BComm jhayes@nait.ca T-400 NAIT Campus(Business Center) 471-7419 6:00-8:50 PM Thursday 4:00-6:00 Thursday-UOL Edmonton Campus By Appointment Course Texts Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, Charles T. Horngren, George Foster, Sirkant M. Datar & Howard D. Teall, Fourth Canadian Edition, Prentice Hall. OR Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, Charles T. Horngren, George Foster, Sirkant M. Datar & Howard D. Teall, Fifth Canadian Edition, Prentice Hall. AND Management Control Systems, Robert N
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Columbia, Dick’s, and Sportswear Financial Analysis Lynnette Villarreal Webster University Abstract This paper will address a financial comparison analysis for three like sportswear companies—Columbia Sportswear Company, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Big 5 Sporting Goods, Corporation. The analysis is conducted by leveraging three kinds of financial statistics used to spot issues in companies’ financial information—common size analysis and ratio analysis. The following is a synopsis of the
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and it’s political stability. Moreover, this report will also address internal resource analysis as it relates to financial and managerial strengths and weaknesses. Also, long-term and short-term strategic goals will be listed. Finally, the benefits and limitations of expansion into a foreign market will be noted. Managing Resources and Operations Introduction PPQ Parts is considering expanding internationally and is looking to develop a four year strategic management plan. A strategic
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venture is one of starting a milkshake shack in the island of Hawaii. Students will learn to distinguish between fixed and variable costs, apply some of their own assumptions, and determine whether it would be profitable to open up a new business. INTRODUCTION I present an alternative, more comprehensive teaching approach, for Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) analysis from the commonly used approach which simply teaches students how to use a series of equations to solve various questions related to CVP analysis
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Ethical risks and threats in the accounting profession Accounting ethics is primarily the study of moral values and judgments as they apply to accountancy. Accounting ethics were first introduced by Luca Pacioli in 1494 in his book “Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni, et proportinalita”, and later expanded by government bodies, professional organizations and independent companies (Humphrey 2005). Throughout 2001 and 2002, the financial scandals in in the USA and some other countries
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Capital Budget Recommendation Capital Budget Recommendation Introduction Guillermo faces a big decision ahead. Not wanting to be acquired by a larger competitor or expand his management responsibilities by acquiring another organization, he had decided to move his company from being primarily a manufacturing company to primarily a distributing company. A competitor in Norway needs channels to distribute in North America and using his existing distributor network Guillermo could become a representative
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production processes is needed. Activity-based costing (ABC) has been suggested as the leading contender method to replace traditional cost accounting systems, due to its capability to make the processes and activities performed in the organization more transparent and observable. This paper reports the main results of a research project which aimed to develop a cost accounting system capable of providing useful information to manage production processes in construction and devise a model that integrates this
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Introduction: This report is prepared for addressing the principal documentation, processes and records needed for the new sales and sales returns system. Principle risks will also be identified in the report. An effective internal control will be useful on addressing those risks, which will be helpful on making preventive and corrective measures. Works of auditor regarding to the new system will also be mentioned. This report is for internal use only, no circulation between third parties is allowed
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1. Introduction 2. Executive summary 3. Theory of organizational structure 4. Types of organizational structure 5. The nature of the organizational structure 6. Case study 7. Task 1 8. Task 2 9. Task 3 10. Conclusion 11. Recommendation 12. Reference Introduction Any operating organization should have its own structure in order to operate efficiently. For an organization, the organizational structure is a hierarchy of people and its functions. The organizational
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METHODS IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION - AN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN THE BRAZILIAN SCENARIO Prof. Edson Luiz Riccio, Ph.D. - e-mail: elriccio@usp.br BSc. Marici Cristine Gramacho Sakata - e-mail: mcsakata@usp.br Affiliation: University of São Paulo - Brazil Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accountancy Department of Accountancy and Actuary Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto 908 - FEA3 05508-900 – Sao Paulo – Brasil FAX: 55-11- 813 01 20 PHONE: 55-11- 3818 58 20 ABSTRACT The Teaching of Accounting is facing
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