EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The failed upgrade of Victoria Police’s Law Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP) has so far cost taxpayers over $50 million with no return. This report has used the following criteria to analyse the failed LEAP upgrade: Starting out on the right foot; Project management and control; Lack of senior management involvement; and Information technology. The report has found that the upgrade from LEAP was doomed as soon as it had begun. Poor budgeting and decision making hampered
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CATHOLIC INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY A RESEARCH PROPOSAL TOPIC: THE ANALYSIS OF OFFSHORE BANKING AND ITS EFFECT ON TAXATION NAME: INDEX NO#: CIBT/BAMS/09/ DATE: 2ND NOVEMBER 2012 INTRODUCTION Offshore banks are banks wherein a majority of their depositors are located in a jurisdiction outside their own country. Unlike is the modern perception these banks are not only located in the smaller tax havens‚ but some of the bigger countries like the United States and Hong Kong also
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A report on Ebay and Taobao. Ebay v/s Taobao Critically evaluate eBay’s chosen market entry strategies‚ into the Chinese ‘C2C’ market‚ determining the shortcomings of the strategies deployed during the case study period. When entering into a new market‚ there are many aspects that must be considered in order for a company to be successful. Through this case study we will look at how eBay developed their market strategy using the concept of six key factors timing‚ location‚ marketing
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Howard Street Jewelry Accounting Case Study on Internal Controls 1. The main internal control concept the Levis ignored was segregation of duties. No one person should be responsible for all transactions from the beginning to the end. Betty had too many responsibilities that were interwoven and should have been performed by more than one person. She handled the cash that came in‚ maintained the cash receipts and the sales records. Another concept that this relates to is that no one
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The documentary "What the Health" Kip Andersen has introduced to us the secret to preventing and reversing chronic diseases. There are many facts mentioned in this documentary about the several illnesses many humans can develop. This can be due to the way they consume food‚ the way the food was made‚ or the way it was sold to them in fast food restaurants. The nation’s leading health organizations must have something to do with the developments of these chronic diseases especially since there may
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investigation on the effectiveness of the internal Controls and accounting system of Cookridge Carpets Company. It also has some additional contents such as recommendations that helps the company to improve its strengths and weaknesses to protect the company’s reputation. 1.2. The researcher also investigated on the stakeholders of the Cookridge Carpets company‚ both internal and external. The stakeholders play a very
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British Journal of Arts and Social Sciences ISSN: 2046-9578‚ Vol.8 No.I (2012) ©BritishJournal Publishing‚ Inc. 2012 http://www.bjournal.co.uk/BJASS.aspx Effectiveness of Internal Audit in Tanzanian Commercial Banks Dr.Jayalakshmy Ramachandran Asst. Professor‚ Nottingham University Business School‚ Seminyih‚ Malaysia‚ Email: jayalakshmy.rama@nottingham.edu.my 60386248779 Dr.Ramaiyer Subramanian ‚ Lecturer‚ Faculty of Business and Law‚ Multimedia University‚ Malaysia. Email: ramaiyer.subramaniam@mmu
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Andersen was too fee-driven. For example‚ hard selling of services (particularly consultants tagging along on audits) that the clients did not need and giving results of both auditing and consulting‚ supported by the client’s goals. Resistance to change from seemingly unethical to ethical practices. The root of the problem was top management figures who exemplified poor ethical practices. Internal conflicts of interests between consulting and auditing businesses. Internal competition
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Internal Control Case Study Jiyang Zhou According to published reports‚ what happened at Haight Ashbury Free Clinic is typical of the types of employee fraud that happens day in and day out at many organizations. It was nothing overly sophisticated and demonstrated how insiders who know the peculiarities of differing requirements use their knowledge for their own enrichment. A former CFO of the clinic took advantage his knowledge that requires nonprofits receiving federal grants to return any
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In July 2012‚ Mr X‚ CEO of Corp Y‚ was preparing his presentation for tomorrow’s meeting with company’s board of directors and Investors. He has just rattled off a list of statistics describing the financial performance of Y (NYSE : YYY)‚ the company he has run since late 2006. They show that it has been growing‚ earning high profit margins‚ and paying respectable returns to shareholders through dividends and stock buybacks. So‚ he wonders‚ what’s the problem? Why on earth has he been taking such
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