Highlights Stock Information Investor Information Effective from 2012‚ Sony has integrated its printed annual and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports into one report that provides essential information on related developments and initiatives. For further information‚ including video content‚ please visit Sony’s IR and CSR websites. Annual Report http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/ar/2012 CSR/Environment http://www.sony.net/csr/ For more detailed information on Sony’s financial
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Management Information Systems (MIS) 2011/2012 Lecture … (6) 2. Organizational Dimensions of Information The Organizational Dimensions of Information includes information flows‚ information granularity‚ and what information describes. A. Information Flows Information in an organization flows in four directions: up‚ down‚ horizontally‚ and inward/outward. To consider these flows‚ let’s briefly review the structure of an organization. Most people view a traditional organization as a pyramid
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and IT: What is the difference between Information Systems and Information Technology? In: Computer Terminology‚ Technology‚ Information Technology [Edit categories] Answer: Information Systems is a large umbrella referring to systems designed to create‚ store‚ manipulate‚ or disseminate information. Example of an information system is a pencil and a piece of paper. The two objects themselves are just tools‚ but together they create a system for writing (information). The term Information systems
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scorecards. As part of its marketing efforts‚ MCG conducts an annual balanced scorecard workshop for prospective clients. As MDG’S newest employee‚ your boss has asked you to participate in this year’s workshop by explaining to attendees how a company’s strategy determines the measures that are appropriate for its balanced scorecard. Your boss has provided you with the excerpts below from the annual reports of two current MCG clients. She has asked you to sue these excepts as a basis for facilitating your
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A study on annual development program (ADP) A budget is a quantitative expression of a plan for a defined period of time. It may include planned sales volumes and revenues‚ resource quantities‚ costs and expenses‚ assets‚ liabilities and cash flows. It expresses strategic plans of business units‚ organizations‚ activities or events in measurable terms. Definition of Budget An estimation of the revenue and expenses over a specified future period of time. A budget can be made for a person‚ family
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Under tough business environment‚ your low cost carrier (LCC) is in financial difficulty. As the CEO of this LCC‚ you however believe that if the airline manages to control the cost‚ your airline can survive. You therefore decide to reduce the operating expanse including the labour cost but you would avoid lay-offs. What cost reduction measures would you implement and why? In airline industry‚ the cost can break to two parts: fixed cost and variable cost. And there is
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Advantages of thinking outside of the box As a leader‚ one of your key roles is to anticipate and make change in order to ensure that your organisation continues to achieve sustained success. If a an organisation is performing well‚ it is tempting for leaders to fall into the trap of believing that if something is not broken‚ it does need fixing. Yet in truth‚ leaders need to be able to continually innovate so they their organisation and they personally achieve success. Innovation requires leaders
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McCoy: Dear Grads‚ Don’t ’Do What You Love’ - WSJ.com Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is f or y our personal‚ non-commercial use only . To order presentation-ready copies f or distribution to y our colleagues‚ clients or customers‚ use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or v isit www.djreprints.com See a sample reprint in PDF f ormat. Order a reprint of this article now OPINION May 27‚ 2013‚ 6:45 p.m. ET Carl McCoy: Dear Grads‚ Don’t ’Do What You Love’ College commencement
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only be concerned with what is useful in life. Discuss. Education is championed to be the solution of many prevailing problems society is facing today. An overarching view of education can be seen as a way in which people gain knowledge‚ information and understanding‚ and learn new skills. One can safely say that the breadth and depth of what can be learned cannot be finished in a lifetime and thus it often forces educators to sieve out and choose areas that are deemed useful in society today. Yet
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Average investment may be calculated as the sum of the beginning and ending book value of the project divided by 2. Another variation of ARR formula uses initial investment instead of average investment. Decision Rule Accept the project only if its ARR is equal to or greater than the required accounting rate of return. In case of mutually exclusive projects‚ accept the one with highest ARR. Examples Example 1: An initial investment of $130‚000 is expected to generate annual cash inflow of $32
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