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emfactmthat,minmdifferentmsituations,mamgivenmcostmcanmbemclassifiedmasmfixedmormvariable,mdir
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ngminmthemstore.mStudentsmmustmlearnmtomassessmthemconditionsmthatmdeterminemcostmclassif
ication.mChapterm1moffersmthemfirstmopportunitymtomdevelopmthemstudents’mconditionalmasse
ssmentmskills.mHere,mstudentsmlearnmthatmdepreciationmcanmbemclassifiedmasmanmassetmormanm
expense,mdependingmonmcertainmconditions.mIfmamdepreciablemassetmismusedmtomproduceminve
ntory,mthemdepreciationmcostmwillmfirstmbemclassifiedmasmanmassetm(inventory)mandmlatermasman
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anminventorymaccountmbeforembeingmexpensedmasmcostmofmgoodsmsoldmismcontrarymtomtheirmex
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ngmrequiresmmoremtimemthanmmerelymmemorizingmdefinitions.mIfmyoumsometimesmfeelmthatm
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differentiatembetweenmmanagerialmandmfinancialmaccountingmismtomhighlightmdiffere
ncesmwheremtheymoccurminmthemsubjectmmattermthroughoutmthemcourse.mFormexampl
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mbetweenmfinancialmandmmanagerialmaccountingmwillmonlymboremyourmstudents.mInma
mbriefmintroductionmtomthismtopic,myoummightmdiscussmtheminformationmneedsmforminte
rnalmusersm(managers)mtomplan,mdirect,mandmcontrol.mTheminformationmneededmbyma
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isionmfacingmthemmanager.mIfmyoumwantmtomspendmmoremtimemonmthemtopic,mExercis
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chaptermmaterialsminmthemtextmmightmbemanmappropriatemin-
classmactivitymatmthismpoint.
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basedmlearningmexercise.m(Seemthemintroductionmtomthismmanualmformdetailsmaboutm
problem-basedmlearning.)
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atemsolutions,mengagemthemminmsomemformmofmcollaborativemlearningmexperien
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requirementmamofmDemonstrationmProblemm1-1.
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plusmpricingmstrategy.
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VII. Introducemthemcostmcategorymofmselling,mgeneral,mandmadministrativemcostsm(S
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VIII. UsemProblemm1-19Amasmanmin-classmreinforcementmexercise.
IX. CopymandmdistributemDemonstrationmProblemm1-2.mDemonstrationmProblemm1-
2mexpandsmthemclassificationmconceptsmintroducedminmDemonstrationmProblemm1-
1mtomincludemaccountingmformthemdepreciationmofmmanufacturingmequipment.mExpla
inmthatmdepreciationmonmmanufacturingmfacilitiesmandmequipmentmismamproductmcost.m
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ts.mStudentsmareminterestedminmhowmproductmcostingmaffectsmreal-
worldmdecisionmmaking.mAftermshowingmthemmhowmthemclassificationmofmcostsmasmp
roductmversusmselling,mgeneral,mandmadministrativemcanmaffectmthemamountsmreport
edminmamcompany’smbalancemsheetmandmincomemstatement,mwemdiscussmhowmthemam
ountsmreportedminmthemfinancialmstatementsmcanmaffectmbusinessmdecisions.mSpecifi
cally,mwemdiscussmthemimplicationsmformacquiringmcapitalmormdebt,mthempotentialmeff
ectmonmexecutivemcompensation,mandmthemimpactmonmincomemtaxes.mTomaddressmth
esemissues,mwemsuggestmyoumusemProblemm1-
21Amasmamdemonstrationmproblem.mThen,myoummaymwishmtomusemProblemm1-
21Bmasmamhomeworkmproblem.
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dmdownstreammcostsminmmanufacturingmcompanies.mThismcanmeliminatemthemnee
dmformseparatemreportsmforminternalmandmexternalmfinancialmreporting.mManagersmma
ymfailmtomusemupstreammormdownstreammcostsmwhenmcalculatingmsalesmpricemormprod
uctmprofitability.mUsemDemonstrationmProblemm1-3mtomintroducemthismconcept.
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QM),mactivity-
basedmmanagementm(ABM),mandmvaluemchainmanalysis.mEachmofmthesemtopicsmism
coveredminmmoremdepthminmlatermchaptersmofmthemtext.mIfmyoumaremrunningmshortmofmti
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overmthesemtopics,mwemsuggestmthatmyoumusemamproblemmfrommthemAmSetmofmthemend
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29Amonmvaluemchainmanalysis,minmthemtextmasmamdemonstrationmproblem.mThenmyou
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