Chapter 2 THE ENVIRONMENT Illustration 2.1 PESTEL Analysis PESTEL analysis is a useful starting point for environmental analysis‚ encouraging students to think wide. Exhibit 2.2 provides an initial PESTEL analysis of the airline industry‚ giving students the general idea. The first question asks for additional elements in the analysis. For example‚ under Political‚ you might add subsidies for local airports; under Economic‚ you might add the rise of Asian economies; and under Legal‚ you could
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Chapter 1: The Accounting Environment – What is Accounting and Why is it Done? Accounting is a system for gathering data about an entity’s economic activity‚ processing and organizing the data and in turn‚ communicating that information to people who want to use it to make decisions. Data are unprocessed facts about an entity’s economic activity that is entered into an accounting system whereas information results from organizing and presenting the data in ways that make it useful for decision
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Chapter 6 Discussion Questions 2. Explain how the process view of an organization is likely to uncover the need for greater cross-functional cooperation. The process view allows an organization to analyze the sequence of processes or steps used in converting inputs into outputs. Since the processes cut across different functional department‚ the process view emphasizes the cross-functional nature of decision making. It also illustrates that functions must make a hand-off from one another in executing
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Chapter 7 Telecommunications‚ the Internet‚ and Wireless Technology 1) Telephone networks are fundamentally different from computer networks. Answer: TRUE 2) Increasingly‚ voice‚ video‚ and data communications are all based on Internet technology. Answer: TRUE 3) To create a computer network‚ you must have at least two computers. Answer: TRUE 4) An NOS must reside on a dedicated server computer in order to manage a network. Answer: FALSE 5) A hub is a networking device that
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Chapter 6: Primate Mating Systems A. The language of Adaptive Explanations Biologists often use the term “Strategy” to describe the behavior of animals. However‚ “strategy” refers to a set of behaviors occurring in a specific functional context (such as mating‚ parenting‚ or foraging). This led to greater reproductive success in ancestral populations have been favored by natural selection and represent adaptations. Costs and Benefits of some Strategies (+) If they increase the genetic fitness
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Chapter 7 1. According to Karl Marx social class depends on a factor of a person’s relationship to the means of production. He distinguished two classes: owner of the means of production (bourgeoisie) and a worker who works on these factories‚ tools and land‚ proletariat. Marx believed that person’s life is shaped only with regard of what he owns and what he works on. Max Weber believed that social class is made up of three elements: property‚ power and prestige. According to Weber‚ property is
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Management‚ 10e (Robbins) Chapter 7 Foundations of Planning 1) Planning is concerned with how objectives are to be accomplished‚ not what is to be accomplished. 2) Planning provides direction to managers and nonmanagers alike. 3) Even without planning‚ departments and individuals always work together‚ allowing organizations to move efficiently toward its goals. 4) Research indicates that nonplanning organizations always outperform planning organizations. 5) Goals are the foundation of organizational
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Chapter 7- Outline IntroductionA. Mid 9th century losing control1. Rebellious governors2. New challenging dynastiesB. …but still creative – ironically – a golden age without political stability1. architecture2. fine arts3. literature4. philosophy5. mathematics and scienceC. Territorial growth – warriors‚ traders‚ wandering mystics1. political conquest2. peaceful conversionD. Conduit for exchange – between urban/agrarian centers and between nomadic peoples1. ideas2. plants and medicines3. commercial
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The processing requirements for each product on each of the four machines are shown in the table. | Processing Time (min/unit) | Work Center | A | B | C | D | W | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | X | 9 | 10 | 4 | 8 | Y | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | Z | 10 | 0 | 7 | 11 | Work centers W‚ X‚ Y‚ and Z are available for 40 hours per week and have no setup time when switching between products. Market demand for each product is 80 units per week. In the questions that follow‚ the traditional method refers to maximizing
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Executive Summary This report aims at finding suitable accounting software to replace current accounting system that no longer meet the needs of the company. A brief introduction to the company Q.L. Medicine is firstly delivered‚ followed by a comprehensive needs analysis‚ which focuses on the requirement of a new accounting software. Three solutions—Microsoft Dynamics AX‚ Sage PFW and TRAVERSE—will then be provided. Each will be evaluated with the same criteria and then conclude with the best
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