correct. 2. The plans of management are expressed formally in: A. the annual report to shareholders. B. Form 10-Q submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission. C. performance reports. D. budgets. 3. The costs of direct materials are classified as: A. Choice A B. Choice B C. Choice C D. Choice D 4. The three basic elements of manufacturing cost are direct materials‚ direct labor‚ and: A. cost of goods manufactured. B. cost of goods sold. C. work in process
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at Waste Management that are indicative of each of the three fraud conditions. Incentives: from the case‚ the SEC staff claimed that the top Waste Management officers’ fraudulent conduct was driven by greed and a desire to retain their corporate positions and status in the business and social communities. Their bonuses‚ retirement benefits and stock options closely correlate with the performance of the company. If the company meets predetermined earnings targets‚ those top managements will earn
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Academy of Economic Studies‚ Faculty of Business Administration Knowledge Management Case Study – SC Artis Bio Tech SRL [pic] 22 May 2012 1. Introduction Based on the current economic climate‚ only companies which have the ability to adapt to continuous changes‚ shape their business strategies according to the market and take calculated risks will be able to survive. Attributes such as creativity‚ flexibility and competitiveness have become of the utmost
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Case 5-60 1. The solution Doug proposes is not ethical. Although maintaining the current plant-wide rate is probably not illegal‚ its continuation has one purpose: to extract profits from government business. Doug knows the plant-wide rate is not accurately assigning overhead costs to various jobs and is willing to alter the assignments on an “unofficial basis” for purposes of bidding on private-sector jobs. Fundamentally‚ ethical behavior is concerned with choosing right over wrong. To knowingly
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1. What has led the LEGO group to the edge of bankruptcy? External threats (macro PEST‚ micro Porter’s 5 forces) giant conglomerates dominating industry (risk of being taken over) p.2 competing rising costs while competitors outsource p.2 pressure from big retail customers with power? e.g. Walmart‚ Target p.2 negative industry trends in toy industry p.1 1) fad toys are rising and product life cycles declining. threat of shortening/declining life cycle despite rise of fad toys
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What forms of interpersonal power are evident in the case and why? All five forms of interpersonal power appear in various parts of the case study. Coercive power is represented in the case study when John Lasseter began working for the Disney animation studio and came to realize that the powers that be expected nothing but coercion from their employees. People were expected to comply with the way things have always been done. New ideas were neither encouraged nor supported. In addition‚ top managers
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the conduct of business during periods of substantial growth. There were many false starts between the successes. CEO and founder Frederick W. Smith played a central role in the use of OR at the company: he established a relationship with OR and management science personnel and this relationship supported the growth and success of the company. This company is nothing short of being the logistics arm of a whole new society that is building up in our economy—a society that isn’t built around automobile
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ACT – MBA 6203 Brenda Hogan October 23‚ 2012 Article Summary: Strategic Cost Management: The Value Chain Perspective Authors of this article do not believe the concept of “value chain” has been written about enough or clearly enough and therefore attempt to state the importance of the value chain on strategy from a managerial accounting perspective. Michael Porter first wrote about this in 1985. [ (Porter‚ 1985) ] They believe that any organization must understand the entire value chain
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Definition and explanation of mixed or semi variable cost: A mixed cost is one that contains both variable and fixed cost elements. Mixed cost is also known as semi variable cost. Examples of mixed costs include electricity and telephone bills. A portion of these expenses are usually consists line rent. Line rent normally is fixed for each month. Variable portion consists units consumed or calls made. The relationship between mixed cost and level of activity can be expressed by the following equation
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The Influence of Customer Satisfaction and Switching Costs on Customer Retention: A Survey of Retail Internet Banking Users in Hong Kong WONGChjBo BSc(Hons)‚ MBA‚ MA‚ MSc Student ID No. 9911675L International Graduate School of Management Division of Business and Enterprise University of South Australia A Thesis submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Business and Management 24 January 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No.
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