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IMA Management Accounting Effectiveness Survey

Usefulness of Cost Information

Question 1 (of 12)
1.Please indicate the degree to which you agree with the following statements regarding the usefulness of the internal decision support cost information provided to your business unit:(Required.)
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Somewhat Disagree
Neutral
Somewhat agree
Agree
Strongly Agree
Don't Know
N/A
Our business unit’s cost information is effective for budgeting, planning, and evaluation.
Our cost information is effective for product decisions (e.g., pricing, design, outsourcing).
The cost information we have is not helpful for process improvement.
Our cost information system provides an accurate assessment of costs in this firm.
Our business unit’s cost information is not helpful for customer profitability analysis.
Our existing cost information is the right tool for helping us manage costs.
Our cost information is not helpful to me in my work.
Overall, I think the benefits of improving our cost information system would outweigh the costs.