Assignment: Make a Decision
Introduction:
You are the accountant of Selcom News, a local cable provider who offers services such as weekly TV guides and local-area information on weather, restaurants, and movie theaters to its subscribers.
However, its main revenue is from the fees charged from its subscribers and banner advertisements. The following is the revenue data from its last three half-yearly results:
|
Month/Year
|
Banner Advertising Revenues ($)
|
Actual Number of Subscribers
|
Monthly Fee per Subscription ($)
|
|
June 2004
|
400,988
|
28,642
|
14.95
|
|
December 2004
|
833,158
|
54,813
|
19.95
|
|
June 2005
|
861,034
|
58,178
|
19.95
|
|
December 2005
|
1,478,072
|
86,437
|
19.95
|
|
June 2006
|
2,916,962
|
146,581
|
19.95
|
Task(s):
1) Identify the five decisions that you would make, based on the information you possess as an accountant.
2) Provide pertinent information as to why you would make that decision.
3) For each decision, indicate whether you will be acting in a problem-solving, scorekeeping, or attention-directing role. Explain how.
Deliverables and format:
A 300-word Microsoft Word document
Font: Arial, 10 point
Line Spacing: Double