The Most Important Asset of An Organization Assets‚ defined as a ‘valuable thing’ by Oxford Dictionaries‚ are key success determinants of any organization. The perception of value in an organization‚ brand or product‚ merits customer adoption while supplementing organizational goals that could‚ in the long term‚ determine financial sustainability and success of a company. The idea that human resources‚ employees across all levels of an organization‚ as the most important asset is increasingly staking
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“Our people are our most important asset!” Critically assess this statement demonstrating your understanding of HRM strategy and operations and HRM’s interconnectedness to other management functions and corporate goals. Employees are an organisations most important asset as they ultimately determine organisational success or failure. The management of employees therefore forms a crucial component in an organisation’s strategy. Throughout the last few decades the awareness of employee importance
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International Banking and Finance Securitization and its Role in Creating Toxic Assets June 2014 Securitization is the financial practice of pooling various types of contractual debt such as residential mortgages‚ commercial mortgages‚ auto loans or credit card debt obligations and selling said consolidated debt as bonds‚ pass-through securities‚ or collateralized mortgage obligation (CMOs)‚ to various investors. The principal and interest on the debt‚ underlying the security‚ is paid back
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Joanna began her calculation of Nike’s WACC by finding the necessary weights of debt and equity to be used. To begin‚ Joanna found Nike’s debt by combining the book values of current long-term debt‚ notes payable‚ and long-term debt‚ which were all found on Nike’s balance sheet. The values were $5.4 million‚ $855.3 million‚ and $435.9 million respectively. This calculation gave Nike a total debt of $1‚296.9 million. To find Nike’s equity‚ Joanna used the book value of total shareholders’ equity
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The fixed asset register is an accounting method used by businesses to identify the major resources they hold. Lindsey Lester explains what it is and how it should be used The reporting of fixed assets should comply with Financial Reporting Standard 15 (FRS 15). The aim of this reporting standard is to ensure that tangible fixed assets are accounted for on a consistent basis. It sets out the principles in making a decision as to whether a tangible fixed asset is stated at cost on a financial statement
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Equity and equity based financial assets What is equity? Equity is ownership interest in a corporation in the form of common stock or preferred stock. It is also total assets minus total liabilities; here also called shareholder’s equity or net worth or book value. In real estate: it is the difference between what a property is worth and what the owner owes against that property (i.e. the difference between the house value and the remaining mortgage or loan payments on a house). What is a financial
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Assets‚ liabilities and owner’s equity are the three components that make up a company’s balance sheet. The balance sheet‚ which shows a business’s financial condition at any point‚ is based on the equation of assets equals to liabilities plus owner’s equity. This equation is also the framework track of money as it flows in and out of a company. Starting with the first penny a company earn‚ will be recorded in a general ledger each and every transaction using double-entry system of debits and credits
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Neither CAPM nor APT stipulate E. No pricing model has found Both models attempt to explain asset pricing based on risk/return relationships. Difficulty: Easy 2. ___________ a relationship between expected return and risk. A. APT stipulates B. CAPM stipulates C. CCAPM stipulates D. APT‚ CAPM‚ and CCAPM stipulate E. No pricing model has found APT‚ CAPM‚ and CCAPM models attempt to explain asset pricing based on risk/return relationships. Difficulty: Easy 3. In a multi-factor APT
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Word Count: 990 Give an example of an asset that is not recorded on a balance sheet‚ and critically evaluate why it is not‚ before developing an argument for the inclusion of the asset. Whether or not certain assets and liabilities should be placed on a balance sheet is a much talked about subject. The accounting equation‚ Assets – Liabilities = Ownership Interest‚ represents the balance sheet; which is produced each year in a Public Limited Company’s financial statement; which can be viewed
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-NON-CURRENT ASSETS TASK ONE Select three non-current assets for purchase and then design and prepare example property‚ plant and equipment registers which show all relevant details over the projected life of the asset. Each asset must have two PPE registers prepared- one using straight line method of depreciation and the other using reducing balance method. This is done to assit with decision making about the best depreciation method to use. The purchase date of all three assets must be 1 September
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