and middle managers in budget making Bertrand Fauré a‚⇑‚ Linda Rouleau b‚1 a b University Toulouse III‚ LERASS‚ 115 Route de Narbonne‚ 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4‚ France HEC Montréal‚ 3000 Chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine‚ Montréal‚ Canada H3T 2A7 a b s t r a c t This paper aims to advance the notion of the ‘‘situated functionality of numbers’’ (Ahrens & Chapman‚ 2007) by investigating the practical knowledge of strategy which shapes the calculations performed by accountants and middle managers
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EUROPEAN TOUR OPERATORS 1. Using the PESTEL tool‚ what are the key drivers for change of the macro-environment of European tour operators in the first decade of year 2000? POLITIC NY 9.11 Bomb attack‚ terrorist attack (Bali‚ Djerba) Cote d’Ivoire conflict 2009 African conflicts 2010 (Egypt‚ : strikes for independence‚ Tunisia demonstrations for independence‚ Marocco : Bomb attack Jemaa-el-Fna Place Security controls at the airport => terrorism attacks Expansion of European Union
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Advice for Prospective Accounting Majors Ed E. Commerce Comments (in italics) are made throughout this report to help guide you. They are not part of the report. This report provides specific advice to help future accountants build a sound business. The advice was provided through an interview with Dr. Hue Dewey‚ president of the accounting firm Dewey‚ Cheetum‚ and Howe. The advice focuses on four key areas: gain experience anyway possible become a more interesting person build relationships
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| 1. | Cash is another term for Stockholders’ Equity. | | | | True | | x| False | | | | Score: 1 of 1 | | 2. | Explanatory notes and supporting schedules are an optional part of an annual report. | | | | | True | | x | False | | | | Score: 1 of 1 | | 3. | Debt securities sold to investors that must be repaid at a particular date some years in the future are called | | | | | accounts payable. | | | notes receivable. | | | taxes payable. |
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. How did Cliff take advantage of principles of operant conditioning to modify his staff’s behavior? 2. Why did Cliff’s predecessor’s strategy of punishing undesirable behavior not work very well? Even if punishment and reinforcement strategies were equally effective at controlling behavior‚ why would reinforcement remain preferable? 3. How did Cliff make use of partial reinforcement schedules? What kinds of schedules did he use? 4 . How could Cliff use his technique to train his staff
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styles of top management using Mintzberg’s managerial roles. Mintzerg named ten different roles‚ all separated into three categories. The first category is interpersonal. This includes figurehead‚ leader‚ and liason. The second category is informational which includes monitor‚ disseminator‚ and spokesperson. The last category is decisional which includes entrepreneur‚ disturbance handler‚ resource allocator‚ and negotiator. These roles are all used in the leadership styles of top management
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Task 1:- Overview:- A detailed analysis was conducted for my company’s I.T. Internet Infrastructure . Limited / Supervised Access was provided to the physical data center rooms and a brief inventory of the infrastructure (networking equipment / servers / etc.) was undertaken in order to acquire an orientation with regards to the Networking Equipment utilized. Internal interviews have been conducted with the company technical & capability leads (networking / design / security) with regards to
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| U02A1 Dell Supply Chain | James DeHaven | BUS3022 Fundamentals of Supply ChainCapella University | Why has Dell’s Direct Supply Chain been so Successful? The direct supply chain model that Dell has been using for many years to sell customized PC’s to customers via the internet has been very successful. Dell designed and structured the supply chain to provide customized computers in a quick manner and with a reasonable price. Customers can visit the Dell website and configure the PC
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Problems Chapter 7 1. A population of 1‚000 students spends an average of $10.50 a day on dinner. The standard deviation of the expenditure is $3. A simple random sample of 64 students is taken. a. What are the expected value‚ standard deviation‚ and shape of the sampling distribution of the sample mean? b. What is the probability that these 64 students will spend a combined total of more than $715.21? c. What is the probability that these 64 students will spend a combined
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Question 1 Cash Budget Higlow Manufacture Ltd | Financial Budgets - 2010 | Budgeted Cash Flow Statements | October | Beginning Cash Balance | $62‚000.00 | Receipts: | | Estimated cash sales: | | October ($1248‚961 × 58%) | 724‚397.38 | September ($1‚300‚000 × 40%) | 520‚000.00 | Total estimated cash sales | $1‚306‚397.38 | Payments: | | Estimated cash payments: | | Direct Material (75‚467 ×$4) | 301‚868.00 | Direct Labor (22‚489 × $14) |
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