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Solutions Manual for Introduction to Managerial Accounting 7th Canadian Edition By Peter C. Brewer

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Solution Manuals for Introduction to Managerial Accounting 7th Canadian Edition By Peter C. Brewer Chapter 1 An Introduction to Managerial Accounting Solutions to Questions 1-1 Managerial accoun ... ting is concerned with providing information primarily to managers for their use internally in the organization for the purposes of strategy, planning, implementation and control. Financial accounting is concerned with providing information primarily to investors, creditors, and others outside of the organization. 1-2 Essentially, the manager carries out three major activities in an organization: planning, implementation, and control. All three activities involve decisionmaking and use managerial accounting information. This is depicted in Exhibit 1- 1. 1-3 The Planning, Implementation and Control Cycle involves the following steps: (1) formulating plans which often includes preparing budgets, (2) overseeing day-today activities which includes organizing, directing and motivating people, resource allocation and decision making, and (3) controlling which includes providing feedback via performance reports. 1-4 In contrast to financial accounting, managerial accounting: (1) focuses on the needs of the manager; (2) places more emphasis on the future; (3) emphasizes relevance and timeliness, rathe [Show More]

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