For Each of the Following Variances,state Which Manager Is Most

question 198

Essay

For each of the following variances,state which manager is most likely to be responsible for the variance.
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \text { Variance } & \text { Responsible Manager } \\\hline \text { Direct Materials Efficiency } & \\\hline \text { Direct Labor Cost } & \\\hline \text { Variable Overhead } & \\\text { Efficiency } & \\\hline\end{array}$$

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Definitions:

Economic Profits

The difference between total revenues and total explicit and implicit costs.

Monopolist

A monopolist is a sole provider of a product or service in a market, possessing significant market power to set prices above competitive levels due to lack of competition.

Perfect Competition

A market structure characterized by an infinite number of small firms, homogeneous products, free entry and exit, and perfect information, leading to firms being price takers.

MR

Short for Marginal Revenue, it refers to the increase in total revenue that results from selling one additional unit of a product or service.