THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES Australian School of Business ACCT 3563: Issues in Financial Reporting & Analysis TUTORIAL - WEEK 10 Accounting for Financial Instruments and Foreign Currency Transactions Learning Objectives: 1. Understand what is a financial instrument‚ and how can they be categorised. 2. Accounting for a particular type of financial instrument – a “compound instrument” 3. Understand the accounting treatments of foreign currency transactions at: Date of transaction;
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Chapter 1 1. Statistics is the science of collecting‚ organizing‚ analyzing‚ interpreting‚ and presenting data. TRUE 2. Inferential statistics refers to generalizing from a sample to a population‚ estimating unknown parameters‚ drawing conclusions‚ and making decisions. TRUE 3. Descriptive statistics refers to summarizing data rather than generalizing about the population. FALSE 4. Estimating parameters and testing hypotheses are important aspects of descriptive statistics
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social responsibility by supporting climate protection‚ disaster management and education. DHL is part of Deutsche Post DHL. The Group generated revenue of more than 53 billion euros in 2011. I will be discussing DHL from many aspects such as decision making and its effect on the organizational performance from the perspective of Cyert & March and compare it to Bursson theory. Also I will cover Zimmermen theory about rules and apply it to DHL case study. Finally I will examine the macro environment
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The Decision On what did Jeff Bezos base his decision to buy the Washington Post‚ one of the most recognizable newspapers in the world for $250 million? It’s a pretty big deal when you are willing to buy something‚ anything‚ for that much money. A lot of thinking and analysis had to be done‚ and a lot of important decisions made. In fact after initially being approached by the Post in March of 2013‚ Bezos didn’t communicate with them for two months‚ and Donald Graham‚ the owner of the Post‚ thought
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(1)Explain the following style in Decision Making Directive Style: A person has this style if they have a low tolerance for ambiguity and are efficient‚ rational‚ and logical in their way of thinking. They focus on the short term and are quick to make decisions‚ usually resulting in a decision that has been made with minimal information and not carefully analyzing other alternatives. Example: When a manager spots the dirt on the window‚ and orders the cleaner to clean the window now‚ that is
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Thinking and Decision Making Beverly McLendon‚ Michelle Evans‚ Debra Hart and John Reeves MGT/350 September 17th‚ 2012 Stephanie McDowell Thinking and Decision Making Critical thinking is an approach about any given subject‚ problem‚ or matter. The critical thinker works to enhance the ability of critical thinking in using the methods essential to thinking and striking intellectual standards. Critical thinking goes beyond individuals
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Activity 1: 1. Did any solutes move through the 20 MWCO membrane? Why or Why not? 2. Did Na+Cl- move through the 50 MWCO membrane? Activity 2: 1. Are the solutes moving with or against their concentration gradient in facilitated diffusion? 2. What happened to the rate of facilitated diffusion when the number of carrier proteins was increased? 3. In the simulation you added Na+Cl- to test its effect on glucose diffusion. Explain why there was no effect. Activity 3: 1. Which membrane resulted
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MODELS OF ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION MAKING When we speak of rational behavior‚ we should remember that our focus in this discussion is not on making decisions‚ but rather on how to support the process of making decisions. Managers are change agents‚ not just decision makers‚ so the steps before and after a decision are as important as the actual choice of action. Preparatory steps include creating tension for change‚ understanding the positions of the various constituencies‚ and developing political
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.:VirtualSalt Introduction to Decision Making‚ Part 1 Robert Harris Version Date: June 9‚ 2012 Previous versions: December 2‚ 2009‚ October 17‚ 2008; July 2‚ 1998 We all make decisions of varying importance every day‚ so the idea that decision making can be a rather sophisticated art may at first seem strange. However‚ studies have shown that most people are much poorer at decision making than they think. An understanding of what decision making involves‚ together with a few effective techniques
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1. award: 7 out of 7.00 points TF Qu. 1 Activity-based costing involves a two-stage ... Activity-based costing involves a two-stage allocation process in which overhead costs are first assigned to departments and then to jobs on the basis of direct labor-hours. True False True / False Difficulty: Medium TF Qu. 1 Activity-based costing involves a two-stage ... Learning Objective: 03-01 Understand the basic approach in activity-based costing and how it differs from conventional costing
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