CHAPTER 11: Managing Knowledge and Collaboration I. Question 2 (Chapter 11 - Page 442) What types of systems are used for enterprise-wide knowledge management and how do they provide value for businesses? 1. Define and describe the various types of enterprise-wide knowledge management systems and explain how they provide value for businesses a. Structured knowledge systems The essential problem in managing structured knowledge is creating an appropriate classification scheme to organize information
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Essential of MIS (9th edition) Chapter 1 1) As discussed in the chapter opening case‚ the Yankees ’ use of information systems in their new stadium can be seen as an effort to achieve which of the primary business objectives? A) Operational excellence B) Survival C) Customer and supplier intimacy D) Improved decision making 2) Journalist Thomas Friedman ’s description of the world as "flat" referred to: A) the flattening of economic and cultural advantages of developed countries. B)
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Question no: 01:- Accounting profit and Economic profit. Economic Profit Implicit cost Accounting profit Explicit cost Total opportunity cost Revenue Revenue How an economist views a firm How an accountant views a firm Accounting profit equals sales revenue minus ( - ) all costs except the cost of equity capital‚ while Economic profit is sales revenue minus ( - ) all costs including the opportunity cost of equity capital. Thus economic profit may be lower than the accounting profit. If accounting
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Environmental management accounting is a new technique to identify environmental cost flows of a company. Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) also can defined as the identification‚ collection‚ estimation‚ analysis‚ internal reporting and use of material and energy flow information‚ environmental cost information and other cost information for both conventional and environmental decision-making within an organization (Tellus Institutes). EMA simply defines as management accounting with a focus
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are the disciplines of information management‚ information technology‚ and informatics related? How do they differ? The disciplines of information management‚ information technology‚ and informatics are all related to contribution of information‚ contribution of computer‚ electronic technology‚ they contain information‚ collect information‚ have sources‚ also distribute information to the audiences. Information management-collection and management of information. Information technology-any technology
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Information system is a set of processes and resources working together to gather‚ transform‚ process and store information useful for decision making and control in the organization. A set of interrelated components that collect‚ manipulate‚ store and disseminate data and information and provide a feedback mechanism to meet an objective. Data consists of raw facts‚ such as an employee number‚ total hours worked in a week‚ inventory part numbers or sales orders. As shown in Table 1.1‚ several
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING This report will attempt to explain what Strategic Management Accounting (SMA) is‚ how it developed‚ why Traditional Management Accounting (TMA) is not sufficient to provide information for strategic decisions and the difference between SMA and TMA. It will further outline some of the essential analytical tools or techniques in SMA such as Activity Based Costing (ABC) and the Balanced Scorecard (BSC). SMA is an extremely broad concept‚ so in order to give a bird’s
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Contents QUESTION ONE: Accounting Concepts and Conventions 1 a) Accounting Concepts 1 i) The going concern concept. 1 ii) The accruals concept (or matching concept) 1 iii) The entity concept: 3 iv) The money measurement concept: 3 v) The historical cost concept: 4 vi) The realization concept: 4 vii) Duality concept: 4 b) Accounting conventions 5 QUESTION TWO: Clashing accounting concepts and conventions that might bring about inconsistency in the accounting process 9 1. Clash between
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MANAGING COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FACILITATED BY NAMITA GUPTA 111 Learning Objectives You should learn to: Explain the barriers to effective interpersonal communication and how to overcome them Contrast the different organizational communication flows and networks Describe two developments in information technology that have had a significant impact on managerial communication Discuss how information technology affects organizations © Prentice Hall
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COUNTRIES-IN-TRANSITION Media Management Manual John Prescott Thomas A HANDBOOK FOR TELEVISION AND RADIO PRACTITIONERS IN COUNTRIES-IN-TRANSITION Media Management Manual John Prescott Thomas Broadcasters’ Media Management Manual Media Management Manual A Handbook for television and radio parishioners in countries-in-transition By John Prescott Thomas © UNESCO 2009 ISBN No. 978-81-89218-31-7 Printed by Macro Graphics Pvt. Ltd. Published by: Communication and Information Sector United Nations
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