...MAA 703 Management Accounting Trimester 1, 2011 Assignment - A Group Case Study Due date: Monday 23 May 2011. Marks: 20% Length: approximately 1500 words This is a group assignment. Only in very exceptional circumstances will permission be given to complete an individual assignment. Details regarding assignment submission will be provided later. Please note the following requirements AND FOLLOW THEM CAREFULLY: • Your assignment should be presented as a Word document with a font size of 12. Include tables where appropriate, but do not include Excel worksheets. • Print on one side of the paper only. • Your group’s number should be on the first page near the top right hand corner. • The names and ID numbers of all group members should be shown on the first page. • Page numbers should be at the top right hand corner of each page. • The assignment has two parts: A and B. Keep your answers to Parts A and B of the assignment separate. Number each answer clearly. Do not combine answers to different questions. • Staple the pages at the top left hand corner. Do not put your assignment in any sort of plastic binder as the marked assignments will be posted back to the first person named in the list of group members as shown on DSO (clear plastic envelopes are acceptable). CASE STUDY – GIFTMASTER LTD The Business Situation (Part A) Giftmaster Ltd has operated for many years as a nationally recognized retailer...
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...most basic concepts of the healthcare business. Understanding health care financial terms is a prerequisite for both academic and professional success. The health care business helps the nation by providing the building blocks that the citizens need to live a successful and healthy life. The worksheet is intended to ensure that the students understand some of the basic terms used in the business world of the health care industry. The purpose of HCS 405 individual and team assignments is to make the students aware about the numerous strategies employed in the financial and other departments of a health care sector. The students attending to the HCS 405 need to understand the significance of the healthcare industry. The employees of the company strive hard every day to fulfill the mission of the company by providing millions of families, seniors, and children of the country with access to good quality healthcare products and services. The questions are strategically framed to bring out the major theme of each of the HCS 405 week assignments. For example, decision-making is the process of making sound financial decisions with the aid of your controlling, organizing, and planning results and analysis. It defines the roles for various employees of the company like the financial manager. There is a need for the mangers to prove that a medical procedure is mandatory to be provided at reasonable price for the success of the business. The financial manager is responsible for billing, evaluation...
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...Southern California This paper analyzes how mainstream print media polices sexuality through framings of HIV-positive male athletes. We analyze the HN-positive announcements of Magic Johnson, Greg Louganis, and Tommy Morrison. Specifically, we discuss differences between the framing of gay men (Louganis) and self-identifiedheterosexual men (Johnson and Morrison). First, there is an extensive search for the ways Magic Johnson and Tommy Morrison contracted HIVIAIDS. Media coverage emphasizes that "straights can get it too" through promiscuity and a "fast lane" lifestyle. Consistent with the historically automatic conflation of HIVIAIDS with gay identity, the media pose no inquiries into the cause of Louganis' HIV transmission. We close our discussion by focusing on the meaning of extending the signifier of HIVIAIDS beyond gay bodies to include working class and black male bodies. Media surveillance of sexual identity and the body reinforces hegemonic masculinity in sport while feeding into the current sexual hierarchy in U.S. culture. Cette Ctude porte sur la f a ~ o n les mCdias Ccrits surveillent et contr6lent la sexualit6 par dont le biais de leur traitement des athlktes masculins skro-positifs.Nous analysons les annonces de skro-positivitk concernant Magic Johnson, Greg Louganis et Tommy Morrison. Plus sp6cifiqiement, les diffkrences dejraitement entre 6 s ho-es gais (~ouganis) ceux qui et se disent hCt6rosexuels (Johnson et Morrison) sont discutkes. Il existe une recherche imelacable...
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...effect, such as the one found in the Asian disease problem, is often explained by using Tversky and Kahnman’s (1979) prospect theory. This theory is based on the idea that people value gains and losses differently, and, as such, will base their decisions on perceived gains rather than perceived avoided losses. Thus, if a person were given two equal choices, one expressed in terms of possible gains and the other in possible avoided losses, people would choose the former; even if both achieve the same end results. Tverky and Kahneman argue that the displeasure associated with the loss is perceived to be greater than the pleasure associated with the same amount of gain. Therefore, people respond differently, depending on whether the choices are framed in terms of gains or in terms of losses. A growing body of research in decision making is strongly influenced by the prospect theory and the Asian...
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...paragraph has its own unified idea. A sample paragraph structure might look like the following: 1. Introduction – Thesis: e.g.: “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is the first text which uses scientific experimentation as the basis of its plot. In doing this, it paved the way for all Science Fiction which followed…” 2. Body P1 – Author context + sub-genre features – what changes have occurred over time as a result of context? Consider Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury 3. Body P2 – Discussion of Frankenstein 4. Body P3 – Discussion of other text e.g.: War of the Worlds (make some reference to Frankenstein as well) 5. Body P4 - Discussion of other text e.g.: There Will Come Soft Rains (make some reference to Frankenstein as well) 6. Body P5 – Relevance of Frankenstein today in a completely different context from that of its first publication 7. Conclusion – Look at legitimacy of the Science fiction sub-genre as the most enduring because it is about the future. e.g.: “Science Fiction has predicted many of the advances in technology that we have experienced, while also predicting the sometimes disastrous effects of...
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...Court of Appeals. After the Court of Appeals decision, the plaintiff took her case to the Supreme Court, where both previous rulings were reversed. What are the relevant facts as recited by the court? The plaintiff is suing the defendants for liability of undiagnosed glaucoma. The court stated evidence indicating that the rate of glaucoma for persons under the age of 40 is about 1 in 25,000. The test for glaucoma is a simple, inexpensive pressure test that is not routinely given to persons under 40 due to the miniscule rate of glaucoma in the age bracket. Because of the low risk and cost of administering these tests along with the massive consequences of undiagnosed glaucoma, the court believes it is their duty to decide what is required to protect patients under 40 from glaucoma. Are there any facts that you would like to know that are not revealed in the opinion? I would like to know what kind of measures the court took in understanding the implications of a reversal of decision as it applies to malpractice lawsuit fraud. I haven’t found any literature showing that the court had a discussion about a possible spike in future malpractice lawsuits. What are the precise issues being litigated, as stated by the court? The issue being litigated is if the defendant has...
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...UK b Received 19 January 2004; accepted 15 December 2004 Available online 17 March 2005 KEYWORDS Posters; Hand hygiene; Message framing; Fear appeals Summary Poster campaigns regarding hand hygiene are commonly used by infection control teams to improve practice, yet little is known of the extent to which they are based on established theory or research. This study reports on the content analysis of hand hygiene posters (NZ69) and their messages (NZ75) using message-framing theory. The results showed that posters seldom drew on knowledge about effective ways to frame messages. Frequently, they simply conveyed information ‘telling’ rather than ‘selling’ and some of this was confusing. Most posters were not designed to motivate, and some conveyed mixed messages. Few used fear appeals. Hand hygiene posters could have a greater impact if principles of message framing were utilized in their design. Suggestions for gain-framed messages are offered, but these need to be tested empirically. Q 2005 The Hospital Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Introduction Although poster campaigns on hand hygiene are commonly used by infection control teams to improve practice,1 the evidence...
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...Article Critique - Adherence to ocular hypotensive therapy: Patient health education needs and views on group education This paper evaluates a medical journal article entitled, “Adherence to ocular hypotensive therapy: Patient health education needs and views on group education,” by Waterman et.al. published on the Journal of Patient Preference and Adherence, Volume 7, pages 55-63, 2013. While the title is apparent to the clinicians on the topic that the article is looking at, it may be slightly challenging for the general public to understand the term "ocular hypotensive therapy" in the title as it was not explained anywhere in the article. The term may be phrased in a more understandable manner such as "therapy to reduce eye pressure" or "glaucoma therapy" as this article is from an open access medical journal focusing on patient preference and adherence, the general public who are interested in this topic will have access to it and they intend to understand and get useful information from the article. Therefore, the title should be as clear as possible to stimulate the interest of not only the clinicians but also the general public to encourage them to read. Nonetheless, after reading the article, the title is considered as precise and concise in reflecting the content of the work. As the title of the article suggests, the main issue discussed in the article was that as in other long-term conditions, there is a tendency in patients with glaucoma did not adhere to their prescribed...
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...SOC 322 Final Paper Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/soc-322-final-paper/ OVERVIEW The Final Paper presents an overview of the topics of the course framed within one of the people groups studied, demonstrating the student’s’ ability to integrate the readings, writing assignments, and key term into a seminal project. FINAL PAPER TOPIC • The paper requires you to choose one of the people groups studied in the course and apply as many applicable social theories from the coursework as are appropriate. It will be supported by other work related to that people group such as movie reviews, discussion boards, article research, key words, and the like. Students will include at least five sources from outside of the coursework to supplement the paper. The paper must show how pluralism, diversity, multiculturalism, ethnocentrism, racism, and assimilation are elements of American society. GUIDELINES • Your paper should be 6 to 8 pages (2200 – 2500 words) and should cover the directives already given. • You should follow accepted research approaches and citation format (APA). • Your paper must be double-spaced in Times New Roman 12 point font. • It is to include a simple title page in Times New Roman 12 point font including Name of paper, Course, Professor, School, Date, Student Name. It is NOT to include any pictures or artwork. • Your paper must include an APA-style reference page that shows the sources used. • Your paper should be well developed and...
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...perpetuating the patriarchy through gendered exercise, but breathed new life into this dynamic. As such, calisthenics must not be put in discussion with the feminist movement, but instead understood as an entirely separate initiative that both reinforced and jeopardized gender stereotypes. What Makes a Debate Politicized? How Calisthenics and Dress Reform Relied on Different Rhetoric The advent of calisthenics not only revolutionized women’s fitness, but redefined a woman’s relationship with her physique to offer an unprecedented sense of bodily autonomy and self-sovereignty that extended beyond the domestic sphere. These expanded freedoms undermined the patriarchal structure of the household, though calisthenics managed to evade the criticisms that other 19th century reform movements garnered. To underscore why calisthenics were spared from reproach begs the question: what makes a debate politicized? Taking this sentiment into consideration draws attention to the specific language and rhetoric that calisthenics employed and how this relates to the fusion of gender and politics. To accentuate this distinction and the unique persuasiveness of calisthenics, the movement should be understood in conversation with the 19th century push for dress reform, which was met with considerable male disapproval. The inception of health reform prompted discussions about the ramifications of restrictive dress on a woman’s overall well-being. White women perceived clothing as a symbol of the societal...
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...Discussion 1: Proposed who you believe was responsible for the violent deaths of 111 miners in Centralia, Illinois, justify your choice and suggest ways by which the disaster could have been prevented. ~ After reading several articles of the disaster; there could of been several things that could of happen to prevent the violent deaths of 111 miners. The Mining Company; the Government and over all Leadership for not protecting the safety and dangerous conditions of these Miner workers. The Miners had concerns and voice out, pleading for safe working conditions. My belief that all agencies are responsible for this accident (Local, State, and Federal). If the agencies/management took the extra step to study the past history they could of prevented this tragic event. Plans and policy could have been put in place. Safety should have been considered first and for most. From my reading these mining accident had been going on for years and nothing had been done. The writing was on the wall, waiting for it to happen, and it did. Analyze what the case says about the definition, role and function of public administration in modern society. ~ Modern definitions of public administration have returned to the traditional view, including attention to administrative officials in all branches of government and even focusing on those in nonprofit organizations. From the case definition; the case had none of things in place for the protection of these men. The United Mine worker of...
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...The ABC Murders - Summary and analysis Summary (Spoiler Alert): Hastings, Hercule Poirot's partner and assistant, returns to Britain, just as Poirot receives a sinister letter from an unknown person under the alias ABC. The letter says, that he should look out for Andover, on the 21st of the month. Just as stated in the letter, something happens on the 21st. A woman in Andover, named Alice Asher, turns up dead. On the crime scene an ABC railway guide is found, and Andover is marked. The police believes that this is just a coincidence, and that the letter and the murder are not connected. On the very same day, Poirot receives another letter. This time it tells Poirot, to look out for Bexhill on the 25th. On the 25th another woman is found dead. This time it is Elisabeth Bernard. Once again, an ABC railway guide is found on the body, and it is opened on Bexhill. The Police slowly starts believing that this is not just a coincidence. He receives the third letter three days late due to an error in the address, written on the letter. The next morning, a Sir Carmichael Clarke is found dead in his estate in Churston. The fourth and final killing happens in a cinema in Doncaster, where a guy named George Earlsfield is stabbed to death. ABC has erred, since Earlsfield does not start with a D. The police believes that the killer is a mad man, who has failed, and that the killings might be over. Poirot on the other hand, does not believe in coincidences. Therefore he believes, that...
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...the guest a number of different topics concerning the general elections and the campaigns. Among the questions were one that asked who would be the best republican to run against Hillary Clinton. Throughout the discussion, most of the questions were specifically framed around Hillary Clinton. Another question in this segment was whether or not older women would vote for a male who was considered a “B-” instead of Hillary Clinton, who would be considered an “A.” In the Second segment of the show, the guests were Howard Fineman from the Huffington Post, and Gene Robinson for the Washington Post. They continued to discuss electoral topics on this part of the...
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...Discussion 4-Evolution and ethics After the reading I did some research on “Eugenics” define as the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population. By preventing the procreation of persons socially inadequate from defective inheritance trough eugenical sterilization. I think this is a crucial matter. The major issue on this paper was how intelligence factors is correlated with social class. And what is the clear definition of “improvement of human or better humans”. What criteria define potential person supposedly to carry degenerate hereditary qualities? Now we know that Carrie Buck case was never about mental deficiency but a matter of sexual morality and social deviance. I believe eugenic measure lead inevitable to not ethical reasons. Ecumenists believe that by preventing the reproduction of people with degenerate hereditary qualities, the next generation of human will be improved and better the than previous which in some extend can be consider as the evolution of humankind Nonmoral Nature I used to see the nature as kind and full of moral teaching. I think that is because we only observe the nature in that perceptive “learn from nature”. On the other hand, nature can be cruel. The naturally cruel behavior of the “ichneumon fly” and other carnivore animal illustrate that other side of nature (battle, conquest, horror, survival) However, according to natural theology; this view of nature (senseless cruelty in the animal...
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...On Hertzberg and the Revamp of the U.S. Constitution Since its inception, the United States Constitution has been subjected to series of amendments over different time periods. Robert A. Dahl, in his book entitled How Democratic Is the American Constitution (2001), goes beyond discussing the relatively common pattern of constitutional amendment by arguing that major changes may be necessary to rescue the Constitution from its long-standing defects. Reviewing Dahl’s work through the essay “Framed Up: What the Constitution Gets Wrong,” author Hendrik Hertzberg traces the undesirable historical and political implications of the structure and content of the Constitution. Affirming Dahl’s position, Hertzberg suggests that the U.S. Constitution is a historically imperfect document with certain loopholes in its language, provisions, and direction, which allow undemocratic structures/processes and inefficiencies in government. While Hertzberg’s direct arguments are generally persuasive, the implicit suggestions of his views regarding the flaws and less favourable implications of the U.S. Constitution provide stronger support for introducing major changes into this document. As suggested earlier, it not difficult to agree with Hertzberg’s assumptions that the U.S. Constitution needs to be overhauled. Hertzberg identifies a historical ground for justifying substantial changes to the Constitution: individual Amendments were inadequate in defining the tasks and limitations of the judiciary...
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