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#4Problem:The Company to be used is General Motors
Time period 2007-2008
In this module, we are going to review your organization and its treatment of allocated costs.
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The Company to be used is General Motors
Time period 2007-2008
In this module, we are going to review your organization and its treatment of allocated costs.
Retrieve any report in the organization that allocates common costs to a division, product, or service. Recast that report with unallocated costs and comment on the usefulness of that revised report.
If you cannot identify specific actual amounts, make a reasonable estimate and apply the tool as if the data were factual.
If you are unable to identify any report with allocated costs, create a report that you think may apply to your organization and treat the data as if it were factual.
Your report should include
The name and nature of the organization
The activity and time period you used
The inputs you used
Your results
Any implications from your results
This should be a one to two page report.
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Your report should include
The name and nature of the organization
The organization taken is General motors. General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), one of the world's largest automakers, was founded in 1908, and today manufactures cars and trucks in 34 countries. With its global headquarters in Detroit, GM employs 244,500 people in every major region of the world, and sells and services vehicles in some 140 countries. In 2008, GM sold 8.35 million cars and trucks globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall and Wuling. GM's largest national market is the United States, followed by China, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia and Germany.
(GM, 2009)
The activity and time period you used. The inputs you used, your results and any implications from your results
The time period is 2007-08. I have taken the same case as we discussed in the ...
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