Roles Played by Accountants

1. Roles Played by Accountants • Scorekeeping • Attention directing • Problem solving Prof. Bentz

2. Exercise 1-18 Identity the main role the mgt. Acct. is playing in each of the following • Interpreting differences between actual results and budgeted amounts on a shipping manager’s performance report at a Deawoo distribution center ATTENTION DIRECTING Prof. Bentz

3. Exercise 1-18 • Preparingareport showing the benefits of leasing motor vehicles rather than owning them PROBLEM SOLVING Prof. Bentz

4. Exercise 1-18 • Preparingjournal entries for depreciation on the personnel manager’s office equipment at Citibank SCOREKEEPING Prof. Bentz

5. Exercise 1-18 • Preparing a customer’s monthly statement for a Sears store SCOREKEEPING Prof. Bentz

6. Exercise 1-18 • Processing the weekly payroll for the Harvard University Maintenance Department SCOREKEEPING Prof. Bentz

7. Exercise 1-18 • Explaining the product design manager’s performance report at a Chrysler division ATTENTION DIRECTING Prof. Bentz

8. Exercise 1-18 • Analyzing the costs of different ways to blend materials in the foundry of a General Electric plant PROBLEM SOLVING Prof. Bentz

9. Exercise 1-18 • Tallying sales, by branches, for the Sales Vice President of Unilever SCOREKEEPING Prof. Bentz

10. Exercise 1-18 • Analyzing, for the President of Microsoft, the impact of a contemplated new product on income. PROBLEM SOLVING Prof. Bentz

11. Exercise 1-18 • Interpreting why an IBM sales district did not meet its quota PROBLEM SOLVING Prof. Bentz