Three Managerial Skills In the past decade‚ businesses became more technology based‚ more diverse and competitive. Cortwell in an online article mentions‚ how businesses have changed from simple barter trade‚ when the concept of money was not introduced until now‚ the computer revolution has changed everything (Importance of Technology in Business‚ 2009). Every manager should adopt key skills in order to manipulate the employees in the correct fashion. In today’s world of diversity of business
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CHAPTER 2: RELEVANT REVENUES AND COSTS The primary goal of a firm is to maximize profits. This implies‚ of course‚ that each decision a manager makes is consistent with that goal. Although managers are expected to rely on internally-produced reports‚ such as balance sheets and income statements‚ to help them make decisions‚ most of the information that appears on these statements is period-based rather than decision-based. A balance sheet shows the sum total of a firm’s assets and liabilities
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Ch2 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. In a competitive market‚ the market demand is Qd = 60 - 6P and the market supply is Qs = 4P. A price ceiling of $3 will result in a A. B. C. D. shortage of 30 units. shortage of 15 units. surplus of 30 units. surplus of 12 units. 2. In a competitive market‚ the market demand is Qd = 60 - 6P and the market supply is Qs = 4P. The full economic price under a price ceiling of $3 is A. B. C. D. 6.
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University of Perpetual Help System Laguna Master in Business Administration Sto. Niño‚ Biñan‚ Laguna MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING JAYSON G. GELILIO PROF. MARIA DIANA DELA VEGA‚ CPA‚ MBA‚ PhD. Problem 20-1 Beta Company produces two products‚ A and B‚ each of which uses material X and Y. The following unit standard costs apply: | Material X | Material Y | Direct Labor | Product A | 4 lbs. @ $13 | 1 lb. @ $8.50 | 1/5 hr. @ $14 | Product B | 6 lbs. @ $13 | 2 lbs
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includes everything from capital investment decisions to investment banking falls under the domain of corporate finance. On the other hand‚ the shareholders own a corporation or you could say corporations are owned by its stockholders. This could range from a single shareholder in a closely held corporation to hundreds of thousands of shareholders in a publicly traded organization. Furthermore‚ some of the key terms that associated with Corporate or Managerial finance would be Liability - financial
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Plant overhead $122‚000 D/L rate/hour $30 Youngstown has a traditional cost system. It calculates a plant-wide overhead rate by dividing total overhead costs by total direct labor hours. Assume‚ for the calculations below‚ that plant overhead is a committed (fixed) cost during the year‚ but that direct labor is a variable cost. 1. Calculate the plant-wide overhead rate. Use this rate to assign overhead costs to products and calculate the profitability of the four products. The assignment
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Is the company correct in its decision of not manufacturing standard model compressors on Sundays? Why? Show your calculations. Decision making should be based on change of RELEVANT items ONLY. The company’s calculation is WRONG‚ as it takes into concern of irrelevant fixed cost. By double-counting depreciation‚ other Mfg. overheads‚ SG&A in Sunday’s cost; it distorts the P&L sheet. To correctly show cost structure for decision making‚ there are two different approaches‚ yet each should reach
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Prologue Managerial Accounting and the Business Environment Study Suggestions ( The prologue describes important aspects of the contemporary business environment. While there are no written assignments‚ you should be familiar with the major ideas as background for your study of managerial accounting. HIGHLIGHTS A. In many industries‚ a company that does not continually improve will find itself quickly overtaken by competitors. The text discusses
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THE COST AND SALES CONCEPT Cost is defined as a reduction in the value of an asset for the purpose of securing benefit or gain. Cost is defined in a hotel and restaurant as the expense to a hotel or restaurant for goods or services when the goods are consumed or the services are rendered. KINDS OF COSTS 1. Fixed costs – are those that are normally unaffected by changes in sales volume. They are said to have little direct relationship to the business volume because they do not change
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Eads‚ Colorado‚ and Glenwood Heating Inc. is in Glenwood Springs‚ Colorado. The companies operate under similar economic conditions and have identical operations during the year. However‚ each manager makes different accounting choices and estimates when applying generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in preparing the company’s financial statements. PART A First-Year Transactions: Both companies have completed identical transactions during the first year of operations‚ 20x1 but no transactions
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