Balanced score card and cost allocation

Within the Discussion Board area, write that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Management decision making often involves first determining what information is relevant to the decision-making process. Understanding cost behavior and relevance allows managers to streamline the decision-making process. Profitability depends on the accurate interpretation of the revenues and costs associated with each decision. Determining the difference between relevant and irrelevant costs makes the decision process more efficient and accurate.

Evaluate relevant versus irrelevant information, and provide an example of each irrelevant cost discussed in your text.

Propose a scenario when differentiating between relevant and irrelevant costs is essential to the decision-making process.

• Justify the reason that an opportunity cost would or would not be relevant to decision making. Use specific business examples.
• Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 200-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

What did you learn from your classmate’s posting? What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?

What clarification do you need regarding the posting?

What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?