Advanced Management Accounting
Topic 2 – Accounting and Reforming the Public Sector
Preparation summary:
In preparation for the second day, please read Collier (2006), respond to the questions detailed
below.
Preparation questions
Q1: How many different reasons for developing an ABC system can you identify? Which appears to
be most influential?
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Q2: Why was there a trade-off between cost-effective policing and public satisfaction with the police?
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Q3: Why did most of the police forces focus on ‘incident-based costing’ instead of non-incident?
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Topic 2 – Accounting and Reforming the Public Sector
Preparation summary:
In preparation for the second day, please read Collier (2006), respond to the questions detailed
below.
Preparation questions
Q1: How many different reasons for developing an ABC system can you identify? Which appears to
be most influential?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
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Q2: Why was there a trade-off between cost-effective policing and public satisfaction with the police?
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Q3: Why did most of the police forces focus on ‘incident-based costing’ instead of non-incident?
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