For Operational Control, a Management Accounting System Should Include

question 27

Multiple Choice

For operational control, a management accounting system should include:

• A) Performance measures associated with basic business processes.
• B) Only financial-control measures, such as standard cost variances.
• C) High-level financial metrics such as return on investment (ROI) or return on sales (ROS).
• D) A combination of short-term and strategic financial-performance metrics.
• E) Only flexible-budget cost and revenue variances.

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