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Define Responsibility Center

Responsibility Center: It is an organizational unit headed by the manager or a group of managers who are responsible for its actions. The responsibility centers can be measured as revenue centers (that is responsible for revenue or sales only), cost centers (that is, responsible for costs or expenses only), profit centers (that is, responsible for revenues and costs), or investment centers (answerable for revenues, investments, and costs).

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