Responsibility Center Type

Choosing responsibility center type For each of the following units, identify whether the most appropriate responsibility center form is a cost center, a profit center, or an investment center and why you have made that choice.

a. A laboratory in a hospital

b. A restaurant in a department store

c. The computer services group in an insurance company

d. A maintenance department in a factory

e. A customer service department in a mail-order company

f. A warehouse used to store goods for distribution in a large city

g. A publishing company acquired by a diversified corporation.