...Companies Operations The company is a national financial planning organisation who offers a full range of financial services to a wide variety of clients. Vision Statement “We provide financial planning services through a national network of Adviser Practices staffed by qualified financial planners. Our advisers are dedicated to helping you to secure your financial future and achieve your lifestyle choices. We develop a deep understanding of your needs and risk profile before delivering tailored solutions to your wealth creation problems. Our goal is to work together with you on your journey over your lifetime. As one of Australia’s most respected financial planning groups, our Financial delivers unique and appropriate solutions for the creation and management of wealth.” Due to the fact that the company has not published a Vision Statement, the above passage has been taken off the WB website to analyse as such. As can be seen it is directed toward clients rather than at employees of the company but still gives a broad directional indication to managers of where to direct their operations. Overall as a vision statement the above does not provide the motivation and future direction that a properly worded vision statement can and is meant to provide. The vision is forward-looking and directional in that it gives employees an idea of what services they are to provide. It also delivers feasible objectives for employees to work towards. However, as a vision...
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...Advantage of franchising – Subway In engaging a franchise business, one will face the pros and cons from the business they operate. There are a lot of benefits prospective franchisees can get from Subway the company provides their franchisees with assistances before and after they open a Subway restaurant. Services provided before opening include an intensive 2-week training, site selection, restaurant design, equipment ordering, and access to product formulas & operational systems. And services provided after opening include, in-depth operations manual, field support, franchise services, research and development, and continuing education (Subway Franchise Training & Investment, Subway Help & Support, n.d.). Apart from the many benefits derived from the cooperation between Subway and the franchisee, there are some more advantages for potential franchisees in buying a franchise business (Franchising 101, 2005), for examples, franchisees can enjoy the advantage of well-established trademark and name recognition of the franchise business. Fred DeLuca, the founder of Subway created the principles which all the ‘Subway’ restaurants needed to follow. High quality, fresh food and customer satisfaction were main things which the franchises needed to keep up. And in 1978, Subway’s success was followed by the opening of its 100th store. The company’s rule in which the bread that was used should be baked in the restaurant itself. This helped increase Subway’s reputation and...
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...Running head: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS TOOLS Strategic Management Analysis Tools XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX xxxxxxxx Abstract The number of strategic management analysis tools have increased dramatically in the last twenty years. This increase could be a result of a growing demand to meet the new demands this new global market. This literature review aims to outline these articles and findings by concentrating on the strategic management research tools and describing the tools that are the most useful for managers to use. Keywords: tools, strategic analysis, strategic management, strategic planning. Strategic Management Analysis Tools Brief History In recent decades, strategic management research has become so complex and expensive that managers have found it difficult to utilize it effectively. Increasing competition across all industries combined with the ever changing variables such as the economic realities of an expanding global community, have created this market for strategic market analysis tools. Hence, as a method to support managers needs to meet stockholders expectations, a number of tools and methods have been created. Essentially, the problem is there are so many strategic management analysis tools choosing the right one is challenging. Research on strategic analysis is not abundant, despite the numerous reviews on the subject matter. It should be noted that all of the authors of existing reviews state that strategic analysis is the premise...
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...Strategic and Financial Planning University of Phoenix FIN / 370 September 9, 2009 Strategic and Financial Planning Every organization should have both a strategic plan and a financial plan. Although these two seem have two different purposes, they are both needed in order for the company to survive. Strategic planning is the process of determining a company’s long-term goals and then identifying the best approach for achieving those goals (Investor Words, 2009). Financial planning is the long-term process of wisely managing finances so you can achieve the goals while at the same time negotiating the financial barriers that inevitably arise in every stage of the company’s goals (FPA, 2009). Upon examining the relationship between strategic and financial planning, we will see how Quizno’s, Family Focus Lawndale and the LaSalle Network each utilize strategic and financial planning. Quizno’s Strategic Planning Initiative Quizno’s is a gourmet sub shop that sells different kinds of oven-toasted sandwiches. At Quizno’s, the store managers are always coming u with new plans and ideas to bring in new customers. Each store has a different type of promotion that is specifically targeted for the store location to drive in new business. The store managers have weekly meeting with the storeowner to talk about ways to increase productivity and reduce waste. The store managers also have monthly meeting with the store employees to see that everyone stays on...
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...| Structure Based on Management Activity | 6 | Structure Based on Organizational Functions | 12 | Applications Based on MIS | 18 | References | 20 | Introduction Management information system broadly refers to a computer-based system that provides managers with the tools to organize, evaluate and efficiently manage departments within an organization. MIS, or Management Information Systems, are used to manage the data created within the structure of a particular business. These systems store the data and allow the business to manipulate this data. It is the study of people, technology, organizations and the relationship among them. MIS can be defined as the study of how individuals, groups and organizations evaluate, design, implement, manage and utilize systems to generate information to improve efficiency and effectiveness of decision making. The concept of MIS gives high regard to the individual and his ability to use information. While analyzing the data, it relies on many academic disciplines. These include the theories, principles and concepts from the Management Science, Psychology and Human Behavior, making the MID more effective and useful. These academic disciplines are used in designing the MIS, evolving the decision support tools for modeling and decision - making. The concept, therefore, is a blend of principle, theories and practices of the Management, Information and System giving rise to single product known as Management Information System (MIS)...
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...NJOGO | A SURVEY INTO THE CAUSES OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS IN CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN NAIROBI | NDIANG’UI DOROTHY WAIRIMU | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIVIDEND GROWTH AND RISK FOR COMPANIES LISTED AT THE NSE | MURIITHI ERIC | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES AND FINANCIAL AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF INVESTMENT BANKS IN KENYA | NICHOLAS KIPYEGOMEN CHEPKOIWO | FACTORS AFFECTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING CAPITAL MARKETS. THE CASE OF NAIROBI STOCK EXCHANGE | KIPKURUI KIMOSOP | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF INSURANCE COMPANIES IN KENYA | OMENDA CHRISTOPHER ODHIAMBO | EFFECT OF STOCK SPLITS ON STOCK LIQUIDITY OF COMPANIES QUOTED AT THE NSE | GEORGE MARTIN NZIVE KASYOKA | THE USE OF STRATEGIC POSITIONING TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AT SAFARICOM LIMITED | MUTIE PETER KIOKO | RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIOR PERIOD DIVIDENDS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF FIRMS LISTED AT THE NSE | EVANS ODHIAMBO OYIEYO | BALANCE SCORE CARD AS A STRATEGIC MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN KENYA | SAMBA STEPHEN MIDEGA | INVESTIGATION OF CAPACITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SERVICE QUALITY: CASE OF NAIROBI SUPERMARKETS. | LUCY MUTHEU KIILU | CAUSES OF INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE IN GARMENT FACTORIES AT THE ATHI RIVER EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES, KENYA | JENIFFER N. MULI | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOUSE PRICES AND MORTGAGE CREDIT IN KENYA | LOISE KINYUA WANJIRU | STRATEGIC RESPONSES OF EQUITY BANK TO FRAUD RELATED...
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...MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING: AN OVERVIEW Learning Objectives Distinguish between managerial & financial accounting. Understand the evolution of management accounting. Explain about the IFAC model. Understand how managers can use accounting information to implement strategies. Explain about Relevant Lost & Relevant Regained. 2 Learning Objectives Distinguish between managerial & financial accounting. Understand the evolution of management accounting. Explain about the IFAC model. Understand how managers can use accounting information to implement strategies. Explain about Relevant Lost & Relevant Regained. 3 Accounting System (accumulates financial and managerial accounting data) Managerial Accounting Information for decision making, and control of an organization’s operations. Internal Users Financial Accounting Published financial statements and other financial reports. External Users Managerial Accounting Users of information Managers within company Regulation Financial Accounting Interested outside parties Required. Must comform to Not required because for internal GAAP which is regulated by use only FASB and SEC. Basic accounting system plus Almost exclusively from the Source of Data various other sources basic accounting system Reports often focus on subunits. Reports focus on the enterprise Nature of Reports Based on a combination of in its entirety. Based on and...
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...that if organizations want to improve intangible assets’ management, they must integrate them into their management systems. The Balanced Scorecard was structured by Balanced Scorecard for performance measurement, strategic objectives and strategy maps, the strategy management system, and future opportunities. The roots of the Balanced Scorecard are profitability, market share, productivity, product leadership, public responsibility, personnel development, employee attitudes, and balance between short-range and long-range objectives. The first GE metric represents the financial perspective; the second GE metric represents customer perspective; the metrics three to five represent the process perspective; the metrics six and seven represent the growth perspective, and the eight GE metric represents the essence of the Balanced Scorecard, which encourage managers to balance the short term and long term goals. However, the GE corporate project was not able to ingrain into the management. Many GE units were convicted of price-fixing schemes because organizations pressure short term goals led them to be succumbed long term goal and their public responsibilities. Robert Anthony identified three different types of systems: strategic planning, management control, and operation control in the mid-1960s. Strategic planning is the process of deciding and changing acquiring, using and disposing of the above objectives. Strategic planning relies on an estimate of cause and effect relationship...
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...Global Technology Audit Guide Auditing IT Governance Global Technology Audit Guide (GTAG®) 17 Auditing IT Governance July 2012 GTAG — Table of Contents Executive Summary......................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction................................................................................................................................................ 2 2. IT Governance Risks................................................................................................................................... 7 3. Aligning the Organization and IT — Key Considerations................................................................ 12 4. The Role of Internal Audit in IT Governance............................................................................ 15 Conclusion....................................................................................................................................................... 18 Authors and Reviewers.............................................................................................................................. 18 Appendix — IT Governance Risk Assessment/Engagement Planning Considerations............................................. 19 iv GTAG — Executive Summary Executive Summary To support the heightened importance of IT governance and the mandatory nature of the International Standards for the Professional...
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...“Strategic Management is defined as the set of decisions and actions that result in the formulation and implementation of plans designed to achieve a company’s objectives” (Pearce II & Robinson, 2013, p. 3). The process of Strategic Management consists of nine (9) steps. The first three (3) steps are crucial for an organization’s success: formulating company mission, conducting analysis on internal capabilities and assessment of the external environment factors influencing the company operations. This paper will begin the strategic planning process for ABC Financial Corporation. The paper will outline the ABC Financial Corporation's research approach that will be used for the strategic plan to validate vision statement as well as the sources that will be utilized in performing an external and internal environmental analysis. The organization’s vision statement “presents a firm’s strategic intent designed to focus the energies and resources of the company on achieving a desirable future” (Pearce II & Robinson, 2013, p. 34). The value of the mission statement “is its specification of the firm’s ultimate aims” (Pearce II & Robinson, 2013, p. 42). ABC Financial Corporation’s vision statement is “to be recognized for the unparalleled customer experience” (ABC Vision, 2013, para. 1). ABC’s mission statement reads “With our position of trust and our tradition of integrity, our shared mission is to know our customers and anticipate their needs; advocate and advise; innovate and surprise”...
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...Balanced scorecard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Part of a series on Strategy | Strategy | | Major dimensions[hide] * Strategy • Strategic management * Military strategy • Strategic thinking * Strategic planning • Game theory | Thought leaders[hide] * Michael Porter • Henry Mintzberg * Bruce Henderson • Gary Hamel * Jim Collins • Liddell Hart * Carl Von Clausewitz • Sun Tzu | Concepts[hide] * Competitive advantage • Experience curve * Value chain • Portfolio theory * Core competency • Generic strategies | Frameworks & Tools[hide] * SWOT • Five Forces * Balanced scorecard • Strategy map * PEST analysis • Growth–share matrix | * v * t * e | The balanced scorecard (BSC) is a strategy performance management tool - a semi-standard structured report, supported by design methods and automation tools, that can be used by managers to keep track of the execution of activities by the staff within their control and to monitor the consequences arising from these actions.[1] The critical characteristics that define a Balanced Scorecard are[2] * its focus on the strategic agenda of the organisation concerned * the selection of a small number of data items to monitor * a mix of financial and non-financial data items. Contents [hide] * 1 Use * 2 History * 3 Characteristics * 4 Design * 4.1 First Generation Balanced Scorecard * 4.2 Second Generation Balanced...
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...AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING IN A GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In comparing financial and management accounting, which of the following more accurately describes management accounting information? a. historical, precise, useful b. required, estimated, internal c. budgeted, informative, adaptable d. comparable, verifiable, monetary ANSWER: c EASY 2. Management and financial accounting are used for which of the following purposes? Management accounting Financial accounting a. internal external b. external internal c. internal internal d. external external ANSWER: a EASY 3. One major difference between financial and management accounting is that a. financial accounting reports are prepared primarily for users external to the company. b. management accounting is not under the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission. c. government regulations do not apply to management accounting. d. all of the above are true. ANSWER: d EASY 4. Which of the following statements about management or financial accounting is false? a. Financial accounting must follow GAAP. b. Management accounting is not subject to regulatory reporting standards. c. Both management and financial accounting...
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...RUNNING HEAD: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESS Strategic Management Process Marty Carbajal MGT/498 Strategic Management F. Everett Hardee June 24, 2013 The purpose of this paper is to illustrate and discuss the components of the strategic management process and to indicate why such a process is necessary for an organization. Strategic management involves several steps, one of which most fundamentally is strategic planning as the organization needs to determine where in the business environment it exists and where it is going. Strategic Management Strategic management involves a series of management decision, plans, and actions that involve the long run performance of the organization. These actions include environmental scanning (both external and internal), strategy formulation (strategic or long-range planning), strategy implementation, and evaluation and control. The study of strategic management, therefore, emphasizes the monitoring, and evaluating of external opportunities and threats considering a corporation’s strengths and weaknesses (Wheelen & Hunger, 2010). Strategic management is a method of recognizing and executing the mission of the organization by matching its capabilities with the demands of its environment. It is to identify the organization’s strengths and weaknesses while exploiting its strengths and minimizing its weaknesses. These steps are used to create competitive advantages and advance toward a vision created for the organization. Phases...
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...and models, which provide useful information to support strategic decision-making, planning and control. In response to these needs, there have been many important developments, in both management accounting research and practice that focus on the use of accounting data and related information regarding strategy and operations for these purposes. One of the most important developments in strategic planning and control have been: the balanced scorecard, a comprehensive set of performance measures designed to assist managers in implementing competitive strategies and monitoring performance with respect to them (Kaplan and Norton 2000). Kaplan and Norton describe the innovation of the balanced scorecard as follows: "The balanced scorecard retains traditional financial measures. But financial measures tell the story of past events, an adequate story for industrial age companies for which investments in long-term capabilities and customer relationships were not critical for success. These financial measures are inadequate, however, for guiding and evaluating the journey that information age companies must make to create future value through investment in customers, suppliers, employees, processes, technology, and innovation." Perspectives The balanced scorecard suggests that we view the organization from four perspectives, and to develop metrics, collect data and analyze it relative to each of these perspectives: Financial Perspective : “To succeed financially, how should we appear...
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...Firm’s Experience Alexandros Papalexandris, George Ioannou à and Gregory P. Prastacos The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is a relatively new approach to strategic management and performance measurement and control, which has generated substantial interest in the academic and industrial communities. This paper presents the experience from the implementation of a specific BSC model at a large software development company in Greece. The study illustrates and evaluates the main obstacles and shortcomings, as well as the critical success factors that characterise such BSC projects, while offering managerial insights and guidelines for similar implementations. Q 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Introduction The shortcomings of traditional management control and performance measurement motivated the development of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC), a management system incorporating all quantitative and abstract measures of true importance to an enterprise.1 The two key elements of the BSC are: (a) Clustering of similar types of measures into groups (perspectives); (b) Limiting the measures and linking their values to improve clarity, allow for transparent communication throughout the organisation, and effectively manage change. 5 An earlier and compact version of this paper was presented at the IEEE International Engineering Management Conference, St John’s College, Cambridge, August 18–20, 2002. à Corresponding author. Tel.: +30-1-8203449; fax: +30-1-8828078; e-mail: ioannou@aueb...
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