CASE NAME: WorldCom: Keeping Planes In the Air 1. Briefly describe the important aspects of the situation. WorldCom had asked its accountant to make accounting entries dipping into reserves to help the company to meet its earnings target. WorldCom had been done these financial reserves for three quarters and intended to do so thereafter. The telecommunications industry was in a severe slump. WorldCom had a slow growth and rising cost. Vinson‚ who had done WorldCom’s accounting
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Worldcom appeared to be a great success story. However‚ the success began to unravel with the accumulation of debt and expenses‚ the fall of the stock market‚ and long distance rates and revenue. It would take 2 years for the extent of these problems to become public‚ and accounting scandals like that of Worldcom would make history in the finance and telecommunication areas. While the intent is to make money to benefit a person or a group of people through illegal acts while disguising their illegal
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PEST analysis template Other than the four main headings‚ the questions and issues in the template below are examples and not exhaustive - add your own and amend these prompts to suit your situation‚ the experience and skill level of whoever is completing the analysis‚ and what you aim to produce from the analysis. Ensure you consider the additional PESTELI/STEEPLED headings‚ and any others you feel are relevant‚ but avoid building these into the final analysis model unless you gain some strategic
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industry-justify choice • Undertake an environmental scan of the industry (PEST analysis) • Undertake Ratio analysis/other financial analysis of companies to determine the financial strength of the company in areas such as profitability‚ liquidity‚ investor ratios and share price performance. • Provide template that compares the financial performance of the best/worst company with the PEST analysis. This therefore will constitute a SWOT profile. Use appropriate scales for this comparative study • Prepare to
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11 [Special Issue - June 2011] A SWOT Study of the Development Strategy of Haier Group as One of the Most Successful Chinese Enterprises Xia Chan Postgraduate Student of Business English School of English for International Business Guangdong University of Foreign Studies‚ Guangzhou 510420‚ China E-mail: chanbao710@126.com Abstract This paper puts forward a complete and comprehensive SWOT development strategy model on the basis of the previous SWOT analysis model and the case study of Haier Group
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Workforce Planning Tool Kit Environmental Scan and SWOT Analysis Workforce Planning Tool Kit: Environmental Scan and SWOT Analysis FINAL CPS Human Resource Services 444 North Capitol Street Suite 544 Washington‚ DC 20001 Phone: (608) 536-3590 www.cps.ca.gov Connie Champnoise Principal Consultant (608) 536-3590 December 1‚ 2007 Submitted by: Cornerstones for Kids i Table of Contents Environmental Scan/SWOT Analysis – Overview ....................................................
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WorldCom Ethical Scandal In the late 1990’s‚ WorldCom was a successful company and leader in the telecommunications world. They had merged with MCI and the company was regarded for being innovative and growth hungry. However‚ in the midst of all the mergers WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebberly began to mismanage the company. WorldCom was no longer meeting their numbers and it looked like stock prices would fall. Rather than letting this happen‚ executives at WorldCom doctored the books. CFO Scott
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critical analysis of business‚ The SWOT analysis. The SWOT analysis is a procedure used to determine Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats of a business. The Strengths and Weaknesses are determined on the basis of internal factors such as staff morale‚ efficiency of chain of command etc. Opportunities and threats are determined on the basis of external factors such as the state of the economy and changing views and attitudes of society. The idea of and purpose of a SWOT analysis is to locate
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SWOT Analysis to increase sales revenue of Oman Air Introduction SWOT analysis is a beneficial tool that takes into account not only for our own business but also our competitor’s events and current industry trends as well. It is a framework for any organization in strategic planning for the factors that affects business be it internal or external. This understanding of business factors will help managers effectively to any changes in the factors and facilitate decision making. Factors can be
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