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Macy's 5 support departments( Human Resources(HR), Building(BLD), Acccounting(ACC), Iinformation Technology (IT), and Cafeteria(CAF).) provide services to 3 operating department (Graduate Programs, GR; Undergraduate, UG; and

Macy's 5 support departments( Human Resources(HR), Building(BLD), Acccounting(ACC), Iinformation Technology (IT), and Cafeteria(CAF).) provide services to 3 operating department (Graduate Programs, GR; Undergraduate, UG; and Online Programs , OL.

The following date describes the usage of service departments by the operating departments.

x

y

z

w

SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS

OPERATING DEPARTMENTS

Budget

$ 25,000

$ 84,000

$ 45,000

$ 36,000

$ 50,000

$ 60,000

$ 70,000

370000

HR

BLDG

ACC

IT

CAF

GR

UG

OL

HR

$ 25,000

15%

5%

10%

4%

36%

30%

100%

BLDG

$ 84,000

9%

7%

9%

5%

25%

25%

20%

100%

ACC

$ 45,000

7%

9%

12%

6%

27%

21%

3%

85%

IT

$ 36,000

10%

5%

10%

6%

15%

10%

44%

100%

CAF

$ 90,000

6%

8%

3%

7%

32%

42%

2%

100%

You are requried to present various allocation mechanisms for the service department costs to the President of the University. Explain advantages and disadvantages of each method.

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