Product Costing Glossary: Cost object is anything for which cost data are desired- including products‚ customers‚ jobs‚ and organizational subunits. Cost driver is factor that affects the costs associated with an activity. Product costs include all costs involved in acquiring or making a product. Period costs are all the costs that are not product costs. Fixed cost is a cost that remains constant‚ in total‚ regardless of changes in the level of activity. Fixed costs are not affected by changes
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When we hear the word ’culture ’‚ what appear on our minds are traditions‚ which have lived and been practiced through the generations of a certain race‚ tribe or people‚ for examples‚ top-spinning and traditional wedding for the Malays. In the following paragraphs‚ I will be explaining what organizational culture actually is‚ as applied to the organizations nowadays. According to R.W. Griffin‚ in his book Management‚ he defines organizational culture as a broad form of culture‚ which comprises of
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1.2.1.29 Organisational Culture. This sub-category describes how an organisation develops a culture and supports behaviours which are consistent with its values‚ and encourage achievement of organisational objectives. Most of the studies which addressed this issue focused on manufacturing companies. For example‚ Harber et al. (1993a) studied a large business enterprise within the electronics industry. They found TQM to be an excellent program to bring about massive change in both social and technological
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COMM 215 March 31‚ 2010 Carl Robins Case Study Introduction Carl Robins is a new campus recruiter who is on the fast track to success. However‚ as a new employee‚ he is not fully informed on processes of the company. From my analysis‚ I conclude that Carl Robbins is not organized and did not assemble training plan for the new recruits. New employees can acquire a situation too deep and too fast. It takes at least six months to a year for someone in a new position to understand his or her role
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If you could anticipate what a person would and would not focus on‚ if you could keep their attention centered on one activity while you were busy performing another task‚ what would you use that gift for? Apollo Robbins has the answer; become a pickpocket. Robbins is an absolute master of the arts of manipulation and misdirection‚ the name of his presentation as well‚ and he proves it several times in his TED Talk. During his presentation‚ he demonstrates to the audience how easily distracted and
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Studies in Organizational Culture- Groupon Inc. “Groupon! Get your Groupon! Hot off the presses!” It wasn’t too long ago Groupon Inc. was the darling of Wall Street. Institutional and individual investors alike were anxiously anticipating an opportunity to buy shares of the company dubbed by Fast Company as “the most exciting thing to happen to retail since eBay.” That excitement was mirrored on November 4‚ 2011‚ Groupon’s first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange‚ as the price sky-rocketed
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The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile: Google Strayer University BUS 520 Leadership Organization Behavior Dr. Latrice Love Cooper July 29‚ 2013 Description of the Organization Google‚ a company that originally started out of someone’s garage‚ has gone on to change the way of life for many across the world. Google has become a way of living for so many until terms such as “Google it” has been coin‚ to represent the search engine able to deliver answers to any question within
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When Questioned‚ "Why do you not like talking about the war and things that happened back then?" Telly Robbins‚ a Vietnam veteran answered "I don’t want my kids or wife to know of the things I had once did‚ I don’t want them to think of me as a monster. I also do not want to relive things that happened". While he explained his feelings‚ fear and sadness could be heard mixed in with his voice‚ this sadness was egregious‚ even though it was almost ephemeral and could not be noticed to the hoi polloi
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parlors founded in Glendale‚ California by Burton Baskin and Irvine Robbins‚ ice cream enthusiast brothers-in-law‚ whose passion inspired what is now the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops. What was once a selection of 31 flavors—Baskin-Robbins "31®" stands for a different ice cream flavor for each day of the month—has grown to more than 1‚000 in its flavor library. "We sell fun‚ not ice cream." Today‚ Baskin-Robbins is the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty stores‚ serving
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Entrepreneurial knowledge “It’s in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” This attitude helped Tony Robbins to be successful in 31 businesses as an entrepreneur‚ best-selling author‚ motivational speaker‚ the nation’s #1 Life‚ Business Strategist and even more. Tony Robbins is a believer and a risk taker and as being a philanthropist‚ he is fully engaged in his own and others’ lives. When he was only 13 and his family didn’t have enough money to celebrate thanksgiving‚ somebody
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