after a shareholder vote in 1995‚ become WorldCom. “While he lacked technology experience‚ Ebbers later joked that his most useful qualifications was being ‘the meanest SOB they could find‚’ [he] took less than a year to make the company profitable” (Kaplan & Kiron‚ 2007‚ p. 2). As a result of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 permitting long-distance carriers to offer local services‚ WorldCom used its highly valued stock to outbid British Telephone and GTE to acquire MCI for $42 billion in 1997.
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References: Cokins‚ G. and D. Hicks (2007). Where Does ABC Fit Amongst the Clutter of Managerial Accounting? Cost Management‚ March/April‚ 21-28. Cooper‚ R. & Kaplan‚ R. (1988a). How Cost Accounting Distorts Product Costs. Management Accounting‚ April‚ 20-27. Cooper‚ R. & Kaplan‚ R. (1988b). Measure Costs Right: Make Decisions Right. Harvard Business Review‚ September-October‚ 96-103. Siegel G “management accountants: the great communicators” All business accessed 25th
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ACCG 340 group Assignment Reflective assay ACCG 340‚ auditing and assurance service is one of the subjects that interest me most among other units. One of the assessments of ACCG 340 is a group assignment for Qantas case study. Basically‚ we act like an auditor in determine and establishing any necessary control test to discover any potential financial risks associated with Qantas group. As an international student I have learned to appreciate the group working style more‚ even sometime I have
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Katzenabach‚ N.d.‚ & Rodgers Jr.‚ C.B.‚ (2003). Report of the Investigation by the Special Investigative Committee of the Board of Directors of WorldCom‚ Inc. Retrieved from http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723527/000093176303001862/dex991.htm Kaplan‚ R.S. & Kiron‚ D.‚ (2007). Accouting Fraud at WorldCom. Retrieved from http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/pl/7723018/7722997/50bd1c0cb65545f9070718101e404bd6 Kotter‚ J.P. (2008) A sense of urgency. Boston‚ Mass.: Harvard Business Press. Robbins‚ S.P. &
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sagepub.com by ronny walean on May 6‚ 2008 human capital return on investments (Becker‚ 1993). In addition‚ it is important to examine the human capital planning process (Brush & Ruse‚ 2005)‚ the alignment of human capital to business objectives (Kaplan & Norton‚ 1992‚ 1993)‚ the alignment of human resources to business initiatives (Becker‚ Huselid‚ & Ulrich‚ 2001)‚ and the metrics and measurements associated with human capital and the allocation of resources to ensure the alignment with strategic
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driven by four questions shown in Figure 2. The BSC encouraged managers to focus on few critical measures to prevent complexity and information overload‚ however ensured several areas were looked at simultaneously as organisations became more complex (Kaplan & Norton‚ 1992). Choice around the measures allows adaptability and flexibility when using the model. This is vital in order to keep up with global competition and the ever changing environment. Companies must acknowledge this flexibility and
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relevant and how do they add to business performance‚ does simply measuring something mean you can influence it? “If you can’t measure it you can’t manage it” has been stated by more than one influential business or academic expert; Deming‚ Drucker‚ Kaplan‚ this is another list that could go on‚ however‚ this is a statement that has not been made without critism. This report will have a brief overview of the popularity of accounting measures‚ and then we will apply the “If you can’t measure it you can’t
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The Scope of the Defence and other Powers: Thomas v Mowbray 1 1. Introduction (i) There is nothing new about terrorism‚ as avid readers of the reports of the Cabinet Papers for 1977 will recall: • when they were reminded of the terrorist threat posed by the Indian Ananda Marga Sect and the bombing of the Hilton Hotel the bombing occurred during the meeting of Commonwealth Heads of State in 1978 and resulted in the deaths of three people; • three sect members were convicted of offences arising out
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See What I’m Saying Paper I loved the film See What I’m Saying; it was filled with new insights about deaf culture and people. This movie follows the life of TL Forsber‚ singer; Bob Hiltermann‚ drummer; Robert DeMayo‚ actor; and CJ Jones‚ A Deaf Icon. Once I got home from school‚ I quickly checked Netflix to see if Netflix carries it. My hopes were crushed. There were not many things about the film I did not like‚ are how hearing people treated deaf people and what troubles follow four deaf
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