What Is a Disadvantage of the Costs of Support Departments

question 97

Multiple Choice

What is a disadvantage of the costs of support departments being allocated to production departments?

• A)The allocation assists producing departments' use of support departments at a more efficient level.
• B)Allocation of support department costs encourages managers of production departments to monitor performance of the support department.
• C)The allocation helps each department select the correct level of support service consumption.
• D)Management will use the information to support outsourcing all support services.

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