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Reflective Portfolio and Its Purpose The room division management is an integral part in the hotel industry. As it is a known fact that hotel industry is a very big industry being full of risks, there are no doubts that this industry has many responsibilities towards its customers. The customers are the main responsibilities for the hotel managers and the different sections of the operations management. Hotel room division management is also s...

Need for Audit from an ExpertThis report contains the analysis of the case study given for DIPL where the services of an expert is used by the company to collect evidences for material misstatements which was founded in financial reports. It is important for a company to prevent material misstatements in the financial records and statements. For this purpose company conduct internal and external audit depending on the demand needed for the typ...

Drivers of Audit QualityAuditing is the process to conduct a formal inspection on the financial and accounting statements of the companies. For this reason, business organizations consider auditing as one of the major drivers for success for their business organizations. It is the responsibility of the auditors to make it sure that the financial statements of the companies are free from any kind of material misstatement (Arens, Elder and Mark ...

Failure of the Introduction of the New Conceptual FrameworkThe main objective of the essay is to analyze the financial reporting, as there is a need for an analysis on the failure of the introduction of the new conceptual framework. For this reason, it is needed to bring radical changes in the introduced conceptual framework (Weil, Schipper & Francis, 2013). The introduction of SAC-4, that is Statement of Accounting Concept, has made it ne...

Benefits of Budgeting for the company and its role in business developmentEvery business, whether small or large, operates to achieve its goals and objectives. The objectives can either be financial or non-financial. To achieve those objectives the businesses needs formulation and implementation of various plans. Proper planning is necessary for the survival and growth of the business. Budgeting is the integral part of planning process of an o...

Financial Performance Analysis of AB plc and its CompetitorThis case depict about a company which is trying to buy the shares of an unlisted company. In this report, various ways has been analyzed through which the company could enhance the funds and raise the funds from various available sources. In this report, AB plc’s case has been studied and it has been found that this company is trying to acquire an unlisted company to grab the ma...

Company OverviewThis report will provide the information of the Billabong International Limited financial performance for the years 2015 and 2016. The performance of this company is assessed through conducting ratio analysis technique to recommend whether the existing investor should continue to invest in the company or not and also to the potential investor whether to invest in the company or not. Further this report begins with the company o...

Liquidation Causes in the CompaniesThrough taking cases of the chose organizations those are all around distributed, for example, ABC Learning, HIH Insurance and One Tel Phone Company; the present paper will consider uncovering a few factors that added to liquidation of these organizations alongside specific governance and administration angles that depicts such money related anxiety. Liquidation of an organization can be clarified as a pro...

Competitive Strategies1. (i) The competitive strategy refers to the long-term plan that a company develops in order to gain a competitive advantage over its rivals. The four types of competitive strategy that are most important are cost leadership strategy, differentiation strategy, low cost focus strategy and differentiation focus strategy. The business by focusing one or more of these strategies tries to achieve be competitive advantage. A b...

What are the signs that a company is insolvent, and what actions and proactivity is required of the directors in these circumstances?Insolvency refers to such a situation in which the person is unable to pay back the money which they owed to the others. In terms of a company’s insolvency, the company is unable to pay the debts owed by it, to different stakeholders. Insolvency broadly has two forms, i.e., the cash flow insolvency and the ...

Conversation with the CEO of a CompanyConversation with Chris, CEO Threat of Advocacy has been identified in relation to the auditor independence  (Edwin, 2015). In the conversation with the Chief Executive Officer of the company, he has said that Geoff, audit partner of the audit firm Clarke and Johnson, have to promote the business of the company by revealing the benefits of the products of the company along with the other advantages ...

Why the Change of Depreciation Method?This paper is an analysis of one of the Sunshine Limited operational models. The Sunshine Limited is a large department store in Australia. Since the inception of the company, The Sunshine Limited has been employing straight-line depreciation model in their daily business’ activities. During the company’s financial year that ended in June 2015, the Sunshine Limited made a good profit; a trend t...

Cash flow TableIn this report, an attempt is made to analyses the project using the NPV, IRR, payback period and Profitability index. The report also analyses the sensitivity of the projects using different techniques. The main aim of the report is to evaluate and suggest the projects. Statement showing Cash Flow Particulars Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Initial Investments ...

Acquisition Analysis as at 1 July, 2015 Net fair value of identifiable assets and liabilities of Zack Ltd. Share Capital       1,50,000 General Reserve           34,000 Retained Earnings           20,000 Lan...

Part A1.  Particular casual sneaker practical flat classic high heel Revenue  $             480,450.00  $         408,170.00  $                418,660.00 Less: Expenses ...

Processes to Reduce Audit Expectation GapAuditing is the process of inspecting the financial reports of the business organizations in order to confirm that there is not any material misstatement or frauds in them. In the process of auditing, one of the major concepts is the Audit Expectation Gap. Audit expectation gap can be defined as the difference between the expected and actual performance of the auditors (Gold, Gronewold and Pott 2012). A...

Introduction:Economic decision in every society must be made based on the information that is available at the time of decision-making. For example- the decision relating to giving a loan by the bank is made based on the financial relationships with the business, the financial condition which is reflected as per the financial statements of the company. If the decision is consistent according to the decision makers the information used in the d...

Liquidity Analysis        RATIOS                                                         2016       ...

MethodologyManagement accounting, in simple terms, refers to the processing of financial data to evaluate company performances, in view of its profitability strengths and challenges. Not only does an effective management accounting system help with the conduct of a risk-averse strategic framework, but also assists in the identification and mitigation of transparency threat in the overall process. Early identification of financial risks, widening...

Role of CEO in transformational leadershipEssay: Leadership can be defined as the ability of the person to deal with the people who follow him. It is the capability of an individual to lead and persuade the other person in order to make hers work. Leadership has undergone, any changes till now and the perception of the people have also changed regarding the characteristics of a leader (Tschan, Semmer, Hunziker, Kolbe, Jenni & Marsch, 2014...

Product costs Vs period costsAs commented by Chang et al., (2015), cost could be termed as sacrifice of resources in order to gain any specific benefit or other resource. The costs are categorised as follows: The product costs are those costs apportioned to the production of products and they are realised for financial reporting at the time of sale. Thus, with the help of these costs, Carl would be able to include direct labour, direct mate...

Background of the case studyConsolidation or business combination is one of the most important and tricky aspects of accounting for the managers (Finney, 2011). Consolidation refers to the acquisition or merger of two or more entities either or the purpose of formation of a new entities or absorption into the existing entities (Henrekson, 2014).. The given report discusses about one of such cases where two companies come together for consolidati...

Question 11.a) A portfolio of strong diversification can be attained when the investment is done in less than positively correlated investments. This is due to the fact that when the asset is added to the portfolio it will create opportunities where the change in one variable will bring change in another variable. Thereby, the total risk will be reduced and an opportunity of enhanced return will occur. Both the assets and the portfol...

Evaluation of Marketing AuditMarketing strategy is an integral part of a business as it helps the business organizations to promote and sell the products of their business. The success of a business organization vastly depends on the successful development and implementation of the marketing strategies and plans. Hence, it is the utmost responsibility of the marketing managers of a business to prepare an effective marketing plan. In order to do ...

Application of MethodsReturn on any investment can be referred as the reward, provided to the investors, for bearing the risk of the investment. Amongst all the investment alternatives, stock prices are the most volatile in nature and therefore, the risk on investment in stocks is higher in comparison to other investment alternatives. On the other hand, due to the higher risk, the investors use to get higher returns on the stock investments. H...