Economics and Managerial Decision Making Economics (text definition) The study of the behavior of human beings in producing‚ distributing and consuming material goods and services in a world of scarce resources Economics (Moss’ favorite definition) Economics is concerned with how people to allocate scarce resources among alternative uses. Scarcity Scarce means that there is not enough of the resource available to satisfy all the desires for it without imposing a system of rationing. Resource
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Managerial Accounting and the Business Environment Chapter 1 © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. Learning Objective 1 Understand the role of management accountants in an organization. McGraw-‐Hill/Irwin Slide 2 Organizational Structure Decentralization is the delegation of decisionmaking authority throughout an organization. Corporate Organization Chart Board of Directors President Purchasing Personnel Vice President Operations Chief Financial Officer Controller
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1. What caused the existing system at ETO to fail? The existing system does not account for time spent in the testing facility by each set of products. It allocates burden according to ‘direct labor dollar’ incurred instead of ‘machine hours’. 2. DIRECT LABOR MAIN ROOM MECH ROOM TOTAL ICA 917 8.5 10 18.5 Accountants 183.4 680 800 2580.4 Consultants 183.4 538.4 1126.3 2765.1 Current 917 1329.7 2246.7 ICB 2051 14 26 40.0 Accountants 410.2 1120.0 2080.0 5661
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TEST BANK: TIME VALUE OF MONEY (Difficulty: E = Easy‚ M = Medium‚ and T = Tough) Multiple Choice: Problems Easy: FV of a single payment Answer: d Diff: E . You deposit $2‚000 in a savings account that pays 10 percent interest‚ compounded annually. How much will your account be worth in 15 years? a. $2‚030.21 b. $5‚000.00 c. $8‚091.12 d. $8‚354.50 e. $9‚020.10 FV of a single payment Answer: c Diff: E . You deposit $1‚000 in a savings account that pays 9 percent
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Accounting Alternatives Case At the beginning of the year 20x1‚ two companies began operations to sell home heating units. Eads Heaters Inc. is located in 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
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Brief Exercise 2-2 Following are a number of costs that are incurred in a variety of organizations. Required: Classify each cost as variable or fixed with respect to the number of units sold or services provided by the organization by placing an X in the appropriate column. Brief Exercise 3-8 The Alpine House‚ Inc. is a large retailer of winter sports equipment. Here is an income statement for the company’s ski department for a recent quarter: D On average‚ skis sell for $700 per pair. Variable
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On February 1‚ 2003 a great American tragedy occurred as NASA’s space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry to Earth‚ killing all seven crew members on board. This marked the 28th and final mission for one of the United State’s most prestigious orbiters. During the weeks and months following this tragedy‚ many people asked “why” such a terrible event occurred. And while the root-cause may seem obvious now‚ many theories were raised by Congress‚ the press and engineers within NASA. More
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Unit 2 Assignment Student Name: Magida Taracena 1. Analyze what would happen to equilibrium price and quantity in the market for Pepsi if the following occurred (be sure to indicate WHY it happens as well): a. The price of Coke decreases: If the price of coke diminishes the demand will increase and if Pepsi stays the same the demand will stand still. This means that if the price of Coke decreases and
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1. If the consumer’s budget constraint is given by 10F + 5S = 100 where F is food and S is shelter‚ how much food can he buy if he purchases 2 units of shelter? Plug in number Student Response Value A. 10 B. 5 C. 20 D. 9 100% Score: 1/1 2. If the consumer’s budget constraint is given by 10F + 5S = 100 where F is food and S is shelter‚ what is the opportunity cost of food in terms of shelter? F/S Student Response Value A. 5 B. 2 C. 15 D. 10 0% Score:
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Analyze the layers of security for General Aviation When someone uses the term general aviation (GA)‚ most think about a small single engine plane flying over a field or giving site seeing tours. However‚ after 9/11‚ that perception changed and people started to realize that small general aviation aircraft could be used to carry out future terrorist attacks. There have been many layers of security set in place to reduce the chances of an attack happening‚ which has proved to be effective in keeping
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