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March/june 2019 question number 29

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA PM Exams › March/june 2019 question number 29

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  • February 5, 2020 at 7:20 pm #560874
    kennigara
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    Hi Dear Tutor, I have a question.

    1) a change in employment is legislation which is beyond control of manager
    2) customers require higher quality in product design which is also outside control of manager
    3) the learning effect for labor being estimated incorrectly in the production budget-why it is considered also outside control of manager ?Operational manager may predict its workforce’s economies of scale -so need explanation

    Thanks in advance

    February 6, 2020 at 9:26 am #560928
    John Moffat
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    If the learning effect was to change during the period then this would be under the control of the manager and therefore be an operational variance.

    However this is not the case here – the learning effect has not changed because the manager performed well (or badly) during the period. It is different simply because the wrong figure had been put in the budget.

    Mistakes in the budget are always planning variances. (Operational variances are measuring how well or badly the managers perform during the period.)

    February 6, 2020 at 11:17 am #560935
    kennigara
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    understood thank you very much

    February 7, 2020 at 7:49 am #560985
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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