Solutions Manual for Accounting Essentials for Hospitality Managers 3rd Edition By Chris Guilding (All Chapters, 100% Original Verified, A+ Grade)

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Introduction
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a) Functional interdependency exists when the performance of one functional area is
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affected by the performance of a separate functional area. For example, in a hotel
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complex that is dominated by a casino, the success of the rooms and food and
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beverage departments will be affected by the success of the casino operations in
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attracting clients to the complex.
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b) Functional interdependency is an important issue for the designers of a hotel‟s
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system of accountability because care should be taken to hold a manager
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accountable for only those aspects of the hotel‟s performance that he or she can
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influence. For example, the heads of rooms and food and beverage departments
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should not be held accountable for a decrease in their room sales if it is caused by
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reduced casino activity.
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a) The sw four main dimensions of sales volatility in the hotel industry are:
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1. economic cycle induced sales volatility, sw sw sw sw


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b) The implications that these dimensions of sales volatility carry for hotel
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accounting systems are as follows:
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1. Economic cycle induced volatility: Hotel sales‟ high susceptibility to general
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economic conditions highlights the importance of hotels carefully forecasting
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economic cycles as part of the annual budgeting process.
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2. Seasonal sales volatility: Three accounting implications arise:
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 Seasonal sales volatility can be so severe to warrant temporary closure for
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some resort properties. This possibility of having to make a closure decision
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signifies that cost and revenue data should be recorded in a manner that will
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enable a well informed financial analysis of the pros and cons of closing.
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 Seasonal sales volatility can also pose particular cash management issues.
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During the middle and tail-end of the busy seasons, surplus cash balances
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, are likely to result, while in the off-season and the build up to the busy
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season, deficit cash balances are likely to result. Careful cash budgeting will
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therefore need to be conducted.
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 Seasonal sales volatility will also affect price discounting decisions. To ensure
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such decisions are well informed, careful forecasting as part of the annual
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budgetary process, will have to be conducted.
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3. Weekly sales volatility: Accurate forecasting of weekly sales volatility will inform
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management‟s decision making with respect to the amount and timing of room
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rate discounting, staffing needs as well as restaurant purchasing needs.
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4. Intra-day sales volatility: Intra-day demand volatility has led to widely-used
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pricing strategies such as “early bird specials” in restaurants and “happy hours” in
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bars. Records concerning demand at different times of the day will have to be
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maintained in order to inform such hotel pricing issues.
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Problem 1.3: Solution sw sw




Examples of business decisions requiring the use of financial accounting data include:
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(a) A bank manager deciding whether to lend money to a company.
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(b) A shareholder deciding whether to sell her shares due to a fear that the
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company she has invested in might go bankrupt.
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(c) A potential shareholder thinking about purchasing shares in a
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company and interested in determining if the company is profitable.
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Examples of business decisions requiring the use of management accounting data include:
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(a) Determining whether accounts are being collected on time. sw sw sw sw sw sw sw


(b) Determining whether the business will have sufficient cash over the next sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw


year to avoid the need to arrange a line of credit.
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(c) Determining whether a drinks vending machine or a confectionary s w s w s w s w s w s w s w s w


vending machine should be installed in a hotel‟s foyer area.
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(d) Determining what room rate to charge to achieve a target level of profit. sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw


(e) Determining whether a seasonal hotel should be closed down during the sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw


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a) High product perishability signifies that an item cannot be held in inventory for
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sale at a later time. Food items have a limited life in inventory because of their
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rapid physical deterioration. Room nights and conference facilities cannot be placed
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in inventory because they relate to a particular time period that expires.
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b) The absolute perishability of rooms, conference and banquet facilities and the
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relative perishability of food underlines the importance of accurate hotel demand
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forecasting as part of the budgeting process. Generally, the most important aspect of
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forecasting is room occupancy, as room sales drive sales levels of other hotel
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services. Accurate restaurant forecasting provides the basis for maintaining a full
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menu of options while also minimising the cost of food wastage.
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Fixed costs are costs that do not vary as a function of sales activity levels. Hotels
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involve considerable investment in fixed assets such as buildings on prime land as
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well as extensive furnishings, fittings and equipment. This investment generates high
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rent and depreciation costs, which together with significant salary costs, result in a
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high fixed cost structure for hotels.
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a) Major hotel activities include room housekeeping, restaurant food preparation and
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service as well as bar service. Despite the advent of the machine and computer age,
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the physical aspect of all of these activities has changed little over the last fifty
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years, as they continue to have a high labour component.
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b) High labour intensive activities in hotels signifies the importance of performance
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measures that focus on labour productivity. Such performance indices include
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restaurant covers per employee hour worked and restaurant sales per employee hour
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worked. Monitoring differences between actual labour cost and budgeted labour cost
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represents another dimension of labour cost management. An appropriate analysis of
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the difference between budgeted and actual labour cost enables a distinction to be
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drawn between labour rate and labour efficiency factors.
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Financial accounting concerns the preparation of financial reports for external users
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such as shareholders, banks and government authorities. In order for these financial
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reports to be meaningful, it is important that they are produced in a standardised
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way and are seen to be reliable. Management accounting concerns the provision of
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financial information to internal management. This information is designed to help
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managers in their decision making and control of businesses. Financial information
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sought by hotel managers includes determining the cost of providing a meal to
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inform the menu pricing decision, determining how many delegates need to attend a
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conference in order to achieve break even, and determining what level of profit is
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made by each selling unit of a hotel to inform any rationalisation decision to drop a
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unit. The provision of all these types of financial information falls within the scope
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of management accounting.
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accounting information in planning and controlling business activities.
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