...HCS 405 week 1 Health Care Financial Terms Worksheet Paper - WWW.STUDENTWHIZ.COM Introduction The HCS 405 week 1 financial terms worksheet throws light on some of the most basic concepts of the healthcare business. Understanding health care financial terms is a prerequisite for both academic and professional success. The health care business helps the nation by providing the building blocks that the citizens need to live a successful and healthy life. The worksheet is intended to ensure that the students understand some of the basic terms used in the business world of the health care industry. The purpose of HCS 405 individual and team assignments is to make the students aware about the numerous strategies employed in the financial and other departments of a health care sector. The students attending to the HCS 405 need to understand the significance of the healthcare industry. The employees of the company strive hard every day to fulfill the mission of the company by providing millions of families, seniors, and children of the country with access to good quality healthcare products and services. The questions are strategically framed to bring out the major theme of each of the HCS 405 week assignments. For example, decision-making is the process of making sound financial decisions with the aid of your controlling, organizing, and planning results and analysis. It defines the roles for various employees of the company like the financial manager. There is a need for the mangers...
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...Assignment 1: Application of Financial Statement Students will prepare a ten (10) page response to the following: * Select either the balance sheet , income statement,or statement of cash flow and explain how the use of it may be applied to your everyday life. * Using the same concept selected above, discuss how a business manager may benefit from an understanding of this statement. * Discuss how your understanding of the balance sheet and income statement may be applied to your current or future position. The format of the report is to be as follows: * Typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format. * Type the question followed by your answer to the question. * In addition to the ten (10) pages required, a title page is to be included. The title page is to contain the title of the assignment, your name, the instructor’s name, the course title, and the date.Note: You will be graded on the quality of your answers, the logic/organization of the report, your language skills, and your writing skills. | The assignment will be graded using the following rubric: Outcomes Assessed | * Prepare and analyze financial statements including the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flow. * Use technology and information resources to research issues in financial accounting management. | Grading Rubric for Written Assignment: Application of Financial Statement | Criteria | 0Unacceptable | 20Developing...
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...Principles of Finance FIN 3403 Sections 1-9 Spring 2013 Instructor Information: Scott Besley Office Hours: MW 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Office: BSN 3134 Voice: 974-6341 E-mail: sbesley@usf.edu Course web page: http://sbesley.myweb.usf.edu/FIN3403/home.html Course Description: This is an introductory course in managerial finance in which you should attain a clear, basic understanding of the essentials of financial decision making. Emphasis is given to the underlying principles of corporate finance and their effects on the decision-making framework faced by financial managers who are charged with maximizing shareholders’ wealth. In essence the course covers topics related to financing and investment decisions—that is, how to raise funds and where to invest funds. The focus of the course is to provide an understanding of the basic tools and techniques required to make informed decisions about which assets a firm should purchase and how such purchases should be financed. When you finish this course, you should understand (1) the general framework for financial decision making, (2) the role of financial decision making in maximizing the value of a firm, (3) in general, how to determine the value of an asset and whether it should be purchased, (4) what is meant by the risk/return tradeoff and how risk and return affect investment decisions, and (5) how external factors, such as financial markets, affect financial decisions made by the firm. You will find that much of the information...
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...BAO 3309 Advanced Financial Accounting Semester 2 2013 BAO3309 Advanced Financial Accounting: Research Assignment INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT – 20% (Due date: no later than 5pm on Wednesday 18 September 2013) This assignment weighs 20% of the total grade of this subject. It must be handed in before the due date and meet all the submission requirement for successful completion of the subject Research topic: Convergence of international financial reporting standards 1. Your essay needs to address the following questions: A. Critically review literature on arguments for and against global convergence of international financial reporting standards (IFRS) B. Identify two listed companies: one from Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and the other from New York Stock Exchange (NYSE); and analyse the accounting policy statement in their annual reports for the reporting year 2012 C. Discuss if your findings of Question 2 support (or reject) the convergence of IFRS. 2. Submission requirement 1. In-text references and a reference list are required to evidence your review of literature (see Appendix 1 for a list of academic journals) 2. Style: Use the following reference style (adapted from The Journal of International Accounting’s Author’s Information) for your assignment a. References list: references should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters...
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... : 27666340 E-mail : emmie.siu@polyu.edu.hk Consultation : Monday 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm Role and Purpose This subject aims to introduce an analytical framework for carrying out business analysis and valuation by using financial statements for valuing different kind of businesses. It contributes to the achievement of the BBA Programme Outcomes by enabling students to identify and resolve ethical issues contained in the financial statements (Outcome 4), apply basic accounting and financial theories to analyze financial reports and to identify potential problems and risks (Outcome 7). By the end of this subject, students will become a professional user of financial statements to advance further into the field of business valuation as investment analysis. It requires students to present and communicate effectively in English for general business communication (Outcome 1). Learning Outcomes Upon completion of the subject, students will be able to: a. Develop the ability to critically assess a firm’s financial condition through analyzing financial statements; b. Apply analytical tools to make forecasts and value firms and projects using different valuation techniques; in certain business context such as credit analysis and equity valuation. c. Evaluate and compare corporate valuation decision in specific contexts such as securities analysis, credit assessment...
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...MODULE 1, ASSIGNMENT 3 September 12, 2013 Topics: Performance Management, Financial Management and Financial Reporting Overview In this assignment, candidates get a chance to apply all the steps except for steps 6 and 9 in the Steps for Approaching Business and Corporate Strategy to a small business case. As mentioned previously, these steps provide candidates with a systematic approach for addressing a case involving business-level strategic issues. Applying this approach effectively is one of the important competencies that candidates will learn in the CMA Canada Professional Programs. The starting point for solving a business problem is to analyze the current situation and identify the problems that need to be addressed. A major component of the situational analysis is to take a close look at the environments within which an organization finds itself. One of the methods commonly used in such an environmental analysis is “SWOT” (an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats), which considers the strengths and weaknesses in the internal environment as well as the opportunities and threats in the external environment. Candidates can refer to the required reading Situational Analysis Tools mentioned below for more information on how to go about doing a SWOT analysis. The next major step is to identify the issues and analyze various alternatives for addressing the major issues. In this case, a shortage of available cash is a major issue and needs to be addressed...
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...I Accounting for Managers (AFM) 1. Course Objective: The objective of the course is to acquaint the students with the language of Accounting and to develop in them the ability to evaluate and use accounting data as an aid to decision making. The main purpose is to assist the students in developing skills in problem solving and decision making in the financial area. Emphasis is laid on analysis and utilization of financial and accounting data for planning and control. 2. Course Duration: The course duration is of 36 sessions of 75 minutes each i.e. 45 hours. 3. Course Contents: Module No: Module Content No. of Sessions 70 Marks (External Evaluation) 17 I II Fundamentals of Accounting Basic understanding of accounting, Accounting Concepts, Conceptual framework of financial statements, Accounting Policies, Journal Entries and preparation of accounts - Trial Balance to Balance sheet and profit and loss Account, Recognition of Income and Expenses, Provisions, Contingent Liabilities Accounting Standards and Applicability: Disclosure of Accounting Policies (AS-1), Valuation of Inventories (AS-2), Depreciation Accounting (AS-6), Income Recognition & Accrual Income (AS-9), Accounting of Fixed Assets (AS-10), Accounting for Intangible Assets (AS-26), Accounting for Investments (AS-13), 7 7 17 III IV V Preparing and Understanding Financial Statements : Corporate Balance sheet, Profit and Loss Account Funds Flow Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis & Contemporary...
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...208 T&TH 12:00 – 1:15p.m. Instructor: Nancy Ning, PhD Office: Bank of America Building, Room 212F Office Hours: T&TH 11:00 – 11:50 a.m., 2:50 – 4:00 p.m.; W 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. and by appointment Email: zning@desu.edu Phone: 857-6966 REQUIRED MATERIALS: 1. Principles of Managerial Finance, Brief (6th ed.), plus MyFinanceLab, by Lawrence Gitman & Chad Zutter, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2011. ISBN-10: 013611945X or ISBN-13: 978-0136119456. 2. Financial calculator: the Texas Instruments’ TI BAII PLUS is recommended. The link http://www.tvmcalcs.com/calculators/baiiplus/baiiplus_page1 gives a tutorial for the use of the calculator. PREREQUISITES: The following courses must have been completed previously with a grade of C or better: ACCT-205 and ECON-208. Students who have not met these prerequisites must drop this course. COURSE DESCRIPTION: The concepts developed in this course form the foundations for the area of finance. Major topics may include time value of money, valuation of stocks and bonds, risk and return, capital budgeting techniques, financial ratio analysis, capital structure and dividend policy. COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. Develop an understanding of the important concept of time value of money, and apply the concept to value the stock and bonds, and investment...
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...ASB-3101 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Credits: 10 Contact hours: 23 Semester: 1 Pre-requisites: ASB-2104 Module organiser: Sally Sambrook Note: This module is available through the medium of Welsh (ACB-3101). Aims: To examine issues and developments in the field of contemporary human resource management (HRM). To develop an understanding of the complex issues facing human resource (HR) specialists and line managers in meeting their responsibilities for selecting, deploying, training, appraising, rewarding, relating to and retaining human resources. Learning Outcomes: On completing the module, students are expected to be able to: • Explain the contribution of the HR function to corporate strategy; • Discuss the processes of recruitment, assessment and selection; • Outline activities involved in developing human resources and facilitating learning; • Explain the link between rewards, motivation and performance; • Critically evaluate the changing employment relationship, assessing the role of trade unions and other forms of employee involvement. Module Content: • History of the HR function, theories and models of HRM; • The roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in HRM; • The changing nature of work, managing diversity, technology and flexibility; • Human resourcing: recruitment and selection, human resource planning; • Reward and performance management; • Employee relations, employment legislation...
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...MODULE 3, ASSIGNMENT 5 January 17, 2013 Topic: Practice Case Examination RomaCorral Foods Ltd. Overview In this post-session assignment, candidates work on a case that focuses on a Canadian public company called RomaCorral Foods Ltd. (RCFL) that owns and operates two chains of restaurants in Canada. One chain specializes in Italian cuisine (Roma Italian) and the other in mid-level steak house cuisine (Corral Steak House). This assignment provides candidates with an opportunity to use the concepts and tools learned from other assignments to resolve some key issues faced by a Canadian company that has to develop a plan for dealing with a downturn in its industry and ensure that its parent company’s requirements and the bank’s constraint are met. This assignment also provides candidates one final opportunity to practice their examinationwriting skills. Learning Outcome The candidates demonstrate the ability to apply the Steps for Approaching Business and Corporate Strategy to diagnose and resolve the business and functional strategic issues presented in a for-profit setting under simulated examination conditions. Due Date Please refer to the Schedule accessed from the left navigation menu. Required Reading There are no required readings for this case assignment. © 2013 The Society of Management Accountants of Canada. All rights reserved. ®/™ Registered Trade-Marks/Trade-Marks are owned by The Society of Management Accountants of Canada. No part of this document may be reproduced...
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...Assignment: Understanding the Concepts Write a 4-5 page paper in which you: 1. Imagine you are a small business owner. Determine the financial ratios that are important to the business. Compare your ratios with those that are important to a manager of a larger corporation. 2. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of debt financing and why an organization would choose to issue stocks rather than bonds to generate funds. 3. Discuss how financial returns are related to risk. 4. Describe the concept of beta and how it is used. 5. Contrast systematic and unsystematic risk. 6. Imagine your manufacturing corporation has just won a patent lawsuit. After attorney and other fees, your corporation will have about $1 million. Explain how you plan to invest the money in order to diversify the risk and receive a good return. Support your decisions with concepts learned in this course. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: • Explain...
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...ASSIGNMENT FRONT SHEET Assignment 1 |To be completed by student | | | |Date Submitted : .......................... | |Name ....................................................………….(print) | | | |Student Signature : | |Certification : I certify that the whole of this work is the result of my individual | | |effort and that all quotations from books, periodicals etc. have been acknowledged. | | |Student email address : | |Programme : Business Undergraduate |Level : | |Academic Year : 2012/2013 |Semester : | |Module title : Operations Management ...
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...WWW.STUDENTWHIZ.COM HCS 405 Week 2 Health Care Financial Terms Paper The theme of HCS 405 is to enable students to learn about the financial statements and other financial transactions in the hospital industry. There are various topics in HCS 405 like balance sheet, statement of revenues and expense, revenue cycle, payer mix and revenue. There will be five weeks in the course of HCS 405 in which the above topics will be covered. There will also be the study about the financial worksheet and reporting practices. It will be taught to the students that organizations must comply with the requirements of ethics and proper disclosure of the statements. In HCS 405 week 1, there will be teaching of balance sheet. Balance sheet is defined as the financial statement of hospitals that tells about the assets, liabilities and equity of shareholders at a specific point of time. In HCS 405 week 2, earning statements will be taught to the students. Statement of revenues and expense is one of the financial statements which are used to identify the revenues or losses of the hospitals for the particular period. In the course, there will be different multiple choice questions that will be provided to the students to test their understanding. After it, the solutions are also provided to check the correctness. There will be the final exam in which all the topics will be covered. The HCS 405 week 3 will include the revenue cycle of hospitals. . It is defined as the process in which the revenues...
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...within Muslim societies to apply fully the Islamic tenets in their daily lives. This includes the application of Islamic economic teachings, as discussed variously in many verses of the holy Qur’an, in the ahadith, as well as exemplified in the real life of prophet Muhammad (M.P.B.U.H) and his companions. The most vivid example of this effort can be seen in the establishment of Islamic financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies, capital markets, mutual funds and so forth, both in Muslim and non-Muslim countries. The proliferation and growth of Islamic banks particularly, both nationally and internationally, has been remarkable. Islamic banks now stand side by side with their conventional counterparts in more than 150 countries worldwide. Because of the abovementioned reasons, it imperative for students to understand how Islamic banks operate. This course is directed specifically at accounting students, providing an understanding not only of the operations of these banks, but also the processes required to record the bank’s unique transactions, as well as how to prepare financial statements as...
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...Finance 3101: Financial Management Syllabus (Spring 2013) Section: 101 Time/Room: TR 12:30 P.M. – 1:50 P.M. / 208 Ambler Learning Ctr. Course Coordinator: Dr. Howard Keen (“DRK”) Course Instructor: James Dooley Office Hours: By Appointment E-mail Address: jsdooley@verizon.net Office Telephone: 215-498-0157 Prerequisites |Economics 1101 (C051) and 1102 (C052); Accounting 2102 (0002) or 2521. Statistics 2101 (C021) or 2103. Any exception to the foregoing prerequisites can | |only be approved by the Department Chair. | | | | | | | |Course Description | | | | | This course provides a survey of the financial problems associated with the life cycle of a business firm. Topics include: financial analysis and planning, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and the sources and uses of business funds. While the emphasis is on decision making within a corporate environment, the tools taught in this course are just as relevant to other forms of business organization and to personal financial management. Course Objectives ...
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