Research Journal of Finance and Accounting ISSN 2222-1697 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2847 (Online) Vol.4, No.18, 2013 www.iiste.org Problem with Human Resource Accounting and A Possible Solution Md. Mustafizur Rahaman1* Md. Amzad Hossain2 Tabassum Akter3 1. Lecturer, Department of Accounting, Bangladesh University of Business & Technology (BUBT), Mirpur-2, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh 2. Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, East West University, Plot No-A/2, Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar Main Rd
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Costing in Portuguese Telecommunications* Maria Major1, 2 and Trevor Hopper3 1 Departamento de Finanças e Contabilidade, ISCTE – Escola de Gestão, Av. das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal. 2 UNIDE Researcher. 3 Manchester School of Accounting and Finance, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. * The authors wish to thank Bob Scapens, Sven Modell, Salvador Carmona, Angelo Riccaboni, John Burns, Mahmoud Ezzamel, Caroline Lambert, Rui Vieira, Aldónio Ferreira, and other participants
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focus on those business processes and procedures used to transform various inputs into finished goods and services. The value added aspects of Operations Management such as purchasing, material requirements planning, inventory control and project management are also covered. 3. Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the module the students will be able to: describe how organisations can reduce waste and improve quality. explain the impact and importance of the customer-supplier-competitor
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Interpersonal Skills 1. Over the past two decades, business schools have added required courses on people skills to many of their curricula. Why have they done this? a. Managers no longer need technical skills in subjects such as economics and accounting to succeed. b. There is an increased emphasis in controlling employee behavior in the workplace. c. Managers need to understand human behavior if they are to be effective. d. These skills enable managers to effectively lead
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LESSON 1 INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING Contents 1.0 Aims and Objectives 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Book- Keeping 1.2.1 Meaning 1.2.2 Definition 1.2.3 Objectives 1.3 Accounting 1.3.1 Meaning 1.3.2 Definition 1.3.3 Objectives 1.3.4 Importance 1.3.5 Functions 1.3.6 Advantages 1.3.7 Limitations 1.4 Methods of Accounting 1.4.1 Single Entry 1.4.2 Double Entry 1.4.3 Steps involved in double entry system 1.4.4 Advantages of double entry system 1.5 Meaning of Debit and Credit 1.6 Types of Accounts and its rules 1
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Ernie Slatton * * Chapter 1 Discussion Questions 1.) Many people and organizations today have a new or renewed interest in project management. In the past, project management primarily focused on providing schedule and resource data to top management in just a few industries, such as the military and construction industries. Today’s project management involves much more, and people in every industry and every country manage projects. New technologies have become a significant factor
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early 1980s, Goldratt developed a computer software package called Optimized Production Technology (OPT), for scheduling complex manufacturing systems. The package used the linear programming technique. However, customers were never told precisely how it worked. So, although copies of OPT were sold to a number of companies, the software was not exactly a thumping success, probably because managers will not use a tool they do not understand. To advertise his ideas more effectively, in 1984 Goldratt
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COURSE AND SUBJECT GUIDE POSTGRADUATE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS 2010 The information contained in this Course and Subject Guide: • • is current only at the date it is published and Melbourne Business School is under no obligation to update the information or correct any inaccuracy which may become apparent at a later date; and is not intended to provide or make recommendation on which you should rely. Melbourne Business School reserves the right to change course content, lecturers, course time
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® Acodemy of Management Heview 1993, Vol. 18, No. 3. 518-545. FOUCAULT. POWER/KNOWLEDGE. AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BARBARA TOWNLEY The University of Alberta Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault. I argue that human resource management (HRM) may be best understood as a discourse and set of practices that attempt to reduce the indeterminacy involved in the employment contract. Here I reread HRM practices from a Foucauldian power-knowledge perspective and suggest that this
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involved. On May 5, 2008, Aflac, the insurance company with the well-known “spokesduck,” held the first shareholder vote on executive pay in the United States. Understanding how a corporation sets executive pay, and the role of shareholders in that process, takes us into issues involving the corporate form of organization, corporate goals, and corporate control, all of which we cover in this chapter. 1.1 What Is Corporate Finance? Suppose you decide to start a firm to make tennis balls. To
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