Cost reduction Generally defined as the act of cutting costs to improve profitability. Cost reduction‚ should therefore‚ not be confused with cost saving and cost control. Cost saving could be a temporary affair and may be at the cost of quality. Cost reduction implies the retention of essential characteristics and quality of the product and thus it must be confined to permanent and genuine savings in the costs of manufacture‚ administration‚ distribution and selling‚ brought about by elimination
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Business (UKM-GSB-LHDN) Cost Classification: Government Agency PROBLEM 2-56 The Department of Natural Resources is responsible for maintaining the state’s parks and forest lands‚ stocking the lakes and rivers with fish‚ and generally overseeing the protection of the environment. Several cost incurred by the agency are listed below. For each cost‚ indicate which of the following classifications best describe the cost. More than one classification may apply to the same cost item. The Answers
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Bernaldo Macro Systems Macro Systems are the division of the broad practices of Social Work. The divisions of social work are often divided into three practices which include the categories of macro‚ mezzo‚ and micro. Often commended as being a system which provides intervention services that affect entire communities and their systems of care and concern‚ Macro level social work has been known to be highly effective. Responsibility of the Human Service Worker in the Macro Environment
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Ronald Coase noted‚“The cost of doing anything consists of the receipts that could have been obtained if that particular decision had not been taken.” For example‚ the opportunity set for this Friday night includes the movies‚ a concert‚ staying home and studying‚ staying home and watching television‚ inviting friends over‚ and so forth. The opportunity cost of taking job A included the forgone salary of $102‚000 plus the $5‚000 of intangibles from job B. Opportunity cost is the sacrifice of
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Case: 2 Outsourcing at Any Cost? Do Corporations Ever Have A Moral Obligation Not to Outsource? 1. Does Galaxywire.net have a moral duty to keep its promise to stay in Green Fork so long as it can do so profitably? Why or why not? If so‚ is accepting even the first offer from the city and workers too much to ask? Yes‚ they do have a moral obligation to keep their promise to stay in Green Fork. Businesses have responsibilities too. Galaxywire.net is facing a difficult moral challenge
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Concepts KEY: pg 29 6. Government publications are used in researching small business. ANS: T PTS: 1 NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking | Motivation Concepts KEY: pg 30 7. Inexperience and incompetent management are the main reasons for failure. ANS: T PTS: 1 NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking | Motivation Concepts KEY: pg 29 8. Good entrepreneurs seek feedback from others. ANS: T PTS: 1 NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking | Motivation Concepts
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Topic 6: Management Accounting and Cost Case: Shelter Partnership a. My main learning outcomes from Topic 6 and the Case Study; 1) Firstly‚ I realize management accounting has much to offer. Somehow I can handle physics but not accounting. Now thanks to this course I can appreciate and make sense of it. The bit that really caught my attention was seeing how management accounting can be really useful for business planning‚ cost management‚ budgeting and performance measurement. It offers
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Introduction Cost accounting is an integral part of estimating a new construction project and estimating a project’s cost is the most important step of all. Estimating project costs is even mentioned in the Holy Bible: "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Don ’t you sit down and estimate the cost‚ to see if you have enough capital to complete it? If you don ’t‚ then when you have laid the foundation but can ’t finish‚ all the onlookers start making fun of you and say‚ `This is the man
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Three Reasons Why Sex Education Should Be Taught In Schools As a mother of three children‚ I have the responsibility and obligation to provide for my children and teach them how to be a healthy and productive human being. Knowledge is important in every aspect of life‚ including sex education. Sex is used more and more each day in the media and it is resulting in children being intrigued at an earlier age than ever. Sex is a natural part of life but it can also result in problems. Three reasons
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Return on Investment (ROI) and Total Cost of Ownership: A Comparison Introduction When a business decision is made to make an investment‚ the need for metrics arises to decide the profitability of the investment. These metrics can be measured before an investment is made to gain an insight into expected returns or they can be measured at regular intervals‚ (quarterly or yearly) to analyse the profitability of the investment. There are quite a few metrics that are used to calculate profitability
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