CASE STUDY ATPB 313 – Accounting Theory & Practice SEM 2 2013/2014 (100 MARKS -10%) Instruction: Answer all of the following questions (10 marks for each question). CASE STUDY 1 (50 marks) Title: Motivation for earnings management among auditors in Malaysia Farisha‚ H.‚ Hafiza‚ A. H.‚ and Zalailah‚ S. (2012). Motivation for earnings management among auditors in Malaysia‚ Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences‚ 65(3)‚ 239-246. Required: 1. In your own words‚ summarize the article
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MGW110. Week 5 tutorial. Interpersonal skills. An example of a barrier to effective listening is inattentiveness. This is a barrier because there is more concentration on the speaker’s delivery rather than on the message. Background noises also play a part to inattentiveness as it is distracting. For instance when I was working as a waitress at a restaurant I served a large family‚ which placed a large order of 3 different pasta dishes‚ one with cheese and the rest without‚ and 6 pizzas with different
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Assignment: Case study - Management at Southwest Airlines Judging on the basis of information in the case‚ describe the managerial skills that Southwest managers such as Colleen Barrett and Jim Parker use in their jobs at Southwest. Include examples of situations in which they use these skills. Southwest Airlines made use of three managerial skills in the process of overhauling the company: decision making skills‚ communication skills‚ diagnostic skills. Firstly Jim Parker‚ CEO and Colleen
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Managerial and Financial Accounting Report Week one paper Chuck Youman Finance 540 George Peterson July 26‚ 2006 MFAR 2 Introduction This report is intended to discuss the differences between financial accounting and managerial accounting. By discussing the differences in the types of reports that are generated by the two different accounting systems‚ this report will compare and contrast the types of decisions made using the information that the two types of accounting would
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Case Study: Jones & Jones Accounting While in New York Ron Powell’s power sources were expert and referent. His expert power is evident by his ability to prove himself capable of being partner due to his skillset and knowledge within 9 years. He then excelled in that role and was asked to start his own office due to his leadership qualities and aggressive style. Ron had the technical expertise to not only perform his role exceedingly well‚ but to also lead his fellow employees. Although Ron
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Trade‚ Risk Management‚ Financial aspects of the Investment Decisions. Multinational Accounting and Tax Functions: Factors Influencing the Development of Accounting‚ Transaction in Foreign Currency‚ Translating of Foreign Currency‚ Financial Statements; Taxation- Taxation of Foreign source income; Double tax Treaties. Human Resource Management: Management Qualifications and Characteristics‚ Foreign Managerial Transfers‚ Recruitment and Selection‚ Management Training‚ Labour Market Differences
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Define leadership and management/supervision. What are the primary differences and what are the similarities? Leadership is defined as the ability to attract capable people‚ motivate them to put forth their best efforts and solve problems that arise (Manning‚ 2012). Simply stated‚ leadership is social influence and influences people to leave a mark and initiate change resulting in a desired outcome (Manning‚ 2102). Management is often confused with leadership. Management involves four functions—planning
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purpose of a product-costing system? The purpose of a product-costing system: * Determine product and service cost‚ and value inventory. * Facilitate management planning‚ cost. * Control and performance evaluation. * Facilitate managerial decision making. Q(4-5): define the term equivalent units and explain how the concept is used in process costing.? A term used in process costing to refer to the amount of manufacturing activity that has been applied to a batch of physical unites
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P7.6 Optimal Input Mix. The First National Bank received 3‚000 inquiries following the latest advertisement describing its 30-month IRA accounts in the Boston World‚ a local newspaper. The most recent ad in a similar advertising campaign in Massachusetts Business‚ a regional business magazine‚ generated 1‚000 inquiries. Each newspaper ad costs $500‚ whereas each magazine ad costs $125. A. Assuming that additional ads would generate similar response rates‚ is the bank running an optimal mix of newspaper
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INB 780 (Case Study of Walmart Goes South) MOHD SUKRI BIN YAHYA 2011307109 MOHD IKHWAN BIN AZIZ 2011100565 HAMDAN BIN A.WAHAB 2011986143 EXECUTIVE MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA CAMPUS DUNGUN TERENGGANU Dec 2013 Question 1 How has the implementation of NAFTA affected Walmart’s success in Mexico? The North American Free Trade created in 1994 affected Wal -Mart`s success
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