logo

Management Accounting in the Travel and Tourism Industry

8 Pages597 Words279 Views
   

Added on  2023-04-17

About This Document

This presentation discusses the importance of management accounting in the travel and tourism industry. It explores various tools and techniques for cost classification and highlights the significance of financial statements. The presentation also covers decision making, forecasting, investment decisions, and profitability in the industry.

Management Accounting in the Travel and Tourism Industry

   Added on 2023-04-17

ShareRelated Documents
Finance & Funding
Task 2
Management Accounting in the Travel and Tourism Industry_1
2.1
Management accounting is the spinal cord of every organization
which becomes the basis of undertaking several decisions. It is of
utmost importance as the entrepreneur is able to ascertain and
monitor the profits and operations of the firm. Likewise in the
travel and tourism industry, essence of management accounting
information (MAI) can be seen. It provides the users with
various data's that can be used in planning, monitoring and
making future projections (Ismail and King, 2014). There are
several tools and techniques that can be used to make strategic as
well as operational decisions of Merlin PLC. For this purpose the
following mechanisms can be adopted by the firm:
Management Accounting in the Travel and Tourism Industry_2
Classification of cost:
By nature: These include material cost, labour cost and
expenses.
By functions: Several cost such as production, selling,
distribution, administration, research, development, pre-
production, conversion and product cost.
By identifiable: Direct and indirect cost of the firms are
included in it.
By variability: fixed, variable, semi variable and step cost are
included in it.
By controllability: Controllable and Uncontrollable cost.
By normality: Normal and abnormal cost of the firm.
Management Accounting in the Travel and Tourism Industry_3

End of preview

Want to access all the pages? Upload your documents or become a member.

Related Documents
Finance and Funding TABLE OF CONTENTS
|12
|3582
|311

Finance and Funding in the Travel and Tourism Sector
|17
|787
|442

Explanation of Management Accounting Information Used by Merlin Plc
|18
|1087
|243

Different Types of Management Accounting Information
|15
|906
|88

Different types of management accounting information
|11
|716
|73

Finance and Funding in the Travel and Tourism Sector
|10
|412
|44