student to access the management change skills using the Chapter 8 case study. In order to complete this assignment‚ the student must thoroughly read the case study on pages 239-241 and fully answer the questions 1‚ 3‚ and 4 located on page 241. The report for solving the case must include the following headings: 1) Overview: summarizing the case scenario and identifying all the problems‚ issues‚ constraints‚ related to the case‚ 2) Discussion questions : answer all the questions and lastly 3) Debriefing:
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Abstract In the case study‚ The British Airways Swipe Card Debacle‚ British Airways (BA) introduced ‘a system for electronic clocking in that would record when they [employees] started and finished work for the day… which was a unilateral decision by BA to introduce the swipe card‚ and a lack of adequate consultation with affected staff” (Palmer‚ Dunford‚ Akin‚ 2009‚ pp. 239 & 240). As a result‚ the BA staff held a twenty-four hour wildcat strike which caused BA to cancel its services‚ leaving
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Countrywide Financial: Subprime Meltdown Ethics Countrywide Financial: Subprime Meltdown Ethics Mandi Hash Acct 430 81E – Krupka‚ Joseph Abstract “Not long ago‚ Countrywide Financial seemed to have everything going for it. Cofounded by Angelo Mozilo in 1969‚ by the early 2000s it had become the largest provider of home loans in the United States. At that time one in six U.S. loans originated with Countrywide. In 1993 its loan transactions reached the $1 trillion mark. Additionally‚ it was
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2) CASE 2: “Competition in Energy Drinks‚ Sports Drinks‚ and Vitamin- Enhanced Beverages‚” by John E. Gamble‚ C75–C87. Case Questions 1. What are the key success factors (KSF) in this industry? 2. Apply the Five Forces Model of Competition tool to analyze the Energy Drinks‚ Sports Drinks‚ and Vitamin-Enhanced Beverages. 3. Apply the Strategic Group Mapping tool to determine the place of the leading beverage producers in relation to each other. 3) Case Study Assignment 3 Case 12: “Google’s
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CASE#1 ENRON CORPORATION 1. Different parties were responsible for the occurrence of Enron crisis. Listed below are some of the parties who were responsible for the Enron fraud. a. The Enron Management: There is no doubt that the Enron management staged the fraud. The management was responsible for the misrepresentation of financial statement/ documents and wrong accounting practice. In Early 2002‚ their abusive accounting and financial reporting practices surfaced. Moreover‚ the management influenced
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Case Study 6 One of the main causes of the housing bubble “bursting” in the mid-2000’s was largely due to the sub-prime mortgages. A sub-prime mortgage is generally classified as a mortgage loan to a borrower with a low credit score‚ with a small down payment‚ or high debt to income ratio. The market for sub-prime mortgages was 37.6 percent of total mortgages by the end of 2005. In 1994 sub-prime mortgages accounted for only 6 percent of total mortgages. To a great extent the “bubble burst” is
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Brham S. Inocencio BSA IV-A CASE 01 – Enron Corporation 1. List three types of consulting services that audit firms have provided to their audit clients in recent years. For each item‚ indicate the specific threats‚ if any‚ that the provision of the given service can pose for an audit firm’s independence. In the recent years‚ auditing firms provides the following consulting services to their clients: a. Internal auditing b. Design of accounting systems c. Various types of Information Technology
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1. How might Toyota’s recent debacle impact its business operations around the globe? How could Toyota use what it has learned through this unfortunate circumstance to better their production? * The debacles as reported resulted in the recall of millions of Toyota cars in the US and other parts of the world. This has affected its financial performance‚ starting in 2009 and in the few years after that. Added to this is the tainting of its reputation as a producer of reliable and safe vehicles
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1. The Enron debacle created what one public official reported was a “crisis of confidence” on the part of the public in the accounting profession. List the parties who you believe are most responsible for that crisis. Briefly justify each of your choices. a) With Enron‚ the responsibility and blame started with Enron’s executives‚ Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling‚ and Andrew Fastow. Their goal was to make Enron into the world’s greatest company. To make this goal a reality‚ they created a company
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practices substance-over-form‚ then the financial statements will show the overall financial reality of the entity. This concept becomes even more relevant when transactions may not be made at arms-length‚ often involving related parties. This was the case with Lincoln Savings and Loan complex real estate transactions. Arthur Young should not have accepted the questionable documentary evidence provided by Lincoln employees to corroborate the savings and loan’s real estate transactions. Auditors have
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