Activity-based responsibility accounting
Not what you're looking for?
18. A competitive environment means that organizations will be
a. producing increasingly high-volume, low-variety products and services.
b. focused internally on efficiency.
c. viewing their actions independent of competitors, suppliers and customers.
d. managing cause and effect linkages to customer satisfaction.
21. Which of the following is NOT true about activity-based responsibility accounting?
a. The emphasis changes from cost reduction through change to cost control.
b. The emphasis includes financial results as well as how things are done.
c. Responsibility moves from one dimension to two dimensions.
d. It moves from a control system to a performance management system.
22. Which of the following is NOT a limitation of activity-based responsibility accounting?
a. Change efforts are often fragmented.
b. Change efforts lack connection to mission.
c. Change efforts lack connection to strategy.
d. Change efforts are driven by value-added analysis.
27. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of strategic-based responsibility accounting?
a. It includes perspectives that serve as a source of competitive advantage.
b. Change efforts are directed by the mission and strategy.
c. Responsibility is centralized within the organization.
d. All are advantages of strategic-based responsibility accounting.
30. Which is NOT a major difference between activity-based measures and strategic-based measures?
a. Strategic-based measures are linked to strategy.
b. Strategic-based measures are used to align objectives.
c. Strategic-based measures are balanced measures.
d. All are major differences.
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary
Response discusses about the activity-based responsibility accounting
Solution Preview
18. A competitive environment means that organizations will be
d. managing cause and effect linkages to customer satisfaction.
21. Which of the following is NOT true about ...
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Six Sigma for Process Improvement
A high level understanding of Six Sigma and what it is all about. This just gives you a glimpse of Six Sigma which entails more in-depth knowledge of processes and techniques.
Motivation
This tests some key elements of major motivation theories.
Marketing Management Philosophies Quiz
A test on how well a student understands the basic assumptions of marketers on buyers that will form a basis of their marketing strategies.
Transformational Leadership
This quiz covers the topic of transformational leadership. Specifically, this quiz covers the theories proposed by James MacGregor Burns and Bernard Bass. Students familiar with transformational leadership should easily be able to answer the questions detailed below.
Situational Leadership
This quiz will help you better understand Situational Leadership and its theories.