3. Describe what Pareto efficiency is and why economists use this criterion for comparing alternative economic systems. Use a graphic display in this essay. The term is named for an Italian economist‚ Vilfreo Pareto. A central concept in economics is Pareto efficiency. A situation is said to be Pareto efficient if there is no way to rearrange things to make at least one person better off without making anyone worse off. What makes Pareto efficiency important is that almost everyone would agree that
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TEST BANK CHAPTER 1 Intercorporate Investments: An Overview MULTIPLE CHOICE Use the following information on a company’s investments in equity securities to answer questions 1- 4 below. The company’s accounting year ends December 31. | |Date of acquisition|Cost |Fair value |Date sold |Selling price | |Investment | | |12/31/10 | |
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Chapter 3 Solutions‚ 3rd day Exercise 3-13 (15 minutes) 1. | Actual manufacturing overhead costs | | $ 48‚000 | | Manufacturing overhead applied: 10‚000 MH × $5 per MH | | 50‚000 | | Overapplied overhead cost | | $ 2‚000 | | | | | 2. | Direct materials: | | | | Raw materials inventory‚ beginning | $ 8‚000 | | | Add: Purchases of raw materials | 32‚000 | | | Raw materials available for use | 40‚000 | | | Deduct: Raw materials inventory
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professionals‚ operational and marketing managers‚ top-level executives‚ and information technologists. Managerial accounting is therefore concerned with the provisions and use of accounting information to managers within organizations‚ to provide them with the basis to make informed business decisions that will allow them to be better equipped in their management and control functions. Managerial accounting therefore is important to a manufacturing organisation in the following ways: Motivating Managers
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Drucker’s work is still being used today in many organizations. Tanz (2003) also makes mention of Frederick Winslow Taylor who created “Taylorism” which encouraged management to see employees as replaceable. There was a big change in the late 1920’s to another style of management‚ which came about from the results of a study known as the “Hawthorne Experiments”. The results revealed that workers were not only motivated by wages. They also needed to have their emotional needs satisfied. Group decision
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ACC201 Principles of Managerial Accounting Assignment Type: Individual or Group Words: 1500 words for individual or 2800 or 4200 words for a group of two or three members‚ respectively. Presentation: Both hardcopy and softcopy should be presented on the due date. The hardcopy should handle to me and the softcopy to the Turnitin (as software to check out the plagiarism)by the due date. The instruction for how to submit to the Turnitin will be provided you later through my web space.
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Managerial Communication Assignment 2: Managerial Communication Assessment Task 2: Group Communication Analysis Managerial communication theory can be observed in everyday real-life interpersonal dynamics. Whether it be at the workplace or even in undertaking basic activities with family and friends‚ communication skills can be the difference between success and failure or the difference between a good or bad experience. The notion communication theory in everyday life became evident when
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REVISITING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY: A CLOSER LOOK AT FOLLOWER DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES A Dissertation Presented to The Academic Faculty By Michael Lippstreu In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology Georgia Institute of Technology May‚ 2010 Copyright © 2010 by Michael Lippstreu REVISITING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY: A CLOSER LOOK AT FOLLOWER DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES Approved
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MFAR 1 Managerial and Financial Accounting Report Week one paper Chuck Youman Finance 540 George Peterson July 26‚ 2006 MFAR 2 Introduction This report is intended to discuss the differences between financial accounting and managerial accounting. By discussing the differences in the types of reports that are generated by the two different accounting systems‚ this report will compare and contrast the types of decisions made using the information that the two types of accounting
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1-5 a. Historical costs are not useless in rapidly changing environment. Even though it does not tell us the fair market value of a certain item‚ it gives us an idea of how the price has changed as time passes. It allows us to record the depreciation and forecast the future costs. b. 1-8 2-4 A lotion bundle consists of 2 cases of 4oz‚ 4 cases of 8oz and 1 case of 12oz bottles. For each lotion bundle: Revenue=2*$36+4*$66+1*72=$408‚ Variable cost=2*$13+4*$24.5+1*27=$151 Contribution
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