for what. A company can have a clear mission‚ talented people‚ and great leaders and still not perform well because of poor organizational design. The structure will depend on the size of the business and the type of business. The larger an organization grows‚ the more need there is for formal structure‚ defined work assignments‚ and clear lines of authority Poor organizational structure : Confusion within roles‚ a lack of co-ordination among functions‚ failure to share ideas. E.g SONY The different
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2007 The key points underpinning the economics of a profit maximizing firm Neoclassical model of the firm states that organization will have the main objective of maximizing its profit within a given period of time. Maximum profit was achieved at the output at which marginal cost is equal marginal revenue. There are several factors which need to be considered when talking about the profit maximizing firm: 1. The assumption of the profit maximizing firm is that there is no segregation between
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TAKE HOME EXAMINATION MAY 2012 SEMESTER SUBJECT CODE : MAF656 SUBJECT TITLE : ADVANCED ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE LEVEL : DOCTOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION STUDENT’S NAME : SARAVANAN KOLAN DE VELU MATRIC NO. : M70205120002 PROGRAMME : DBA ACADEMIC FACILITATOR : PROF. DR.MOHAMMAD ADAM BAKAR LEARNING CENTRE : KL-HEAD OFFICE INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS 1) This assignment consists of THREE (3) questions. Answer ALL questions. 2) Plagiarism in
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This essay is to critically evaluate the usefulness of the accounting theory to practicing accountants today. It will provide a general assessment of information asymmetry and the fundamental problem of accounting‚ and it will also briefly discuss the normative and positive accounting theories and their usefulness to practicing accountants. After those discussions‚ it will specifically discuss the strength and limitation of positive accounting theory and assess its usefulness to practicing accountants
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equivalent products or services‚ 2) Inflation-adjusted costs of production must continuously decrease (the experience curve)‚ 3) The true cost and profit picture for each product must be known and 4) Cash flow is as important as profit. The "cycle of decay" (when cost cutting efforts lead to competitive decay) is typically begun when management uses financial accounting data‚ not control data‚ for decision making. Costs are classified as bedrock fixed (very few qualify as this)‚ managed fixed‚ direct variable
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Management accounting provides necessary information to assist management in decision making and management control. The chartered institute of management accountants (2001) describe Management accounting as :-the application of professional information in such a way as to assist the management in the formation of policies and in the planning and control of the operations of the organization. Management accounting has been considered as an integral part of the management knowledge in accounting and finance
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Accounting Ethics Accounting Ethics‚ Second Edition. Ronald Duska‚ Brenda Shay Duska‚ and Julie Ragatz © 2011 John Wiley & Sons‚ Ltd. Published 2011 by John Wiley & Sons‚ Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-405-19613-0 Foundations of Business Ethics Series editors: W. Michael Hoffman and Robert E. Frederick Written by an assembly of the most distinguished figures in business ethics‚ the Foundations of Business Ethics series aims to explain and assess the fundamental issues that motivate interest in each of
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There are four different forms of a business organization. They are a joint-stock company‚ limited liability company‚ partnership‚ and sole proprietorship. These forms of a business organization were started to help business owners with valuable support to make them profitable and successful. The first form of a business organization is a joint-stock company. Joint-stock companies are comprised of entrepreneurs that will raise the company’s wealth by selling stock shares to investors. There are
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The Legendary Iqbal Khan ACTG4160: Advanced Financial Accounting! ! Inter-Corporate Investments‚ Business Combinations and Consolidations! ! Introduction! ! - Non-strategic investments can be FVTPL or FVTOCI while strategic investments range from significant influence to joint arrangements to controlled subsidiaries! - Investments under 20% are considered passive unless clearly demonstrated otherwise! - No strategic advantage in terms of ability to influence or control the investee!
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International organizations have been noted to be around since the mid- 19th century and such organizations do not operate for profit. An international organization is defined by the United Nations as an organization with an international membership‚ scope‚ or presence. The main objective of all the international organizations they say ‚have usually been welfare and the improvement of member countries through cooperation. Karns and Mingst identify the two main types of international organizations as IGOs
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