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Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis 5th Edition by David Stout, Edward Blocher, Gary Cokins

Edition 5ISBN: 0073526940
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Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis 5th Edition by David Stout, Edward Blocher, Gary Cokins

Edition 5ISBN: 0073526940
Exercise 20

Explain the difference between the engineered-cost and discretionary-cost approaches to evaluating support departments.

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Discretionary Cost Approach:

It uses uncontrollable cost for which discretion is needed at planning stage and has planning focus due to input oriented approach.

Engineered Cost Approach:

It uses largely controllable cost with behavior variable. It has evaluation focus due to output oriented approach.

Input Oriented Approach:


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