Functional Requirement (Function) A Functional Requirement is a requirement that‚ when satisfied‚ will allow the user to perform some kind of function. For example: “The customer must place an order within two minutes of registering” For the most part‚ when people are talking about Business Requirements‚ they are referring to Functional Requirements which are generally referred to as “requirements”. Functional Requirements have the following characteristics: • uses simple language •
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case Satyam fraud was an eye opener for everyone who has a part to play in the business chain – the promoters‚ employees‚ auditors (both internal and external)‚ customers‚ shareholders‚ board-members‚ executives‚ creditors‚ institutional banks‚ regulatory bodies and even the Government. Just because regulators and Government were not directly linked to the functioning of the company they cannot deny that they were faultless or knew nothing or were not supposed to know anything. Satyam case especially
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Importance of Corporate Governance for SMEs By Hany Abou-El-Fotouh Today corporate governance principles are considered a key element to the success of any organization and a prescription for improving performance. Simply it is the name of the game for companies that are directed by a board of directors in order to safeguard the interest of shareholders as well as other stakeholders. There are several definitions for corporate governance. However‚ the most appropriate definition which is
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The Royal Bank of Scotland Case Nicole Kraemer (413991) The rise and fall of the Royal Bank of Scotland is characterized by poor corporate governance which allowed for the complete dominance of the executive management over the board of directors and a massive principal-agent problem. Positive social dynamics and the power of weak ties allowed for compliance while intimidation and bullying tactics silenced questions‚ concerns and opposition. The board’s utter compliancy and borderline negligence
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Empowering Clinical Staff through Shared Governance Shared governance as a conceptual structure model for empowered decision making by frontline clinical nurses was first introduced by Virginia Clealand in 1975 ( Porter-O’Grady‚ 2004). Shared governance has at its core the underlying assumption that the bedside clinical nurse is best equipped at determining the most therapeutic care for their patient. It is the ideal model for delivery of care because it allows for collaboration between interdisciplinary
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economic scandals and crimes involving huge sums of money invested by Public. Harshad Mehta Case‚ Satyam‚ Ketan Parikh and UTI on national level and Lehman Brothers on international level are some of the examples resulting in topics on corporate Governance and Business Ethics being included by many universities and autonomous institutions in their curriculum post liberalization. January 7‚ 2009 will be etched in the annals of India ’s corporate history as it brought to light one of the biggest
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What are the major regulatory bodies and their functions? IRS (Internal Revenue Service): It is the oldest in the United States regulatory body also called the internal revenue service or IRS. The main goal of IRS is to manage and implement the internal revenue law. Their responsibility is to help individuals to understand their tax obligations as well as to tax collection. SEC (Security and Exchange Commission): SEC also called the Securities and Exchange Commission. Their main objective is
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Business Requirements Document (BRD) Business requirements are the critical activities of an enterprise that must be performed to meet the organizational objective(s). The BRD should remain solution independent. In the context of the project scoping for hardware procurement and installation‚ this is about identifying and documenting the business requirements of customers‚ employees‚ and vendors early in the development cycle to guide the design of the future state. Business requirements are captured
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BUSINESS ETHICS & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OCS AGENDA • Understanding Ethics • Managing Business Ethics • Corporate Social Responsibility • Complexity of Ethical Issues • Ethical Leadership • Evaluation of Corporate Governance • Internal & External Corporate Governance mechanisms • Corporate Governance Ratings OCS Scams OCS Values • Fundamental beliefs • Principles for good‚ right and just • Evaluate something vis-à-vis a Standard • Integrity‚ Patriotism‚ Fairness OCS Morals • Values attributing
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CHAPTER 3 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS By: Philip Stiles “The increased interest in corporate governance has mirrored the rise in concern in business ethics generally with the voluminous literature on high profile scandals and failures in firms providing a common base for much descriptive and prescriptive work in both areas. Both subjects‚ too‚ share a key focus on agency problems‚ which has driven much theoretical and empirical work. Many commentators on corporate governance assume that boards
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