Global Dynamics is a large corporation with offices throughout the United States. They specialize in helping businesses grow and tackle issues with staffing and overall logistics. Global Dynamics has a variety of departments including accounting, human resources, sales, and customer service. Which of the following best represents a task for a staff accountant at Global Dynamics?
A) Devise a plan for a ten percent improvement in the collection of Accounts Receivable over the next five years.
B) Implement a plan for a five percent reduction in the days' sales in receivables over the next month.
C) Reduce employee turnover in the accounting department within the next six months.
D) Reduce the number of days the monthly closing process takes over the next few months.

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This question requires familiarity with work responsibilities for various employees at different levels and in different areas of the organizational hierarchy. Choice B is correct because it assigns a short-term objective with a specific performance measure to someone at a staff level. The remaining three choices are incorrect because they contain a mixture of long-term objectives or less-specific performance measures in addition to more short-term and specific performance measures.

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