Financial & Managerial Accounting
Financial & Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781285866307
Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 23, Problem 1DQ
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Centralized operations: In a company where the major plans and operating decisions are controlled by the top level management, such a company is said to have centralized operations.

Decentralized operations: In a company where the plans and operating decisions are delegated to the divisional managers, such a company is said to have decentralized operations.

To distinguish: Centralized operations from decentralized operations

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Differences between centralized and decentralized operations:

Centralized Operations Decentralized Operations
The major operating decisions are controlled by top level management. The major operating decisions are delegated to divisional managers.
Centralized operations are preferable by small businesses, where one man can handle all the operations. Decentralized operations are delegated to the managers with expertise in the respective production lines and services.
Since the business is small and can be controlled by one person, it is easy to maintain the operations, and not much experience is necessary. Since the product lines and numerous, top level management cannot alone control all the operations, and may not have expertise in all departments.

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Chapter 23 Solutions

Financial & Managerial Accounting

Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.1APECh. 23 - Prob. 23.1BPECh. 23 - Service department charges The centralized...Ch. 23 - Service department charges The centralized...Ch. 23 - Income from operations for profit center Using the...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.3BPECh. 23 - Prob. 23.4APECh. 23 - Profit margin, investment turnover, and ROI Briggs...Ch. 23 - Residual income The Consumer Division of Hernandez...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.5BPECh. 23 - Transfer pricing The materials used by tile North...Ch. 23 - Transfer pricing The materials used by the...Ch. 23 - Budget performance reports for cost centers...Ch. 23 - Divisional income statements The following data...Ch. 23 - Service department charges and activity bases For...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.4EXCh. 23 - Service department charges In divisional income...Ch. 23 - Service department charges and activity bases...Ch. 23 - Divisional income statements with service...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.8EXCh. 23 - Prob. 23.9EXCh. 23 - Rate of return on investment The income from...Ch. 23 - Residual income Based on the data in Exercise...Ch. 23 - Determining missing items in return on investment...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.13EXCh. 23 - Prob. 23.14EXCh. 23 - Prob. 23.15EXCh. 23 - Determining missing items from computations Data...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.17EXCh. 23 - Prob. 23.18EXCh. 23 - Building a balanced scorecard Hit-n-Run Inc. owns...Ch. 23 - Decision on transfer pricing Materials used by the...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.21EXCh. 23 - Budget performance report for a cost center...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.2APRCh. 23 - Divisional income statements and rate of return on...Ch. 23 - Effect of proposals on divisional performance A...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.5APRCh. 23 - Prob. 23.6APRCh. 23 - Prob. 23.1BPRCh. 23 - Prob. 23.2BPRCh. 23 - Prob. 23.3BPRCh. 23 - Prob. 23.4BPRCh. 23 - Prob. 23.5BPRCh. 23 - Prob. 23.6BPRCh. 23 - Prob. 23.1CPCh. 23 - Prob. 23.2CPCh. 23 - Evaluating divisional performance The three...Ch. 23 - Evaluating division performance over time The...Ch. 23 - Evaluating division performance Last Resort...
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