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BUS 630 Week 1
BUS 630 Week 1 Assignment Case 2B Mendel Paper Company
BUS 630 Week 1 DQ 1 Ethics in Cost Control
BUS 630 Week 1 DQ 2 Fixed and Variable costs
Ethics in Cost Control. (Exercise 1-9) Zoya Arbiser, regional manager of Gold Medal Sports
Shops, is reviewing the results of 15 stores in her region. Store managers are moved annually.
Each store manager’s income is very dependent on the direct contribution margin of that store.
For the past year, Store 9 has been managed by a person who has operated several other
profitable stores in recent years and is about to be promoted to a larger store. Zoya notices
several items that bother her.
Store 9 has almost no personnel training expenses relative to other stores.
Store 9 has stopped participating in numerous community events that gave the store significant
visibility but did incur substantial expenses.
Store 6, where this store manager worked the prior year, has had a severe drop in profits due to
higher operating expenses.
The advertising budget was spent almost entirely in the first four months of the year, with almost
nothing spent in the last several months.
Discuss a possible negative managerial scenario that the regional manager may be sensing.
Might the manager of Store 9 be an exceptional manager? What are the ethical implications of
the scenario? What is the regional manager’s ethical responsibility in this scenario? Explain and
support your position with evidence from the text. Your initial post should be 200 to 250 words.
Fixed and Variable Costs. (Chapter 1 Discussion Question 9(a)) Controller, Judy Koch, in a
recent speech said, “I rarely see a real variable cost or a truly fixed cost.” What did she mean?
Include in your response an explanation of the difference in behavior of variable and fixed cost,
including an example to illustrate your explanation. Your initial post should be 200 to 250
words.
Mendel Paper Company. Complete Case 2B (Mendel Paper Company) in Chapter 2.

In this case, you are provided information regarding selling prices and costs of several products
offered by Mendel Paper Company. In addition, management has concerns about sales mix and
rising costs. Address the questions (1-5) at the end of the case. Based on the case questions, you
are required to provide a three to five double-spaced written report addressing management’s
concerns. The written report should be properly formatted according to APA guidelines and
demonstrate research and critical thinking skills. Conclusions and recommendations should be
supported by at least 2 scholarly sources from the Ashford Library or other external sources,
excluding the textbook.
For Questions 1 through 4, you will need to complete several calculations – be sure to label and
clearly identify your work to demonstrate your understanding of the concept even if you arrive at
the incorrect answer. The calculations should be included as part of your analysis and written
report required for submission.
For Question 5, fully address management’s concerns as part of your written analysis using the
new or the previous calculations to support your recommendation/explanation. As part of your
written analysis, include how management might use these calculations to make decisions. The
written analysis should be supported by at least 2 scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.
Week 1 Written Assignment should:
Demonstrate graduate level work including appropriate research and critical thinking skills.
Be presented as a written analysis (not a question/answer format)
Incorporate case questions into the overall analysis.
Follow APA formatting guidelines including title page, reference page and in-text citations
Consists of three to five double-spaced pages of content
Provide at least 2 scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.
BUS 630 Week 2
BUS 620 Week 2 Assignment Case 3A Auerbach Enterprises
BUS 630 Week 2 DQ 1 Product costs
BUS 630 Week 2 DQ 2 Job Order Costing vs. Proess Costing
Product Costs. In Chapter 3, you were introduced to three types of costs associated with a
manufactured product – direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead. Explain how

these costs are associated with the manufactured product. Why are some of these costs allocated
to the product through costing methods such as job order costing or process costing?
As part of your response, be sure to provide a specific example of a company’s manufacturing
costs. Your initial post should be 200-250 words and your example should be properly cited
according to APA as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Job Order Costing vs. Process Costing. Explain the similarities and differences between job
order costing and process costing. In your explanation, provide examples of when job order
costing and process costing would be most appropriate. Your initial post should be 200 to 250
words.
Auerbach Enterprises. Complete Case 3A (Auerbach Enterprises) in Chapter 3.
Auerbach Enterprises manufactures air conditioners for automobiles and trucks manufactured
throughout
North America. The company designs its products with flexibility to accommodate many makes
and models of
automobiles and trucks. The company’s two main products are MaxiFlow and Alaska. MaxiFlow
uses a few
complex fabricated parts, but these have been found easy to assemble and test. On the other
hand, Alaska uses
many standard parts but has a complex assembly and testing process. MaxiFlow requires direct
materials costs
which total $135 per unit, while Alaska’s direct materials requirements total $110 per unit.
Direct labor costs per
unit are $75 for MaxiFlow and $95 for Alaska.
Auerbach Enterprises uses machine hours as the cost driver to assign overhead costs to the air
conditioners.
The company has used a company-wide predetermined overhead rate in past years, but the new
controller,
Bennie Leon, is considering the use of departmental overhead rates beginning with the next year.
The following planning information is available for the next year for each the four manufacturing
departments
within the company:

Overhead Machine
Costs Hours
Radiator parts fabrication………….. $ 80,000 10,000
Radiator assembly, weld, and test…. 100,000 20,000
Compressor parts fabrication………. 120,000 5,000
Compressor assembly and test…….. 180,000 45,000
Total $480,000 80,000
Normally, the air conditioners are produced in batch sizes of 20 at a time. A production batch of
20 units requires
the following number of hours in each department:
MaxiFlow Alaska
Radiator parts fabrication……….. 28 16
Radiator assembly, weld, and test……. 30 74
Compressor parts fabrication……… 32 8
Compressor assembly and test……… 26 66
Total 116 164
Required:
1. Compute the departmental overhead rates using machine hours as the cost driver.
2. Compute a company-wide overhead rate using machine hours as the cost driver.
3. Compute the overhead costs per batch of MaxiFlow and Alaska assuming:
(a) The company-wide rate.
(b) The departmental rates.
4. Compute the total costs per unit of MaxiFlow and Alaska assuming:
(a) The company-wide rate.

(b) The departmental rates.
5. Is one product affected more than the other by use of departmental rates rather than a
company-wide rate?
Why or why not?
In this case, you are provided the overhead cost data for the Auerbach Enterprises. Management
needs advice in determining how to allocate these costs utilizing a job order costing system
either department-wide or company-wide. Address Questions 1through 5 located at the end of
the case. Based on the case questions, you are required to provide a three to five double-spaced
written report addressing management’s concerns and providing recommendations. The written
report should be properly formatted according to APA guidelines and demonstrate research and
critical thinking skills. Conclusions and recommendations should be supported by at least 2
scholarly sources from the Ashford Library or other external sources, excluding the textbook.
For Questions 1 through 4, you will need to complete several calculations. Be sure to label and
clearly identify your work to demonstrate your understanding of the concept even if you arrive at
the incorrect answer. The calculations should be included as part of your analysis and written
recommendations required for submission.
For Question 5, fully address management’s concerns as part of your written analysis and
recommendation using the new or the previous calculations to support your
recommendation/explanation. The written analysis should be supported by at least 2 scholarly
sources, excluding the textbook.
Be presented as a written analysis (not a question/answer format).
Follow APA formatting guidelines including title page, reference page and in-text citations.
Consists of three to five double-spaced pages of content.
BUS 630 Week 3
BUS 630 Week 3 Assignment Case 5A (Glaser Health Products)

BUS 630 Week 3 DQ 1 Allocating Joint Costs
BUS 630 Week 3 DQ 2 Variable Absorption Costing
Allocating Joint Costs. Describe the three methods used to allocate joint costs. What are the
advantages/disadvantages of each allocation method? Which method would you recommend?
Why? Support your position with evidence from the text or external sources. Your initial post
should be 200-250 words
Variable/Absorption Costing. As you read in Chapter 8, there are arguments (for and against)
variable costing and absorption costing. Select one of these costing methods and explore the
various arguments. Determine whether you are “for” or “against” this selected method. Provide
evidence from the text to support your position. Your initial post should be 200-250 words.
Glaser Health Products. Complete Case 5A (Glaser Health Products) in Chapter 5. Glaser
Health Products of Ranier Falls, Georgia, is organized functionally into three divisions:
Operations, Sales, and Administrative. Purchasing, receiving, materials and production control,
manufacturing, factory personnel, inventory stores, and shipping activities are under the control
of the vice-president for operations, George Gottlieb. Advertising, market research, and sales are
the responsibility of the vice-president for sales, Jake Bogan. Accounting, budgeting, the firm’s
computer center, and general office management are delegated to the corporate controller
(Administrative), Charlie Kaplan. The following cost categories are found in the company as a
whole:
(a) Depreciation on factory equipment.
(b) Depreciation on office equipment.
(c) Depreciation on factory building.
(d) Advertising manager’s salary.
(e) Assembly foreman’s salary.
(f) Salespersons’ salaries.
(g) Salespersons’ travel expenses.
(h) Supplies for the Machining Department.
(i) Advertising supplies used.
(j) Electricity for the Assembly Department.
(k) Lost materials (scrap) in a Machining Department.
(l) Direct labor in the Assembly Department.

(m) Supplies for the sales office.
(n) Sales commissions.
(o) Packing supplies.
(p) Cost of hiring new employees.
(q) Payroll fringe benefits for workers in the Shipping Department.
(r) Supplies for Production Scheduling.
(s) Cost of repairing parts improperly manufactured in the Machining Department.
(t) Paint for the Assembly Department.
(u) Heat, light, and power for the factory.
(v) Leasing of computer equipment for the Accounting Department.
Required:
1. Identify each of the costs with the appropriate division: Operations, Sales, Administrative.
2. Identify each of the costs with one of the following:
(a) Unit-level activities. (c) Product-level activities.
(b) Batch-level activities. (d) Facility-level activities.
Organize these classifications by division: Operations, Sales, Administrative.
3. Specify an appropriate cost driver for tracing costs associated with the various levels of
activities to
the next cost objective or products, whichever is appropriate.
4. Glaser Health Products is interested in using activity-based costing to identify as many costs
as possible
with the products. These costs will be used for planning and control decisions rather than for
inventory
valuation. The controller decided that all operation costs will be related to products but only
those sales and

administrative costs that are classified as unit-level, batch-level, or product-level costs should be
related to
products. Using preliminary stage cost drivers, explain how individual items of costs will be
traced to activity
groupings.
5. Using primary stage cost drivers, show how the costs should be related to products.
6. Explain why it is necessary to use preliminary stage and primary stage cost drivers.
In this case, management needs assistance in evaluating and classifying costs identified within
Glaser Health Products in order to implement an activity-based costing system. Please address
Questions 1 through 6 at the end of the case. Based on the case questions, you are required to
provide a two to four double-spaced written report providing management with the necessary
guidance in implementing an activity-based costing system. The written report should be
properly formatted according to APA guidelines and demonstrate research and critical thinking
skills. Explanations and recommendations should be supported by at least 3 scholarly sources
from the Ashford Library or other external sources, excluding the textbook.
For Questions 1 through 3, create a chart to classify and identify a cost driver for each of the
costs provided in the text. The chart should be included as an appendix to the written report.
Explanations of the classifications and identifications within the chart should be included within
the written report, supported by references to the appendix.
Questions 4 through 6 should be addressed in fully developed explanations/instructions as part of
your written report. The written analysis should be supported by at least 3 scholarly sources,
excluding the textbook.
Consists of two to four double-spaced pages of content.

BUS 630 Week 4
BUS 630 Week 4 Journal Budgets and Employee Morale
BUS 630 Week 4 Assignment Case 6B (Chester &Wayne)
BUS 630 Week 4 DQ 1 Budgeting Comments
BUS 630 Week 4 DQ 2 Standard Cost System
Budgeting Comments. (Exercise 6-13 – Revised) Select one of the following quotes from the
text to discuss. Clearly state whether you either agree or disagree with the comment and support
your opinion with at least one scholarly resource. Include in your response an explanation of the
major purposes of budgeting. Your initial post should be 200-250 words.
“One major criticism of budgeting is that it is used as a ‘cost reduction’ tool rather than a ‘cost
control’ tool. The objective of the budget is to control costs at an efficient level of operation.”
“There are generally three benefits from allowing employees to participate in developing the
budget: (1) Employees tend to accept the budget as their own plan of action. (2) Participation
tends to increase morale among employees and toward management. (3) Employee cohesiveness
is increased, and productivity will also increase if dictated by the group norm.”
“Even though budgets are quantitative tools, considerable emotion is connected to budgeting.
The individual in control often sees the budget as a means of getting things done. People being
controlled often have feelings of anxiety because their success and promotion are tied directly to
the budget.”
Standard Cost System. Using Chapter 7 of your text as a reference, define a standard cost and
explain what constitutes the components of a standard cost. Describe the advantages and
disadvantages of a standard cost system and explain under what circumstances a standard cost
system is most effective. Your initial post should be 200-250 words.
Chester & Wayne. Complete Case 6B (Chester &Wayne) in Chapter 6 of your text.
In this case, you have been provided financial information about the company in order to create a
cash budget. Management is seeking advice or clarification on three main assumptions the
company has been operating. Address Questions 1 and 2 at the end of the case. Based on the case
questions, you are required to provide a two to four double-spaced written report providing the
necessary advice and explanations to management. The written report should be properly
formatted according to APA guidelines and demonstrate research and critical thinking skills.

Conclusions and recommendations should be supported by at least 2 scholarly sources from the
Ashford Library or other external sources, excluding the textbook.
Address Question 1 by using a spreadsheet to prepare the case budget for the fourth quarter. The
cash budget should be included as an appendix to the written report and should be referenced in
the written report.
Address Question 2 in a fully developed explanation of two to four double spaced pages to
present the findings and explain or validate the assumptions stated in item (a) through (c). In
addressing Question 2, be sure to use the cash budget prepared in Question 1 as support for your
explanation. The written analysis should be supported by at least 2 scholarly sources, excluding
the textbook.
Consists of two to four double-spaced pages of content.
BUS 630 Week 5
BUS 630 Week 5 Managerial Accounting Assignment (Middlehurst House )
BUS 630 Week 5 DQ 1 Capital Investment Evaluation
BUS 630 Week 5 DQ 2 Ranking Investment Alternatives
Capital Investment Evaluation. Select one of the capital investment evaluation methods
described in Chapter 10 of your text. Fully explain the capital evaluation method’s strengths and
weaknesses. Take a position and defend the use of your selected method. Be sure to use at least
two scholarly sources to support your position. Your initial post should be 200-250 words.
Ranking Investment Alternatives. (Problem 10-41) Grosvenor Industries has designated $1.2
million for capital investment expenditures during the upcoming year. Its cost of capital is 14
percent. Any unused funds will earn the cost of capital rate. The following investment

opportunities along with their required investment and estimated net present values have been
identified:
Project Net Investment NPV Project Net Investment NPV
A $200,000 $22,000 F $250,000 $30,000
B 275,000 21,000 G 100,000 7,000
C 150,000 6,000 H 200,000 18,000
D 190,000 (19,000) I 210,000 4,000
E 500,000 40,000 J 250,000 35,000
In your response, complete the following:
1. Rank the projects using the profitability index. Considering the limit on funds available, which
projects should be accepted?
2. Using the NPV, which projects should be accepted, considering the limit on funds available?
3. If the available investment funds are reduced to only $1,000,000:
(a) Does the list of accepted projects change from Part 2?
(b) What is the opportunity cost of the eliminated $200,000?
Guided Response:
Review several of your classmates’ postings. Respond to at least two of your classmates by
commenting on common responses in the ranking of the projects and by posing a question to
challenge their rankings.
Middlehurst House. Complete Case 9A (Middlehurst House) in Chapter 9.
In this case, management is presented with several decision options. For this assignment, you are
required to provide a three to five double-spaced written memo evaluating options and providing
recommendations. The written memo should be properly formatted according to APA guidelines
and demonstrate research and critical thinking skills. Evaluations and recommendations should
be supported by at least 4 scholarly sources from the Ashford Library or other external sources,
excluding the textbook. In Question 1, evaluate each decision separately in full detail including
calculations, as necessary. The evaluation should be included as part of the memo discussion, not
a separate component. Evaluations can be included as appendices, exhibits or figures; however
must be properly referenced within the written content.

In Question 2, prepare a comprehensive business memo addressing each decision and your
recommendation. The memo should be properly formatted as a business memo and formatted
according to APA guidelines.
An example of a properly formatted business memo can be found at this link
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/590/04/ .
Be presented as a business memo (not a question/answer format).
Consists of three to five double-spaced pages of content.
BUS 630 Week 6 DQ 1 Evaluating Performance
BUS 630 Week 6 DQ 2 Nonvalue Added Costs in a Doctor’s Office
BUS 630 Week 6 Final Paper Decision Making with Managerial Accounting
Evaluating Performance. When comparing various divisions within a company, describe what
problems can arise from evaluating divisions that have different accounting methods, as
described in Chapter 11 of your text. Cite three examples of accounting methods that could cause
divisions’ profits to differ. Your initial post should be 200-250 words.
Non value-Added Costs in a Doctor’s Office. (Exercise 12-12) Dr. Steve Rosenthal has his
own medical practice. He specializes in the treatment of diabetics. His staff consists of a
receptionist, two nurses, a lab technician, and a dietitian. As patients enter the outer office, they
check in with the receptionist. The patient then waits until called by a nurse. When called, the
patient moves from the waiting room to the inner offices. The patient must weigh in and is then
assigned a room. The nurse assigning the patient to a room gathers all the personal data for
updating the medical records, such as insulin dosage, medication, illnesses since last visit, etc.
The nurse also takes an initial blood sample for blood sugar testing and performs a blood
pressure test. The patient then waits until the doctor comes in. After the doctor’s conference, the
nurse returns to take more blood samples, depending on what is ordered by the doctor. The
patient then waits until the dietitian comes to review eating habits and talk about how to improve
meal planning and weight control. The patient returns to the receptionist to pay for the office
visit and to schedule the next visit.

In your response include the following:
1. Identify the activities in the doctor’s office that fall into process time, inspection time, move
time, wait time, and storage time.
2. List the activities in the doctor’s office that are candidates for non value-added activities.
Explain why you classify them as non value-added activities.
Guided Response:
Review several of your classmates’ postings and identify some common non value-added
activities. Respond to at least two of your classmates and provide recommendations that extend
their thinking and inspire reconsideration of the activities listed in the posting.
Focus of the Final Paper
Due to varying business characteristics, the managerial accounting techniques applied in each
business may differ. For example, a business in the start-up phase may rely heavily upon
budgeting and capital investment techniques; whereas, a business in the mature/maintaining
phase may rely heavily upon cost management and quality control. Ultimately, the techniques
used by management should assist the business in achieving its short-term and long-term goals
through effective decision-making.
For your Final Paper, you will analyze the role of managerial accounting in two parts. Part I will
provide a general overview of managerial accounting. Part II will provide examples of how
managerial accounting theories and principles are applied in the business world. You may find it
helpful to reflect upon your own professional experiences for examples.
Part I (Three to four double-spaced pages)
Present the following:
Definition of managerial accounting
Role of managerial accounting and the management accountant in a business or organization
Ethical issues/concerns for the management accountant
General description of at least three managerial accounting techniques available and their
application within a business or organization
Part II (Four to six double-spaced pages)
Select at least three of the five topics identified below:

Cost Management Techniques
Costing Methods
Capital Investment Decision Techniques
Budgeting
Quality Control
For each topic selected present real world examples of the application of managerial accounting
techniques within a business or organization. Examples may be gathered from your own
professional experiences or from case studies obtained from credible sources (excluding
textbook examples explored in previous weeks). Presentation of each example should include
how a managerial accounting technique was applied in the business or organization’s decision-
making model. Be sure to support your example with calculations when applicable.

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