Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
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Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
It was reported that Exabyte Corporation, a fast-growing Colorado marketer of computer devices has decided to purchase key components of its product from other suppliers. A former chief executive officer of Exabyte stated, "If wed tried to build our own plants, we could never have grown that fast or maybe suniived." The decision to purchase key product components is an example of what type of decision illustrated in this chapter?
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Decision making plays an important role in the management. The decisions taken by managers are called managerial decisions. Managerial Decisions are decisions taken by managers for the operations of a firm. These decisions include setting target growth rates, hiring or firing employees, and deciding what products to sell. Manager's decisions are taken on the basis of quantitative as well as the qualitative measures. The managerial decision includes the decisions like make or buy, accept or reject new offers, sell or further process etc. These decisions are taken on the basis of relevant costs.
Relevant costs are the costs that are relevant for any decision making. Relevant costs are helpful for take managerial decisions like make or buy, accept or reject new offers, sell or further process etc.
Two basic types of the relevant costs are as follows:
- Out-of-pocket costs
- Opportunity costs
To Indicate:
The type of decision
Decision making plays an important role in the management. The decisions taken by managers are called managerial decisions. Managerial Decisions are decisions taken by managers for the operations of a firm. These decisions include setting target growth rates, hiring or firing employees, and deciding what products to sell. Manager's decisions are taken on the basis of quantitative as well as the qualitative measures...
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