Accounting, historically, has been a profession of number tracking, ledger updating and balance sheet reviewing; however, more recently, the need for a skeptical view of accounting business records has developed. In recent years, scandals such as Enron and Bernie Madoff have called for immediate action and needs of forensic accountants with a change in oversight to investigation. According to Zare, “Forensic accounting is unique in that it combines accounting with investigation. These bloodhounds
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particular, to the organization’s financial health. Technically, there are four financial statements according to generally acceptable accounting principles (GAAP): (1) balance sheets; (2) income statements; (3) cash flow statement; and (4) statements of shareholders’ equity. The real question is which statement is best at communicating the financial health of a company? The balance sheet provides, in detail, the company’s assets, liabilities, and shareholders’ equity
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Laura Nash . . . these are just a few of the names of ethicists and business people about whom you will study and learn. During Week 1, we begin the process of sorting out how we feel about business social responsibility. We shall consider this question: Does business have a social responsibility beyond maximization of profits, and if so, how does business fulfill a corporate social responsibility? We will also begin considering how our behavior affects
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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE NUS Business School Department of Management and Organization BMA5004 Management & Organization (2 mc, intensive format) FM1, 7-9 January 2013 FM3/FM4, 10-12 January 2013 Dr. Daniel J. McAllister Dr. Matthias Spitzmuller BIZ 1#08-58 BIZ1 #08-46 +65 6516 1009 +65 6516 7230 bizdjm@nus.edu.sg bizms@nus.edu.sg ABOUT THE COURSE Managers often express surprise when they find that people are more difficult than numbers to understand. Recruiters
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PA R T 1 The role of human resource management Part contents 1 Introduction to human resource management 2 Human resource planning and resourcing 3 Work and job design 1 41 74 Chapter 1 Introduction to human resource management LEARNING OUTCOMES After studying this chapter, you should be able to: identify the historical developments and their impact on HRM outline the development and functions of HRM understand the differences between HRM and personnel management evaluate ‘hard’
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PA R T 1 The role of human resource management Part contents 1 Introduction to human resource management 1 2 Human resource planning and resourcing 41 3 Work and job design 74 Chapter 1 Introduction to human resource management LEARNING OUTCOMES After studying this chapter, you should be able to: identify the historical developments and their impact on HRM outline the development and functions of HRM understand the differences between HRM and personnel management
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(a) --- Diagnostic control systems, serving mainly as management by exception tools, are used to monitor organizational outputs and compare them to the preset standards, in order to correct possible deviations and keep the intended strategy on track. --- Beliefs systems: the explicit set of organizational definitions that senior managers communicate formally and reinforce systematically to provide basic values, purpose and direction for the organization; --- Boundary Systems: they delineate the acceptable
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and countries which have become very important players in financial markets due to growth in Capital Markets, Credit Derivative Markets, Globalisation of Capital Markets; and an increase in Regulatory Use of Ratings” (Ryan, 2012). Here comes the question: Why actually they have become very important players globally? CRAs are companies who assign credit ratings for the debt of public and private companies who are issuers of certain types of debt obligations and also CRAs assign credit ratings
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employees – within 1 month * Developing an expanded menu (with desserts, tea and beverages) – within 2 months * Adding wireless connection option – within 2 months * Expanding marketing and advertising policy (radio, TV, banner ads) – within 3 months * Development of a website with online ordering possibility and delivery options – within 6 months * Search for two more, bigger locations- within 8 months. In this first situation I would report the report the inappropriate actions
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all the main aspects of managerial economics: the theory of the firm; demand theory and estimation; production and cost theory and estimation; market structure and pricing; game theory; investment analysis and government policy. It includes numerous and extensive case studies, as well as review questions and problem-solving sections at the end of each chapter. Nick Wilkinson adopts a user-friendly problem-solving approach which takes the reader in gradual steps from simple problems through increasingly
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