3/30/13 Cost Es+ma+ng and Control Prof. Omar El-‐Anwar Lecture #7: Cost Control Announcement • If you did not pass in a prerequisite: – Fill a waiver form – We are s+ll discussing the outcome with Derasat 3olya! • HCSS – The password is working fine …! 25-‐Sep-‐12 2 1
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What is decision making; The process of selecting from several choices products or ideas‚ and taking action. Decision making includes followings : 1.A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration . * 2.Choosing between alternative courses of action using cognitive processes - memory‚ thinking‚ evaluation‚ etc . * * 3.The process of mapping the likely consequences of decisions‚ working out the importance of individual factors‚ and choosing the best course of action
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Greyhound Lines is a bus transportation company that had problems with operating costs and customer service. It did not have union in solving vital problems‚ more concretely‚ while Greyhound’s executive faced with these issues by reorganizing such as massive cuts in personnel‚ routes’ and service‚ along with computerization‚ middle managers in computer programming‚ human resource and terminal managers considered that executive’s solution was inappropriate. As a result‚ it was impossible for them
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Synergistic decision making‚ or SDM‚ is a model of decision making consisting of two aspects: problem solving and interpersonal relations. One of the basic aspects of SDM is that group members need to delay their decision making until all ideas have been evaluated. Group members should not try to debate the merits of an idea without first hearing all ideas. Also‚ group members need to come together with open minds in relation to the other group members. If group members A has judged member B because
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Judgment-Business Judgement Issues. The question we where asked by Professor Gilbertson‚ was to focus on a decision and evaluate it using any two of the following biases that where listed below. I chose availability heuristic biases related to representative heuristic. The availability heuristic is based upon convenience.The simplest heuristic to us is based upon available memory(Tversky and Kahnemann‚1973).What people remember will often guide their decision. Like
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Decision Making Process 521 May 13‚ 2011 Scenario In January of 2007 new hired employee of Walmart Chalace Epley Lowry reported senior executive Mona Williams of using insider information to profit on stock options. Lowery had just completed employee training and in that training Walmart’s code of ethics was vigorously stressed. The training encouraged employees to report any unethical business practices or conduct of any employee no matter their status. With these values etched into
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Cultural elements within a business affect the way strategy is determined‚ goals are established and how the organization operates as an entity. Not only are decisions made as a group/community effort‚ but it is stemmed from cultural beliefs/practice/ways of living‚ which varies on a global context. In today’s global market place cultural differences across countries have a significant impact on business decision making; this is manifested in or through most functional areas of businesses including
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range of accounting application is expanding rapidly‚ along with the increasing demand of economic market. As is well known‚ accounting is a key aspect of business. And in the accounting profession‚ there has been already existed interpenetration and overlapping among the different kinds of accounting. Cost accounting and financial accounting are two main components of accountancy. The former one is a part of accounting. In cost accounting‚ it dramatically researches the variable cost‚ fixed cost‚ overheads
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Concepts of Decision Making MMPBL/500 Foundations of Problem Based Learning Abstract Key concepts of decision making are a vital part of keeping a company successful and happy employees. There are many areas to take into consideration when applying these decisions. To begin managers must apply their critical thinking skills. As a manager you must choose a decision making concept. Then analyze the concept that is going to be used. Also take a close look at the symptoms and problems
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Perception and Decision Making Individuals with in organizations have to make important decisions everyday‚ the choices they make greatly effects their outcomes. How individuals in organizations make decisions and the quality of their final choices are largely influenced by their perceptions. During this examination of the role of perception in the decision making process‚ we will be discussing the meaning of perception and how an individual’s perception of others can impact an organization’s
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