Poverty could say to be the deficiency of common things of life such as shelter‚ food‚ safe drinking water‚ clothing‚ security‚ and lack of opportunities and access to education and employment - all of which determine quality of human life. The under listed causes of poverty are not exhaustive but limited reflective of priority to Africa’s development. These causes of poverty if positively eradicated can collectively leap the continent to its dream of development that sustains transparent and purposeful
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There are a few ideas to why Africa may be so poor. According to a study done by Gallup World in 2013‚ "the ten countries with the highest proportion of residents living in extreme poverty were all in sub-Saharan Africa." This shows the severity of the poverty in Africa. Extreme poverty is explained as living on less than or equal to $1.25 a day. If you put that into perspective of your own life‚ that may seem impossible. In our textbook‚ it is stated that "Three of four Africans live on less than
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Planning and allocating work 1.1 I am employed as a Maintenance Manager at the Strand Palace Hotel in London. I am responsible for the day to day maintenance of the whole building‚ also refurbishments of guest rooms and corridors‚ public areas and back of house areas. I am working with a team of 15 technicians and 4 shift engineers‚ all with different skills. Every first and last hour of my day will involve planning tasks to be completed‚ ranging from fixing any breakdowns of machinery to hanging
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Overhead Allocation [pic] Overhead Allocation Overview In many businesses‚ the cost of overhead is substantially greater than direct costs‚ so the cost accountant must expend considerable attention on the proper method of allocating overhead to inventory. There are two types of overhead‚ which are administrative overhead and manufacturing overhead. Administrative overhead includes those costs not involved in the development or production of goods or services‚ such as the costs of front office
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uses a job-order costing system and applies overhead on the basis of direct labor hours. At the beginning of the year‚ management estimated that 26‚000 direct labor hours would be worked and $1‚300‚000 of manufacturing overhead costs would be incurred. During the year‚ the company actually worked 24‚000 direct labor hours and incurred the following manufacturing costs: Direct materials used in production $1‚240‚000 Direct labor 1‚800‚000 Indirect labor 280‚000 Indirect materials 220‚000 Insurance
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Amesbury Construction assembles residential houses. It uses a job-costing system with two direct-cost categories (direct materials and direct labor) and one indirect-cost pool (assembly support). Direct labor-hours is the allocation base for assembly support costs. In December 2010‚ Amesbury budgets 2011 assembly-support costs to be $8‚300‚000 and 2011 direct labor-hours to be 166‚000. At the end of 2011‚ Amesbury is comparing the costs of several jobs that were started and completed in 2011.
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When allocating work and drawing up work plans there are many aspects to be considered. These include Goals and objectives‚ Competence‚ Operational needs‚ efficiency‚ cost effectiveness and consultation. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES The desired outcome of the task needs to be clearly communicated. This is to ensure that staff can align the work they are doing with an outcome to keep them on track. Small task orientated goals will help the staff work toward the larger picture and will keep them motivated
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Unit 303: Planning and Allocating work Before I start my shift or finish my shift‚ I have a 15 minute change over meeting with the Duty Manager either starting or finishing‚ about what jobs throughout the day have and haven’t been completed‚ we also discuss any maintenance work that has taken place‚ if any. We also discuss who has and hasn’t had they breaks‚ so we can ensure everyone on shift has there’s at some point. After doing the change over with the other Duty Manager I then review the rig
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DHL 2‚400 1‚440 720 320 4880 Plant overhead $122‚000 D/L rate/hour $30 Youngstown has a traditional cost system. It calculates a plant-wide overhead rate by dividing total overhead costs by total direct labor hours. Assume‚ for the calculations below‚ that plant overhead is a committed (fixed) cost during the year‚ but that direct labor is a variable cost. 1. Calculate the plant-wide overhead rate. Use this rate to assign overhead costs to products and calculate the profitability
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Colorscope 1. Why would any customer‚ let alone large advertising agencies and departmental stores‚ go to Colorscope rather than go to large printers listed in Exhibit 3? Before desktop publishing became popular‚ Colorscope had a competitive advantage through its expensive proprietary computer equipment that could produce complicated print special effects. Colorscope had also been able to build strong relationships with valuable customers through the years and had a good reputation for providing
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