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| The Pricing Decision and Profitability Analysis | Cost control and organizational structure. Calculating direct and indirect costs including apportionment of overheads. Calculating total cost of a products/services in a multiproduct multidepartmental enviroment. Pricing decisions based on market conditions. Pricing to optimize profit using cost and market data. Pricing strategies in special situations. Customer Profitability Analysis. |
| Budgeting and planning | Purpose of budgets and strategic planning in the Hotel industry. Collection of data - Historical, industry trends and competitor information. The annual planning cycle - Functional and master budgets Cash Budgets and rolling cash projections. Behavioural aspects of planning and budgeting. Sources of Finance.
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| Standard Costing and Performance Evaluation | Application of Standard costing and Variance Analysis to the hotel industry. Monitoring performance against plans and budgets. Profit reconcilation statement, variance reports Measurement Key performance/non financial Indicators from Howarth Crowe stats. [KPI] applicable to the hotel industry.
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| Capital Investment Appraisal | Factors for consideration in assessing capital projects. The long term objectives of a hotel business. The financial appraisal of hotel investments. Collecting data for project evaluation. Appraisal techniques for aiding capital investment decisions. Qualitative factors in capital investment decisions. Post audit of Investments.
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| Cost Volume Profiit Analysis | The behaviour of cost and revenue against output. Break-even analysis, contribution theory and business-mix decisions. Profit maximization where resources are limited. RevPar and yield management. Make or Buy decisions. |