Job Costing

Question 1

Many of the concepts in managerial accounting were first developed for the manufacturing environment. Do you think the same concepts, such as variable costs, fixed costs, mixed costs, and job order costing, can also be applied to the service industry? Why or why not? Focus on a particular service or service industry and illustrate your position with specific examples.

Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be 5 pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages.
• Formatted according to APA writing guidelines.
• Support your interpretation with evidence from the textbook

Warren, C. S., Reeve, J. M., & Duchac, J. (2016). Managerial accounting (13th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. ISBN 9781285868806

and at least 3 scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles, other than the required article in the module readings.

• Utilize headings to organize the content in your work.

Question 2

Deliverable Length: 8-10 slides with speaker notes of 200-250 words per slide

Your boss recently attended an accounting seminar at which the balanced scorecard was discussed. He has asked you to prepare a presentation for the next manager’s meeting about the balanced scorecard and how EEC might adopt it. In your presentation, you should complete the following:
* Define the elements that might be presented in a balanced scorecard. 
* Explain how the elements will be used. 
* Make a recommendation of whether or not EEC should adopt the balanced scorecard. 
* If adopted, how might it improve the company?