Task: The goal of this assignment is for the student to analyze a current affairs article about a religion and discuss its economic impact. Learning Objectives: 2, 3, & 4 Description: Throughout your studies in World Religions, you have been introduced to a variety of religious worldviews that are impacting a society and the marketplace in a variety of ways that can be both positive and negative for a community. The task for your Week #5 Pro...
Situation Ah Lee, a financial manager at a US based mid-sized manufacturing firm, has been caught off-guard before. In an effort to earn the most on excess cash, Ah Lee once bought five-year US Treasury bonds (a maturity longer than the firm’s liabilities) only to see interest rates rise. The loss when the Treasury bonds were sold did not make Ah Lee’s supervisor, Carlo, Chief Financial Officer, very happy. Ah Lee is now...
Question: Question 1- Cost of capital and Capital structure The newly appointed finance director of Trust PLC is currently reviewing the capital structure of her company. She is convinced that the company is not financing itself in a way that minimises its cost of capital (WACC). The company’s financing as at 31 December 2020 is as follows: The new finance director, Ms. Zara Green feels that by issuing more debt the company will be abl...
Task: In the discussion forum, you are expected to participate often and engage in deep levels of discourse. Please post your initial response as early as possible and continue to participate throughout the unit. You are required to post an initial response to the question/issue presented in the Forum and then respond to at least 3 of your classmates’ initial posts. You should also respond to anyone who has responded to you. Pleas...
Task: The financial requirements for the cloud computing model are different than the financial requirements for an on-premise model. Cloud computing shifts budgets to a pure operating expense model, whereas the traditional on-premise computing model requires both capital and operating expense allocations. Several free calculators to help estimate the cost of cloud services exist on the web, including the AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TC...
Topic: Is It Possible to Motivate Workers in a Manner That Increases Job Satisfaction in the Public Sector? This is the topic The written part is the pro for this topic. And i want you to write the con for this topic. The cons of what's written in this paragraph. No point forms. It should be a well written paragraph, I have included the references for this topic. please read the paragraph and write a detail con. Bradley E. Wright. (2007). Public ...
This project requires you to evaluate a PC-based accounting system to see how the system handles recording transactions, collecting data, and generating reports and information. The accounting system you use is up to you. Several suggestions are given below. STEP 1. Select the Software Package QuickBooks STEP 2. Explore the Software Check to see if the application has a tutorial that demonstrates some of the features of the application, a...
Questions: Case Study What supporting content does Dr. Koonjbearry provide to justify his position? Dr. Rajin K. Koonjbearry – Information Security Officer Data and infrastructure was not designed to be a secure network.The internet is used for many different things. Security layers have been added as needed to protect sensitive information.Internet has become part of the business process, the core.Life would change drastically if the ...
Task: 1. Prepare a common size balance sheet for the current and past year using the template I have provided for Bed Bath and Beyond Inc. and Pier 1 Imports, Inc. Express each item on the balance sheet as a percent of total assets using cell referencing. Please note that the first worksheet is for Bed Bath and Beyond Inc. and the 2nd worksheet is for Pier 1 Imports. You can use page 4-40 as a model, but you will only need to s...
Professional and Ethical Standard, (PES) 1, requires that professional accountants have the competence to undertake an audit. ISA (NZ) 315 outlines procedures that auditors must follow in gaining an understanding of a business. Assume that you are a manager in an auditing firm in New Zealand and your firm has been approached by the Auditor General’s Office to carry out their audit of Air New Zealand for the years ended 30 June 2019 and 2020...
Question : The balances below have been extracted from the accounting records of Nelson Ltd at 31 December 2020: Dr Cr £ £ 8% Debenture loan: repayable in 2026 2,000,000 Prepayment on building insurance 80,000 Bank account 267,000 Retained profits at 1 January 2020 2,058,000...
Assignment Case #1: Strategy and HRM at Delta Airlines Instructor’s note: The airline business is unusually treacherous. It is highly competitive with lots of carriers going to the same places, it is also subject to incredible regulatory requirements, and overnight changes in fuel costs. With very little customer loyalty, airline seats sell almost like a commodity where the lowest fare usually determines which airline many consumers...
Question: Tactical Decisions (Learning Outcome 4) (25 Marks) Tactical decisions do not require significant or permanent resource commitments and can be changed or reversed relatively quickly if better opportunities arise. The impact of such decisions is short term and the financial impact of alternatives is usually analysed by considering theincremental revenue and costs of each alternative (Langfield-Smith, Thorne & Hilton, 2009). You...
Task Quality and Environmental Costing Red Manuka Restaurant and Winery Niall owns and operates the Red Manuka Restaurant, located on the lakefront in Queenstown. Four years ago, Niall was having problems attracting and retaining customers so he implemented an ISO9000-based quality management system and gained ISO9001 certification. Building on the success of that certification process, Niall has recently completed the implementation of a Tota...
Step 1: Initiation and planning (part of the written documentGiven the description of the U-DBMS, you are to identify two pieces of information: one financial and one non-financial. For each of the information identified, you are to clearly identify who might be interested in them and why.Step 2: Requirement analysis (part of the written document)Given the needs described in Step 1, identify what the system requires to collect. Each requirement s...
You are required to produce a report analysing the performance and manner of operations of an organisation / individual in terms their entrepreneurial and / or innovative capability. You will need to choose an entrepreneur / innovator or an organisation that fits those categories. You do not have to choose a famous person or organisation – but you would be wise to choose one where there is a significant quantity of information about their p...
Task Assignment The goal of this course is to encourage students to draw upon their knowledge and insights in order to address real world business problems. Please follow the Syllabus listed in Course Information on when to complete this assignment for the course. When submitting assignments, please follow these instructions: Document Structure: Assignments should be submitted in Microsoft Word or RTF format. They should be profession...
Question: IKEA’s Organizational Structures:Evaluating the Ethics of Tax Avoidance IKEA’s organizational structures The various legal entities that currently comprise IKEA (hereafter referred to as the Kamprad business groups) originally began as one business group (the IKEA Group), founded in the 1940s in Sweden. The founder and owner of the IKEA Group, Ingvar Kamprad, and his family operated the group as a private corporation. The...
Task I) Proposal Presentation (not more than 10-15 PPTs) II) Summary of the Business Proposal You are asked to write and present an overview of your proposed business venture (hypothetical) using the life cycle approach. Present the opportunities, issues and challenges confronted by you (as a business entrepreneur) relating to performance, financing and sustainability of the Proposed Business. Proposal Presentation 1. Criteria fo...
Questions: Topic 1: State Centrism Discussion Questions 1. Susan Strange argues that the Westphalian state system had failed as a mode of governance internationally with respect to three key areas: (1) environment, (2) economic and financial institutions and markets, and (3) addressing the gap between the “haves” and the “have nots.” Discuss each area with reference to the examples provided by Strange. Are you persuaded...
Kindly follow the guidelines provided by course coordinator, this paper consists of 4 questions. - Guidelines provided for all questions - Please answer the question according to guidelines Read the case study given below and answer all the questions that follow. Managing for Competitive Advantage at Hyundai Motors – Strategic Analysis approach Hyundai Motor Company known as ‘Hyundai’ was founded in 1967 in...
The submission must consist of: 1. MS Word file with answers to the Accountant’s questions. 2. Excel file with adjusting entries entered resulting in adjusted trial balance and common size statement of Income for HEMI and Wajax Corporation. 3. MS Word file with a one-page report comparing HEMI to its competitor (Wajax Corporation). Case Study Information You have been hired as a Financial Consultant by Heavy Equipment and Machinery Inc. (HE...
5Report Requirements: You are to prepare a short report (maximum of eightsingle-sided A4 pages)that addresses the specific decisions currently facing different areas of the business(refer to the details on Page 1).Also, please refer to the marking guide (page 6).1.Introduction: Provide a brief and concise introduction of contents of the recommendation report and a highlight of the main recommendations. Outline Coverage2.Analysis -Operating Decisi...
Questions: You have been asked by your 59 year old father-in-law Felix to help him assess a new venture. It is Friday night, and he needs the work finished by Sunday, in preparation for an early Monday morning meeting, so you know that he will not be able to give you any more information than he already has (and you will be unable to contact him over the weekend), and therefore you should rely on your own assumptions and estimates for some of ...
Task Project Milestone One: Patient Engagement Activities and Communication StrategiesInstructions Submit Section I of the case study, in which you will address the patient engagement activities and communication strategies of the health organization. Specifically, you will critique the organization's translation services, educational materials, and staff training options. You should consider things such as variety of language options, how well...