Unit 2 Discussion Managerial accouting

This week’s Discussion topic is BYP 1-8, the “All About You” Activity on page 47 of your textbook which reads as follows:

“The primary purpose of managerial accounting is to provide information useful for management decisions. Many of the managerial accounting techniques that you learn in this course will be useful for decisions you make in your everyday life. 

For each of the following managerial accounting techniques, read the definition provided and then provide an example of a personal situation that would benefit from the use of this technique.

a) Break-even analysis (page 207) 
b) Budgeting (page 384) 
c) Balanced scorecard (page 513) 
d) Capital budgeting (page 547)” 

(Weygandt, Kimmel, & Kieso, 2012).