This document discusses cost and benefit analysis as it relates to libraries. It defines cost analysis as a tool to study costs and identifies the key steps as identifying and quantifying processes, dividing processes into smaller steps, determining resource requirements, and relating costs to time and volume. It then describes different approaches to cost analysis including cost effectiveness, cost benefit, cost utility, and cost feasibility analysis. Cost benefit analysis specifically evaluates alternatives based on their monetary costs and benefits. The document provides examples of how cost analysis can be applied to libraries and information centers to estimate expenditures, measure efficiency, and support decision making.
This report focuses on the Cost-Benefit Analysis which is effective tool and a rational technique for economic valuation where market information is either non-existent or deficient is.
This report focuses on the Cost-Benefit Analysis which is effective tool and a rational technique for economic valuation where market information is either non-existent or deficient is.
An economic technique applied to public decision−making that attempts to quantify the advantages (benefits) and disadvantages (costs) associated with a particular project or policy.
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ost-benefit analysis provides an organizational framework for identifying, quantifying, and comparing the costs and benefits (measured in dollars) of a proposed policy action. The final decision is informed (though not necessarily determined) by a comparison of the total costs and benefits.
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An economic technique applied to public decision−making that attempts to quantify the advantages (benefits) and disadvantages (costs) associated with a particular project or policy.
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ost-benefit analysis provides an organizational framework for identifying, quantifying, and comparing the costs and benefits (measured in dollars) of a proposed policy action. The final decision is informed (though not necessarily determined) by a comparison of the total costs and benefits.
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There are two handouts to go with this module, Population Indicators, and a Logframe with blanks. http://www.slideshare.net/Makewa/population-indicators-handout and http://www.slideshare.net/Makewa/exercise-watsan-logframe-with-blanks
it includes 21 slides, having definition of project, project management, project management cycle.
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COST ACCOUNTING Cost accounting is a process of collecting, recording, classifying, analyzing, summarizing, allocating and evaluating various alternative courses of action & control of costs.
Its goal is to advise the management on the most appropriate course of action based on the cost efficiency and capability.
Cost accounting provides the detailed cost information that management needs to control current operations and plan for the future.
Definitions Cost accounting is the process of determining and accumulating the cost of product or activity.
It is defined as, 'the establishment of budgets, standard costs and actual costs of operations, processes, activities or products and the analysis of variances, profitability or the social use of funds.
Objectives of Cost AccountingTo control cost by using various techniques such as budgetary control, standard costing, and inventory control
To provide information for decision making and planning to formulate operative procedures
To help in directing and controlling operations
To ascertain costing profit
motivate to achieve the organization's goals
Scope of Cost Accounting Cost book-keeping
It involves maintaining complete record of all costs incurred from their incurrence to their charge to departments, products and services. Such recording is preferably done on the basis of double entry system.
Cost System
Proper accounting for costs requires systems and procedures.
Cost Ascertainment
Cost ascertainment forms the basis of managerial decision making for planning and control.
Cost Analysis
It involves the process of finding out the causal factors of actual costs varying from the budgeted costs and fixation of responsibility for cost increases.
Cost Comparisons
Cost accounting also includes comparisons between cost from alternative courses of action over a period of time.
Cost Control
Cost accounting is the utilization of cost information for exercising control. It involves a detailed examination of each cost in the light of benefit derived from the incurrence of the cost.
Cost Reports
The ultimate function of cost accounting is the presentation of reports. These reports are primarily for use by the management at different levels. Cost reports form the basis for planning and control, performance appraisal and managerial decision making.
Importance of Cost Accounting1. To Management
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Helps in cost reduction by applying cost reduction pro gramme and improved methods are tried to reduce costs.
Elimination of wastage by checking the forms of waste, such as time and expenses et
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2. Introduction
• Cost analysis is the basic tool of cost study .
• It is the primary mode of study which helps in carrying out other descriptive and
analytical methods of cost studies.
• Moreover, data derived from cost analyses can be further used for accounting,
budgeting, and performance measurement procedures.
• A sound and convincing presentation of a budget is generally based on underlying cost
analysis of different alternatives.
3. The steps involved in cost analysis are
Identification and quantification of the process:
• The process to be analyzed must be named in a manner which will permit
isolation of that particular item throughout the accounting process e.g.
acquisition process, circulation process etc.
Division of the process into smaller component steps:
• After identification of the process to be analyzed, it is divided into smaller units
or components to facilitate analysis, for instance, the acquisition process can be
divided into book selection, ordering, purchase, accession etc.
4. Determination of resource requirements for each step:
• Identification of the resources required for each and every component step is
essential for cost analysis purpose.
• Four resources that are generally associated with any process are - manpower,
supplies, supervision and environment.
Identification of time and volume for a process and relate it to cost :
• The process under analysis needs to be quantified in terms of time required or
volume of work done in order to relate it to cost.
Cost analysis and alternates
• Cost analysis involves not only the scrutiny of the activities involved in the
process but also the alternate methods of doing the job. This way one can
correctly judge the benefits derived from a particular process.
6. Cost Effectiveness Analysis
• Cost effectiveness analysis refers to the study of the alternatives in
relation to their cost and effects to achieve certain goal or outcome.
• The focus is, therefore, on the achievement of certain objectives or
goals.
7. Cost Benefit Analysis
• Cost benefit analysis is an important tool used by the welfare
economists.
• It refers to the evaluation of alternatives in relation to their cost and
benefits measured in monetary terms.
8. The advantages of cost benefit analysis:
• Ascertaining if any particular alternative has benefits exceeding its
costs;
• Identifying the set of alternatives with different objectives which have
the lowest cost benefit ratio; and
• Determination of the set of alternatives among different programmed
areas
e.g. education, health, security, etc. having least cost benefit ratio for an overall
analysis of investment for the well being of the society as a whole.
9. Cost Utility Analysis
• Cost utility analysis refers to the study of the alternatives in relation to their
costs and the estimated utility derived thereof.
• While cost effective and cost benefit analysis requires use of quantitative
data for decision making, the cost utility approach uses a wide range of
qualitative and quantitative data for the purpose.
• Cost utility is an appropriate tool where subjective assessments are made
e.g. the assessment of the possible outcome of a particular library service.
10. Cost Feasibility Analysis
• Cost feasibility analysis is an approach of estimating the cost of alternatives
in order to ascertain whether they could be considered or not.
• If the cost of any alternative exceeds the budget or other resources then
that alternative is not considered for further analysis.
• While other approaches like cost benefit, cost effectiveness and cost utility
considers both the cost and result of the alternatives, the cost feasibility
approach considers only the cost factor for the analysis purpose.
11. Methods of Cost Analysis
The various stages of cost analysis measurement are:
Costing of the Input
• At this stage the quantities of various inputs i.e., labor, materials etc. required to carry
out the process are identified and their costs are established.
Costing of the Throughput
• Throughput is the stage in which the actual work of production is carried out.
Costing of the Output
• Output costing is the final stage of cost analysis. This is calculated on the basis of the
summing up of input and throughput costs.
12. There are basically two methods of cost analysis:
i) Work measurement
• Work measurement attempts to measure the exact quantities of labor time used
to carry out particular tasks under study.
• It is primarily based on the work and time study and uses various methods of
data collection
• e.g. work diaries, activity or work sampling etc.
ii) Estimation or ingredient method.
• Estimation or ingredient method, on the other hand, is the sub-class of work
measurement study and is used wherever work measurement is not possible.
• In this method the quantities of resource inputs required to produce outcomes
are first identified either through observation or through discussion with the
staff.
13. Analysing Cost in Library and
Information Centres
• It helps in the estimation of expenditure for each service or operation.
• Cost data can be utilized for the measurement of efficiency of an operation
and the benefits derived from it.
• It ensures optimal utilization of the resources of the library.
• It helps in evaluating the efficiency of the staff.
• Library managers can utilize them for decision making to determine the
future actions.
• It helps in controlling the library operations by keeping track of the inputs
required and the output derived thereof.
14. Cost and benefit analysis
• Cost-benefit analysis(CBA) is the implicit or explicit assessment of the benefits
and costs (i.e. pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages) associated with a
particular choice.
• Benefits and costs may be monetary (financial) or non-monetary (non-pecuniary,
“psychic”).
15. What is Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)?
• Economic techniques that measure and compare the monetary value of benefits
from a good, service, or activity to the cost of the good, service or activity; in
policy analysis, a formal way of measuring the benefits of alternative public-
sector options relative to the cost of those options.
17. What should be included in a CBA?
• Initial Cost
• Operating Costs
• Staffing Requirements/ Hours of Operation
• Shelving Capacity
• Circulation per Patron Base
• Longevity of Facility
• Service Area
• Marketing Potential
18. How do I perform a CBA analysis?
• Define specified time period for analysis.
• Make numerical summaries of costs for items being evaluated (ie.
Utilities, hours of required staff, number of patrons, years of service
for item, etc.).
• Analyze numbers pairing a cost with a benefit.
• Write an unbiased narrative summary.