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Marriott Hotels: Company-owned hotel, profit center McDonalds: Company-owned restaurant, profit center Bank of America: Regional division of company, investment center Pizza Hut: Kitchen in an individual restaurant, cost center Wyndham Hotels: National reservations center, revenue center Xerox: Individual manufacturing department or work center, cost center.

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Exercise 12-34 Responsibility Accounting; Use of Internet (LO 12-19, 12-20) Visit the website for one of the following companies, or a different company of your choosing. ------------------ Marriott McDonald's Bank of America Yum Brands Wyndham Hotels Xerox www.marriott.com www.mcdonalds.com www.bankofamerica.com www.yum.com www.wyndhamworldwide.com www.xerox.com Required: Read about the company's activities and operations. Then do as good a job as you can in preparing an organization chart for the firm. For each subunit in the organization chart, indicate what type of responsibility accounting center designation you believe would be most appropriate. (Refer to Exhibits 121 and 122 Q for guidance.) Exercise 12-34 Responsibility Accounting; Use of Internet (LO 12-19, 12-20) Visit the website for one of the following companies, or a different company of your choosing. ------------------ Marriott McDonald's Bank of America Yum Brands Wyndham Hotels Xerox www.marriott.com www.mcdonalds.com www.bankofamerica.com www.yum.com www.wyndhamworldwide.com www.xerox.com Required: Read about the company's activities and operations. Then do as good a job as you can in preparing an organization chart for the firm. For each subunit in the organization chart, indicate what type of responsibility accounting center designation you believe would be most appropriate. (Refer to Exhibits 121 and 122 Q for guidance.)