Finance and Accounting for Management Graduate School of Business Universiti Sains Malaysia COURSE GUIDE Lecturer: Semester: Associate Prof. Dr. Sofri Yahya; Dr Fathyah Hashim Semester 1‚ Academic Session 2012/2013 The information in this document is important and should be noted by all students undertaking the Master of Business Administration Degree Reviewed by: ………………………………………….. Date: 1 Approved by: ………………………………….. Date: AGW 610/3 Finance and Accounting for Management Course GUIDE
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customers has vastly increased making it much more difficult to keep track of the finance and performance. This is where accounting plays its role of systematically recording‚ reporting and analysing the financial transactions of a business. This essay aims to compare and contrast the roles and responsibilities of a management accountant with that of a financial accountant. Accounting allows a company to analyse the financial performance of a business and represent its position through past and future
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Strategic Management of Technological Innovation by Rodger Hughes Overview This is a short summary of Strategic Management of Technological Innovation (Schilling‚ 2009)‚ Describing Schilling’s view on the importance of technological innovation. Chapter 1 Summary Globalization has been instrumental in technological innovation processes. As companies and firms become more competitive in the world market‚ they need to harness creativity and channel it to remain competitive. While some
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1.0 Introduction According to The Environment Agency in the United Kingdom (2006)‚ Environmental Accounting can be defined as: “The collection‚ analysis and assessment of environmental and financial performance data obtained from business management information systems‚ environmental management and financial accounting systems. The taking of corrective management action to reduce environmental impacts and costs plus‚ where appropriate‚ the external reporting of the environmental and financial
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European Journal of Innovation Management Emerald Article: The development of a scale to measure consumer doubt toward new products Maria Sääksjärvi‚ Kaj P.N. Morel Article information: To cite this document: Maria Sääksjärvi‚ Kaj P.N. Morel‚ (2010)‚"The development of a scale to measure consumer doubt toward new products"‚ European Journal of Innovation Management‚ Vol. 13 Iss: 3 pp. 272 - 293 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14601061011060120 Downloaded on: 28-01-2013
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MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Lectures Toyota – brake failure even though standards were followed‚ the standards weren’t revised – RIGID Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd. ‘turned around every single one of its sick leased units‚ creating viability out of a liability.’ Boeing Reached the point where between 70% and 80% of the costs assigned to the final cost objectives of a manufacturing or engineering line organisations were allocations from common overhead pools ‘Because technology related costs were buried
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Describe the ‘Challenge of Management Accounting Change’ in light of recent research findings and discuss‚ how can this change help an organisation‚ in getting its strategic‚ tactical and operating objectives? Management accounting change and the continuously changing roles of management accountants have dominated accounting literature for the past few decades and the theme of management accounting change procedures has been
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MANAGING CHANGE AND INNOVATION BU5559 SUBMITTED BY EZIE‚ CYNTHIA C. SUBMISSION DATE 22 MARCH 2010 INTRODUCTION TO INNOVATION AND CHANGE Innovation is the process by which ideas are created‚ selected and implemented to bring about profitable change to organisations. Innovations come as a result of an identified need for organisations to change their current processes‚ activities or operations. Andriopoulos and Dawson (2009) explain that organisational change is ‘new ways of organizing
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and the choice of new products; and the emergence of e-business and so on. As a result of the defects of traditional accounting have been unable to meet these changes new management themes have evolved which in turn has resulted in the development of strategic management accounting. Strategic management accounting aims to provide relevant information to an organization’s management to enable them to make strategic plans and strategic decisions. The emphasis is on external information on competitors
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processes in the marketplace brought about by innovative initiatives and distributive strategies; this in turn motivates formation of new industries and competitive rivalries for the organization. At Bayer it has always been their mission to create new innovations to better the lives of people. The pharmaceutical company has focused over the years on health care‚ nutrition and high-tech materials. Through Bayer Schering Pharma AG in Germany the company has been spearheading R&D in Oncology by employing multiple
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