HORGREN'S COST ACCOUNTING
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.33P
1.
To determine
Planning and Control Decision:
Planning decisions involves selecting organization goals, estimating results under different alternative ways to attain those goals, and deciding how to achieve the expected goals. It involves communicating the goals and how to attain them to the entire firm.
Control decisions involve taking actions to implement planning decisions, and deciding on how to evaluate performance and providing feedback and learning to improve future decision making.
To indicate: The executive who is primarily responsible for each activity.
2.
To determine
The types of training or experience G would find most useful for the CFO position.
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Part 1
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A controller is concerned mainly with the company's financial matters, the treasurer with operating matters. In small organizations, there are sufficient activities associated with both financial and operating matters to justify two separate positions. In a large organization, the same person might be both treasurer and controller.
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Chapter 1 Solutions
HORGREN'S COST ACCOUNTING
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