Accounting Writing Assignment

ACCTOUNTING 311 Writing Assignment

INSTRUCTIONS

Please write a short essay in your own words following the requirement below. Please format your essay using double-space , 12 font and one inch margins . Your essay should include a minimum of 400 words, but not exceed 600 words. Please provide a reference list if applicable (reference list is NOT included in word count).

REQUIREMENT

Write an essay that briefly discusses why it is important to make variance analyses, and how to conduct such analyses in a manufacturing company. Please apply the “Cost-Benefit Approach” in your discussion whenever possible. The essay should be between 400 and 600 words long.

1. Grading policy:

The assignment will be graded on the following two criteria:

· CONTENT - Original thinking and an ability to focus on the issue and the relevance of your discussion (5 points)

· COMMUNICATION – Quality of writing including language, spelling, punctuation, formatting and other sentence-level concerns (5 points)