Chapter 8 Outline 1. Hessians: * German soldiers * Paid to fight for British * Revolutionary War * 1776 * Cause Colonists to win third battle after Christmas 2. Marquis de Lafayette: * French major general who aided the colonies during the Revolutionary War. * Major foreign military expert who helped train the colonial armies. * Revolutionary War * 1770’s 3. Continentals: * Apart of the Continental Army * Colonists * 1781
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Chapter 4—Quiz TRUE/FALSE 1. Business writers normally use active voice more frequently than passive voice because active voice conveys ideas more vividly. 2. Slow‚ deliberative writing is recommended when drafting a business message. 3. Passive voice is used in the following sentence: “The stockholders read the annual report.” 4. Active voice is used in the following sentence: “The report on current fundraising efforts was made available to the committee.” 5. The imagery in a passive
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Chapter 8 Outline Nationalism and Economic Expansion The Triumph of Neo-Federalism The American System ▪ Madison was a nationalistic President. Wanted strong military‚ strong national bank‚ federal taxes‚ and other internal improvements. ▪ Clay labeled this the “American System”—protective tariff as well as other things combined to stimulate agriculture and manufacturing The Tariff of 1816 ▪ In the first post-war-of-1812 Congress—protectionists
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Chapter Overview CHAPTER 1 Accounting and the Business Environment The chapter begins with an explanation of the term “accounting” and its importance to the business world. The text discusses how accounting information is needed by various decision makers—individuals‚ businesses‚ investors‚ creditors‚ government regulatory agencies‚ taxing authorities‚ non-profit organizations‚ and others. Financial and management accounting are compared. A brief history of accounting and the role of ethics in
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value to the business. Chapter: Service Management as a Practice Which of these is not a characteristic of a process? Responds to a trigger Delivers a specific result Is measurable Delivers functions Explanation: Answer option D is correct. Functions are self-contained units of an organization with their own resources and capabilities to support an organization. Processes deliver value and define roles for the activities and decisions within that process. Chapter: Service Management as
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`Assignments for chapters 1 through 6 EXERCISE 1.1 Each of us is confronted with decisions in our everyday lives that require us to gather and assess information on the different alternatives at hand and then make a decision. Examples of such decisions include the decision to attend college‚ buy a car or some other item‚ strike up a friendship with Person A or B‚ select a particular course‚ or take a trip to Point X or Y. You may have made an error in such decisions because your information
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Securities Regulation Outline Introductory Material Financial Products. Two ways to raise money: taking out loans from the bank‚ or issuing securities on the public market. Bank Loans Money in exchange for a promise to pay. Usually secured by some collateral. Commercial lending: one bank is “lead arranger” for others. Reduces exposure. Securities Stock. An ownership interest. Common stock. Voting rights! Dividends. Get paid last in a liquidation. Preferred stock. No voting rights as long as
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BIOL A112/A114 Key Things to Know for Chapter 26 Marieb HA&P‚ 9th Edition 1. Know the relative body water content by age and gender 2. Know what the two main fluid compartments in the body are 3. Know what fluids make up the extracellular fluid compartment (see Figure 26.1 on page 991) 4. Know which fluids are considered to be part of the interstitial fluid (see bottom of 1st column on page 991) 5. Know what electrolytes are‚ how they differ from nonelectrolytes‚ which has the greater osmotic power
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Outline for Chapter 3 Income Sources Gross income= all income received‚ less exclusions from income. All inclusive income concept (all income received is taxable unless a specific provision in the tax law either excludes the income from taxation or defers its recognition to a future tax year) provides the basis for calculating gross income. Realization (no income or loss is recognized until it has been realized. A realization involves a changing in the form and/or substance of a taxpayers property
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1. Why should one study operations management? Operations Management is the set of activities that creates value in the form of goods and services by transforming inputs into outputs. • Operations Management is one of the three major functions of any organization‚ and it is generally related to all the other business functions. All organizations market (sell)‚ finance (account)‚ and produce (operate)‚ and it is important to know how the Operations Management activity functions. Therefore‚ we study
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