...2011 NOTES: Section A - You are required to answer Questions 1, 2 and 3. Section B - You are required to answer any two out of Questions 4, 5, 6 and 7. (If you provide answers to more than two questions in this section, you must draw a clearly distinguishable line through the answer(s) not to be marked. Otherwise, only the first answers to hand for these four questions will be marked.) TIME ALLOWED: 3 hours, plus 10 minutes to read the paper. INSTRUCTIONS: During the reading time you may write notes on the examination paper but you may not commence writing in your answer book. Marks for each question are shown. The pass mark required is 50% in total over the whole paper. Start your answer to each question on a new page. You are reminded that candidates are expected to pay particular attention to their communication skills and care must be taken regarding the format and literacy of the solutions. The marking system will take into account the content of your answers and the extent to which answers are supported with relevant legislation, case law or examples, where appropriate. List on the cover of each answer booklet, in the space provided, the number of each question(s) attempted. The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland, 17 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. THE INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS IN IRELAND AUDITING PROFESSIONAL 1 EXAMINATION - APRIL 2011 Time Allowed: 3 hours, plus 10 minutes to read the paper. Section A - You are required to answer Questions...
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... (This is your section header centered on the page) Type your abstract here within APA abstract limits (100-250 words) For a proposal, here, you will state the purpose of your study, the population you are studied, the sample you used, and your method: qualitative or quantitative, instrument (interview, survey, questionnaire, etc.) For a complete paper you would add your summarized findings. Your title (Your title is your section header centered on the page) You will need to bring all your written communication skills to this project. You will be very careful with proper citation. You will not use direct quotes. The whole of this paper is to be in your words. Ideas and information used from other authors are to be cited. Introduction (2-3 pages) First address the problem! State the overall area of concern (populations-at-risk for injustice or discrimination; need for more functional affiliations for individuals and groups; unethical policies/practices; lack of knowledge in the field, etc.). Arouse the reader’s interest; tell the reader what to expect in the rest of your paper. Provide brief statistics to indicate the incidence of the problem. Next, answer the questions, “ How does this problem effect social work practice and/or policy?”(Ethical research requires us to focus our efforts where need is the greatest). The potential utility of your study can be: 1) an addition to current knowledge of a problem or a vulnerable population; 2)...
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...Requirements Of [CS400] January 2015 Going to be honest is one of the most different types of research papers I have had to and do. I understand the process of the fact-finding techniques and how to apply them when it comes to system design in this paper I’m going to cover how the interview process, documentation review, general observation and surveys and questionnaires and how they play a part in system design. The interview process also includes conducting surveys so this is a crucial step. This is where you break it down into three different levels first level being the executive branch that all the people that their title has C in it. Second level would be all the managers and supervisors. The third would be the everyday user. You must have an understanding that each of these levels are going do require different functions on a day-to-day basis. the executive branch only wants to look at reports and see the bottom line of a company, The second level wants to see both up and down making sure that the people that are working for them are doing the job right and there meeting the expectations of the executives, and the everyday user wants to make sure that there meeting the companies goals. The interview process is simple it’s face-to-face time with the different levels and you come up with a standard list of questions this is where I think my theory is different the book suggest. In the book they recommend you have three separate lists of questions for the different...
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...Introduction By general agreement and on the basis of first hand experience, the review of literature in most student research (and some professional academic research too) is clumsy, naive, turgid, confusing and often down right dull. But given the central importance the literature review holds in our academic writing tradition, and its pivotal role in the academic assessment of research why are we still executing them so badly? Specifically, why do students find them so difficult to write? And academics find them so disheartening to read? There is no shortage of guidance in how to undertake a literature review. Comprehensive guides to business research such as Gill and Johnson (1991) or Cooper (1989) contain some guidance. More comprehensive are the general thesis guides such as Dunleavy (2003), Teitelbaum (1998), Baker (2003), or Evans (1996). There are also many specific guides to undertaking a literature review such as Baker (2000), Rowley and Slack (2004) or Hart (1999). Indeed, any competent trawl of the internet will generate innumerable guides and resources from universities around the world. The issue it seems is not the lack of guidance, but how such guidance is translated into the finished product. As a consequence this article focuses upon how to write the literature review, some techniques that can be used to ^ Correspondence: Mark Gabbott, Department of Marketing, Monash University, P.O. Box 197, Caulfield East Melbourne, Vic 3145, Australia, Tel: 00 61 3 9903...
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...Using the SQ3R Study Method A. Kent Van Cleave, Jr., Ph.D. Why use a study method? Perhaps you have noticed recently that everyone, especially in the news media, is talking about something called the information revolution. This term refers to some profound changes that have affected most aspects of our lives and that have been caused by computers. In the workplace, information technology has caused many work organizations to completely restructure themselves. Electronic data interchange has helped companies closely link themselves with their customers and their suppliers. Computers have made mass production obsolete by giving manufacturers the ability to customize the product exactly the way the individual customer wants it. (Look for the big auto manufacturers to have Websites soon where you choose nearly every feature on your car, apply for a loan to buy it, and then specify where it will be delivered, all without having to go to the showroom.) Computers have also automated many jobs, including those of many middle managers. The result of this has been fewer levels of management in large organizations and higher productivity in the production facility. For most products, the cost of the goods on store shelves has dropped dramatically over the last ten years. But this explosion of information technology has its challenges in the workplace, too. Because of it the pace of change has increased. Work organizations find that they must continually adapt as technology progresses...
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...performance of their team • Understand how their work fits into and supports the ‘big picture’ of strategic goals. Performance and development can be undertaken with teams in the following situations: |In large teams where everyone |When there is a large team, which is supervised by comparatively few Managers/ Supervisors the team | |does similar work |based discussion can replace individual performance discussions. | | |The outcome of a team performance planning discussion is a team performance plan which: | | |sets expectations of behaviour across the team, | | |helps everyone be clear on what tasks, projects or responsibilities the team has | | |allows everyone to decide if they need any development to help the team ‘get where it needs to go’ | | |is signed by all team members. | | |Once a plan is developed, the team can meet to review it (after 6 months is suggested) and then meet | | |again (after another six months) to assess how successful they were at achieving what was agreed in the| | |plan...
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... The statements below are key points of the book as determined by James Altfeld and have been made available at no charge to the user. Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done By Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan Introduction Too many leaders fool themselves into thinking their companies are well run. They’re like the parents in Garrison Keillor’s fictional Lake Wobegon, all of whom think their children are above average. Then the top performers at Lake Wobegon High School arrive at the University of Minnesota or Colgate or Princeton and find out they’re average or even below average. Similarly, when corporate leaders start understanding how the GE’s and Emerson Electrics of this world are run—how superbly they get things done—they discover how far they have to go before they become world class in execution. Here is the fundamental problem: People think of execution as the tactical side of business, something leaders delegate while thy focus on the perceived “bigger” issues. This idea is completely wrong. Execution is not just tactics—it is a discipline and a system. It has to be built into a company’s strategy, its goals, and its culture. And the leader of the organization must be deeply engaged in it. He can delegate its substance. We talk to many leaders who fall victim to the gap between promises they’ve made and results their organizations delivered. They frequently tell us they have a problem with accountability—people aren’t doing the things they’re supposed to do...
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...Manage People Performance Task 1 BSBMGT502B By Elisabete S. Torres 1. Report Housefriend’s is a homewares retailer specializing in bathroom fittings, bedroom fittings, mirros and decorative items. Housefriend’s caters to the furnishing market for new and renovated dwellings. Counting with a chain of eight stores situated around the greater of each state’s capital city. 2. Organization Information Housefriend’s is a home wares retailer specializing in bathroom fittings, bedroom fittings, mirrors and decorative items. Housefriend’s caters to the furnishing market for new and renovated dwellings. Counting with a chain of eight stores situated around the greater of each state’s capital city. Mission Housefriend’s mission is to be the major retailer company in the houseware sector across the state, providing more choice to customer whilst maintaining the higher quality overseas manufactured lines. Vision Housefriend’s aims to provide customer with a wider selection of merchandise with great customer service and high product quality. Value * Quality * Excellent service * Qualified professionals * Health and safety standards * Strong Customer focus * Flexible service hours * Affordability * Imported houseware items 3. Operational Plan Operational Goal | Team goals | Progress | Goal | Focus | KPI | Reason/ barriers | Team | Goal | Deliverable | KPI | Time frame | | To be the major retailer in our sector across...
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...methodology is designed to help you think about all the steps you need to take to ensure that you produce a good quality piece of work. most important steps in your research!), to how to develop a research protocol; and finally giving you tips on the sampling methods which are available and how to use them. The guide starts by telling you what qualitative methodology is and when to use it in the field (understand people’s belief system, perspectives, experiences). It also flags the most important ethical issues that you will encounter (consent and confidentiality). The third part details how you can actually obtain the data - what methods can you use to get the information you want? The three main methods (individual interviews, group interviews and observational methods) are explained, and the steps to build these different methods are outlined (How to do a topic guide? How to ask questions? How to develop interview skills and manage expectations? How to run group discussions? etc) The second part of the guide tackles how you can concretely develop qualitative research designs; starting from clearly defining your research question (one of the Finally, the fourth chapter looks into how, once you have collected all the data, you can manage it and analyse it. For the management of data, a few practical issues are addressed, such as confidentiality and security, translation and recording. The analysis section will give you clues as to how to use...
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...Empirical Research Methods 1. Introduction and statement of the research question. 2. Review of previous research and theory. 3. Description of data collection including sample characteristics and the reliability and validity of techniques employed. 4. Presentation of the results of data analysis including explicit reference to the implications the data have for the research question. 5. Conclusion which ties the loose ends of the analysis back to the research question. 6. End notes (if any). 7. References cited in the paper. By me Abstract: Here’s a one paragraph abstract summarizing my main argument and findings Introduction This is my research question / puzzle. This is why my research paper is interesting and important, and why your life won’t be complete until you thoroughly read this paper. Here is a brief sketch of how the paper is structured. Literature review This is what other people have written about this topic, and about other topics that are relevant. I’m going to make sure that I treat these researchers with respect, and that I present their work in the fairest light that I can. But I’m also going to tell you where I think they got it wrong or missed something important. Certainly I’m going to say why they can’t answer the research question or puzzle that I posed at the start. If they really can answer the research question adequately, then my paper is a bit redundant. Theory There is some sort of problem with the existing literature...
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...significant * Fees & Pricing pg 651 * Effect the quality of the job * Low pricing “ low bolling” * If you’re the auditor of B, you notice there is a mistake, you told them to change but they refuse. You resign. They appoint another auditor. Can you review the successor? * Can review if you ask permission from client * If without the consent from the client, you can’t review ( breach of confidentiality) * You’re auditor for A. B is the supplier for A. In the same time, B prepare financial statement, found that A haven’t pay the money, B ask you to investigate why A haven’t pay? Can you as the auditor for A reveal the information? * You can’t reveal * Issue of confidentiality; issue of interest pg 643 * You can’t help B because you’re the auditor for A. * Concept True & Fair pg 21 * Is there a meaning of True & Fair? * Yes. It is a legal term as mentioned in Companies Act 1965. There is no proper definition on true and fair. * It is not correct or error ( guarantee or giving absolute assurance) * It is only give reasonable assurance. This is an abstract (subjective) concept. * Why auditors give True & Fair? * What is True & Fair? * “True” – where facts & information that can be verified with high degree of certainty. * “Fair”- It is very subjective. Where facts or information that cannot be verified with high degree of certainty. Eg provision for doubtful debts (5%) Chapter 2 Legal...
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...* Introduction Introduction * The theory behind this dissertation is to access the theory that setting up the right culture is important in the start-up of a company. The company that the research is been done on is Alstom. Research Background * Alstom is a multinational company which is a world leader in transport infrastructure, power generation and transmission. Alstom is in 70 countries worldwide and has 93,000 employees. This research is been done on Alstom Transport Global Solutions (TGS) maintenance .This is a part of the transport infrastructure division of Alstom. This part of Alstom is in accession and is relative small with only four sites at present worldwide (Barcelona, Athens and Dublin). But there are three more sites coming online in 2011 Jerusalem (Israel), Algiers (Algeria) and Rheims (France) and five more in tender. * As more sites are coming on line this is leading to problems for Alstom TGS maintenance. As they are having to set up organisations from the ground up in these new countries and having to adopted to the different countries and trying to adopt the best practices into these new sites and learn from the mistakes on other sites. * To counter this Alstom TGS France have setup a program called the IM2k (infrastructure mobilisation maintenance kit) program to try to rectify this problem this is a mobilisation kit for new projects. The IM2K takes the best practices from all the sites and put them together to create a kit...
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...Ice break by Astrid Blodgett At some point in your life you will have to make really hard choices and decisions, whether you like it or not. You cannot avoid being hurt, or being exposed to a life changing moment. Maybe you will even experience a situation when you are in a state between life and death. Not all people handle those kinds of things the same, it will not have the same effect on children because they might not understand the consequences. To be a child can be hard sometimes, but will it also be hard if you are in a good environment with a loving and caring family around you? In the shorty story “Ice Break” by Astrid Blodgett, we meet Dawn and her two sisters. We hear about Dawn, who goes ice fishing with her father and younger sister Janie like many times before. Their mother does not go because of the bad season for ice fishing. “After she and Aunt Helen had told Dad and Uncle Rick it was late in the season and the ice was rotten.” (L. 170) When they are out on the lake to look for their Uncle Rick, when the ice breaks. The truck goes right into the cold water and the father tries to help both of his daughters out of the truck. Only Dawn makes it out in time The text is written in a very untraditional way. Astrid Blodgett continuously switches between Dawns story about the accident on the lake, which is a flashback, and Dawns point of view on the atmosphere in the house, where she speaks her sister into coming to the lake with them. So we can divide the...
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...Financial expert and author gives women the tools to help them save and invest their money Section: Zoned Living, pg. L15 If you've ever been on a diet, then you know how to save money, says author Susan Hirshman. The former investment manager with global financial management firm J.P. Morgan in New York, has written a book Does this Make My Assets Look Fat? (St. Martin's Press) geared toward women. Using the analogy of going on a diet, the CPA divides investments into four basic "food groups,"stocks, cash, bonds and alternative investments. Diet tricks, from counting calories to having a buddy, can be easily transferred to money management, she says. Her motto is, "A man is not a financial plan; the only person responsible for you is you." Do women lack money management skills? It's not just a problem with women but both women and men. The issue is, where are we supposed to learn this? No one teaches us this in school. What happens when we don't have this knowledge? We fall into four types. The Princess is the person who thinks someone else will take care of it for them. The Pauper waits until they have money. The Procrastinator takes care of someone else and don't have time for this. The last is the Pollyanna who says, if I don't think about it I'll be fine. All of them say, it's all just very intimidating and they don't know where to start. What is the biggest mistake women make in handling money? The...
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...PureMones Review - While I was looking on Amazon website for some pheromones products there, I stumbled upon the PureMones formulas. Then I searched them up and found their primary official website, who promotes as the "optimized pheromone concentrates" in today's pheromone industry. PureMones is also one of the vendors out there to sell several of pheromones formulas for both men and women to attract the opposite sex. Now at the Amazon retailer website where PuroMones was found, they have kit for men to attract women, which today's task is to get a chance and find out about each pheromones that this company has. So does PureMones really work? What are folks saying about their products? Well, I sure don't know yet, we're going to start...
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