Is the Main Purpose of Standard Costing to Apportion Blame

question 24

Essay

Is the main purpose of standard costing to apportion blame for adverse variances? Discuss.
You may use the interaction between each director 'Management Accounting in action' on page 478 in Chapter 12 to illustrate this answer if you wish.

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