political behavior is used by Watts and Zimmerman (1979) arguing that the political process is simply a means of pursuing individual or group self-interest. For example‚ the most recent example of the political process at work in standard setting is the heated debate that occurred on the issue of accounting for business combinations especially in the amortisation of the goodwill in 1996. During the years later‚ the FASB undertook several steps which include open hearing‚ deliberations‚ and requests
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The Truth about Direct Cinema: Direct Cinema Filmmakers Are Still Humans Cinema Verité‚ or direct cinema—as it is also called—is a misnomer of sorts. “Verité” literally means “truth” in French‚ but as with other truths‚ the cinematic truth is molded and configured by those who have access to it. In this case‚ those people would be the filmmakers themselves. A direct cinema film proceeds without any formal script and is pieced together in its entirety in the editing studio. That is‚ the
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What is meant by identity?Identity can be defined as how I see myself and how others see me. (Woodward‚ 2007‚ p7). Identity can be confused with personality. Where personality describes certain qualities individuals may have such as being confident and outgoing or shy and introvert‚ identity requires some degree of choice. Identity is marked by similarity and identities are formed through interaction between people. We choose to belong and identify with a particular identity or group. This sense
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2.3.3.3Meeting According to Högström et al (1999‚ p. 92) a meeting is the most effective direct communication channel. In concordance‚ Lindström-Myrgård (1984‚ pp. 5-6) argues that meetings involve an enormous possibility to increase the capacity of work. The gathered knowledge and experiences‚ the ideas and thoughts that exist in a group of people are usually vast‚ especially if the group is compounded of individuals carrying different angles of incidences‚ she argues. To not take advantage of
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Chapter 3 – Question 28 (a) Develop a decision table for this decision? Decision Alternatives | Market (‘000) | | Good | Fair | Poor | Small | 50 | 20 | –10 | Medium | 80 | 30 | –20 | Large | 100 | 30 | –40 | Very Large | 300 | 25 | –160 | (b) What is the maximax decision? Decision Alternatives | Market (‘000) | Maximax decision shall be the maximum value of a row/decision alternatives | Maximax Decision Alternative | | Good | Fair | Poor | | | Small
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and they are not included in cost accounts; however‚ are important for making management decisions. For example‚ interest on capital is ignored in cost accounting through it is considered in financial accounting and if two projects require unequal outlays of cash‚ the management must take into consideration interest on capital to judge the relative profitability of the projects. Differential‚ incremental or decremental costs: The difference in total costs between two alternatives is termed as
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DECISION ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT 1 Case Problem 1: Planning Advertising Campaign EXCEL sensitivity report for the Flamingo Grill case problem: Managerial Report Question 1: Data given for Flamingo Grill case problem: Total budget = $279000 Advertising media | Exposure rating per ad | New customers per ad | Cost per ad ($) | HJ consultant limit application to | Television | 90 | 4000 | 10000 | 10 | Radio | 25 | 2000 | 3000 | 15 | Newspaper | 10 | 1000 | 1000 | 20 | After consideration
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Fresh Direct http://www.freshdirect.com Online Grocery Store BACKGROUND/HISTORY In describing the company Fresh Direct‚ their primary business is an online grocery store that first began in 2001. Fresh Direct specializes in delivery services for your shopping needs in various zip codes in New York. The zip codes include: Manhattan‚ Queens‚ Brooklyn‚ Nassau County‚ Riverdale‚ Westchester‚ select areas of Staten Island‚ New Jersey‚ and Connecticut (www.freshdirect.com). The company currently
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Manufacturing Company back in 1902. Its most successful product - flexible sandpaper - still forms an important part of its product line but this now comprises of over 60000 products that range from adhesive tapes to office supplies‚ medical supplies and equipment to traffic and safety signs‚ magnetic tapes and CDs to electrical equipment. Originally innovation was encouraged informally by the founders‚ but over more than a century some of these rules have been formalised. But most important of all there has
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Hainan Airlines: En route to Direct Competition Agenda ! Hainan Airlines – A glimpse ! Chinese Aviation Industry – Background ! Hainan Airlines Company ! The Competitors – CSA‚ Air China‚ CEA‚ China Sky Aviation Alliance ! Hainan Airlines – Moving Forward Hainan Airlines – A glimpse ! Timeline – Dec 26th 2001 ! CEO – Chen Feng ! Acquired three airlines in the last three years ! Growing rapidly - China’s fifth largest in fleet size ! Apprehension about HNA’s
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