General Motors Accounting Analysis and Business Solution | |

Table of Contents

Introduction2
Hypothesis and Methodology 3
Analysis of Problems4
Variables5
Primary and Secondary Sources6
Resources6
Sample………………………………………………………………………………………………………7
Test Statistics……………………………………………………………………………………………….8
Final Recommendations…………………………………………………………………………………….9
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………...10
Appendices………………………………………………………………………………………………..11
Survey……………………………………………………………………………………………………..12
References…………………………………………………………………………………………………13

Introduction
Every time you pick up a newspaper and read the business section, you hear about a major company having some sort of financial problems. These problems are most likely a result of accounting errors and in some instances because of these errors, companies have had major financial issues they could not recover from. Over the years General Motors has been one of those companies. General Motors Company, commonly known as GM, is an American Multinational Corporation, headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.
GM designs, manufactures, markets and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts and as well as sells financial services. General Motors produces vehicles in 120 countries under ten different name brands (General Motors Corp.). Recently, management at General Motors has decided to start tracking the number of errors in the accounting department. The number of errors will be tracked per accountant and yearly appraisals will reflect the error rates (Wikipedia contributors).
Main Research Objective: To provide sampling information on the number of errors and determine if there is an accounting problem that exists at GM. A team of researchers that we will refer to as Team Stat (statistics), will take a random sampling of data from specific accounting departments based in various parts of the