WHAT ARE COSTS AND PROFITS? HUNGRY HELEN’S COOKIE FACTORY • Helen‚ the owner of the cookie factory‚ buys flour‚ sugar‚ flavorings‚ and other cookie ingredients. • She also buys the mixers and the ovens and hires workers to run the equipment. • She then sells the resulting cookies to consumers. 2 TOTAL REVENUE‚ TOTAL COST‚ AND PROFIT • The amount that Helen receives for the sale of its output (cookies) is its total revenue. • The amount that the firm pays to buy inputs (flour‚ sugar‚ workers
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DECISION MAKING INTRODUCTION Decision making is an essential aspect of modern management. It is a primary function of management. A manager’s major job is sound/rational decision-making. He takes hundreds of decisions consciously and subconsciously. Decision-making is the key part of manager’s activities. Decisions are important as they determine both managerial and organizational actions. A decision may be defined as "a course of action which is consciously chosen from among a set of alternatives
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disadvantages of each decision that Elaine has made. a. 1st decision Graphic‚ Inc. loan of $10 million. Graphco was a tobacco firm embroiled in litigation concerning the promotion of its products to children. Elaine based her decision by Moral Philosophies which refers to the specific principals or rules that people use to decide what is right or wrong (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ Ferrell‚ Ninth Edition Business Ethics‚ p 153). The advantage to this decision is she did what she felt was morally acceptable
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A M BORISON Applied Decision Analysis. Inc. 27W Sand Hill Road Mcnio Park. California 94025 Oglethorpe Power Corporation (OPC) provides wholesale power to consumer-owned distribution cooperatives in Georgia. Late in 1990‚ OPC managers learned that Florida Power Corporation wanted to expand its connections to Georgia with another transmission line. To decide whether to build this line‚ OPC worked with Applied Decision Analysis‚ Inc. to conduct a comprehensive decision analysis in less than two
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is not sure about the difference between cost accounting and a cost accounting system. Explain the difference to Joe. (b) What is an important feature of a cost accounting system? 2. (a) Distinguish between the two types of cost accounting systems. (b) May a company use both types of cost accounting systems? 3. What type of industry is likely to use a job order cost system? Give some examples. 4. What type of industry is likely to use a process cost system? Give some examples. 5. Your roommate
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In a Year of Impossible Goodbyes‚ Sookan changes from being little girl who relies on others‚ to a strong‚ brave girl who looks out for others. An emotional change is seen in three moments: when Sookan is by herself after Grandfather’s death‚ when Sookan offers to help a woman up in need‚ and when Sookan takes charge of Inchun. These moments clearly show the change in consecutive order. In the beginning‚ feeling saddened and helpless by Grandfather’s death‚ Sookan returns to her room where she
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people’s decisions to pursue or deny going to college‚ although there are people that decide not to go to college and there are many that do. What influences high school graduates to go to college is their interest in getting a future career. As a matter of fact‚ there are better job opportunities and ability to sustain yourself for life. On the other hand‚ what influences a person to decide not to go to college is having a low house income. In addition‚ a person’s decision to not go to college may also
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Cost Benefit Analysis What is cost benefit analysis? Cost benefit analysis (COBA) is a technique for assessing the monetary social costs and benefits of a capital investment project over a given time period. The principles of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) are simple: 1. Appraisal of a project: It is an economic technique for project appraisal‚ widely used in business as well as government spending projects (for example should a business invest in a new information system) 2. Incorporates
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ESSAY What are some obstacles you may face as a teacher‚ and according to the context in this unit‚ how can you overcome these? Throughout their careers‚ teachers face many obstacles in their classroom that may hinder their teaching. These obstacles come in many different shapes and sizes. It is the effective and successful teacher who is able to overcome these obstacles while maintaining a happy‚ positive and joyful attitude. A teacher must remember that it is not the information they possess along
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KENYATTA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS PROGRAMME: MBA COURSE: MARKETING MANAGEMENT COURSE CODE: BBA 504 LECTURER: ROSEMARY KOROS |No. |Name |Adm. No. |Signature | |1 |Kamande Micah Muchoki |D53/CTY/PT/20683/2010 |………………… | |2 |Ongwesa I. Valentine |D53/CTY/PT/21233/2010
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