Managing internal cost & Controlling Finances
Paper instructions:
1) address the activity variances 2) How much was the variance and why. 3) Recommend corrective actinos for areas of convern in the budget planning.
4) Lastly discuss the concept of management by expection and how it could be applied to the variances. Also discuss the threshold.
These are the instructions that I was given:
A. Prepare a summary report in which you do the following:
1. Discuss specific budgetary items that raise concern in the budget planning (Spreadsheet Tab: Task 2_Budgets_and_Proformas).
2. Evaluate the flexible budget and its variances (Spreadsheet Tab: Task_2_Budget_Variances).
a. Recommend corrective actions for areas of concern based on a variance analysis.
b. Discuss how the concept of management by exception could be applied to the variances.
B. When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.
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