A) “I work for a non-profit organization, so all this talk of the full cost of your product or service really isn’t applicable to me.” I would have to disagree with the statement, as full cost of product or service is applicable; however, the majority of the time people or companies will donate or give a discount if asked. For example, if you work for a non-profit organization and are in need of office supplies, why not buy locally from people who support you such as Staples or Office Depot,
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Chapter 1 Managerial Accounting and the Business Environment Lecture Notes Chapter theme: This chapter serves four main purposes. First, it explains the differences and similarities between financial and managerial accounting. Second, it describes the role of management accountants in an organization. Third, it explains the basic concepts underlying Lean Production, the Theory of Constraints (TOC), and Six Sigma. Fourth, it discusses the importance of upholding ethical standards.
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them into actions. It gives the managers a clear and detailed structure to keep track of all operating activities. It includes four perspectives: financial perspective, customer perspective, internal business perspective, and innovation and learning perspective. The main measures and conclusion from the balance scorecard of Southwest Airline are as follows: * Financial perspective: 1) Compared to the year 2010, passenger revenues growth is the core factor which contributes 29% increase of
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MODULE 1, ASSIGNMENT 3 September 12, 2013 Topics: Performance Management, Financial Management and Financial Reporting Overview In this assignment, candidates get a chance to apply all the steps except for steps 6 and 9 in the Steps for Approaching Business and Corporate Strategy to a small business case. As mentioned previously, these steps provide candidates with a systematic approach for addressing a case involving business-level strategic issues. Applying this approach effectively is one
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1. | Question : | (TCO 1) The Accounting Equation is used to develop the organization's financial reports. (1) Describe what assets value would be if Liabilities are $12,000 and Owners' Equity is $50,000 by showing the Accounting Equation (10 points), and (2) provide an example of two asset accounts that could contain the value. (10 points) | | | Student Answer: | | 1.Assets=Liabilities+Owners Equity 12,000+50000 Assets=62,000 2.Cash and Equipment | | Instructor Explanation: | Textbook
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for decision makers. 8. The four major elements in the broad definition of assurance services are independence, professional services, improving the quality of information, or its context, and for decision makers. 10. Auditing Standards Board’s management assertions are existence or occurrence, rights and obligations, completeness, value or allocation, and presentation and disclosure. Existence asserts that each of the balance sheet and income statement balances actually exist (Do the assets
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1. Controlling involves the coordination of daily business functions within an organization. FALSE AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Industry AICPA FN: Decision Making Bloom's: RC Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: 01-02 Explain four fundamental management processes that help organizations attain their goals. 2. Measuring the performance of managers and subunits is not an objective of managerial accounting. FALSE AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA
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combat fraudulent behavior. Elements of Financial Management There are four main parts or elements of basic financial management. Planning, controlling, organization and directing, and decision making (Baker & Baker. 2011). Planning consists of identifying goals of the organization and detailing the necessary steps to achieve these goals. When planning, an organization might consider historical statistics, patient demographics and must set specific financial goals. Controlling is a way to
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source of risk that does not affect the covariability of a firm’s returns with the market. People examined the analysis of financial risk associated with the use of leverage along the four dimensions, which would be listed later. In these four dimensions, the first two dimensions of risk are firm-specific risk and the third dimension of risk as systematic risk. The four dimensions are: first with respect to time frame: We examined the analysis of a firm’s ability to pay liabilities coming due
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seek the financial reporting practices, ethical standards, accounting principles, corporate compliance, ethics, or fraud and abuse in the articles that was chosen to be reviewed. Financial reporting in a medical office or a healthcare organization relies on financial data to be close to real time as they can get it. The financial reporting has advantages such as analysis, visualization, and assistance in decision-making ("Financial Reporting", 2009). Chief financial officers use the financial reporting
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