Posted: April 21st, 2015

Managerial Accounting Decision-Making Technique

Managerial Accounting Decision-Making Technique

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Assignment Instructions

References

Chapter 8 of our text : Organizational Behavior —
Nahavandi, A., Denhardt, R., Denhardt, J., & Aristigueta, M. (2015). Organizational behavior. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Accounting in a Nutshell —
Walker, J. (2009). Accounting in a Nutshell : Accounting for the Non-specialist. Amsterdam: Elsevier/CIMA.

Locate at least one additional resource (valid source) – can be from Internet or University Library

Purpose/Subject

Discuss decision-making techniques as it relates to managerial accounting.
Refer to Accounting in a Nutshell, page 287, Self-Test Question 4 (solution provided in the text.)
Using this information, respond to the following:

What decision making model would you use to make this decision?
Are any of the decision-making traps discussed in our text in danger of clouding your judgment?
Would any of the tools and techniques for making better decisions assist us in this decision?
What is your final decision and why?

Note: Do not provide calculations for this question. The answers are found near the end of the chapter.

Use all the references above for your research in addition to additional sources you feel will support your position.

Sources

You must use and cite all the sources listed above under References.
There is a great deal of material available both in the Internet (Newsgroup articles are good sources) as well as other reading material.
Wikipedia or any other blog-type site is not a valid source for this paper
Specifics/Format
Content should be 3 – 5 pages (not including title and reference page.
Follow APA guidelines to format your research paper.