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| What’s in a Name? | Major Negotiation Case Based Exercise | | MGX5630Principles of negotiation | | | I will tell you the mistake you are always making. . . . You draw up your plans the day before the battle‚ when you do not yet know your adversary’s movements‚ or what positions you will have to occupy. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE FRENCH EMPEROR AND GENERAL This negotiation role-play case analysis was performed during on campus classes held at Monash University on Friday 24th Feb
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Chapter 1 Assurance Services The broad range of information enhancement services that are provided by CPAs There are two types: -Increase reliability of information -Putting information into a form or context that facilitates decision making Types of Services Assurance Services -Attestation Services Example: Audits of Financial Statements‚ Examinations of Internal Control -Other Assurance Services Example: CPA ElderCare Prime Plus Services Non Assurance Services -Tax Services -Management
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A summary of Amazon’s business strategy and revenue model I’ve used Amazon in my books for over 10 years now since many companies‚ from startups and small businesses to large international businesses‚ can learn from their focus on the customer and the approach of using technology and analysis to improve results. It consistently outperforms other companies in its ACSI customer satisfaction rating too. I aim to keep the case study up-to-date for readers of the books and Smart Insights readers who
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ownership benefits Retirement benefits Performance based bonuses Maintain growing stock price Maintain industry leadership Maintain reputation Opportunities: Able to use a lot of estimates in depreciation of PPE (over 1/2 of assets) Accounting firm (Arthur Andersen) thought of Waste Management as a crown jewel and would be lenient to keep from losing their account‚ working together since before 1971. Lot of former Andersen employees were working at Waste Management CFO and CAOs all former Anderson
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entity reporting deadline‚ group audit instruction in common 4. engagement letter’s copy‚ amendments‚ updates 5. current files’ list maintained for entity 6. entity’s general background group structure (subsidiaries’ name‚
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*First presentation * Secondweek presentation What do we mean by strategy? Long term plan to achieve the goal and objectives matching internal strengths and external opportunities and Sense of purpose also organization try to Change customers’ behavior and Standard pattern of behavior over a period of time in order to achieve objectives. 5 P’s for Strategy (Henry Mintzberg‚1996). * Plan:long term plan action to deal with a situation.They are made in advance of the actions to which they
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role professional auditors and audit firms have played in these corporate scandals. The consequences for many of the players in the market for financial information have been enormous; reputations both of key individuals and organisations are in ruins‚ jobs have been lost‚ and pension funds have been wiped out. The damage‚ both economic and social‚ has been incalculable‚ and the implications are far-reaching for corporate management‚ company directors‚ audit firms and the investing public. An array
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does the issues and complications associated with the process. The auditing process is a major part of Accounting. The issues about ethics in relation to Accounting process are becoming a more serious problem in today’s world. The Accounting process is highly sensitive‚ because it deals with what many people consider one of the most important thing in life: “money” Accounting incorporates a variety of functions- such as auditing- in which activities must be carried out with utmost care‚ adequacy
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quarterly period ended September 30‚ 2012 or ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to . Commission File No. 000-22513 Amazon.com‚ Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) Delaware 91-1646860 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 410 Terry Avenue North‚ Seattle‚ WA 98109-5210 (206) 266-1000 (Address
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