...the responsibilities of the financial staff within an organization. • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of alternative forms of business organization. • State the primary goal in a publicly traded firm, and explain how social responsibility and business ethics fit in. • Define an agency relationship, give some examples of potential agency problems, and identify possible solutions. • Identify major factors that determine the price of a company’s stock, including those that managers have control over and those that they do not. • Discuss whether financial managers should concentrate strictly on cash flow and ignore the impact of their decisions on EPS. LECTURE SUGGESTIONS Chapter 1 covers some important concepts, and discussing them in class can be interesting. However, students can read the chapter on their own, so it can be assigned but not covered in class. We generally spend much of the first day going over the syllabus and discussing grading and other mechanics relating to the course. To the extent that time permits, we talk about the topics that will be covered in the course and the structure of the book. We also discuss briefly the fact that it is assumed that managers try to maximize stock prices, but that they may have other goals, hence that it is useful to tie executive compensation to stockholder-oriented performance measures. If time permits, we think it’s worthwhile to spend at least a full day on the chapter. If not, we...
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...TITLE: HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGIES CODE: UGB320 CREDITS: 20 LEVEL: 3 FACULTY BUSINESS AND LAW MODULE BOARD: UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS PRE/CO-REQUISITES: NONE LEARNING HOURS: 200 hours, the exact of which is specified in the module guide LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon successful completion of this module, students will: Knowledge based outcomes: K1 Demonstrate a critical understanding of the range of approaches to HRM strategy formulation K2 Be able to identify and critique the key components of HRM within an international context K3 Demonstrate a critical awareness of strategic HRM interventions in a specified range of organisational activities. Skills based outcomes: S1 Be able to utilise an appropriate range of HRM techniques S2 Be able to apply strategic HRM to a range of national and international contexts CONTENT SYNOPSIS: The module is designed for students wishing to specialize in HRM who require an awareness of a wide range of modern strategic human resource management concepts, approaches and techniques. The central theme of the module is the consideration of how HRM may be used strategically to deliver organisational aims and organisational success. In particular the module will focus on the mechanisms for achieving the necessary integration of HRM and corporate strategy, in a range of contexts through the linkage of employee resourcing, employment relations, employee development, employee reward and employment law considerations...
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...Your student ID ______________________________ THE UNIVERSITY OF Your Name __________________________________ Your Signature _______________________________ NEW SOUTH WALES Australian School of Business School of Marketing MARK1012: Marketing Fundamentals Final Examination Session 1, 2012 Instructions: (Please read these instructions carefully) This examination paper consists of THREE sections: Section A (10 Fill in the gaps: 10 marks); Section B (3 Short essay questions: 20 marks) and Section C (50 Multiple choice questions: 20 marks). It has FIFTEEN (15) printed pages excluding this page. Printing is double sided, so check each page carefully. You have two (2) hours to complete this examination plus 10 mins reading time. Read all the questions carefully and answer all questions as instructed. Questions must be answered in ink. Write all your MULTIPLE CHOICE answers (SECTION C) in the Generalised Answer Sheet provided. Note that there are FIFTY (50) Multiple Choice Questions. Print your full name and student ID number {z… } on the first page and sign. Use of UNSW approved calculators is permitted. No other material is to be taken into the examination room. This paper accounts for 40% of your overall course grade (However, it is marked out of 50). You may NOT retain this paper. SECTION A: FILL IN THE GAPS (Please write your answer in the gaps provided in each statement) (10x1...
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...Proposed Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts Issued: March 11, 2010 Comments Due: July 16, 2010 Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting: The Reporting Entity This Exposure Draft of a proposed Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts is issued by the Board for public comment. Written comments should be addressed to: Technical Director File Reference No. 1770-100 Responses from interested parties wishing to comment on the Exposure Draft must be received in writing by July 16, 2010. Interested parties should submit their comments by email to director@fasb.org, File Reference No. 1770-100. Those without email may send their comments to the “Technical Director, File Reference No. 1770-100, FASB, 401 Merritt 7, PO Box 5116, Norwalk, CT 06856-5116.” Do not send responses by fax. Please send only one comment letter to either the FASB or the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), which is also requesting comments on this jointly issued Exposure Draft. The FASB and the IASB will share and consider jointly all comment letters received. Comments are most helpful if they: a. b. c. Indicate the specific paragraph or paragraphs to which the comments relate Contain a clear rationale Include any alternative the Boards should consider. All comments received constitute part of the FASB’s public file. The FASB will make all comments publicly available by posting them to its website and by making them available in its public reference room in Norwalk, Connecticut. An...
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...business combination is often of an indirect nature; one subsidiary possesses the stock of another rather than the parent having direct ownership. 1. These ownership patterns may be developed specifically to enhance control or for organizational purposes. 2. Such ownership patterns may also result from the parent company's acquisition of a company that already possesses subsidiaries. B. One of the most common corporate structures is the father-son-grandson configuration where each subsidiary in turn owns one or more subsidiaries. C. The consolidation process is altered somewhat when indirect control is present. 1. The worksheet entries are effectively doubled by each corporate ownership layer but the concepts underlying the consolidation process are not changed. 2. Calculation of the accrual-based income of a subsidiary recognizing the consolidated relationships is an important step in an indirect ownership structure. a. The determination of accrual-based income figures is needed for equity income accruals as well as for the computation of noncontrolling interest balances. b. Any company within the business combination that is in both a parent and a subsidiary position must recognize the equity income accruing from its subsidiary before computing its own income. II. Indirect subsidiary control-connecting affiliation A. A connecting affiliation exists whenever...
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...employment, the levels of interest rates and prices, the rate of inflation, and the nature of business cycles. 2. Why is economics often described as the science of constrained choice? While our wants for goods and services are unlimited, the resources necessary to produce those goods and services, such as labor, managerial talent, capital, and raw materials, are “scarce” because their supply is limited. This scarcity implies that we are constrained in the choices we can make about which goods and services to produce. Thus, economics is often described as the science of constrained choice. 3. How does the tool of constrained optimization help decision makers make choices? What roles do the objective function and constraints play in a model of constrained optimization? Constrained optimization allows the decision maker to select the best (optimal) alternative while accounting for any possible limitations or restrictions on the choices. The objective function represents the relationship to be maximized or minimized. For example, a firm’s profit might be the objective function and all choices will be evaluated in the profit function to determine which yields the highest profit. The constraints place limitations on the choice the decision maker can select and defines the set of alternatives from which the best will be chosen. 4. Suppose the market for wheat is competitive, with an upward-sloping supply curve, a downward-sloping demand curve, and an...
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....................................………...……2 Relational database life cycle 3 Characteristics of a good database design process 6 II. The Entity-Relationship (ER) Model …………...……………….7 Basic ER concepts 7 Ternary relationships 11 III. The Unified Modeling Language (UML)………...…………….13 Class diagrams 13 Activity diagrams 19 Rules of thumb for UML 21 IV. Requirements Analysis and Conceptual Data Modeling….…..22 Requirements analysis 22 Conceptual data modeling 24 View integration methods 25 Entity Clustering 30 V. Transforming the Conceptual Model to SQL…………...………32 VI. Normalization and normal forms ………………………………38 First normal form to third normal form (3NF) and BCNF 38 3NF synthesis algorithm (Bernstein) 43 VII. An Example of Logical Database Design………………………48 VIII. Business Intelligence………………………………..……….....52 Data warehousing 52 On-line analytical processing (OLAP) 58 IX. CASE Tools for Logical Database Design……………………….60 I. Introduction Introductory Concepts data—a fact, something upon which an inference is based (information or knowledge has value, data has cost) data item—smallest named unit of data that has meaning in the real world (examples: last name, address, ssn, political party) data aggregate (or group) -- a collection of related data items that form a whole concept; a simple group is a fixed collection, e.g. date (month, day, year); a repeating...
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...known fact that no business can exist without customer. Customer satisfaction, a business term, is a measure of how products and services supplied by a company meet or surpass customer expectation. It is seen as a key performance indicator within business. In a competitive marketplace where businesses compete for customers, customer satisfaction is seen as a key differentiator and increasingly has become a key element of business strategy. Customer satisfaction is unambiguous and abstract concept and the actual manifestation of the state of satisfaction will vary from person to person and service to service. The state of satisfaction depends on a number of both psychological and physical variables. BANKING INDUSTRY: AN OVERVIEW For centuries banks have played an important role in financial system of the country. The vital role continues even today although the form of banking has changed today with changing need of the economy and individuals. With expansion of trade and commerce, the concept of banking gained importance. The banking transcended from individuals to groups and later to companies. During the Mogul period the indigenous bankers played a very important role in lending money and financing foreign trade in India. During British rule the agency houses carried on the banking business. The Banking system in India has...
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...InnerWorkings. InnerWorkings was founded in 2001 by Eric Lefkofsky who had built several businesses around call centers and the Internet. In 2006, Lefkofsky became interested in an idea of Mason’s for a website that would act as a social media platform to bring people together with a common interest in some problem—most often some sort of social cause. Lefkofsky provided Mason with $1 million of capital to develop the concept that became known as “The Point.” Virtually no one associated with The Point initially envisioned commercial aspirations for the venture. In the fall of 2008, at the height of financial crisis, ventures with little or no commercial aspirations were in jeopardy. Lefkofsky and Mason faced a decision on how to proceed with The Point. Lefkofsky seized on an idea proposed by a group of users on The Point. This group attempted to identify a number of people who wanted to buy the same product, and then approach a seller for a group discount. Mason had originally mentioned group-buying as one application of The Point, and now Lefkofsky latched onto the concept and pursued it relentlessly. In response, Mason and his employees began a side project that they named Groupon. The business plan was relatively simple. Groupon offered vouchers via e-mail to its subscriber base that would provide discounts at local merchants. The vouchers were issued only after a critical number of subscribers expressed interest. At that...
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...Versus Rules-Based Accounting Karla Law Liberty University Accounting 301-B07 Abstract Principles-based and rules-based accounting systems each have their advantages and disadvantages. When carefully examining these two accounting systems, it is clear to see that neither is better than the other. However, many individuals have the misconception that principle-based accounting is better. This is due to the fact that in recent years, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued several standards that are considered more principles-based than rule-based. Nonetheless, that does not mean that principles-based accounting is better. Therefore, this paper will examine the pros, cons, ethics and virtues of both rules-based accounting and principles-based accounting. Keywords: GAAP; FASB; SEC; Principles-Based Accounting; Rules-Based Accounting Introduction Accounting can be a very confusing and intimidating subject for many individuals. Reason being, is that accounting has its’ own language per say. It is imminent that one learns the key terms to this challenging subject in order to obtain a better understanding of the matter. For starters it is key that one learns the differences and similarities of principles-based accounting and rules-based accounting. Once gaining that knowledge it is important to know what the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) are and what effect they have on principle-based and rules-based accounting. As well as, the effect...
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...CCNA Routing and Switching: Routing and Switching Essentials Instructor Lab Manual This document is exclusive property of Cisco Systems, Inc. Permission is granted to print and copy this document for non-commercial distribution and exclusive use by instructors in the CCNA Security course as part of an official Cisco Networking Academy Program. Lab L - Initializing and Re g eloading a Rout and S g ter Switch (Instructo or Version) V Instructor No Red font color or Gray highlights ind ote: y dicate text tha appears in the instructor copy only. at Topology T Objectives O Part 1: Se Up Device in the Netw et es work as Show in the To wn opology Part 2: Initialize the Router and Reload R Part 3: Initialize the Switch and Reload S Backgroun / Scenar B nd rio Before sta arting a CCNA hands-on la that makes use of either a Cisco rout or switch, ensure that t A ab s ter the devices in use have be erased an have no st n een nd tartup configu urations prese Otherwise the results of your ent. e, lab may b unpredictab This lab p be ble. provides a de etail procedure for initializin and reload e ng ding a Cisco ro outer and a Cisco sw witch. Note: The routers used with CCNA hands-on lab are Cisco 1 e d bs 1941 Integrate Services R ed Routers (ISRs with s) Cisco IOS Release 15. S .2(4)M3 (univ versalk9 image). The switches used are Cisco Cataly 2960s with Cisco yst h IOS Relea 15.0(2) (lanbasek9 ima ase age). Other ro outers, switch hes, and Cisc IOS version can be use co...
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...In Malaysia, the provision for education is the biggest challenge for the government as the nation strives to become a fully developed country by the year 2020. One solution is to use technology as an enabler to bring education to the masses. Universities are taking up the challenge by updating the content of their programs but more importantly, utilizing the latest technologies to improve the delivery systems. One of the emerging delivery systems much talked about is Open and Distance Education which is fast becoming the way of providing education to the masses. As a result of this new phenomenon, in August 1999, the Minister of Education invited Multimedia Technology Enhancement Operations Sdn. Bhd. (METEOR), a consortium of 11 public universities in the country, to set up an open university. The move by the Minister led to the establishment of Open University Malaysia (OUM) in August 2000 followed by its official launching on 26 August 2002 by the Right Honorable Dato Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the then Prime Minister of Malaysia. OUM is the seventh private university in Malaysia. Although incorporated as a private university under the Private Higher Education Institutions Act 1996, the University leverages on the quality, prestige and capabilities of its strategic partners - a consortium of the 11 public universities. OUM adopts the motto “University for All" which is consistent with its philosophy on democratization of education. This philosophy underlies the belief...
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...Lincoln University Digital Thesis Copyright Statement The digital copy of this thesis is protected by the Copyright Act 1994 (New Zealand). This thesis may be consulted by you, provided you comply with the provisions of the Act and the following conditions of use: you will use the copy only for the purposes of research or private study you will recognise the author's right to be identified as the author of the thesis and due acknowledgement will be made to the author where appropriate you will obtain the author's permission before publishing any material from the thesis. An Empirical Analysis of China Big Four State-Owned Banks’ Performance: A Data Envelopment Analysis A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Commerce and Management at Lincoln University By Jiyun Xu Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand 2011 I Abstract of a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of M. C. M. An Empirical Analysis of China Big Four State-Owned Banks’ Performance: A Data Envelopment Analysis By Jiyun Xu Banks are becoming more international, disintermediation, concentrated and contestable in the financial market in providing services to foreign enterprises and individuals. There is also a shift from the traditional bank lending activities towards investment banking activities. Competition in financial markets encourages consolidation...
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...ECONOMICS 1 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS (THE COURSE GUIDE) THE NEED Managerial Economics as a course required for effective resource management was put in place due to the following developments in the global business environment: (a) Growing complexity of business decision-making processes. (b) Increasing need for the use of economic logic, concept, theories, and tools of economic analysis in the process of decision-making. (c) Rapid increases in the demand for professionally trained managerial manpower. These developments have made it necessary that every manager aspiring for good leadership and achievement of organizational objectives be equipped with relevant economic principles and applications. Unfortunately, a gap has been observed in this respect among today’s managers. It is therefore the aim of this course to bridge such gap. THE COURSE OBJECTIVES On completion of the requirements of this course, students and managers alike will be expected to: 1. Understand the relative importance of Managerial Economics; 2. Know how the application of the principles of managerial economics can aid in the achievement of business objectives; 3. Understand the modern managerial decision rules and optimization techniques; 4. Be equipped with tools necessary in the analysis of consumer behaviours, as well as in forecasting product demand; 5. Be equipped with the tools for analyzing production and costs; 6. Understand and be able to apply latest pricing strategies; THE COURSE STRUCTURE...
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...course at Saxion Enschede. This final assignment will cover the overall recommendations and evaluation for the export plan of Albert Heijn supermarket stores to Austria. For this assessment we have overviewed the internal analysis and external analysis, the external analysis being the macro environment and meso environment. There was also the SWOT analysis with the confrontation-matrix. This all has been used to conclude the entry strategy and introduction plan. Ahnaíssa Christiaans, Esmay Zoontjes, Jost Pannhausen & Thomas Kodden December, 2015 Table of Contents Preface 1 Executive Summary 3 Introduction 5 1. Internal Research 6 1) Markets 6 2) Strengths & Weaknesses 6 2. External Research 7 1) Macro Environment 7 2) Filtering Process-1 9 3) Meso Environment 9 4) Filtering Process-2 11 5) Opportunities & Threats 11 3. SWOT, Export strategy & Introduction plan 11 1) SWOT Analysis & Confrontation Matrix 11 2)...
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