OF ECONOMICS Lesson 1- Economic System & Opportunity Cost 1 Learning Objectives By the end of this unit‚ you should be able to: give an overview of Economics deal with the Economic Problem discuss the Methodology in Economics differentiate between Microeconomic Issues and Macroeconomic Issues Lesson 1- Economic System & Opportunity Cost 2 Lesson 1- Foundations of Economics Lesson 1-pg1 What is Economics? Economics is the study of how people and society choose to use scarce
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Running Head: Rising Fuel Costs and the Airline Industry Rising Fuel Costs and the Airline Industry Of all the changes that we have seen in the economy‚ fuel has to be at the top of the list as an item whose pricing affects more than just the price we see at the pump. In addition to increased prices at the gas pump‚ we have also seen products‚ services‚ and virtually every item sold increase due to the high cost of fuel. Although fuel prices have dropped today versus what they were in
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A behavioral model for implementing cost management systems Shields‚ M. D.‚ and S. M. Young. 1989.. Journal of Cost Management (Winter): 17-27. Summary by Hanna Morales Master of Accountancy Program University of South Florida‚ Summer 2002 Behavioral Issues Main Page | CAM-I Main Page | Cost Management Main Page In an attempt to help firms plan and control the costs of advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT) like‚ Just-In-Time‚ Total Quality Control‚ robotics‚ and computer integrated manufacturing
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Quality Cost 1 Quality is defined from the customer´s point of view l Performance l Performance or the primary operating characteristics of a product or service. Example: For a car‚ it is speed‚ handling‚ and acceleration. For a restaurant‚ it is good food. l Features l Features or the secondary characteristics of a product or service. Example: For a TV‚ it is an automatic tuner. For a restaurant‚ it is linen table cloths and napkins . l Reliability l Reliability
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Adjustment | Definition | A pay structure is a collection of pay rates or pay ranges.Structure setting and adjustment is the process of developing‚ adjusting‚ and maintaining a pay structure. | Purpose | Pay structures are used to help organizations: * maintain pay levels that are competitive with the external labor market‚ * maintain internal pay relationships among jobs‚ * recognize and reward differences in level of responsibility‚ skill‚ and performance‚ and * manage pay expenditures
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wheels‚ kilns‚ and so forth) that could earn him $4‚000 per year if alternatively invested. He has been offered $15‚000 per year to work as a potter for a competitor. He estimates his entrepreneurial talents are worth $3‚000 per year. Total annual revenue from pottery sales is $72‚000. Calculate accounting profits and economic profits for Gomez’s pottery. Explicit costs: $37‚000 (= $12‚000 for the helper + $5‚000 of rent + $20‚000 of materials). Implicit costs: $22‚000 (= $4‚000 of forgone
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Cost Control and Cost Reduction A business enterprise must survive‚ grow‚ and prosper. Cost Control and Cost Reduction are activities necessary for ensuring that these objectives are fulfilled. With the liberalization of the Indian Economy and Globalization‚ there is now a cut throat competition from various concerns of the world. As a result there is now a race to secure a place for survival. This has increased the importance of cost control and Cost Reduction. Cost Control “Cost control
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precision. Relevant information includes qualitative as well as quantitative data. 2. Select the correct statement regarding relevant costs and revenues. A. Relevant costs are also known as avoidable costs. B. Relevant costs are future-oriented. C. Relevant revenues must differ between the alternatives. D. All of the above. 3. Andy is trying to decide which one of two job offers he will accept. Several items are presented below: Select the items that are relevant to Andy’s decision. A. (1)‚ (2)‚ (3)
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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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traditional volume-based system to an activity-based costing (ABC) system after reading about the two-stage procedure to assign overhead cots to products. Chuck questioned if the current cost-management system was providing the management with accurate data about product costs. In a traditional‚ volume-based product-costing system‚ only a single predetermine overhead rate is used. All manufacturing-overhead costs are combined into one cost pool‚ a grouping of individual indirect cost items‚ and they are
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