The following events took place when Managers A, B, and C were preparing budgets for the upcoming period:
I. Manager A increased property tax expenditures by 2% when she was informed of a recent rate hike by local authorities.
II. Manager B reduced sales revenues by 4% when informed of recent aggressive actions by a new competitor.
III. Manager C, who supervises employees with widely varying skill levels, used the highest wage rate in the department when preparing the labor budget.
Assuming that the percentage amounts given are reasonable, which of the preceding cases is (are) an example of building slack in budgets?
a. Il only.
b. I only.
c. II and III.
d. Ill only
e. I and II.

By using the highest wage rate in the department, Manager C deliberately overestimated her departmental expenses. However, her action is dictated by the need to ensure that there are no budget shortages for wages. By this slack, the actual performance of the department will be better than the budgeted performance because the department will likely spend less than its allotted costs.

andromache andromache · Answer 2 · 2022-03-19T12:16:08+01:00

The cases that represent an example of the building slacks in budgets should be option III.

Usage of highest wage rate:

Here we use the high wage rate with respect to the department. Also, the manager c should be overestimated the department expenses. The action should be dictated via the need for assurance that there should no shortages with respect to the wages. Also, the actual performance should be more than the budgeted performance since the department should lower than it

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