In this essay I will be writing on the topic of accountability and inherently the responsibility of accountability. In the real root definition of accountability you have responsibility. The two terms are almost synonymous of each other. In Latin‚ the word accountability is derived from accomptare‚ with the literal meaning “to account”. In a prefixed form it stems from computare‚ “to calculate”. When put into terminology in Ancient Greece and Rome‚ the two terms were used in money lending systems
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Treatment Outcomes and Accountability Clients‚ Counselors‚ and Third-Party Payers Clients‚ are perhaps‚ the most important stakeholder in treatment outcomes. The common goal in treatment is creating measureable change‚ without which‚ there has been little therapeutic value to the intervention. Accountability expects interventions have purpose‚ positive effect‚ and measureable outcome. In essence‚ the treatment must have worth to the client (Erford‚ 2010). Knowing which interventions are the
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Why Accountability Formations Are Important This one thousand word essay that I am writing today is to explain what the importance of accountability formation is. Accountability formation is held every duty day to ensure the safty and well being of all personell within the company or battalion. Accountability starts‚ at most times‚ at 0630 hrs for physical training. During this time the First Sgt accounts for the safty and well being of his NCOs who in turn account for the safty and well being
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Content 1 Introduction 1 1.Task one 2 The models and concepts affecting the pricing decisions taken by organisations‚ critically reflecting upon their usefulness 2 2‚ Task two 6 The role of standard costing and variance analysis in management accounting and a critically discussion of the value and limitations of variance analysis as a means of identifying key areas which have contributed to the overall profit figure. 6 3‚ The advantages and disadvantages of introducing an Activity Based Costing
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Accountability There is a big difference of the definition between the civilian and military meaning of accountability. The definition of accountability in the military is the obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation of an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property‚ documents‚ or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property‚ documents‚ or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records‚ while responsibility
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Classmates‚ According to (Oster‚ 2014)‚ "Percentage of receivables and percentage of sales are two accounting allowance methods used to reconcile customer accounts deemed noncollectable. When allowed by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)‚ these two strategies are preferred over direct write-off of bad debt expenses. Percentage of receivables and percentage of sales provide a business with the ability to accurately estimate the expected bad debt losses they will have in each succeeding
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The Importance of Maintaining Accountability for Equipment Accountability‚ what is accountability and what does it mean? The definition found on the website dictionary.com states: 1. The state of being accountable‚ liable‚ or answerable. / 2. Education. A policy of holding schools and teachers accountable for student’s academic progress by linking progress with funding for salaries‚ maintenance‚ etc. Now you may ask yourself “What kind of fucking vague ass definition is this?” at least I did when
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8/2/2012 Objective of Lecture 2 CLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS & ACCOUNTING EQUATION • By end of lecture 2‚ all students should be able to:(a) Understand the five categories of accounts and able to classify them into the respective categories (b) Understand the accounting equation and the relationship between assets‚ liabilities and owner’s equity. Classifications of accounts • • 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. An account is used to record all information regarding an item. The five major
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ACCOUNTING SUBSTANCE OVER FORM Substance over form is an accounting concept where the entity is accounting for items according to their substance and economic reality and not merely their legal form. It is one of the key determinants of reliable information. For most transactions there will be no difference and in some cases however‚ the two diverge and the choice of how to present the transactions can give very different results. This differences occurs when an asset or liability is not recognized
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1. IntroductionPensonic Company Pensonic is one of the most successful trading companies in Penang‚ Malaysia that sells a wide variety of electrical appliances. In addition to its own brand “Pensonic”‚ the company also owns the German brand “Lebensstil Kollektion” and owns the sole-distribution rights for the Dutch brand “Princess” in Malaysia. Pensonic also established a mass production hub and international distribution network of electrical home mechanism and an international distribution network
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