Allison Hopkins has her own chain of music stores, Hopkins€™ Music. Her stores sell musical instruments, sheet music, and other related items. Music lessons and instrument repair are also offered through the stores. Hopkins€™ Music also has a website that sells music merchandise. Hopkins€™ Music has a staff of 80 people working in six departments: Sales, Repairs, Lessons, Web Development, Accounting, and Human Resources. Each department has its own manager.

Requirements

1. For each of the six departments, describe at least one decision/action for each of the four stages of management (planning, directing, controlling, and decision making). Prepare a table similar to the following for your answer:

2. For each of the decisions/actions you described in Part 1, identify what information is needed for that decision/action. Specify whether that information would be generated by the financial accounting system or the managerial accounting system at Hopkins€™ Music.

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Planning Directing Controlling Decision Making Sales Repairs Lessons Web Development Accounting Human Resources