Responsibility Centres
Profit Centre
Ctrl Revenue & Cost, but Not Lv of Investment
Eg Burger King franchise, cost & rev still can be ctrl by branch m'ger somehow
Evaluate - Broad Index of performance
Corporate Decision
Local Decision
Investment Centre
Ctrl cost, Revenue & Level of INvestment
Evaluate - Return on Investment
Cost Centre
Ctrl cost & reduce cost of manu operN, service Opn
Evaluate Performance
Compare Actual vs Target or Std cost
Interperiod cost comparison - Constant mx of pdt & pdtN Lv
Unmeasurable attributes
Quality
Response time
Staff motivation
Customer service
Revenue Centre
Ctrl Revenue, Price, Mix of stock on hand, promotion
Evaluate performance
Revenut it generate - traceable cost = net revenue
Increase incentive for staff to create cost to Increase rev