WorldCom Failure in relation to its Organizational Behavior LDR/531 - Organizational Leadership October 7‚ 2010 WorldCom Failure in relation to its Organizational Behavior INTRODUCTION Year 2002 saw an unprecedented number of corporate scandals: Enron‚ Tyco‚ Global Crossing‚ etc. In many ways‚ WorldCom is just another case of failed corporate governance‚ accounting abuses‚ and outright greed. Many people may question if there is a secret to operating a successful business in modern times.
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rating resulting in lower borrowing costs‚ higher incentive compensation for executive management etc. Some of the creative accounting schemes perpetrated by companies include improper revenue and expense recognition‚ faulty accounting in connection with business combinations‚ and wrongful use of off- balance-sheet arrangements. . Listed companies engage in creative accounting practices include the usual smooth earnings‚ balance-sheet financing‚ abuse of mergers and acquisitions accounting‚ any changes
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Question 1: Risk Management Techniques Any successful‚ healthy and/or expanding company continues to survive and remain profitable through the utilization of strong proactive risk management techniques. Generally speaking the larger the company the greater the exposure to a variety of risks‚ such as property damage‚ worker’s compensation and product liability. In order to maintain a healthy growth pattern it is eminent that a company measures‚ calculates and controls their risk. Several well-known
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Risk Management Techniques Tanjanika Seals FIN/415 November 9‚ 2011 Monica Washington There are two categories for risk assessment: Qualitative and Quantitative. Qualitative methods seek to compare the relative significance of risk facing a project in terms of the effect of their occurrence on the project outcome. Quantitative techniques attempt to determine absolute value ranges together with probability distributions for the business or project outcome and‚ consequently‚ involve more sophisticated
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Kenneth Lay‚ transformed itself into the world’s largest energy-trading company over its sixteen years of lifespan. In 2001‚ Enron was one of the world’s largest energy groups‚ operating mainly in the USA. Though Kenneth played a smaller role in management‚ following the takeover‚ he soon became chief executive officer (CEO) and moved the headquarters from Omaha to Houston. During 2001‚ it had become apparent that a number of special purpose entities were not consolidated in the balance sheet and
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was that of WorldCom. In 1983 Bernie Ebbers and several other people invested in a newly formed company in Clinton‚ Mississippi called Long Distance Discount Services‚ Inc. (LDDS). LDDS was a provider of long distance telephone service to residential and commercial markets. Ebbers became CEO of LDDS in 1985. In 1989 the company merged with Advantage Companies‚ Inc. and became publicly traded. In 1995 the company name was changed to LDDS WorldCom‚ and later to just WorldCom. WorldCom grew to be
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The WorldCom Accounting Scandal WorldCom was started in Mississippi as a long distance telephone service provider in 1983 (Lyke and Jickling‚ 2). Over the next decade and a half‚ the company expanded to offer a whole range of telecommunication services through a series of mergers and acquisitions (Lyke and Jickling‚ 2). At its height‚ WorldCom was the largest long distance phone company in the United States and was one of the leading companies in the telecommunication market in the world‚ providing
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Betty Vinson was promoted to a senior manager in the firm’s corporate accounting division. Two years later in her position she experienced a major ethical dilemma. The company WorldCom was a very successful company up until the middle of 2000 when the telecommunication industry entered a protracted slump. The company’s earnings were not Wall Street expectations‚ and it was saddled with unpaid bills. Vinson’s job was to repair the problem by doing some wrong accounting practices. The ethical dilemma
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) has shown that the Institute of Management Accountants describes managerial accounting supports the decision making process through planning and controlling operations. Planning primarily appears in the budgeting process and Controlling occurs when managers compare actual performance with budgeted amounts to identify differences and then act upon differences that appear to be significant. For example‚ manufacturing companies use management accounting techniques to assess their operations such as
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Quantitative Techniques in Management Assignment A 1. From the following data calculate the missing the missing frequency. No. of tablets 4-8 8-12 12-16 16-20 20-24 24-28 28-32 32-36 36-40 No. of Persons Cured 11 13 16 14? 9 17 6 4 The average number of tablets to curve fever was 19.9. Solution: No. of tablets Mid point No. of persons cured Product 4-8 6 11 66 8-12 10 13 130 12-16 14 16 224 16-20 18 14 252 20-24 22 x 22x 24-28 28-32 26 30 9 17 234 510 32-36 34 6 204 36-40
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