Assume that your company sells portable housing to both general contractors and the government. It sells jobs to contractors on a bid basis. A contractor asks for three bids from different manufacturers . The combination of low bid and high quality wins the job. However, jobs sold to he government are bid on a cost plus basis. This means prices is determined by adding all costs plus a profit based on cast at a specified percent. such as 10%. You observe that the amount of overhead applied to government jobs is higher than that applied to contact jobs. These allocations concern you. Write a short memo to your company's CFO outlining your concerns with overhead allocation.

Jeanie had always been interested in how individuals and businesses effectively allocate their resources in order to accomplish personal and organizational goals. that’s why she majored in economics and took on an entry-level position at an accounting firm. she is very interested in further advancing her career by looking into a specialization that builds upon her academic background, and her interest in deepening her understanding of how companies adjust their operating results to incorporate the economic impacts of their practices on internal and external stakeholders. which specialization could jeanie follow to get the best of both worlds? jeanie should chose to get the best of both worlds.