agency costs may occur if A. Managers make decisions for their own best interest B. Managers may not attempt to maximize the value of the firm to shareholders C. The board does not properly oversee the activities and decisions of managers D.all of the above
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agency costs may occur if
A. Managers make decisions for their own best interest
B. Managers may not attempt to maximize the value of the firm to shareholders
C. The board does not properly oversee the activities and decisions of managers
D.all of the above
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- Which of the following does not describe a management control system? A. establishes a companys strategic goals B. implements a companys strategic goals C. monitors a companys strategic goals D. a system that only measures profitabilityWhat should an organization do if performance measures change? A. Make sure that the manager being evaluated is aware of the measurement change, as this may affect his or her decision-making. B. Make sure that the manager benefits without the corporation also benefitting. C. Make sure that there are significant overriding opportunities for each manager, if the manager is unaware of the change. D. Obtain customer surveys on the change before communicating the change to the manager.Agency theory suggests that one way to motivate managers to act in the best interests of the owners/shareholders is to link managerial compensation to firms' payoffs, such as net income or share returns. However, such a linkage imposes risk on the manager. Required: (1) Why is it important to control or reduce some of the risk thus imposed on managers? Explain. Discuss two methods by which risk imposed on the managers could be reduced.
- One reason for the existence of agency problems between managers and stockholders is that: O management is separate from ownership. managers know how to manage the firm better than stockholders. Ostockholders have unreasonable expectations about managerial performance. None of the above.Which of the following statement about management accounting information is incorrect? a. The benefits of providing the information should outweigh the costs. b. It is influenced by organisational structure and size. c. It is only prepared on an ad-hoc basis. d. It is used by senior managers.Which of the following is/are correct regarding agency costs? 1. Indirect costs occur when managers, acting to minimize the risk of the firm, forego investments shareholders would prefer they take. II. Direct costs occur when shareholders must incur costs to monitor the manager's actions. III. Direct costs occur when managers buy assets considered necessary by the firm's owners. Select one: O a. I, II, and III O b.ll only O c.Il and IIl only O d.lonly O e.l and II only
- Making managerial pay contingent on measures of managerial and/or firm performance motivates them to deliver good performance for shareholders. However, it also burdens them with greater risks than they may like. How do organizations balance these two considerations when choosing managerial pay and performance measures?The potential conflicts between owners and managers in a company arise due to: O a. Management control O b. Separation of ownership and control O c. None of these o d. Organizational effectivenessAgency costs are an integral part of agency relationships. they are a key concern in the shareholder/management relationship in that agency cost results in a reduction in the value of the company because of the administration costs in establishing agencies 2. shareholders view a company that operates as an agent to another company as being more risky,and therefore they are willing to pay less for shares in a company 3. agency costs result in a reduction in the value of the company because management pursues its own interest 4. establishment of agency relationships require extensive legal and contractual agreements, which can be very costly
- What is one of the ways that accounting is used to direct and control the manager of a corporation? a.Threatening to tell shareholders a mangers income if a manager makes a ‘poor financial’ decision. b.Linking of a mangers performance to a bonus that depends on accounting profit. c.Making decisions based on the accounting information regardless of managerial input. d.Using income smoothing to assure a manager that they can invest in a low risk investment.In addition to resistance from employees during strategy implementation, there are other potential issues that may permeate different areas of the organization. Which of the following is NOT one of the potential issues within strategic implementation? a. Marketing Issues b. Financial and Accounting Issues c. Staff Downsizing Issues d. Management Information Systems IssuesWhich of the following are characteristics of economic agents?a. They participate in economic events, but do not assume control of the resources.b. They participate in economic events, but not in support events.c. Internal agents are employees of the company whose system is being modeled.d. External agents are not employees of the company whose system is being modeled.e. All of the above describe agents.