Presenting Information
1 Introduction
The management accountant has to provide information to management to help them make decisions, and it is important that the information is presented to them in a form that is easy for them to use.
This may be in the form of a report, or a table of figures, or as a chart or graph.
Although you will not be required to produce any of these, it is important that you are aware of the various formats available.
2 Tables
These are a way of presenting actual numbers in a format that is easy to understand. e.g.
Year | Sales $'000's |
2006 | 2.7 |
2007 | 3.2 |
2008 | 4.8 |
2009 | 5.1 |
2010 | 5.2 |
3 Charts and graphs
In many cases, management do not need to see the actual numbers (and indeed the actual numbers may confuse them). Often a chart or graph can present the information more clearly.
Simple bar chart:
Compound bar chart:
Component bar chart:
Pie chart:
Scatter graph:
Presenting Information
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