The Business School BUMGT 5921 Organizations: Behavior‚ Structure‚ Processes Semester 2‚ 2012 Pre-sighted examination questions and notes on the examination QUESTIONS Section A Question A1 will be offered in the exam without any change and you will have to answer this question. As a guide‚ approximately three pages long relevant answers should be sufficient for this question. It is worth 20% of the total grade for this course. Question: A1 Analyze and evaluate your syndicate’s development
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1986‚ Barings expanded aggressively into derivative trading and recruited some extreme risk takers. Aiming at being the pioneer in speculative derivative trading‚ The Bank appointed Nick Leeson who seemed to understand financial market as the Chief trader in Barings Futures Singapore (BFS). During the first stage of audit risk assessment‚ the auditor should obtain understanding of the BFS’s business strategy to determine the corresponding risks. The main inherent risk including the following:
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Organizational Behavior Final Paper Xiaoran Zheng Keiser University Dr. Kevin Cojanu MAN571 10/26/2014 Case1‚ Power and Influence National Australia Bank (NAB) rogue trader Luke Duffy and his colleagues created losses of 350 million‚ thanks in part of Duffys power and influence tactics. Power is the capacity of a person‚ team‚ or organization to influence others. The five sources of power are Legitimate‚ Reward‚ Coercive‚ Expert and Referent. Legitimate power is Agreement that people in certain
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE LESSONS: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES |Student Name: Binish Nida Afaque | | WHY CORPORATE GOVERNANCE BECOMES IMPORTANT NOW? Corporate Governance standards are changing now. The 2008-2009 global financial crisis hit almost the whole world and causes the economic meltdown and recession not only in developing countries but in many rich and developed countries. That is why the debate on the importance of state intervention
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References: 1. Braswell‚ M. (2014‚ September 29). Morgan Stanley wins back $3M bonus from insider trader. Retrieved from http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140929/FREE/140929901/morgan-stanley-wins-back-3m-bonus-from-insider-trader 2. Commission‚ U.s. Securities And Exchange. SEC Complaint: Vladimir Eydelman and Steven Metro (n.d.): n. pag. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. Web 3. Mathews‚ Christopher
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and possibly most telling unethical actions was that of his handling of the traders of the Valhalla‚ NY trading scandal. The Valhalla trading scandal erupted because of the discovery that rogue traders were diverting funds into their personal accounts. When this was discovered by Enron’s internal audit committee and suggested to Ken Lay that they be fired‚ the idea was quickly dispatched. Ken Lay stated that “the traders made too much money to let them go”. This simple statement was evidence of
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Executive Summary Barings Bank after two centuries of successful operations became a victim of a rogue trader. US$1.3 billion in losses outweighed bank’s own capital of US$850 million. Management negligence‚ lack of internal controls‚ poor risk management and excessive risk-taking strategy brought the bank to its ultimate collapse in Feb 1994. Throughout his tenure from 1992 to early 1995‚ the star-trader-turnedrogue‚ Nick Leeson‚ was consistently misleading the senior management to believe that his
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Adoboli joined UBS as a graduate trainee in 2003. He then worked for delta one trading desk in 2007 which mainly traded Exchange traded fund. Due to the dissatisfaction with his annual salary and bonus of £360‚000 and the desire to become a star trader with huge bonus‚ he started his illicit trading in late 2008 which imposed a huge financial loss on UBS in Sep 2011. In the following passages‚ We would like to discuss the details of his unauthorized tradings‚ risks involved and make comments about
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As a world leader and a world power‚ it is imperative that the United States assumes the role of world policeman. Although this idea is proven‚ I should first explain the importance of having a world policeman. This role is so vital that without it‚ the world community would crumble faster and more completely. The idea is based off the fact that when violence and danger are present on Earth‚ someone will have to protect the rest of the peaceful people in the world. The United States of America needs
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Valentine’s day‚ NAB launched a campaign named “It’s over between us” or “The Break Up”. The campaign purpose was to persuade‚ and change customers’ mind‚ so that they will not categorize NAB in group of the Big four banks in Australia anymore; instead‚ customers would see NAB as a modern‚ active and customer-toward bank. It provided forceful evidences such as NAB did not charge fee for a number of packages and if it did‚ the fee would be lower than Westpac‚ Commonwealth Bank and ANZ’s. Besides‚ NAB also offered
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