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What is the point of all our detailed DCF analysis? What advice would you give the manager of division Y?
What should Spalding do? Which lever of control is Zuzu emphasizing? What changes, if any, should be made?
What support departments do you plan to interact with? In what scenarios do you think you'll need to use them? What excites you about your program?
Although the marginal cost of producing a pure public good is always positive, some consumers can enjoy. Explain the apparent paradox, if one actually exists.
Demand: p=16-q and Total Cost: C = 4q + 20 At what value(s) of q does the firm break-even?
Suppose when you produce 100 units, your profit = 1200. You have $300 in fixed cost. The price is $23. What is the AVC?
Besides spotting irregularities, like the case above, what are some other ways that ABC cost data are useful for manufacturing companies?
Java intentionally employed more-skilled workers during July. How did this decision affect the cost variances? Overall, was the decision wise?
Discuss what absorption, variables, and throughput costing are. Determine when each would be used. Provide an explanation and example of all three.
Compare and contrast job-order and process costing systems. How can events in a job-order costing system affect financial statements?
What does the cost of goods sold and gross profit mean? How much gross profit do I make on each hat? Why show both gross profit and net income?
What are some other ways that ABC cost data are useful for manufacturing companies? What are some of the other options that Anu might have considered?
What might the company do to reduce the pressures on managers and to decrease the ethical conflicts?
Discuss how you would change the costing method, if at all. Would you add in additional costs or remove any of the costs discussed?
Prepare income statements in both job order costing and activity-based costing formats for a hypothetical case.
Why and how might managers manipulate their monthly estimates of percentage of completion and level of inventory?
Can Activity-Based Costing help you in controlling the cost, even if you don't control the whole ball of wax, how you explain to your Boss, and still keep job?
If a division is reporting losses, does that necessarily mean that it should be closed? Was the reallocation of fixed costs across divisions unethical?
What are the consequences of telling the president of your gross miscalculations? What are the ethical considerations to you and president in this situation?
Discuss the weighted average cost of capital. How do firms use the weighted average cost of capital for decision making?
As a manager, discuss how you would use Variable Costing in managerial decisions Support your response with numerical example(s).
Explain the difference between Job & Process Cost Accounting? Give an example that has local color, meaning a Process or Job Cost, you have seen in action.
What are the differences between labor and material variances? How is a quantity variance different from a rate variance?
An explanation of the career development activity that you participated in. How the activity will influence your current or future career.