Student Number: __________________________ Pages: 12 Questions- Section A: 6 Section B: 15 UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA EXAMINATIONS FOR DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS October- November 2008 BFA707 THE ACCOUNTING FRAMEWORK Examiner: Mrs Debbie Wills Time Allowed: THREE (3) hours Instructions: This examination paper is to be marked out of 100. It has two sections. Write your student number clearly at the top of this examination paper. Hand in the examination paper. Do not remove any part
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Introduction With development of accounting standards and surrounding‚ the International Accounting Standard has updated several times in accordance with changing situation. Therefore‚ the new IASB Conceptual Framework‚ published in 2010‚ replaced IASB Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements. (Melville‚p17) Financial statement‚ which is usually contained in entity’s annual report‚ is prepared for existing and potential investors to make their economic decisions.
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SFAS 10 TOWS Matrix 10 Financial Ratio Analysis 10 Background I. Current Situation Current Performance Use the case given information to comment on the firm’s current performance. Strategic Posture (Current) Vision versus Mission: 191 Mission Statement answers the question “What is our business?” 192 Vision statement answers the question “What do we want to become?” 1. Mission (Current) to be stated and comment
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chapter 1 Conceptual and regulatory framework Contents Introduction Examination context Topic List 1 Financial statements 2 Purpose and use of financial statements 3 Bases of accounting 4 The IASB Framework 5 International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation (IASCF) 6 International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 7 Inherent limitations of financial statements 8 Not-for-profit entities Summary and Self-test Technical reference
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Theoretical Framework: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Definition CSR is a much broader concept than business ethics. Business ethics is the application of ethics and ethical theory to the decision of business. CSR claims that businesses are more than just profit-seeking entities and‚ therefore‚ also have any obligation to benefit society. CSR is about business and other organizations going beyond the legal obligation to manage the impact they have on the environment and society
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Political Framework Bolman and Deal view the political frame of organizations as‚ “roiling arenas‚ hosting ongoing contests of individual and group interests” (p.188). I believe that there are two political issues within our department both revolve around the NCOIC‚ in a negative capacity. The NCOIC is a higher rank‚ it is easy for her to take advantage of her position within the negotiation creating an unfair advantage for her subordinates. This results in the subordinates conforming to her ineffective
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The PESTEL framework is designed to provide managers with an analytical tool to identify different macro-environmental factors that may affect business strategies‚ and to assess how different environmental factors may influence business performance now and in the future. The PESTEL Framework includes six types of important environmental influences: political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental and legal. These factors should not be seen as independent factors. Factors such as
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INNOVATIVE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE LEGAL FRAMEWORK DPBA 180 T1 – Definition of Law What is the Law? The Law of a particular state is the body of rules designed to regulate human conduct within that state. This can be defined clearly as an organised system of principles and rules designed to control and influence the conduct of individuals and groups. The aim of most legal systems‚ officially at least‚ is to provide a means of resolving conflicts in a fair
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during my career and have yet to witness an effective approach to marry strategic imperatives to daily operations. How do great organizations achieve success? Is it effective applications of frameworks like Management by Objectives or Hoshin Kanri? Management by Objectives (MBO) was and still is a popular framework for setting a direction and charting a path towards attainment. In my experience rarely does the success have much to do with the process by which we establish objectives. I have seen MBO
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Theoretical Framework Two approaches to ethical decision making have dominated ethics for a long period of time. Utilitarianism‚ developed by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill‚ defines the moral goodness of actions by their consequences. This theory distinguishes good from bad‚ with particular emphasis on the happiness generated by the consequences. Those acts are right that produce greatest happiness for the greatest number. Utilitarianism‚ at times‚ requires that some good be sacrificed
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