Assume You Have Been Assigned to a Team Responsible for Using

question 30

Essay

Assume you have been assigned to a team responsible for using the flexible budget to assist in determining managers' bonuses.When you approach the production manager about some variances, he says, "I don't know why your team can't just use the budget we developed at the beginning of the year.It was based on last year's actual numbers which seems reasonable.I don't understand this 'flexible budget' stuff.When I compare my actual results with our beginning of the year budget, I have beat the budget, so that should be sufficient.That will save us all a lot of time and effort." Explain to the production manager why a flexible budget is better than a static budget and its use in evaluating performance.

Learn to differentiate between nominal GDP, real GDP, and the GDP deflator.

Analyze the impact of changes in real GDP and the GDP deflator on overall economic performance.

Develop the ability to calculate the change in real GDP given changes in nominal GDP and the GDP deflator.

Grasp the meaning and importance of GDP as a measure of economic output and performance.

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Math Instructions

Commands or operations in a computer program designed to perform mathematical operations, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.