- Review table 14-5 (p.152) operating room operating data and choose 3 expense items that look interesting
to you. Take special note to the expenses that have the most % change.
a. Complete and show the math (even though it is completed for you) the common sizing (vertical) % of all
three you chose.
b. Complete and show the math (even though it is completed for you) the trend analysis (horizontal) % of all
three you chose
c. Develop some questions you would want to ask of why such a variance between comparative expenses
from current year and prior year ( remember you are not the accountant or the manager to solve the issue but
the investigator to control these management issues). - Are you or your immediate supervisor involved with staffing decisions? If so, are you aware of how staffing
forecasts are prepared in your organization? Describe an example - As a manager, you must either review or prepare required data, your responsibility is to recall and apply the
elements of consistency. Why? - If you reviewed a budget at your workplace do you think the major increases and decreases could be
explained? Why or why not?
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