Macro Environment Forces An organization’s macro environment consists of nonspecific aspects in the organization surrounding that have the potential to affect the organization’s strategies. When compared to a firm’s task environment‚ the impact of macro environment variables is less direct and the organization has a more limited impact on these elements of the environment. Macro environmental variable include socio-cultural‚ technological‚ political – legal‚ and economic. A firm considers
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According to Weetman (2006 p25) ‘accounting is the process of identifying‚ measuring and communicating financial information about an entity to permit informed judgements and decisions by users of the information.’ If we extract the suffix of the word‚ we are left with the word ‘account’. To account for something is to take something into consideration. In terms of finance‚ accounting for something can be seen as baring it in mind when compiling financial information. Synony mously‚ taking something
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IAP assignment : Article Review Jones‚ MJ 2010‚ ‘Accounting for the environment: towards a theoretical perspective for environmental accounting and reporting’‚ Accounting Forum‚ vol 34‚ pp. 123-138. In this article‚ Jones is pointing out about the existence of a relationship between human‚ especially enterprises‚ with the environment. This relationship then becomes a fundamental background of the implementation of the environmental accounting to safeguard the world. Beside‚ he also argues that
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Prologue Managerial Accounting and the Business Environment Study Suggestions ( The prologue describes important aspects of the contemporary business environment. While there are no written assignments‚ you should be familiar with the major ideas as background for your study of managerial accounting. HIGHLIGHTS A. In many industries‚ a company that does not continually improve will find itself quickly overtaken by competitors. The text discusses
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The teachers should help the students in selecting any one element of the following: 1. Changes witnessed over the last few years on mode of packaging and its economic impact. The teacher may guide the students to identify the following changes: a) The changes in transportation of fruits and vegetables such as cardboard crates being used in place of wooden crates‚ etc. Reasons for above changes.b) Milk being supplied in glass bottles ‚ later in plastic bags and now in tetra pack and through
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Week 2: Topic 1: Financial Accounting Theory & the Reporting Environment GHTHH Chapter 2 5. Researchers who develop positive theories and researchers who develop normative theories often do not share the same views about the roles of their respective approaches to theory construction. (a) How do positive and normative theories differ? (b) Can positive theories assist normative theories‚ or vice versa? If yes‚ give an example. If not‚ why not? Normative accounting research makes policy recommendations
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What is Management Accounting Introduction Management accounting is concerned with providing information to managers – that is‚ people inside an organisation who direct and control its operations. (Management Accountin Seal et al) It provides very important information that businesses need to operate efficiently and accounts that accurately show financial information that managers need to make decisions in the best interest of the business. In this essay there will be an assessment on the claim
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"What is responsibility accounting? Is it used at your current (or former) place of employment‚ and if not‚ would it work? Why‚ or why not?" According to allbusiness.com‚ responsibility accounting is defined as a “collection‚ summarization‚ and reporting of financial information about various decision centers (responsibility centers) throughout an organization” (allbusiness.com). The article also explains that responsibility accounting helps an organization trace costs‚ revenues and profits to
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Management Accounting and the Modern Business Environment Part-I Over the years global business environment has gone through some massive changes. These changes are due to changes in socio-economic situations‚ changes in consumers’ demands‚ changes in technological environment‚ changes in political scenario etc. Today’s business environment is referred to as the modern business environment which is characterized by globalization‚ advanced technology‚ intense competition‚ powerful customers and consumers
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Environmental Management Accounting Environmental Issues * Global Warming * Air and water pollution * Waste Disposal and treatment Examples- Bhopal (leakage of chemical gas)‚ Exxon Valdez (spilling 10.8 million gallons of oil)‚ Fukushima Nuclear Plant leakage in Japan (2011) Issues for Business: Businesses are becoming more and more conscious of the environmental implications of their operations‚ products and services. Environmental risks cannot be ignored. Consequences of
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