Ottarkar ’s plc Review To Investors Subject: Ottarkar ’s plc Financial Performance Review (2004-2005) Ottakar ’s is one of the leading book retailers in the UK. It was founded in 1987 and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1998. With its long experience in bookselling‚ Ottakar ’s tries to distinguish itself by offering extensive book ranges as well as excellent services to its customers across its 131 stores in England‚ Scotland and Wales. The company believes that it
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subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rcoa20 A critical review of executive coaching research: a decade of progress and what’s to come Jonathan Passmore & Annette Fillery-Travis a b a b MOP Coaching & Consulting Ltd‚ London‚ UK Middlesex University‚ London‚ UK Version of record first published: 25 Jul 2011. To cite this article: Jonathan Passmore & Annette Fillery-Travis (2011): A critical review of executive coaching research: a decade of progress and what’s to come‚ Coaching:
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Enron: Leadership without Ethics and Practical Execution Enron‚ once one of the largest energy public companies globally‚ achieved a $65 billion asset volume but only took 24 days to go bankrupt. Initially‚ its main service is extracting natural gas and manufacturing energy-using products‚ but the excessively aggressive and benefit-oriented type of operation makes the company create lots of so-called "innovative" investment department and financial products. All these activities played as the
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Mr. Red Feliciano Enron Corporation’s Case Analysis Reference: Auditing and Assurance Principles by Jose Ireneo‚ Shirley Ireneo and George James 1. A. Fastow is one of the most responsible because being the Chief Financial Officer or CFO of the Enron corporation‚ he had a major influence. He was guilty of fraud‚ money laundering‚ inside trading‚ and conspiracy‚ among other crimes. Due to his acts such as misleading Enrons board of directors and audit committee on risky accounting practices
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Audit committee member toolkit June 2009 Table of contents Audit committee charter Example audit committee charter ..............................................................................................................................1 Audit committee report Example report of the audit committee ....................................................................................................................11 Financial expertise Audit committee financial expert questionnaire
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Current issue: Scandals in auditing Enron Scandal 1. Introduction Accounting scandals are political or business scandals which arise with the disclosure of financial misdeeds by trusted executives of corporations or governments. These days‚ not too often‚ these scandals are splashed as headlines across media. Why? Because there are complex groups of stakeholders who might be seriously affected by the scandals. Enron scam was the most remarkable scandal in 20 centuries by their institutionalized
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Executive Summary: Monsanto Company Strategic Management Issues Over the past 20 years‚ Monsanto has grown and shifted focus from high-volume‚ commodity chemical products to becoming one of the world’s leading producers of agricultural products. The firm has also developed a strong foothold in the human life sciences industry. This shift in business strategy has been the result of the culmination of many efforts to transform Monsanto into a global life sciences company. As a result of this transformation
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Forensic Accounting in New Zealand: Exploring the gap between education and practice. Jennette Boys Auckland University of Technology‚ New Zealand Abstract ‘Accounting practice has always been concerned with fraud’ (Lehman & Okcabol‚ 2005) The global business environment is rapidly changing and this has resulted in evolutionary changes in the skills accountants need to meet the requirements of their clients so they can continue to add value to their businesses
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The Leslie Fay Companies‚ which is a manufacturer of women’s apparel‚ was founded by Fred Pomerantz. It was named after Fred’s daughter‚ Leslie Fay. The company is based out of New York‚ and Fred Pomerantz made the company public in 1952. Paul Polishan‚ who became CFO and senior vice president of finance‚ was hired personally by Fred Pomerantz. However‚ Fred Pomerantz ended up taking the company back to a private entity for a few years in the 1980’s due to a buy out from his son John Pomerantz.
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Abstract - The Enron scandal is one of the biggest financial scams ever to take place and its root’s lie in the desire of the senior members of Enron to earn as much for themselves as possible and were assisted in this greatly by the negligence shown by their auditor’s and consultants‚ Arthur Andersen. Most of the debts and tangible assets of Enron were on the balance sheet of partnerships that were run by high-ranking officials within the corporation and these partnerships were recorded as related
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