UGANDA MANGEMENT INSTITUTE Public Policy and Governance Module: Public Budgeting and Good Governance QUESTION: Budgeting process is a waste of time and valuable resources. Evaluate this statement. A budget is a plan for financing an enterprise or government during a definite period‚ which is prepared and submitted by a responsible executive to a representative body (or other duly constituted agent) whose approval and authorization are necessary before the plan may be executed. In the
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I will be the first to admit that there are people in this world that has done some pretty terrible things. Maybe to themselves or to other people! Even though those people may have no remorse over the things they have done us as human beings have to be the ones to say when enough is enough. The history of the death penalty is a long and brutal one. From the stoning and crucifixion killings of the B.C. era to today’s methods of the electric chair and lethal injection‚ governments of one kind or
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What’s your real cost of capital? By James J. McNulty‚ Tony D. Yeh‚ William s. Schulze‚ and Michael H. Lubatkin Harvard Business Review‚ October 2002 Issue of the article: valuing investment projects Number of pages: 12 Daniel Miravet Campos Part 1. Executive summary This article is fundamentally based on the exposition of a new method to calculate the cost of capital for a company (MCPM)‚ to meet the inefficiencies of the current one (CAPM). In valuing any investment project or
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Organization Study in Madras Cement Ltd‚ R.R. Nagar TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTERS | TOPIC | PAGE NO: | I | INTRODUCTION | | 1.1 | About The Industry | | 1.2 | About The Company | | 1.3 | Organization Structure | | II | FUNCTIONS | | 2.1 | Introduction | | 2.2 | Project Department | | 2.3 | Administration Department | | 2.4 | Technical Department | | 2.5 | Thermal Power Plant | | III | SWOT ANALYSIS | | IV | LEARNING EXPERIENCE | | I. INTRODUCTION 1.1
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Issues in Accounting Education Vol. 15‚ No. 2 May 2000 Budgeting and Performance Evaluation at the Berkshire Toy Company Dean Crawford and Eleanor G. Henry ABSTRACT: This case1 provides an opportunity to study budgets‚ budget variances‚ and performance evaluation at several levels. As a purely mechanical problem‚ the case asks for calculations of various price‚ efficiency‚ spending‚ and volume variances from a set of budgets and actual results. The case is also an interpretive exercise. After the
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Chapter-1: Introduction Chittagong Cement Factory one of the pioneer cement industries in the country was established in 1966 and was placed under control and management of Bangladesh Mineral Oil and Gas Corporation and subsequently of BMEDC. The factory was converted into and incorporated as a private limited company on 30 June 1979. Thereafter the company converted into a public limited company in February 1989 with the shareholding of 51% by Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC)‚
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Evaluating the cement industry – porter’s model July 3‚ 2005 I have been trying to assess the cement industry on the five factor model and have been able to come to the following evaluation Entry barrier – Entry barriers are not too high in the industry. The technology is easily available. The only constraint is capital which a big player will have access to. The key barriers would be - economies of scale which would favor the bigger players - Brands are not so critical. price plays a big
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A SYNOPSIS ON WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT OF THE L & T. UNDER SUPERVISION OF: -------------------SUBMITTED BY NAME : ENROLLMENT NO : STUDY CENTER CODE : REGIONAL CENTER MRS. A.R. RAJALAKSHMI : Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for qualifying Master of Business Administration (FINANCE) 1 WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT OF THE L & T. TABLE OF CONTENTS S. NO. CONTENTS PAGE NO. 1. Title of the Project………………………….………………………..3 2
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leadership‚ we will explain capital structure and determine weighted average cost of capital (WACC) from the assumption provided by Mary Francis. Furthermore‚ we will show how WACC and Capital Structure can be leveraged to find out the viability of the capital project. Additionally‚ we will explain marginal cost of capital. To close‚ we will make a recommendation on the best approach to apply to project evaluation between capital structure and WACC Capital Structure Capital Structure refers to the
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2. BACKGROUND The study of Working Capital Management cannot be over emphasised. It is a very important element in corporate financing and very crucial to company survival. Companies usually require an optimal level of working capital to meet daily obligations‚ continue production and make profit. However‚ some managers fall short and the companies liquidate. According to Harris (2005) “Working capital management is a simple and straight forward Concept of ensuring the ability of the firm to fund
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