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    Historical Development of Hr Manager (Ireland) In explaining the historical development of the personnel function of the Hr manager‚ I will begin by giving a brief description of the 6 different types of personnel manager: The Social Reformer Before personnel emerged as a specialist management activity at the beginning of the 20th century there were those who intervened in industrial affairs to support the severely under privileged factory workers. The Acolyte of benevolence The first people

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    disadvantages of Historical Cost accounting Historical cost accounting has been a controversial method that experienced many criticisms over a period of time‚ especially since it considers the acquisition cost of an asset and does not recognize the current market value. Merits and demerits of this method are as follows. The most obvious advantage of HC accounting is objectivity. It is a predominantly objective system‚ which records the original cost of an item when it was purchased. Under historical cost

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    should record sales revenue in January 2010 of what? Present value of annuity due PVad = [ $80‚000 x f( n=7‚ i=10%)] x (1+.10) PVad = $80‚000 x 4.868 x 1.10 = $428‚384 2.) On January 1‚ 2010‚ Haley co. issued ten-year bonds with a face amount of $2‚000‚000 and a stated interest rate of 8% payable annually on January 1. The bonds were priced to yield 10%. What was the total price of the bonds? Requires both Present value of a single sum and ordinary annuity PVss = $2‚000‚000 x f(

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    Western Michigan university | Is It Fair to Blame Fair Value Accounting for the Financial Crisis? | By Robert C. Pozen | | Luma Raha | 10/12/2011 | The article from the Harvard Business Review‚ "Is it Fair to Blame Fair Value Accounting for the Financial Crisis?" ‚ author Robert Pozen stipulates that the fair value accounting principles did not cause the financial crisis of 2008‚ but certainly aggravated it by common misconceptions about accounting standards. The article defines

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    situation‚ and make a suggestion based on the computations you have made. Given that we have the operating costs of Division C‚ we can calculate their loss from reduced output. In the case of Division A and Division B‚ the reduction in cost related to lower outside cost would be considered profit change. The proposal increases profit‚ but leaves Division C under-utilized. The fixed cost of under utilization would have to be considered before I would suggest the Company go to the new proposal.

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    Under fair value accounting‚ earnings of a firm constitutes three broad components namely asset income‚ realized gains and unrealized gains. What impact does this have on a firm’s earnings quality given that the main shift from current accounting standards is the inclusion of unrealized gains into earnings computation? Often‚ it holds true that what matters is not how much a firm makes‚ but how it makes its money . Investors value earnings that are sustainable‚ inherent to a firm’s business and

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    discuss efficient market hypothesis and its implications on the information perspective of accounting. As information perspective was later replaced by the measurement perspective‚ we will discuss recent accounting measurement issues‚ including fair value accounting and off-balance sheet liabilities. Positive accounting theory‚ earnings management‚ executive compensation and economic consequences of standard setting will be covered in the last part. Financial Accounting Theory is a rigorous subject

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    hriffi Fair value accounting in IFRS financial statements Considerable attention is currentiy being given to the use of fair vaiues and fair value accounting in financiai statements prepared under internationai Financiai Reporting Standards. This month’s coiumn ciarifies what is meant by fair value accounting and when iFRS require or allow its use. It also identifies the circumstances in which IFRS requires the use of fair value in the application of the historical cost model. In IFRS

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    These days‚ I’ve read a book named Vanity Fair and learned a lot from it. In essence‚ vanity itself is neither right nor wrong. However‚ when we are motivated by our desires‚ we are likely to keep some problems in perspective. In the beginning‚ we set the wrong goals which we actually don’t like and choose the wrong way which are against our wills. That is because we don’t have a good understanding of ourselves and we don’t know what we do want. As far as I’m concerned‚ we should not attach too much

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    predatory pricing allegation against BuyGasCo Corporation ("BuyGasCo"). It speaks only to the nature of the cost accounting system that we‚ as students of accounting‚ think to be appropriate for addressing the issues presented by cases of this general type. We offer our views on this subject out of concern about the allocation of indirect costs used in assessing the appropriate gasoline cost value in State of Florida v. BuyGasCo Corporation‚ 2003-05143 (D. FL. 2003). We regard the allocation system employed

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