Report on Management Accounting and Business Decisions.

Tactical Decisions, Pricing and Product Mix Decisions, Capital Expenditure Decisions, and Management

Tactical Decisions (Learning Outcome 4) (25 Marks)

Tactical decisions do not require significant or permanent resource commitments and can be changed or reversed relatively quickly if better opportunities arise. The impact of such decisions is short term and the financial impact of alternatives is usually analysed by considering theincremental revenue and costs of each alternative (Langfield-Smith, Thorne & Hilton, 2009).

You are expected to choose a company listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX) or any company of your choosing.) the company name you chose after which I will confirm with you whether anybody else has taken that company before you did. No two students can select the same company).
Assume the role of the senior management accountant for this company.
Identify a problem with this company which requires a tactical decision making to resolve it.
Write a detailed report on how to resolve this issue following the model of decisionmaking process outlined in your textbook. Illustrate your report with specific examples relevant to the company you have chosen.

Contents page
Introduction (approx. 200 words)
Profile of the company (approx. 250 words)
Detailed description of the problem (approx. 200 words)
Suggested solution (applying the model) to the problem (approx. 300 words)

Note that this question requires you to do research before writing the report. (Using Library’s electronic resources, read credible resources and reference them appropriately) Adv Mangt Accounting - Assignment: Report (Contribution to Final Grade: 35% - Due: 19 June at 4pm)

For the same company you have selected in (A) above, identify a products/services that are provided by that company. Select at least three products/services.

Your manager is unsure of what price the company should ask for those products/services. She asks you to write a report that includes the following:

(a) Major influences on pricing decisions,

(b) Pricing strategies are available for those products/services (with evaluation of each of them). Consider the company manufacturing and selling all three products at the same time (product mix), and

(c) Recommendations (at least two) of pricing strategies that are appropriate. Your recommendation should be detailed and supported by justifications.

Contents
Introduction (approx. 200 words)
Major influences on pricing decisions (approx. 500 words)
Pricing strategies (approx. 500 words)
Recommendations (approx. 200 words)

For the same company you have selected in (A) above, your manager wants you to identify and evaluate a 5-year project that will potentially decrease the cost of providing a product/service that the company provides. (Discuss with your lecturer before deciding on a project.) Identify annual cash flows (inflows and outflows) and explain the reasons for these cash flows. You decided to do a NPV, IRR, payback and accounting rate of return analysis on this project to determine the financial feasibility of it. Decide on a discount rate and justify your decision. Outline of the report:

Contents
Introduction (approx. 200 words)
Explain and evaluate each method. (approx. 500 words)
Your justified decision on the project (accept or reject). (approx. 200 words)
Evaluation of long-term non-financial benefits and costs of this project to the company. (approx. 400 words)

Note that this question requires you to do research before writing the report. (Using Library’s electronic resources, read credible resources and reference them appropriately)

You have been provided with six articles that focus on the current trends in management accounting research and the topical areas that it investigates. You are required to compare any of these two articles. In your essay you are encouraged to read other relevant articles that would help you. (Maximum 500 words)