A management system in which specific performance goals are jointly determined by emp
A.management by objectives
B.means-ends chain
C.traditional goal setting
D.management by opinions
A.management by objectives
B.means-ends chain
C.traditional goal setting
D.management by opinions
A.resource management
B.error recovery
C.memory management
D.all the above
A.ARP
B.JRP
C.ERP
D.ZRP
A.management desires
B.organizational goals
C.employee satisfaction
D.increased market share
E.lowering production defects
Risk management methodology should be adhered to in:
A construction projects
B system projects
C complex projects
D large projects
E All of the above.
Random cause or system variation is:
A . generally present in every process
B . the responsibility of the inspection of the process
C . the responsibility of the workers of the process
D . the responsibility of management
E . A and D only
186 Risk management methodology should be adhered to in:
A. construction projects
B. system projects
C. complex projects
D. large projects
E. All of the above
One of these techniques involves analysing costs under three distinct categories: material, system, and delivery and disposal.
What is this technique known as?
A.Activity-based costing
B.Life-cycle costing
C.Input-output analysis
D.Flow cost accounting
motor vehicles at thirty locations. The directors and middle management are based at the Head Office of Moffat Ltd.
Each location has a manager who is responsible for day-to-day operations and is supported by an administrative
assistant. All other staff at each location are involved in fitting and servicing operations.
The directors of Moffat Ltd are currently preparing a financial evaluation of an investment of £2 million in a new IT
system for submission to its bank. They are concerned that sub-optimal decisions are being made because the current
system does not provide appropriate information throughout the organisation. They are also aware that not all of the
benefits from the proposed investment will be quantitative in nature.
Required:
(a) Explain the characteristics of THREE types of information required to assist in decision-making at different
levels of management and on differing timescales within Moffat Ltd, providing TWO examples of information
that would be appropriate to each level. (10 marks)
Herman Swan & Co (HS) is a family-owned company that has made fashionable clothes and leather goods for men for over 100 years. The company has been successful in building a strong reputation for quality by sourcing from local textile and leather producers. It sells its goods across the world through a chain of owned shops and also franchised stalls inside large, well-known stores. The company is still owned and run by the family with no other shareholders. The main goal of the firm is to organically grow the business for the next generation of the Swan family.
Customers are attracted to HS products due to the history and the family story that goes behind the products. They are willing to pay the high prices demanded as they identify with the values of the firm, especially the high quality of manufacturing.
The competition for HS has been increasing for more than ten years. It is made up of other global luxury brands and also the rising national champions in some of the rapidly expanding developing countries. The competitors often try to leverage their brands into many different product types. However, the Swan family have stated their desire to focus on the menswear market after an unsuccessful purchase of a handbag manufacturer five years ago.
The company is divided into a number of strategic business units (SBU). Each production site is an SBU, while the whole retail operation is one SBU. The head office previously functioned as a centre for procurement, finance and other support activities. The company has recently invested in a new management information system (MIS) that has increased the data available to all managers in the business. This has led to much of the procurement shifting to the production SBUs and the SBU managers taking more responsibility for budgeting. The SBU managers are delighted with their increased responsibilities and with the results from the new information system but feel there is still room for improvement in its use. The system has assisted in a project of flattening the organisation hierarchy by cutting out several layers of head office management.
You are the management accountant at HS and have been trying to persuade your boss, the finance director, that your role should change. You have read about Burns and Scapens’ report ‘Accounting Change Project’ and think that it suggests an interesting change from your current roles of preparing and reviewing budgets and overseeing the production of management and financial accounts. Your boss is sceptical but is willing to listen to your arguments. He has asked you to submit an explanation of the change that you propose and why it is necessary at HS.
Also, your boss has asked you for an example of how your role as an ‘internal consultant’ would be valuable at HS by looking at the ideas of brand loyalty and awareness. You should consider their impact on performance management at HS, both from the customer and the internal business process perspectives and how to measure them.
Required:
(a) Describe the changes in the role of the management accountant based on Burns and Scapens work. Explain what is driving these changes and justify why they are appropriate to HS. (12 marks)
(b) Using HS as an example, discuss the impact of brand loyalty and awareness on the business both from the customer and the internal business process perspectives and evaluate suitable measures for brand loyalty and awareness. (8 marks)