Accounting for Managers TOPIC A: AN INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING Investors – Individual and groups provide initial capital. Creditors – Company which loans money to another company (Suppliers/Bank). Managers – Oversee the day-to-day operations. What is accounting? * Process of Recognising‚ measuring‚ recording (also known as transactions)‚ disclosing and attesting to information. *Information – Decision Making (Value Creation)‚ Control (Monitoring). Process of Accounting: Transactions
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Informational-Interview Questions for Entrepreneurs Compiled by Katharine Hansen‚ Ph.D. Informational Interviews are a wonderful networking tool‚ as well as for learning more about careers in which you are interested. What if you’re more interested in starting your own business than working for someone else? Informational interviews are terrific for finding out more about what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. Here are questions to consider asking entrepreneurs when you interview them:
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ways: monochronic (M-time) or polychromic (P-time). Both of these classifications represent very distinct approaches to time utilization and perception of time‚ one being monochronic‚ which views time as segmented and something that should be rationed. Whereas the other‚ polychronic‚ sees time as something that should be flexible‚ so the more important things in life can be given more attention. Considering M-time cultures are extremely punctual and use time judiciously‚ and P-time cultures live
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faster‚ suggesting that Amazon is not managing its inventories well. Because Amazon has more resources tied up in inventory‚ it will have to cut back on spending related to improving its operations and developing new products such as the Kindle series of e-readers. To clarify the reasons for changes in inventory turnover‚ Amazon could provide information about: • The types of products in inventory. Is the inventory mainly old products that have not sold and will have to be deeply discounted or written-off
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C O M P E T I T I V E A N A LY S I S GAMECONSOLES Color palette: Weak‚ outdated Strengths Not much strength here. The close-up of the game controller photo adds power to the overall box. The sunrise on the planet horizon shows an “out of this world” look and feel‚ providing the sense of unlimited games experiences and a vast universe of gaming options. The logo and symbol covering almost a third of the box makes a direct and easy identification of the product to the consumer. Weaknesses
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Thousands of veterans are impacted by P.T.S.D.‚ a common mental illness brought on by war and other high trauma situations. Billy was a prisoner of war now suffering from post traumatic stress disorder‚ which causes him to travel or jump between time. Kurt Vonnegut wrote the book Slaughter-House-Five which illustrates a man who is studying optometry in college. Billy gets into a plane crash and wakes up in a local hospital feeling “stuck” in time. He believes he has the ability to travel in time
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...TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD (AND THE PEOPLE I LOVE) Christians talk a lot about premarital sex. And I think that’s a mistake. I don’t think it’s a mistake because the issue is unimportant but because the grammar is skewed. The word “fornication” is almost gone from contemporary Christian speech. It sounds creepy and antiquated. Instead‚ we talk about “abstinence” and “premarital sex.” In the most recent issue of Touchstone magazine‚ I argue that the loss of the words “fornicate” and “fornication”
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ADM 4342 Seminar in Accounting Theory Turn OFF all cellphones! Once class commences‚ Computers should only be used for class work! You have a responsibility to make the classroom environment respectful and conducive to learning. Course Outline Introduction to Accounting Theory What does Accounting “Theory” mean? Defining “Theory” (Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary) 1. A plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to
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Introduction to E-Commerce 1. Allows organizations to exchange information relating to the sale of goods and services through the integration of three elements: a. Communications b. Data management c. Security capabilities 2. Traditional vs E-commerce a. Information exchange and processing b. Authentication and nonrepudiation c. Customer service 3. E-commerce models a. Business to customer (B2C) i. Businessa
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normal size. d. Thousands of college students abandon the academic life to become apple pickers. e. Thousands of college students abandon the academic life to become apple growers. 3) The rent control agency of New York City has found the aggregate demand is QD = 100 - 5P. Quantity is measured in tens of thousand of apartments. Price‚ the average monthly rental rate‚ is measured in hundreds of dollars. The agency also noted that the increase in Q at lower P results from more three-person
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