Accounting 306
Fall 2019
Individual write-up assignment
Instructor: Bernhard Reichert
Discuss how managerial accounting contributed to Boeing’s problems with the 737 Max. Use the uploaded article as a reference. If you use other sources please submit them together with your write up.
The article “Crash Course – how Boeing’s managerial revolution created the 737 Max disaster” describes several factors that contributed to the 737 Max disaster. You may pick one or several of these factors and discuss:
1) how managerial accounting created a factor or contributed to it,
2) how the factor contributed to the 737 Max disaster, and
3) how this could have been avoided by using a managerial accounting instrument differently or a different managerial accounting instrument.
This assignment is graded on two dimensions:
- Insight – how well you identify how managerial accounting contributed to the 737 Max troubles.
- Communication – how well you write up your analysis and recommendations.
Communicate your analysis in a write up following a template similar to a business memo. This means, pay attention to the flow of your narrative (give your write up structure), and be precise in what you write .