1/20/2013 MACC 594: LECTURE NOTES‚ MODULE I: INTRODUCTION TO ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF BASIC CONCEPTS PART I. A. REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANALYZING THE BALANCE SHEET • The balance sheet lists the firm’s assets‚ liabilities and equity accounts and their balances at the end of the period. • What does the balance sheet reveal about a firm? • Size of the company (total assets or net assets) • Major assets owned and proportion of current vs. noncurrent assets: - Is the mix of assets consistent
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IKEA has 5 key performance objectives‚ these are:- QUALITY – IKEA aims to offer their customers products which do not compromise on technical or functional quality despite their relatively low prices. IKEA reassure their customers of this fact by having in store mock-up ‘test cells’ which illustrate their product’s robustness (eg. demonstrations of 000’s of cupboard and drawer opening cycles). SPEED – IKEA wants the majority of its products available for immediate purchase‚ enabling the customer
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Enhancing Performance From The Top Down Organizational leadership from companies far and wide has spent millions‚ if not hundreds of millions of dollars trying to develop the perfect method for the enhancement of performance within his/her organization. Human resource (HR) managers have been directed to come up with incentive packages that might include trips‚ concert and sporting event tickets‚ spot bonuses‚ and at-a-boys that company leaders feel should and will encourage employees to increase
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Some theorists might categorize a stand-up comedian as a performance artist. A performance artist is someone who creates a type of art and displays it to an audience or group of people. A comedian is someone who puts on a humorous show and acts out funny things to make an audience act. Also‚ a comedian is doing their comedy for entertainment like another type of performance artist. The goal for the comedian is to give something back to the audience by making them life and entertaining them. I would
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and risks and analyze the techniques available to financial managers to deal with risk when trading or investing in countries outside of the company’s domicile. In the structure‚ firstly evaluate the current global economic situation and what is the challenge in this global economic situation. Secondly‚ identify the risks do companies face operation in uncertain global economy. Finally‚ it will consider and analyze the techniques available to financial managers to deal with risk when trading or investing
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Analysis of Financial Statements After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: Explain why ratio analysis is usually the first step in the analysis of a company’s financial statements. List the five groups of ratios‚ specify which ratios belong in each group‚ and explain what information each group gives us about the firm’s financial position. State what trend analysis is‚ and why it is important. Describe how the Du Pont chart is used‚ and how it may be modified to include
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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I COURSE DESCRIPTION/OBJECTIVES The primary aim of Financial Accounting is to provide students with an introduction to the process and function of financial reporting. Whilst a large proportion of the course is aimed at understanding accounting as a process‚ taking a preparers‟ perspective‚ we will also seek to develop an understanding of the importance of the role of accounting in today’s society. LEARNING OUTCOMES After studying this course the student will be able to understand:
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Drama Reflection: Mirroring Performance Yash Arora At first‚ the mirroring unit performance seemed like a creative‚ fun‚ and interesting idea for a group presentation. Unfortunately‚ things went downhill from there. The concept itself was great‚ but events throughout made it somewhat frustrating. In the beginning I had paired up with Otabek‚ but I didn’t know that he was going on an extended absence. That messed up a lot of things‚ since I no longer had a partner. Since Roger and Eric were away
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majorette.. A majorette is a represenative of her school and must act a accordingly. It is her job to promote and uphold school spirit by encouraging fan involvement at all school events and performances‚ by supporting all the team members throughout their seasons‚ and by displaying enthusiasm through her performances. This is a hard job‚ but as a majorette you must work hard to achieve this. A majorette should set an example of good sportsmanship and consider herself a public relations represenative
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Nowadays‚ gross domestic product (GDP) is the prime measure for economic performance in different countries around the world. Governors or politicians using this figures to make economical decisions for years. However‚ controversy indeed surrounded the economist about whether they should gauge the economics statues with other metric rather than GDP as the rapid growth in recent years has changed the main target for the leaders in different countries. GDP measures have been started since the Second
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