ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENT Learning Outcomes At the end of this chapter the students should be able to: Explain the meaning and purpose of accounting Describe the role of accounting as a information system Describe why accounting is considered as the language of business Assess the impact of external environmental factors on accounting Introduction Accounting has evolved and emerged as most other fields of human activity in response to the social and economic needs of society
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What Is Macro Environment? The major external and uncontrollable factors that influence an organization’s decision making‚ and affect its performance strategies. These factor includes the economic factors; demographics; legal; political‚ and social conditions; technological changes; and natural forces. Macro environment factors are beyond the control of an organization. This is because those factors are positioned outside the organizational system. Those forces are the prime factors in corporate
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line and increase production‚ from 80‚000 units to 150‚000 units within 5 years. This puts Porsche’s current brand image and reputation in danger‚ as it is known to produce quality cars and not quantity. 2. Situation Analysis a. General environment analysis i. Technological trends Porsche has the reputation of being the forefront when it comes to technology within high performance sports car. In 1999‚ Porsche move in and bought a stake and subsequently control in Misescke Hofmann und
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financial activities due to the failures of corporate governance practices in addition to other relevant factors. This paper will briefly cover some of these issues and offer suggestions for prevent similar future malpractice. External Corporate Governance The key external governance failures in the Enron Scandal involve oversights by regulators‚ creditors‚ auditors‚ and investors at large‚ with particular focus towards Enron’s ambiguous accounting practices. Due to various failed deals and projects
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OCN Access to HE Pathway – Business To: Benson Osejindu Unit -Title: Business Studies – External Influences. From: Husien Hussen Date: 17/02/2011 Content Title Page 1 Executive Summary & Methodology & Introduction Page 3 Main Body Page 4-14 Conclusion
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EXTERNAL/INTERNAL FACTORS External/Internal Factors Paper External/Internal Factors Paper In 1962‚ the Dayton Corporation opened Target‚ a discount chain store in Minnesota. Through the years‚ Target has grown considerably so that in January 2000‚ the Dayton Hudson Corporation changed to Target Corporation. The Target Corporation Annual Report 2007 states that 118 new stores opened in 2007‚ 33 of them being SuperTarget stores. Nearly 1‚600 stores are operating in 47 states‚ with plans to have
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P1: Describe the internal and external factors to consider when planning the Human Resources requirements of an organization. The author picked John Lewis as a company to elaborate upon in this report. When looking into the company John Lewis they are uprising. They expand and broaden their range of products and services. They sell products to upper and middle class customers. John Lewis also has 28 department stores and 4 John Lewis at home stores. As well as the John Lewis department stores
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EXTERNAL FINANCING AND GROWTH Two growth rates used in financial planning: 1. Internal growth rate - The maximum growth rate a firm can achieve without external financing of any kind (no debt or equity). - This is the growth rate that the firm can maintain with internal financing only. - The required increase in assets is exactly equal to the addition to retained earnings‚ and EFN is therefore zero. IGR = ROA x Plowback ratio 1 – (ROA
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External Analysis An external analysis is one of the most important tasks to complete when completing a strategic analysis for a given corporation. By looking at our Internal Analysis of General Electric (GE) we identified Strengths and Weaknesses and we were able to recognize the Distinctive and Core Competencies that exist within the General Electric organization. Our external analysis consists of two major analyses: The Competitive Analysis and the Industry Analysis. By taking a closer look
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MARKETING ENVIRONMENT The aim of this lecture is: • To describe important role of Marketing Environment. • To differentiate between Macro and Micro Environments. • To assess the impact of Marketing Environment on Marketing Practices. • To describe various method/Model of Marketing Environment Scanning. Background Information Marketing cannot be practiced in a vacuum; as a business function is affected by various factors or elements within the business environments. According to Lancaster
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