...MAA 703 Management Accounting Trimester 1, 2011 Assignment - A Group Case Study Due date: Monday 23 May 2011. Marks: 20% Length: approximately 1500 words This is a group assignment. Only in very exceptional circumstances will permission be given to complete an individual assignment. Details regarding assignment submission will be provided later. Please note the following requirements AND FOLLOW THEM CAREFULLY: • Your assignment should be presented as a Word document with a font size of 12. Include tables where appropriate, but do not include Excel worksheets. • Print on one side of the paper only. • Your group’s number should be on the first page near the top right hand corner. • The names and ID numbers of all group members should be shown on the first page. • Page numbers should be at the top right hand corner of each page. • The assignment has two parts: A and B. Keep your answers to Parts A and B of the assignment separate. Number each answer clearly. Do not combine answers to different questions. • Staple the pages at the top left hand corner. Do not put your assignment in any sort of plastic binder as the marked assignments will be posted back to the first person named in the list of group members as shown on DSO (clear plastic envelopes are acceptable). CASE STUDY – GIFTMASTER LTD The Business Situation (Part A) Giftmaster Ltd has operated for many years as a nationally recognized retailer...
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...INSTITUTE SC4730 Environmental Science Onsite Course GRADED ASSIGNMENTS ------------------------------------------------- Assignments and Exercises………………………………………………………… page 2 Labs…………………………………………………………………………………….page 16 Project…...............................................................................................................page 21 ------------------------------------------------- Graded Assignments Unit 1 Exercise 1: Statistics and Graphing Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes In this assignment, you will interpret and graph descriptive statistics. Assignment Requirements Work in small groups to complete Problems 1-4 given in the worksheet provided by your instructor (Problems Worksheets). This is also available at the link below. Fill out one activity sheet (found at the end of the document) for each of the 4 questions. Required Resources * Statistics and Graphing (SC2730.U1.HO1) Worksheets also available at: http://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/stats/stats.pdf * Problems Worksheets (SC2730.U1.HO2) also available at: http://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/stats/problems.pdf Submission Requirements 4 completed activity sheets (1 each for Problems 1-4) Unit 1 Problem Set 1: Scientific Method Applied Problem Sets Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes In this assignment, you will outline the steps of the scientific method. Assignment Requirements Refer to the Applied Problem Sets located on pp. 153-162...
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...examination portfolio. CONTENTS PAGE 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 LECTURERS, EXAMINATION PORTFOLIO, SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION AND STUDY GUIDE 3 3 FEEDBACK ON PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT 01 6 4 FEEDBACK ON ASSIGNMENT 02 13 5 INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES ON PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT 03 FOR THE EXAMINATION 23 ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR THE EXAMINATION PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT 03 27 CONCLUSION 31 6 7 2 COM3702/201 Dear Student 1 INTRODUCTION We trust that you are enjoying Media Studies: Policy, Management and Media Representation. We know there is a large amount of work to do, but we do hope that you are coping and that you will send in your examination portfolio soon. This tutorial letter contains a lot of important information. Please study it carefully before you submit your portfolio. Do not hesitate to contact us if there is anything you do not understand. 2 LECTURERS, EXAMINATION PORTFOLIO, SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION AND STUDY GUIDE Note the following important issues: 2.1 Lecturers’ contact details Note that some changes have been made to the list of lecturers that appeared in Tutorial Letter 101/2016. Here is the updated list of lecturers: Name and contact details Mr JM Nkuna Module Coordinator TvW 7 – 86 012 429 2335 nkunajm@unisa.ac.za Chapters for which the lecturer is responsible Chapter 2: External media regulation in South Africa Chapter 3: Internal media regulation in South Africa Chapter 7:...
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...Chapter Three 3 Fundamentals of Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Orientation P A R T 1 LEARNING OBJECTIVES Preparing and Organizing Yourself After reading this chapter, you should be able to: for Success in College L.O.1 Use cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis to analyze decisions. L.O.2 Understand the effect of cost structure on decisions. L.O.3 Use Microsoft Excel to perform CVP analysis. L.O.4 Incorporate taxes, multiple products, and alternative cost structures into the CVP analysis. L.O.5 Understand the assumptions and limitations of CVP analysis. C H A P T E R S I N P A R T O N E 1 2 Making Yourself Successful in College Approaching College Reading and Developing a College-Level Vocabulary Approaching College Assignments: Reading Textbooks and Following Directions 3 ✓ Related Resources See pages 000 to 000 of the Annotated Instructor’s Edition for general suggestions related to the chapters in Part One. 1 cor50782_ch01_001-072.indd 1 10/5/09 11:09:2 P A R T I opened U-Develop because I love photography and I wanted to own my own business. I now get to spend most of my day working with employees and customers making sure that the photos they take are the best they can be. It also gives me a chance to encourage younger people who have an interest in photography, because I work with many of the school groups and after-school clubs here in town. That’s the fun part of the job. But I also have to think about the financial side of the business. I need a systematic way to understand...
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...This assignment has 4 questions for a total of 50 marks. Both parts should include YOUR GROUP NUMBER AND YOUR GROUP MEMBERS’ NAMES AND STUDENT NUMBERS clearly indicated on the cover page. As well, for full marks, each member of each group should submit by email to me a confidential evaluation out of 10 for each of the other members of their group, indicating your assessment of their contribution to the group project: 1 = weak (little contribution or negative/unhelpful contribution to the group, 10 = strong (significant contribution and positive/helpful contribution to the group. These will only be viewed by the instructor and/or TA and will not be shared with the class. QUESTION 1 (10 Marks) This question should be solved mathematically, without Excel. Submit this assignment in long-hand through the drop-box. The Widget Manufacturing Company must replace a widget machine, and is evaluating the capabilities of two systems. A requirement of management is that the machine chosen must be paid for during the first year of operation. The first machine under consideration, Machine A, would cost $65 000, and has the capacity to make up to 10 000 widgets per year, with a variable cost of $22 per widget. The second machine, Machine B, can produce widgets in almost half the time, would cost $72 000, but the variable cost is only $17 per widget. Widgets sell for $32. 1) a. Find the break-even point in terms of Widgets for each machine. b. Find the...
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...BTEC NATIONAL IN BUSINESS Unit 37 – Starting a Small Business Assignment 1 – Present your business idea ------------------------------------------------- This task assesses ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- P1 Present the initial business idea using relevant criteria ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Signed (IV) _________________________________ ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Print Name__________________________________ ------------------------------------------------- This unit is all about starting your own small business. The assignments will take you through the planning process in order to complete your own small business plan. This may be a business you are thinking of starting in the future. To complete this assignment you should think of a business idea that you will be able to research and plan for. It should be realistic. You will present your idea to an assessor and some of your class mates. P1P1 | Task 1 | | You should consider whether your business will be new, a franchise or whether you are going to buy an existing business. Your bank manager has asked for your thoughts on this before he/she makes an appointment to discuss your plan. * Write a letter to the bank manager outline your preference giving the advantages and drawbacks...
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...study schedule which meets the required deadlines. Assessment Continuous assessment / examination For students to receive a passing grade in this course they must complete all items of assessment and receive 50% (or greater) of the total marks for this course. It is not required that a student achieve 50% or greater on each item of assessment. Assignment submission Off-campus students should submit hard copy, signed assignments to the Student Contact Centre, Building 5, CQUniversity, Rockhampton, QLD 4702. On-campus students should submit hard-copy, signed assignments to assignment boxes located on your particular campus – if none is available then submit to the Administration Office. Central Queensland Campus students should access CQUcentral to print a personalised assessment coversheet for each assignment submission. Instructions for generating your coversheet are at: http://dtls.cqu.edu.au/FCWViewer/getFile.do?id=23407. Australian International Campus students should access the personalised coversheet available at your Campus. Assessment details for ALL students Assessment item 1 — Assignment |Due date: |Wednesday of Week 6...
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...STUDENT COPY The following sections contain student copies of the assignments that must be distributed to students at least two weeks prior to the due dates for those assignments. Online students will have access to those documents in PDF format available for downloading at any time during the course. ------------------------------------------------- Graded Assignment Requirements Assignment Requirements documents provided below must be printed and distributed to students as the guidance for completing the assignments and submitting them for grading. Instructors must remind students to retain all handouts and assignment documents issued in every unit, as well as student-prepared documentation and graded deliverables. Some or all these documents will be used repeatedly across different units. Unit 1. Lab 1. Preparing a Virtual Workstation Image Windows 7 Virtual Machine “Keyless” Installation and Re-arm Process Purpose: This section describes the reason for and the procedure to use the “keyless” installation for Windows 7 Professional applicable to our lab environment for IT109/NT1230, and to use the “Re-arm” procedure to extend the trial period to meet our curriculum needs. Background: In installing Windows 7 Professional into a virtual machine in the VMware Player for the labs in our lab environment, if the Product Key for Windows 7 Professional is applied and activated during or at the end of the installation, the installed virtual machine will be authorized...
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...http://jozefg.ecs.fullerton.edu/public/CS906/Assignment/ |Ass # |Text Chapter |ASSIGNMENT CPSC 906 FALL 2004 |Due |Max Points | | | |Section 1 | | | | | |Note: Please provide the program assignment documentation according to | | | | | |SyllabusCS901.doc and Project Submittals.doc. | | | |1 |Ch1 |Problems: 26 p.69. Unit conversion. |09-09 |2 | | |Ch2 |Problems: 4 p.153. Stacks separated | | | |2 |Ch2 - 3 |See the exercise assignment description below |09-21 |3 | | | | |Tue | | |3 |Ch2 |Problem: 39 p.156 - provide a Gantt chart for each case and calculate AWT,| 09-30 |3 | | | |ATT and ART. Problems 44. |Thu | | | | |Provide the solution in the PowerPoint slides...
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...General Information Learning Outcomes General Assessment Information Assessment Tasks Delivery and Resources Unit Schedule Learning and Teaching Activities Policies and Procedures Graduate Capabilities Changes from Previous Offering Important Notice Standards Required to Complete the Unit Satisfactorily 2 2 3 3 7 8 10 10 12 15 15 15 Disclaimer Macquarie University has taken all reasonable measures to ensure the information in this publication is accurate and up-to-date. However, the information may change or become out-dated as a result of change in University policies, procedures or rules. The University reserves the right to make changes to any information in this publication without notice. Users of this publication are advised to check the website version of this publication [or the relevant faculty or department] before acting on any information in this publication. http://unitguides.mq.edu.au/unit_offerings/52041/unit_guide/print 1 Unit guide ECFS895 Private Equity Investment General Information Unit convenor and teaching staff Lecturer (Sydney/Melbourne) Stephane Chatonsky stephane.chatonsky@mq.edu.au Contact via Email Unit Convenor / Lecturer Roger Casey roger.casey@mq.edu.au Contact via Email Credit points 2 Prerequisites (Admission to MAppFin or PGCertAppFin or GradDipAppFin) and ECFS866 Corequisites Co-badged status Unit description This unit uses the principles developed in ECFS866 in the context of private equity investing. The overall structure and...
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...Course Project Introduction | | In this course, you will have one course project and will require two different assignments – Course Project Part I and Course Project Part II. This project will test your knowledge of all of the project management tools and techniques that we'll cover in this course. Before you begin, please review the PM 586 Course Project Tour. [You'll find the link above.] This audio/visual tool will take you on a "tour" of the project and will highlight many of the logistics and "need to know" information to successfully complete the two parts of the project. In addition, this course project does require use of Microsoft Project. If you are not familiar with the software or just need a "refresher," please run through the tutorials above or look at the end of the chapters in the textbook for a mini-lesson of the software. Course Project Description | | Johann Seitz founded the SEITZ Corporation in 1982. The main products of the firm were small- to medium-sized plastic bottles and containers, used mainly in the food and dairy industries. By 1985, the annual sales of the corporation had reached $31 million and the firm enjoyed a dominant market position in the upper Midwest. In 1998, Walter and Teri Seitz, Johann’s grandchildren, assumed the day-to-day operation of the business. Teri Seitz was a somewhat unstructured, but diligent, student of the latest business school theory and decided that in order to meet increased competition, especially...
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...GRADED ASSIGNMENTS Table of Contents Graded Assignments 2 Unit 1 Assignment 1: It Takes Courage 2 Unit 2 Assignment 1: Left in the Lurch 3 Unit 3 Assignment 1: Gratitude Journal 4 Unit 4 Assignment 1: Create a Business Letter 5 Unit 5 Presentation 1: Small Group Presentation: Leadership, Conflict Resolution, and Teamwork 7 Unit 5 Assignment 1: Compare and Contrast Effective and Ineffective Leaders 8 Unit 6 Assignment 1: Create a Long-Term Financial Plan 10 Unit 7 Assignment 1: Calculating Credit Scores 11 Unit 8 Assignment 1: Writing a Prospective Schedule 12 Unit 9 Assignment 1: Using Social Media for Job Searches 14 Unit 10 Assignment 1: Putting the Finishing Touches on Your ePortfolio 15 Laboratory Assignments 17 Unit 1 Lab 1: Personal Persistence Narrative 17 Unit 1 Lab 2: Grit Test 21 Unit 2 Lab 1: Optimism 24 Unit 2 Lab 2: Self-Control 25 Unit 3 Lab 1: Curiosity in Modern Times 27 Unit 3 Lab 2: Integrity Matters 28 Unit 4 Lab 1: Create a Research Summary Memorandum 29 Unit 5 Lab 1: Resolving Systemic Conflict: Scenario Analysis 31 Unit 6 Lab 1: Time Value of Money 32 Unit 6 Lab 2: Budget Exercise 33 Unit 7 Lab 1: Calculating House Cost 35 Unit 7 Lab 2: Delayed Gratification 37 Unit 8 Lab 1: Initiative Reflection 39 Unit 8 Lab 2: Time Management Reflection 40 Unit 9 Lab 1: Creating a Professional Profile 41 Unit 10 Lab 1: Creating a Personal and Professional Development Plan 43 Graded Assignments Unit 1 Assignment...
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...BTEC NATIONAL IN BUSINESS (MANAGEMENT) Unit 37 – Starting a Small Business Assignment 1 – Present your business idea This task assesses P1 Present the initial business idea using relevant criteria Signed (IV) _________________________________ Print Name__________________________________ This unit is all about starting your own small business. The assignments will take you through the planning process in order to complete your own small business plan. This may be a business you are thinking of starting in the future. To complete this assignment you should think of a business idea that you will be able to research and plan for. It should be realistic. You will present your idea to an assessor and some of your class mates. |P1 |Task 1 | | | | | |You should consider whether your business will be new, a franchise or whether you are going to buy an existing | | |business. Your bank manager has asked for your thoughts on this before he/she makes an appointment to discuss your | | |plan. | | | ...
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...ASSESSMENT ITEM 1—WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT Due date: Weighting: Length: Week 6 40% Less than 5MB ASSESSMENT 1 OBJECTIVES This assessment item related to course learning outcomes 1, 2 and 6. QUESTION 1 (5 MARKS) List and describe the major components of BI. What are the major similarities and differences between DSS and BI? QUESTION 2 (20 MARKS) XYZ is a manufacturing company specialising in a variety of dairy products. The company is planning to launch a new product in the Australian market. The product development group claims that the anticipated net present value for the new product is over $1,000,000 (one million dollars) and they have recommended the project to proceed. Your task is to check the group‟s claim to determine if it is reasonable. In doing so, you are required to develop a decision support system using Visual DSS. This decision support system will be used to assist the management of the company to make an informed decision about manufacturing of the new product. Table 1 summarises the related information. Cost of production: $7.25 per unit Annual overhead cost: $1,000,000 Initial investment needed: $5,000,000 Estimated selling price: $15.75 per unit Market at time of introduction: 900,000 units per year Market growth: 9.5% per year Market share: 36% Assumed economically useful lifetime: 5 years, commencing in 2014 Discount rate used to analyse new product proposals is 12% Table 1: Production details 1 Your task details: 1. Develop...
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...ITT Technical Institute NT1230 Client-Server Networking I Onsite Course SYLLABUS Credit hours: 4.5 Contact/Instructional hours: 56 (34 Theory Hours, 22 Lab Hours) Prerequisite(s) and/or Corequisite(s): Prerequisite or Corerequisite: NT1210 Introduction to Networking or equivalent Course Description: This course introduces operating principles for the client-server based networking systems. Students will examine processes and procedures involving the installation, configuration, maintanence, troublshooting and routine adminstrative tasks of popular desktop operating system(s) for standalone and network client computers, and related aspects of typical network server functions. Client-Server Networking I Syllabus Where Does This Course Belong? 1st QTR GS1140 NT1110 GS1145 Problem Solving Theory Computer Structure and Logic Strategies for the Technical Professional 2nd QTR NT1210 Introduction to Networking NT1230 Client-Server Networking I MA1210 College Mathematics I 3rd QTR NT1310 NT1330 MA1310 4th QTR PT1420 NT1430 EN1320 5th QTR PT2520 NT2580 EN1420 6th QTR NT2640 NT2670 CO2520 7th QTR NT2799 SP2750 Physical Networking Client-Server Networking II College Mathematics II Introduction to Programming Linux Networking Composition I Database Concepts Introduction to Information Security Composition II IP Networking Email and Web Services Communications Network Systems Administration Capstone Project Group Theory The follow diagram indicates how this course...
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