’ve tried to explain that the quality of the soap has declined slightly and some of my customers have realised this and simply aren’t happy but no-one seems to be listening. Some customers are even demanding that the price of the soap be reduced and threatening to go elsewhere if the problem isn’t sorted out.’
Required:
(i) Briefly explain what the adverse materials mix and favourable materials yield variances indicate about production at Safe Soap Co in October.
Note: You are NOT required to discuss revision of standards or operational and planning variances. (4 marks)
(ii) Discuss whether the sales manager could be justified in claiming that the change in the materials mix has caused an adverse sales volume variance in October. (3 marks)
Jamair was founded in September 2007 and is one of a growing number of low-cost airlines in the country of Shania. Jamair’s strategy is to operate as a low-cost, high efficiency airline, and it does this by:
– Operating mostly in secondary cities to reduce landing costs.
– Using only one type of aircraft in order to reduce maintenance and operational costs. These planes are leased rather than bought outright.
– Having only one category of seat class.
– Having no pre-allocated seats or in-flight entertainment.
– Focusing on e-commerce with customers both booking tickets and checking in for flights online.
The airline was given an ‘on time arrival’ ranking of seventh best by the country’s aviation authority, who rank all 50 of the country’s airlines based on the number of flights which arrive on time at their destinations. 48 Jamair flights were cancelled in 2013 compared to 35 in 2012. This increase was due to an increase in the staff absentee rate at Jamair from 3 days per staff member per year to 4·5 days.
The average ‘ground turnaround time’ for airlines in Shania is 50 minutes, meaning that, on average, planes are on the ground for cleaning, refuelling, etc for 50 minutes before departing again. Customer satisfaction surveys have shown that 85% of customers are happy with the standard of cleanliness on Jamair’s planes.
The number of passengers carried by the airline has grown from 300,000 passengers on a total of 3,428 flights in 2007 to 920,000 passengers on 7,650 flights in 2013. The overall growth of the airline has been helped by the limited route licensing policy of the Shanian government, which has given Jamair almost monopoly status on some of its routes. However, the government is now set to change this policy with almost immediate effect, and it has become more important than ever to monitor performance effectively.
Required:
(a) Describe each of the four perspectives of the balanced scorecard. (6 marks)
(b) For each perspective of the balanced scorecard, identify one goal together with a corresponding performance measure which could be used by Jamair to measure the company’s performance. The goals and measures should be specifically relevant to Jamair. For each pair of goals and measures, explain why you have chosen them. (9 marks)