...Scott Wilson 08/08/2015 MGT 605 Professor Carrie Noah HW 1A Going Public with Your Reasoning It is thought that a lot of topics these days are very upsetting or just down right frustrating. But, one still sticks in my mind, and that is “Why is the media allowed to be on the front lines in combat?” From personal experience of being in combat, it was very upsetting to see the media, and them already knowing what our missions are going to be, and where we are going. They were able to even know before us soldiers even knew because for some God awful reason, they were allowed to be in on the briefing given by our top leaders. What the media personnel would do with that information would go onto frustrate us military personnel even more; they’d air it on our tactics or locations on the news for the whole world to hear; even our enemies. The reason I take this personally is because one day that we were on a mission, and we were under attack, there was the media recording the whole thing, even when my team was hit by an IED; there they were recording our every move. This would even go back to the Vietnam War, when our troops were getting ready to clear out the field, and go back to the green zone, there were the media coming off of choppers, asking stupid questions like, “How many people did you kill”, or “How can you be killing these innocent children?” Not even asking if these soldiers were even alright or did they need...
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...What Are the Weaknesses of a Private Company Going Public? Taking a private company public can be a celebratory time for owners and management. It is the reward for years of successful business practices and positive consumer reception. Taking a company public can also expose significant weaknesses in a company that is unprepared to weather the added financial burdens and loss of control that come with life on the stock market. Distracted Management The process of a taking a private company is a long, complicated affair that can take as long as two years to complete, according to the Reference for Business website. This may open weaknesses in companies that lack good infrastructure directly beneath management. As a result, the daily running of the company and ground-level business decisions could suffer, which could affect the bottom line and consumer confidence when heading into life as a public company. Cost and Exhaustion Taking a company public is expensive -- costing between $50,000 and $250,000 just in fees and publicity costs. This can expose a weakness in funds for some companies that are not prepared to handle the initial financial burden. According to the Reference for Business, a company's initial public offering costs could claim 15 to 20 percent of the stock's total initial value. The process of taking a company public is also exhausting with time taken up meeting with lawyers, accountants and various business model personnel. The process can be so involved...
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...Facebook right in going public? 8 years after its inception the leading social networking site Facebook (FB) went on to become public in 2012. It was one of the most awaited events of the business world and everyone had huge expectations from the stock. The IPO failed to meet these expectations and led the observers and analysts thinking whether this was a well thought through decision on the part of the Mark Zuckerberg’s team. The aim of this assignment is to analyse whether the decision was right or wrong. Facebook’s Story till Now Mark Zuckerberg started FB with his friends, which was launched as Facebook Inc. in 2004.There has been a constant rise in users’ traffic since its inception and had increased drastically in past 4 years. It started off as a closed network of friends which went on to have one billion active users as of September 2012 which made it a phenomenal success. It was a completely new experience for the users which played an instrumental role in its success. These reasons make FB a very lucrative medium for companies to advertise their products and services to a vast gamut of potential and current consumers across geographies. FB does not need to hire people for its content which itself is user generated. Established brands become the revenue source for FB where they try to pull users through their advertisements. Smaller enterprises are also providing as well as finding business through and to FB respectively. Facebook going Public Knowing that its...
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...Stone What are the advantages and disadvantages of Rosetta Stone going public? The main advantages of Rosetta Stone going public are that an IPO would allow them the capital to expand their business into new markets as well as build on the Rosetta Stone brand. The IPO would also help them establish business credibility as a public firm. As a public company, Rosetta could enhance their image and reputation with newfound capital. It may also be advantageous to proceed with an IPO as the market has shown encouraging signs after the crisis of 2008. Changyou.com, a video game developer recently went public at 6.5 times EBITDA. Likewise, Bridgeport Education has recently considered going public and estimates that they could do so at a range of 10-12 times EBITDA. This may indicate that an IPO would behoove Rosetta Stone as it would be a successful business decision. Furthermore, the language learning industry largely consists of self-study learning as it counts for $32 billion of the $82 billion industry. Going public would allow Rosetta to be a major market presence in a booming industry. Another advantage of taking Rosetta Stone public is Adams’ concern of a takeover. Adams is worried that the limited amount of capital and resources they could get from private sources leave them vulnerable to a takeover. An IPO would quell those fears. There are, however, a few disadvantages associated with going public. For one, the process is quite arduous and would take three months...
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...Submitted to, Adjunct Professor Stanley Stain Course Instructor MGT 605: Organizational Management and Leadership Week One Homework Assignment 1A Topic : Going Public with your Reasoning Submitted by: Ariful Haque Shovon ID: 023433821 Going Public With Your Reasoning Question 1: Think of a topic or issue or situation that you find very upsetting or frustrating. Do a little “ranting” on that issue. That is, write some very strong and emotional statements about this issue or situation. You might begin with “One thing that makes me furious is __________.” Try to write four or five sentences. One thing which makes me furious is the amount of double standards that you have to see nowadays. Originality has become a rare quality to be seen amongst people. I believe when we were young about 7-8 years old, we used to be so original in that age. We stood up for what we wanted, what we did not like and those who would commit any sort of wrongdoing. However, as I have grown, I have realized people around me become double standard. Actions speak louder than words, what’s worse than silence are the ones speak the wise words but do not act like it. People are busier creating an image for themselves with words, but not actions. Along with time, voice has grown louder, but we can only find a few people doing wise with their actions. Those we see are acting rightly as they speak, usually they have a motive behind it. Large institutions are campaigning for a better environment...
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...US Department of Labor ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics * ------------------------------------------------- Latest Releases » * * ------------------------------------------------- Major Economic Indicators » * njuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities FONT SIZE: PRINT: IIF Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities * IIF Homepage * IIF Overview * IIF FAQ * Contact IIF SHARE ON: Important Web Site Notices U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | OCWC/OSH, PSB Suite 3180, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20212-0001 www.bls.gov/IIF/ | Telephone: 1-202-691-6170 | Contact IIF http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/osar0016.htm Workplace Homicides Up 50 Percent In The Last Year Dan Fastenberg Jan 28th 2013 9:43AM Updated Jan 28th 2013 11:00AM The massacre at the Sandy Hook elementary school reinvigorated the dormant debate over gun control and how best to stop the gun violence in schools. Now, new research suggests that violence in the workplace also has jumped dramatically, with workplace killings up 50 percent in the past year alone. That would make 2012 the "worst year in about 20 years" for workplace homicides, according to Dr. Larry Barton, president of the Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based American College, an expert in crisis management and violence in corporate America. In a previous interview with AOL Jobs, Barton said that his statistics are based on...
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...Going Concern issues in financial reporting: a guide for companies and directors Published in 2009 by: Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Level 2 255 George Street Sydney NSW 2000 Telephone: (+61 2) 8248 6600 Facsimile: (+61 2) 8248 6633 www.companydirectors.com.au publications@companydirectors.com.au Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) Level 7 600 Bourke Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Telephone: (+61 3) 8080 7400 Facsimile: (+61 3) 8080 7450 enquiries@auasb.gov.au www.auasb.gov.au © Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) © Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) © Financial Reporting Council (UK) 2009. Portions of this publication have been adapted and reproduced from an Auditing Practices Board Bulletin: Going Concern Issues During the Current Economic Conditions (December 2008) with the kind permission of the Financial Reporting Council (UK). All rights reserved. For further information please visit www.frc.org.uk or telephone +44 (0)20 7492 2300. © Portions of this publication have been adapted and reproduced from a KPMG Flash Report: How Concerned Should Directors be with Going Concern? (February 2009) with the kind permission of KPMG. All rights reserved. Typeset by Endnote design Printed by Ligare Pty Ltd National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Going Concern issues in financial reporting: a guide for companies and directors/AICD, AUASB ISBN 9781876604158 (pbk.). 9781876604172...
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...REPORTING DATE CIA 1003 INTERMEDIATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING CAEA 1214 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING II Semester 2, 2015/2016 Learning outcome • Determine the different types of events after the reporting period in accordance with MFRS110. • Apply MFRS 110 to account for events after the reporting period either to: • Make adjustments in the financial statements • Prepare the necessary disclosures • Present the different types of events after the reporting period in the financial statements in compliance with MFRS110. Lecture outline • Introduction • Definitions • Types of Events -Adjusting Events -Non Adjusting Event • Other Issues -Date of authorization for issue -Dividends -Going concern -Disclosure Introduction • Bursa Malaysia requires large publicly traded companies to lodge their unaudited financial statements within 2 months of fiscal year-end and full financial statements within 4 months • Business continues during this “subsequent period” and events could take place that have an impact upon the firm’s financial statements for the preceding year • These events are referred to in the accounting literature as subsequent events or post-balance sheet events. Introduction • The IASB has released IAS 10, dealing specifically with the accounting for subsequent events. • IAS 10 requires that companies adjust the reported amount of assets and liabilities if events occurring after the balance...
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...Backward Design : Lesson Plan Title: Future Tense Topic: My Plan Course: English Class: Primary 6 Time: 3 hours Teacher: Ayse Algin | Stage 1: Desired Results | Standard F1.2.1 Write in an exchange in interpersonal communication and how to plan their time.Standard F1.2.4 Write to ask for and give data about themselves, their friends and matters around them. | Understanding: * Student will understand how to make positive sentense in the future tene. * Using future tense is important for things which we willl do future. * If we plan our time we can enjoy with it and we can have time to spent with our friends. * How to make plan for future using future tense. | Essential Questions: * What does the plan mean? * How can you plan your time? * How can you invite your friends to play? * What can we plan our time for? * What kind of job students want to be most? | Students will know… * How to use future tense. * What is structure of future tense. | Students will be able to… * Understand future tense structure. * Write positive sentence in future tense. * Write negative sentence in future tense. * Make question in future tense. | ...
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...LET’S HOPE I wish the way I was living could stop, serving rocks, Knowing the cops is hot when I'm on the block, And I Wish my brother woulda made bail, So I won't have to travel 6 hours to see him in jail, And I Wish that my grandmother wasn't sick, Or that we would just come up on some stacks and hit a lick, And I Wish my homies wouldn't have to suffer, When the streets get the upper hand on us and we lose a brother, And I Wish I could go deep in the zone, And lift the spirits of the world with the words within this poem, And I Wish I could teach a could teach a soul to fly, Take away the pain out cha hands and help you hold them high, And I Wish My hommie Butch was still alive And on the day of his death we had never took that ride, And I Wish that God could protect us from the wrong, so all the soldiers that were sent overseas come home. we would never break, though they devastate, We shall motivate, And we gotta pray, all we got is faith. Instead of thinking about who gonna die to day, The Lord is gonna help you feel better, so you ain't gotta cry today. Sit at the light so long, ...
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...“This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.” “He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it; Who has left the world better than he found it, Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued...
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...'Definition of the 'going concern' concept The 'going concern' concept directs accountants to prepare financial statements on the assumption that the business is not about to go broke or be liquidated (i.e. where the business closes and sells all the assets for whatever price they can get). So, unless there is significant evidence to the contrary, accountants will base their valuations and their reporting of financial data on the assumption that the business will remain in existence for an indefinite period. An indefinite period means the foreseeable future or long enough for the business to meet its objectives and to fulfill its commitments. It is important to note that the 'going concern' concept does not imply or guarantee that the business is profitable and will remain so for the foreseeable future. So, the 'going concern' concept assumes that the business will remain in existence long enough for all the assets of the business to be fully utilized. Utilized assets means obtaining the complete benefit from their earning potential. (i.e. if you recently purchased equipment costing $5,000 that had 5 years of productive/useful life, then under the going concern assumption, the accountant would only write off one year's value $1,000 (1/5th) this year, leaving $4,000 to be treated as a fixed asset with future economic value for the business). The 'going concern' concept supports the assumption that when a business buys assets like land, equipment, and buildings, it does...
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...Dear Marji Satrapi, I just finished reading your graphic novel persepolis and while reading it i was conflicted on alot of matters in the story but non the less I found it inspiring how you went through all that at such a young age. Also how you were able to understand in your own mind what was going on and your imagination was really detailed for a little girl. The images guild you through the book and create a sense of actually being there during that time. The images are also not only just showing me what was going on in that specific scene, but it is revealing several symbols that will help the reader look into the story at a deeper level. When i was finished reading it i was so conflicted on the things that had happened. This book has helped me to see all the life struggles, good times, and adversities that youfaced between the ages of nine to thirteen. The Islamic Revolution had such a daunting effect in the Middle East, especially in the county of Iran where you and you family resided. You had your own spirit about things and you didnt let them take it away from you. While reading your book i could tell your parents really loved you. They wanted you to get the education you deserved and got you out of your hometown. It amezed me how even though you were still in another country you were still dedicated to where you first came from. I was in shock while reading parts of persepolis because of the reactions that were in there. On Page 30 you had a conversation with god...
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...know if you want to live in the same house. In this piece of writing, you’ll read my journey of escaping from this hell and the results of that getaway. After this journey is finished, nothing is going to be the same. The Father was “the Architect” of the house and system of my life, but hope was with me and I, I let the force be with me. If I took the blue pill, the story would end. I’d wake up in my bed and continue to live like a slave, but I took the red pill, to fight for my independence, to fire my ropes. That afternoon, I arrived next to the Father, I just wanted him to let me go out for one night, and I just said him: Father, please give me my freedom for one night. He asked me: What will you use your freedom for, are you going to study and bring me higher grades? I stopped and said: No, father. He asked: So what you’re gonna do? Save the world? Then something exploded in my heart like something. I said: No daddy, I’m gonna smoke, listen to music, and at the end of the night, after I make out with some b*tches, I am going sleep with one of them, and maybe if I am very drunk, I’ll get a tramp stamp right before my ass h*le and maybe it might be read as “I LOVE YOU DADDY”. Then I’ll spend your money, like five thousand bucks, to delete it. Now give me some money because I am going to do what I exactly said to you with your money. My mother was there next to my father and...
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...• The Three Little Pigs • Once upon a time there was a mother pig who had three little pigs. The three little pigs grew so big that their mother said to them, "You are too big to live here any longer. You must go and build houses for yourselves. But take care that the wolf does not catch you." • The three little pigs set off. "We will take care that the wolf does not catch us," they said. Soon they met a man who was carrying some straw. "Please will you give me some straw?" asked the first little pig. "I want to build a house for myself." "Yes," said the man and he gave the first little pig some straw. • Then the first little pig built himself a house of straw. He was very pleased with his house. He said, "Now the wolf won't catch me and eat me." "I shall build a stronger house than yours," said the second little pig. "I shall build a stronger house than yours, too," said the third little pig. • The second little pig and the third little pig went on along the road. Soon they met a man who was carrying some sticks. "Please will you give me some sticks?" asked the second little pig. "I want to build a house for myself." "Yes," said the man and he gave the second little pig some sticks. • Then the second little pig built himself a house of sticks. It was stronger than the house of straw. The second little pig was very pleased with his house. He said, "Now the wolf won't catch me and eat me." "I shall build a stronger house than yours," said the third little...
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