12.5: Why It Matters- Managerial Decisions
Why learn to make managerial decisions based on costs?
The ability to make good decisions based on costs is a huge part of a manager’s job. Learning to understand which costs are relevant to a decision will help you to insure that the decisions you make used the best available knowledge.
Different costs will be important in different decisions, so practice is the key to learning how to navigate the process. Whether you need to figure out if you should keep or drop a product, make or buy components or sell or process further, we will take a look at what information may be important in your decision making process!