...AC 504 E EXTERNAL AUDITING FALL 2015 Final Exam Case Study: Auto Parts Inc. Instructor: Héri RAKOTOVOLOLONA 1 “Auto Parts Inc.” Final Exam Case Study AC504 – External Auditing Date: December 1, 2015. Instructions 1. This final exam case study is the second element of the assessment to the course and represents 60% of your overall grade. It has to be completed individually or in group of up to three (3) persons, maximum. 2. Whilst there is no formal limitation of pages, you are requested to be very synthetic, clear and straightforward in your answers and recommendations as if it should be for a structured and argued management consulting report prepared for your executive manager. 3. Upon completion, your contribution work should be UPLOADED on the e-learning platform (Moodle) in WORD format no later than Saturday 19 December 2015 (11:59 pm). Other electronic formats such as PDF or JPG are NOT accepted. 4. File identification to be sent (very important): AC504 (FE) – Students names (F2015). At least, the name of one (1) group member should be included in the file name, AND the names of ALL group members mentioned on the cover page. 5. In case of emergence (ONLY), your message could be sent or forwarded to heri.rakoto@esc-rennes.com Guidance Notes I. You should primarily refer to the International Accounting Standards (IAS/IFRS) to analyze the different accounting issues raised in the case or, at least, to the French accounting rules. II...
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...Unit Seven – The Lennar Company Case Study Analysis Kaplan University School of Business MT460 Management Policy and Strategy Author: Edna McEwen Professor: Dr. Strouble Date: June 29, 2015 LENNAR CORPORATION’S JOINT VENTURE INVESTMENTS Company Name: The Lennar Company Topic of the Week: Create a case study analysis focusing on the company’s abuse and fraudulent activities relative to CSR and business ethics. Synopsis of the Situation The Lennar Company faces the damage caused by the Fraud Discovery Institute’s claims, the financial crisis, mortgage defaults, and dramatic fall in house prices, particularly in some of their active markets. The country is in the midst of an economic recession that began in 2007, and on top of that, the company has been accused of operating a ponzi scheme and profiting while allowing investors to lose money. On the day of the announcement by the Fraud Discovery Institute, the company’s stock price took a dramatic fall. The problem is, the person that founded the Fraud Discovery Institute is a ‘reformed’ crook who has made it his mission to expose fraudulent behavior of others as a way of redeeming himself from some of the negative things he has done. The question is, is he really reformed, or is this just another scheme he has plotted to gain access to company’s information so he can pounce when the company is most vulnerable. Alternative Solutions Since Lennar’s mission statement states...
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...SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINSITRATION BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMISNITRATION Semester: Fall 2015 – 2016 Course Title Performance & Compensation Course Code HURM402 TITLE OF Case Study APPRAISING PERFORMANCE AT PRECISION In submitting this work, I am confirming that it is all my own work, or the work of my group. I have correctly acknowledged the work of others by using references. Once my work is submitted to Turnitin, it becomes part of the database that subsequent works are checked against. Full Name of Student: Submission Date: Nov 27th, 2015 Assessment: CASE-2 Semester: Fall Academic Year: 2015 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Date of Case-2 Handover Nov 20th, 2015 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Time Period Start time: 02:00 PM End time: 03:00 PM ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Duration of Case-2 Handover 2 weeks (Due Date: 4th Dec, 2015) ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Number of Case-2 Handover Pages 7 pages (Including this cover sheet-1) ------------------------------------------------- Marking Scheme: Question | Score | Marks | CLO | Achieved | 1 | 7.5 | | 5 | □ Yes □ No | 2 | 7.5 |...
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...evaluating the article ‘Multichannel Retailing: A Case Study of Early Experiences’ written by Ruby Roy Dholakia, Miao Zhao and Nikhilesh Dholakia, featured in the Journal of Interactive Marketing, Vol. 19, 2; pp. 63 -75. All three authors are professor and assistant professors of marketing in various universities. Multichannel marketing is offering customers more than one way to purchase goods -for example, from a website, a catalogue, as well as in retail stores. In order to evaluate the relevance of their findings I will introduce another case study and compare the findings. The main focus of the article is the description of the move into multichannel retailing of a brick-and-mortar and catalogue retail company through the addition of Internet retail. By analysing the purchase data from 530,000 customers the authors came to the conclusion that those who became customers through the Internet bought less often than those who became customers through the catalogue and physical stores. This is an indication that the Internet is an evolving channel. The main findings revealed expanding channel choices offers many benefits despite the learning costs; customer characteristics play a strong role in their use of specific channels. Customer behaviour is strongly influenced by marketing efforts. When reading an article one would expect the information to be focused and concise, though in this article that is not the case. It is very repetitive and written in such a way that...
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...identify the type of information system and building approach used in the implementation of an information system in an insurance company. Read the case study Modernization of and answer the following questions. (aour answers using the following tabular format with each entry written in at most 30 words, and provide a word count. new product development system availability access to filed documents Old situation (max. 30 words) ……. (word count) System availability New situation (max. 30 words) …… (word count) New product development Access to filed documents (18 marks) SIM UNIVERSITY Tutor-Marked Assignment – Page 2 of 5 ICT219 Tutor-Marked Assignment (b) Chapte the source employed by Income in building the system. Explain your answer. (6 marks) Systems can be classified based on the management groups they served. Identify the type that Income‟s eBao system falls under. Explain your answer clearly. (6 marks) (c) Question 2 Based on a case study, this question requires you to: identify the relevant strategic business objectives, identify the information system type, describe how information system supports a strategy, identify the business intelligence tool used. Chapter 3 of the course text carries a case study st answer. Strategic Objective Reason (max. 20 words) Supporting quote from case 1. < list most significant objective here > “………………… ……… ….. .……. …… ……. …..…” 2. 3. (19 marks) (b) Chapter 2 section 2.2 discusses...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Acre Woods Retirement Community Case Study Acre Woods is a private retirement community with 275 senior residents. Its mission is to improve the quality of life of its residents through physical and emotional care. Sarah Armstrong, Acre Woods’ resident physical therapist, manages the retirement community’s activity program. Recently, Acre Woods added a pool to its rehabilitation center to facilitate resident exercise and aquatic therapy. The residents’ monthly rent was raised to help finance the pool. After the pool was constructed, Sarah immediately contacted the director of Acre Woods, Mark Adams, with concerns that the pool did not meet some important specifications included in the original design, such as nonslip treads on the stairs and improved wheelchair access to the pool area. Mark advised Sarah that the residents would be happy to have a pool, even if it did not incorporate all the requested special features. When Sarah asked why the new ramp and stair treads were not provided even though they were included in the budget, the director remarked that Sarah’s job was to provide physical therapy, not to worry about the budget. Over the next month, four Acre Woods residents had minor falls using the pool stairs. While the accidents were not serious, other residents began to express fears about using the pool. Sarah contacted Mark again to relate resident complaints and to stress the need for pool accessibility and safety improvements...
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...Channels and Logistics Fall 2015 INSTRUCTOR: Tom Reilly Office: 3067 Office Hours: Mon-Wed, 12:30 to 2:30 Appointments are both helpful and appreciated. An appointment will insure that we have enough time for the task at hand, and that the time is not double-booked, and that I am not doing something else. E-mail: twreilly@vt.edu Course Description: This course will examine the management of a firm’s distribution function. Specifically, we will explore the relationships among manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. In addition, we will study the structure, functions, interactions, and activities of the marketing channels. A special emphasis will be placed on decision making given the natures of these channels. Objectives: • To understand marketing channels including efficiencies achieved, conflicts created, and behaviors of channel members • To reinforce the principles of Marketing, and understand the differences when they apply to channel and logistical issues. • To be able to apply the above concepts in the context of real marketing decisions. • Exposure to careers in Channel Management Books Marketing Channels, a Management View, 8th edition, Rosenbloom, South-Western ISBN 13: 978-0-324-31698-8 Marketing Cases – VT ISBN 13: 978-1-269-77349-2 Grading: Exams (3): 30% Group written case : 15% Class participation 15% Individual Case 20% Final...
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...Case Study: Trip Seven Screen Printing Carolina Barvo Vilaro, Professor Terrell Jones Purchasing Management TRA3132 Florida State College at Jacksonville ABSTRACT This paper has the purpose to analyze the case study of Trip Seven Screen Printing. Through this paper I will discusses viable solutions for the problem that arise with the current supplier of Trip Seven Screen Printing. INTRODUCTION Being in constantly communication with suppliers, meet with the payments and be transparent in what both parties need at the time of generating an order, it will allow supplier to deliver a quality product or service, and achieve the expectations of the customer. It is important to build a good relationships with suppliers. It is a characteristic that e companies should take in consideration to succeed in the market. This will allow them to get good results for their business, improve the quality of the inputs and achieve future agreements which are beneficial for the company. Proper coordination with vendors allows companies to produce a better final product or service, which will generate greater customer satisfaction and, therefore, higher sales for the business. The good relationship becomes more crucial in the case of companies that rely on a provider in specific. This can be related to the case study in which Trip Seven Screen Printing has as a unique supplier, American Apparel, even though their relation has been satisfactory for the past years, recently, issues...
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...GEOG 1 Essays (15 marks) Exam date | Rivers | Coasts | Population | Health | Specimen | Describe and explain the development of meanders. | With reference to one or more case study of coastal management, discuss whether the benefits outweigh the costs. | With reference to a named country, evaluate attempts to manage population change.Name of country: | Discuss how the United Kingdom’s changing population structure is likely to affect employment in the health and care services over the next 25 years or so. | June 09 | Describe and explain the formation of landforms resulting from rejuvenation. | With specific reference to a case study of coastal erosion, assess the relative importance of its physical and socio-economic consequences. | Outline and comment on the economic and political consequences of populationchange | Describe and suggest reasons for regional variations in morbidity in the UK. | Jan 10 | Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of hard engineering as a floodmanagement strategy | Explain the causes of sea level change and the formation of resultant coastal landforms. | For any two of the following types of area, summarise the contrasts between themand explain the implications of these contrasts for social welfare: * inner city * suburban * rural–urban fringe * rural settlement.Chosen areas: | Discuss the impact of obesity on people’s health and the strategies adopted to care for people with obesity | June 10 | Compare and comment on the economic...
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...There are many situations in the case study of Juan Duran that can be compared to the related theories in which were presented this week. The two theories in which will be most useful in meeting the needs for the patient Juan Duran are Dorothea Orem’s Model in which will look at self care as well as Betty Neuman’s Theory in which will present with the stressors in life and their effects. Mr. Duran has many obstacles to overcome including poor vision, loss of a daughter, wife not able to speak fluent English, and a chronic disease of diabetes to manage. In order to manage all of the many stress and obstacles Mr. Duran is currently facing the two theories mentioned will help in planning care and assisting the family. Presented in the case study is Mr. Juan Duran a Mexican American from Chula Vista, California. The patient is married and a navy veteran who has been diagnosed with diabetes. Due to his limited eye sight, Mr. Duran has had a difficult time performing self-care by injecting insulin himself. After meeting with the doctor, Mr. Duran was assigned a diabetic counselor at the VA (Veterans Affair Medical Building) to learn how to give himself the medication. His wife was not present in the case study in which would be necessary if she were going to be the person injecting the medication. Also at home Mr. and Mrs. Duran speak Spanish due to Mrs. Duran’s limited English. If the patient and wife were present and the counselor spoke Spanish or had a medical translator...
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...Study Case : Daisy ONG 23 May 2014 Dear Prof Kanesan Those 3 elements can be improved concurrently by the following example of study case, base on personal experience: The owner just received a key for a newly built luxury condo. His intention is to rent the unit out for minimum 5 years investment, and plan to sell the unit off after the log-in period from the bank, escape from paying Property Gain Tax of 30% and to rip the benefit of profit margin. Upon receiving the key, he initiated a project to renovate and refurnish the condo so that it's comfort enough to rent out at the rate desire. In this case, he applies the concept of Triple Constraints. He set the timeline for 2 months to get unit complete and ready to allow the tenant move in; with the cost constraints to RM100K; work to be done (scope) comprises of place all the furniture in 3 bedroom, kitchen and living room, electrical appliances for kitchen, some home decoration in contemporary style. Unfortunately, the potential tenant requested that they require the unit within a month time as they are moving in from overseas and to stay in hotel is not in their budget plan. The owner do not wish to miss the boat, and he accepted and sealed the contract with the tenant, meaning the owner left with 1 month to accomplish the task. By applying the Triple Constraints, the owner are in the situation where time has reduced and with the skills, he needs to be agile to well balance the 3 elements as follows: Time reduces...
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...MGMT 20124: Preparing a Report for a Case Study In addition to the correct format of your report there are content issues you need to consider. It is useful to read through the case a couple of times and get a feel as to what you will need to find before you go searching for articles. This is always problematic, but you do need to summarise the articles for support in your report, using the content, findings and conclusions. Therefore it is important that the articles are used in the detailed analysis, and argument in development of alternatives. The ‘knowledge & understanding, as well as “research skills” can be satisfied by finding arguments (through the literature) for and against, the issues that are raised within the facts of the case. That is, how well you critically analyze the facts and refer to theories, models and concepts. It will also have a bearing on how well the recommendation/s put forward will have the predictive likelihood of success. To get to that point means that you will have to put forward a range of options and on balanced argument make your decision as to what you recommend and why. Essentially it falls under what can be termed as, triangulation. (see the diagram below.) Your “Guide for Students” also gives good advice re this format. There is no “right or wrong” answer here. The marks to be gained will rise or fall based on the decision (recommendation) you make, as in the real world, and the quality of your ‘reasoned’ argument. Always...
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...High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c92feaa-fc0f-11e0-b1d8-00144feab49a.html#ixzz2Cu5c99bj Case study: Diageo By Abby Ghobadian The story: After a series of mergers, demergers and acquisitions, the management of Diageo, the conglomerate formed by the 1997 merger of Guinness and Grand Met, made a strategic decision to focus on premium alcohol drinks. Diageo was in charge of an expanding and wide-ranging collection of brands, some of which had broad appeal across many countries while others had more regional appeal, sometimes limited to just a few markets. The challenge: After both organic growth and acquisitions, three key dilemmas emerged by 2002. First, how to manage brands with significantly different appeal, such as Guinness, a brand with strong Irish roots but huge global appeal, or Buchanan’s, the leading Scotch whisky in Latin America. Second, how to rejuvenate tired brands and third, how to improve the market share of the most successful brands, such as Captain Morgan, J & B, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker. The initial strategy: To help managers maintain focus and allocate resources, Diageo developed three brand classifications: global priority, local priority and category. The global priority brands were the big sellers that were...
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...International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance, Vol. 1, No. 1, June, 2010 2010-023X Information Technology roles in Accounting Tasks – A Multiple-case Study Maria do Céu Gaspar Alves Abstract—Nowadays the business world is changing at a faster and faster pace. The reasons given for this is globalization, highs information technology (IT) investments and the rapid pace of technological change. Organizations are responding in different ways and at different rates to the wide range of IT based opportunities and pressures. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the effects of IT related organizational changes on the management accounting function and to contribute to the body of knowledge about to what extent IT affects the ability to solve accounting tasks. The relationship between IT and accounting practices was investigated qualitatively using six case studies and we will measure the impact of IT on accountants’ tasks. The findings suggest a tendency for change and the decentralization of accounting tasks. Index Terms—Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, Financial Documents, Information Technology, Management Information System. I. INTRODUCTION Nowadays the business world is changing at a faster and faster pace. The reasons given for this is globalization, highs IT investments and the rapid pace of technological change in combination with escalating costs of research and development (Frishamar, 2002). The role of information technology...
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...Title: The Fall of IBM Date: September 20, 2013 I. Executive Summary The purpose of this case study analysis is to analyze the situation of IBM in the 1990s, to come up with possible mutually exclusive alternatives for IBM’s management and ultimately, to recommend a possible strategy to regain back IBM’s throne in the industry. The problem of the case study is all about the survival of IBM in a much more competitive market ever encountered by the company. And also, overcoming new challenges brought about IBM’s new management and the dynamic technological environment. The methods of analysis used for this case study are the Porter’s Five Forces Model and the ANSOFF matrix analysis. Brief explanations were provided in each of the methods used for analysis. After analyzing the case study, the following three mutually exclusive alternative course of action were developed: 1. Decentralize Management; 2. Invest heavily on research and development and; 3. Partner with suppliers From the alternatives, I recommend that IBM should partner with its suppliers. Collaboration with suppliers will increase business flexibility and executive level business decision support. This will surely bring the most benefit for the company among the other alternatives course of action. The suppliers play a great role in the industry and having strong connections with them can help the company survive and even excel in the industry. Outline and Implementation: ...
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