Costing and Cost Accumulation in a Batch Production Environment ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS 3-1 (a) Use in financial accounting: In financial accounting‚ product costs are needed to determine the value of inventory on the balance sheet and to compute the cost-of-goods-sold expense on the income statement. b) Use in managerial accounting: In managerial accounting‚ product costs are needed for planning‚ for cost control‚ and for decision making. c) Use in cost management: In order
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Capital Budgeting Luz A comas Strayer University Professor: Michael Hamuicka Financial Management – FIN 534 05/02/2011 Abstract Capital budgeting is one of the most important areas of financial management. There are several techniques commonly used to evaluate capital budgeting projects namely the payback period‚ accounting rate of return‚ present value and internal rate of return and profitability index. Recent studies highlight that financial managers worldwide favor
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The British Accounting Review 46 (2014) 309e322 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect The British Accounting Review journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/bar The role of accounting in high-technology investments Julia A. Smith*‚ Renzo Cordina 1 Department of Accounting & Finance‚ University of Strathclyde Business School‚ Curran Building‚ 100 Cathedral Street‚ Glasgow G4 0LN‚ UK a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Received 17 September 2012 Received in revised form
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these long-term goals. Performance is measured and compared against the budget each month‚ and a new forecast‚ which will be reviewed by the division manager‚ is drawn up each quarter for the remainder of the year. This structure of bottom-up budgeting is appropriate for a decentralized firm like Citibank. This is evident from the freedom Mr Mistri has over Indonesia’s operations and the different business segments and divisions‚ as shown in Exhibit 2 & 3. Such a participative process is likely
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* Changing Managerial Role Change Management is an approach to shifting/transitioning individuals‚ teams and organizations from a current state to an anticipated upcoming state. It is an organizational process meant to helping change stakeholders to accept and embrace changes in their business environment or individuals in their personal lives “It’s not so much that we’re afraid of change‚ or so in love with the old ways‚ but it’s the place in between that we fear… it’s like being between trapezes
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ECONOMICS FOR MANAGERS MTKM 5033 CAPITAL BUDGETING BY; MOHD FIRDAUS IBRAHIM M061310005 NORZAHFRAN NORJAMAL M061310034 ABU HANIFAH BIN A. JALAL M061310004 INSTRUCTOR; DR. SENTOT IMAM WAHJONO Table of content Page___ CAPITAL BUDGETING DEFINED 3 Categories of investment THE CAPITAL BUDGETING PROCESS 4 CAPITAL BUDGETING DECISION RULES 5 New project decision rules of capital budgeting Replacement project (Build versus remodel)
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Capital Budgeting Rules: NPV‚ IRR‚ Payback‚ Discounted Payback‚ AAR Categories of Plans 1. Replacement Projects: decisions to replace old equipment – those are among the easier of capital budgeting techniques. It is important to decide whether to replace the equipment when it wears out or to invest in repairing the machine. 2. Expansion Projects: These are decisions whether to increase the size of business or not – they are more uncertain than replacement projects. 3. New products and services: These
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Budgeting System Paper Line-item Budget System The major advantage of line-item budgeting is its simplicity. Any staff member‚ board member‚ volunteer or interested citizen can pick up the line-item budget of a human service agency and see (a) the source and amount of the agency’s revenues‚ (b) how the funds will be used in terms of staff‚ equipment‚ facilities‚ travel‚ and so on‚ and (c) if the budget is balanced. The major disadvantages of line-item budgeting systems are twofold. First‚ line-item
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Savings versus Budgeting Name: Ashdane Beckford School: Glenmuir High‚ 10 Glenmuir Road‚ May pen P.O Clarendon. School number: 986-2372 986-2538 986-6355 Students number: (1876)431-5521 I Ashdane Beckford DO NOT have a family member employed at the FSC or Junior Achievement Jamaica. When I was first assigned this project which is in the form of an essay‚ I thought about two things before
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BA 210-Management Principles Chapters Discussion Questions Chapter 1 Discussion Questions Q. 7 Is efficiency or effectiveness more important to organizational performance? Can managers improve both simultaneously? Efficiency is the use of minimal resources to produce a desired volume of output. Effectiveness is the measure by which the organizations achieve their goals. It is my belief that both are equally important. Efficiency and effectiveness are critical to success of
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