Career and Professional Development (OAD 134) Questions from chapters 1 & 2 in your textbook NOTE: You need to keep a copy of your answers so that you have them to study for your first test. 1. List 7 workplace trends that are changing the labor force. larger workforce older workforce increase in e-commerce more service jobs change in consumer demand more diversity in the workplace increase in education and training requirements 2. How many new jobs for office and administrative
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Chapter 1 Review Questions The financial statements most frequently provided include all of the following except the: statement of retained earnings An effective process of capital allocation is critical to a healthy economy‚ which: promotes productivity‚ encourages innovation‚ provides an efficient and liquid market for buying and selling securities Challenges facing financial accounting include all of the following except: financial measurements All of the following are objectives of
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Master director Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull was released in 1980. It focuses on the life of the famous middle weight boxer Jake LaMotta‚ who is known to have had abusive tendencies‚ masochistic rage‚ paranoid jealousy directed towards his wife‚ and problems with overindulgence in a range of vices. The movie starred Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta‚ Joe Pesci as Joey Lamotta‚ Cathy Moriarty as Vickie LaMotta‚ and Frank Vincent as Salvy (Scorsese would come to work with nearly all of these actors
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Ch. 1 Questions 3.) How do you think the principle of uniformitarianism accounts for occasional catastrophic events such as meteorite impacts‚ huge volcanic eruptions‚ or great earthquakes? The principle of uniformitarianism states‚ “The present is the key to the past (Murck‚ B. W.‚ Skinner‚ B. J.‚ Mackenzie‚ D.‚ Visualizing Geology 2008). This means that anything that happens or will happen today‚ most likely has happened in the past. Scottish geologist James Hutton’s observation is that the physical
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Cognitive Essay 2012-13 The coursework essays are built on independent reading. To answer the essay questions you will have to read original journal papers (not textbooks)‚ understand the main argument‚ evaluate the empirical findings and compare different views of the topic. Based on that you should try to find a (preliminary) answer to the question or make clear why the question remains open. Provide empirical evidence for your arguments. When you describe the empirical evidence it is important
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Have you heard of Bull Nelson? He was an important Civil War general for the Union. He helped to keep the states together. He was involved in many important events and an important part of them. Bull Nelson was born in Maysville‚ KY. On September 27‚ 1824. He Was the third child and youngest son of Dr. Thomas W. Nelson. His family was seen as an important one‚ by its friends and neighbors. Nelson was enrolled in the Collegiate Department of Captain Partridge’s military school at the age of 13.
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QUESTIONS 1. Explain the importance of risk adjustment in the capital budgeting allocation process by answering the following questions. a. Explain why risk adjustments are important and how they can affect firm value. Without the correct risk adjustment the firms stock will lose value by taking on high risk projects. The firm could also be considered uncompetitive if they reject low cost/low risk projects. b. Explain how the single hurdle rate currently used by Northern Forest Products can change
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Chapter 1 Discussion Questions 14) No longer the domain of technical personnel‚ information systems are the business of every professional because information systems has became the simplest way and the most efficient 15) as a business professional your involvement in in information systems and projects would be to organize and carry out the projects. 16) Yes. Because even word documents and emails can already be spoken through speech reorganization. It needs to develop some more
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1. Arthur Young was criticized for not encouraging Lincoln to invoke the substance-over-form principle when accounting for its large real estate transactions. Briefly describe the substance over form concept and exactly what it requires. What responsibility‚ if any‚ do auditors have when a client violates this principle? Substance-over-form is an accounting principle used to ensure that financial statements give a complete‚ relevant‚ and accurate picture of transactions and events. If an entity
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Fajardo‚ Jeanne Dagny June 15‚ 2015 QUALMAN M72 Case 1 – Xerox 1. Contrast Leadership for Quality and Lean Six Sigma as quality initiatives for Xerox. How did heir motivations differ? What differences or similarities are evident in the principles behind these initiatives and the way in which they were implemented? The most important and primary motivation that wakened up Xerox and caused it to act and apply the Leadership Through Quality initiative was losing the market shares to the Japanese
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