ACCT11059 Workshop Questions: Managers Need to Understand Reality

Question 5–1

Why would firms (such as Ryman Healthcare in Section 5.3) include accounting measures and physical quantities in their aims and objectives? What advantages and disadvantages might there be in doing this?

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Question 5–2

What problems might there be with breaking a firm into bits and holding different people accountable for different bits of a firm?

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