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600 hours of professional (lawyer) time to the Rucker Co.

breech of contract suit to prepare for


the trial, at a rate of $200 p

a. Bert Company budgets sales of $1,250,000, fixed costs of $450,000, and variable costs of
$200,000. What is the contribution margin ratio for Bert Company? b. If the contribution margin
ratio for Ernie Company is 40%, sales were $750,000, and fixed costs were $225,000, what was
the income from operations?

The weekly time tickets indicate the following distribution of labor hours for three direct labor
employees: The direct labor rate earned by the three employees is as follows: Washington
$20.00 Jefferson 22.00 Adams 18.00 The process improvement category includes training, qualit

The following information is available for the first month of operations of Url Inc., a
manufacturer of art and craft items: Sales $1,200,000 Gross profit 320,000 Indirect labor

a. What is (1) Overapplied factory overhead and (2) Underapplied factory overhead? b. If the
factory overhead account has a debit balance, was factory overhead underapplied or overapplied?
c. If the factory overhead account has a credit balance at the end of the first month of the fiscal
year, where will the amount o

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Dewi Inc. has fixed costs of $220,000. The unit selling price, variable cost per unit, and
contribution margin per unit for the company’s two products are provided below. The sales
mix for products A and B is 80% and 20%, respectively. Determine the breakeven point in units
of A andB.

Letson Manufacturing Inc. is a job shop. The management of Letson Manufacturing uses the cost
information from the job sheets to assess their cost performance. Information on the total cost,
product type, and quantity of items produced is as follows: a. Develop a graph for each product
(three graphs), with Job No. (

Blowing Rock Railroad decided to use the high-low method and operating data from the past six
months to estimate the fixed and variable components of transportation costs. The activity base
used by Blowing Rock Railroad is a measure of railroad operating activity, termed “gross-ton
miles,” which is the total number

The manufacturing costs of Nashbar Industries for three months of the year are provided below.
Using the high-low method, determine (a) The variable cost per unit and (b) The total fixedcost.

Following is a list of various costs incurred in producing toy robotic helicopters. With respect to
the production and sale of these toy helicopters, classify each cost as either variable, fixed, or
mixed. 1. Oil used in manufacturing equipment 2. Hourly wages of inspectors 3. Electricity
costs, $0.20 per kilowatt-hour
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Lewis Company estimates that total factory overhead costs will be $200,000 for the year. Direct
labor hours are estimated to be 25,000. For Lewis Company, (a) Determine the predetermined
factory overhead rate, (b) Determine the amount of factory overhead applied to Jobs 30 and 32 in
June using the data on direct labo

At the end of May, Thomson Company had completed Jobs 70 and 71. Job 70 is for 8,000 units,
and Job 71 is for 10,000 units. Using the data from Practice Exercises 19-1A, 19-2A, and 19-4A,
determine (a) The balance on the job cost sheets for Jobs 70 and 71 at the end of May and (b)
The cost per unit for Jobs 70 and 71

Dacher Company uses a job order cost system. The following data summarize the operations
related to production for October: a. Materials purchased on account, $450,000. b. Materials
requisitioned, $425,000, of which $4,500 was for general factory use. c. Factory labor used,
$385,000, of which $95,000 was indirect. d. O

The Filling Department of Satin Skin Lotion Company had 25,000 ounces in beginning work in
process inventory (70% complete). During the period, 486,000 ounces were completed. The
ending work in process inventory was 19,000 ounces (25% complete). What are the total
equivalent units for direct materials if materials are

Moura Industries Inc. manufactures recreational vehicles. Moura uses a job order cost system.
The time tickets from August jobs are summarized below. Job 410 $3,400 Job 411 1,700 Job 412
1,400 Job 413 2,500 Fa

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Thomson Company estimates that total factory overhead costs will be $600,000 for the year.
Direct labor hours are estimated to be 250,000. For Thomson Company, (a) Determine the
predetermined factory overhead rate, (b) Determine the amount of factory overhead applied to
Jobs 70 and 71 in May using the data on direct

Which of the following industries would typically use job order costing, and which would
typically use process costing? Aluminum production Papermaking Gasoline refining Print shop
Movie studio Web designer

Satin Skin Lotion Company consists of two departments, Blending and Filling. The Filling
Department received 480,000 ounces from the Blending Department. During the period, the
Filling Department completed 486,000 ounces, including 25,000 ounces of work in process at the
beginning of the period. The ending work in proc

At the end of June, Lewis Company had completed Jobs 30 and 32. Job 30 is for 1,600 units, and
Job 32 is for 1,750 units. Using the data from Practice Exercises 19-1B, 19-2B, and 19-4B,
determine (a) The balance on the job cost sheets for Jobs 30 and 32 at the end of June and (b)
The cost per unit for Jobs 30 and 32

During June, Lewis Company incurred factory overhead costs as follows: indirect materials,
$6,000; indirect labor, $7,600; utilities cost, $3,200; and factory depreciation $7,200. Journalize
the entry to record the factory overhead incurred during June.

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The cost of direct materials transferred into the Rolling Department of Atlas Steel Company is
$4,654,800. The conversion cost for the period in the Rolling Department is $1,091,363. The
total equivalent units for direct materials and conversion are 86,200 tons and 83,951 tons,
respectively. Determine the direct materi

Intuit Inc. develops and sells software products for the personal finance market, including
popular titles such as Quicken® and TurboTax®. Classify each of the following costs and
expenses for this company as either variable or fixed to the number of units produced and sold: a.
Shipping expenses b. Property taxes on

Grobe Inc. sells a product for $90 per unit. The variable cost is $75 per unit, while fixed costs are
$45,000. Determine (a) The break-even point in sales units and (b) The breakeven point if the
selling price were decreased to $85 per unit.

a. Name two principal types of cost accounting systems. b. Which system provides for a separate
record of each particular quantity of product that passes through the factory? c. Which system
accumulates the costs for each department or process within the factory?

Grand Valley Apparel Co. uses a job order cost system. The following data summarize the
operations related to production for May 2010, the first month of operations: a. Materials
purchased on account, $68,000. b. Materials requisitioned and factory labor used: c. Factory
overhead costs incurred on account, $2,750. d

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The following cost graphs illustrate various types of cost behavior: For each of the following
costs, identify the cost graph that best illustrates its cost behavior as the number of units
produced increases. a. Total direct materials cost b. Electricity costs of $2,000 per month plus
$0.09 per kilowatt-hour c. Per-

The costs per equivalent unit of direct materials and conversion in the Filling Department of
Satin Skin Lotion Company are $0.45 and $0.10, respectively. The equivalent units to be
assigned costs are as follows: The beginning work in process inventory had a cost of $13,000.
Determine the cost of completed and trans
During June, Lewis Company accumulated 1,200 hours of direct labor costs on Job 30 and 1,300
hours on Job 32. The total direct labor was incurred at a rate of $16 per direct labor hour for Job
30 and $14 per direct labor hour for Job 32. Journalize the entry to record the flow of labor costs
into production during June

During May, Thomson Company incurred factory overhead costs as follows: indirect materials,
$24,500; indirect labor, $64,500; utilities cost, $5,800; and factory depreciation, $45,200.
Journalize the entry to record the factory overhead incurred during May.

In a job order cost system, direct labor and factory overhead applied are debited to individual
jobs. How are these items treated in a process cost system and why?

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What is meant by the term equivalent units?

Discuss how the predetermined factory overhead rate can be used in job order cost accounting to
assist management in pricing jobs.

The cost of direct materials transferred into the Filling Department of Satin Skin Lotion
Company is $216,000. The conversion cost for the period in the Filling Department is $47,325.
The total equivalent units for direct materials and conversion are 480,000 ounces and 473,250
ounces, respectively. Determine the direct

Describe the source of the data for debiting Work in Process for (a) Direct materials, (b) Direct
labor, and (c) Factory overhead.

Find the (a) mean, (b) median, (c) mode, and (d) midrange for the data and then (e) answer the
given question. Listed below are the weights in pounds of 1111 players randomly selected from
the roster of a championship sports team? Are the results likely to be representative of all players
in that sport's league? 208

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Explain the relationship between M&M's argument and the use of a residual dividend policy?

What is the relationship between the break-even sales growth rate and a firm's collection policy,
payables policy, and inventory policy?

Why should all firms prepare a cash budget?

Your company intends to launch a product line of children's bedding and clothing. Folks in the
Graphic Design Department submitted a design for a cartoon-like character called "Honey Bear"
that would be imprinted on packaging materials. The graphics design people love Honey Bear,
but the marketing staff wants to test t
How do flotation costs affect the cost of capital sources for a firm?

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A company has $2.400.000 in stockholders' equity that includes 500 shares of $50 par value non
callable preferred stock outstanding and 250.000 shares of common stock outstanding. Calculate
the book value per (1) Preferred share, and (2) Common share.

Why is the earnings yield not usually an adequate measure of the investor's required return on
equity?

List and briefly describe some possible reasons for the existence of IPO under-pricing?

1. Cake Co, Inc. has three operating departments. Information about these departments is listed
below. Maintenance is service department at Cake Co that incurred $12,000 of costs during the
period. If allocated maintenance cost is based on floor space occupied by each of the operating
departments, compute the amount of

Analyzing and understanding data is an important part of decision making. Econometrics is


defined as the statistical methods used to analyze data and make informed decisions. For this
assignment, you are required to research data related to an economic issue or situation relevant to
your organization or a business orga

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State the assumptions underlying the M&M irrelevance theory?

An asset was purchased for $58,000 and originally estimated to have a useful life of 10 years
with a residual value of $3,000. After two years of straight line depreciation, it was determined
that the remaining useful life of the asset was only 2 years with a residual value of $2,000. a.
Determine the amount of the an

Briefly describe the negative pledge and cross-default clauses?

Explain why the lock-up period is an important consideration for investors, especially for issues
that are still largely held by insiders?

Cunningham Industries reported actual sales of $2,000,000, and fixed costs of $510,000. The
contribution margin ratio is 30%. Compute the margin of safety in dollars and the margin of
safety ratio. Cunningham Industries reported actual sales of $2,000,000, and fixed costs of
$510,000. The contribution margin rati

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Why would you want a cumulative feature when purchasing preferred shares?
Briefly describe the following features that may be associated with preferred shares: cumulative
provision, callable feature, and purchase funds?

Accorsi & Sons specializes in selling and installing upscale home theater systems. On March 1,
2016, Accorsi sold a premium home theater package that includes a projector, set of surround
speakers, and high quality leather seats, along with complete installation service, for $36,000. If
sold separately, each of these g

What does 2/10 net 30 mean, and what is the implicit interest cost?

What can Teal and Pate (founders of ElliptiGo) do to sustain or extend their competitive
advantage with this new product?

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What is fair market value?

Managers often need to change the degree of centralization or decentralization in their


organization. Begin this exercise by reflecting on two very different scenarios. Scenario A:
Assume you are the top manager in a large organization. The organization has a long and well-
known history of being very centralized. For

What factors may influence a firm's decision to enter into share repurchases?

What are some of the more important issues arising from the fact that securities regulation is a
provincial and territorial, but not a federal, responsibility in Canada?

The Ira Company has sales of $330,000, and the break-even point in sales dollars is $264,000.
Determine the company's margin of safety as a percent of current sales. Enter your answer
rounded to one decimal place. Answer: "________%"?

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If a firm is successful domestically, is it likely to be successful internationally? Why or why not?

Consider a decision analysis problem whose payoffs (in units of thousands of dollars) are given
by following payoff table. a. Which alternative should be chosen under the maximax criterion? b.
Which alternative should be chosen under the maximin criterion? c. Which alternative should be
chosen under the maximum lik

What is the difference between a bank operating line of credit and a traditional loan?

What are the operating cycle and the cash conversion cycle, and how are they related to working
capital policy?
Explain how the existence of informational asymmetries and agency problems may lead firms to
follow a pecking order to financing?

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Why are preferred shares sometimes called hybrid securities?

A brass (nonmagnetic) block A and a steel magnet B are in equilibrium in a brass tube under the
magnetic repelling force of another steel magnet C located at a distance x=.004 m from B. The
force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between B and C. If block A is
suddenly removed, the acceleration of

Explain the importance of using the WACC as a hurdle rate for making investment decisions?

What is a reverse takeover and a backdoor listing?

Why does cash flow from operations increase if the firm speeds up the collection of receivables,
delays paying its bills, or increases its inventory turnover ratio?

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What is SVAR and why do managers prefer to finance with shares than cash?

What are the basic rights associated with equity securities? How do these differ across different
categories or classes of equities?

What are the steps involved in estimating a firm's WACC?

Define the following types of hybrids: income bonds, commodity bonds, real return bonds,
original issue discount bonds, LYONs, ARCs, preferred securities, and COINS?

Explain the impact of financial distress and agency costs on M&M's conclusions regarding
capital structure?

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If Cayden noel earned $80,000 in 2013, how much social security tax did he say?

Classify each of the following as a business product or a consumer product: a. Detroit Tigers
ticket b. bottle of body lotion c. fleet of body lotion d. bulk order of rice e. digital camera f.
Carrie Underwood music CD

Briefly summarize the evidence regarding how well debt ratings work?

Billings Company is a decentralized wholesaler with five autonomous divisions. The divisions
are evaluated on the basis of ROI, with year-end bonuses given to the divisional managers who
have the highest ROIs. Operating results for the company's Office Products Division for the most
recent year are given below: Sales

"Shopping online can be social again, as it was in person." says Wade Gerten, CEO of Alvenda.
Do you think this is a stretch, or are we in the midst of a turning point in online shopping?
Explain your answer.

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A rod of radius KR moves upward with a constant speed vo through a cylindrical container of
inner radius R containing a Newtonian fluid. The liquid circulates in the cylinder, moving
upward along the moving central rod and moving downward near the fixed container wall. Flows
similar to this occur in the seals of some r

What are the drawbacks to using the turnover ratio to measure inventory policy?

A trade magazine routinely checks the​ drive-through service times of​ fast-food restaurants.
Upper A 95​% confidence interval that results from examining 783 customers in one​fast-
food chain's​ drive-through has a lower bound of 166.9 seconds and an upper bound of 169.9
seconds. What does this mean? a. On

It is estimated that .52 percent of the callers to the Customer Service department of Dell, Inc. will
receive a busy signal. What is the probability that of today's 1,400 callers at least 5 received a
busy signal? Use the poison approximation to the binomial.

Explain the importance of this theory?

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Determine the percentage of sunlight that is absorbed by atmospheric CO2 at a wavelength of λ


= 4.85 μm. Assume that the sun is directly overhead, such that the sunlight travels the shortest
distance through the atmosphere. The absorption cross section of CO2 at wavelength λ = 4.85
μm is 3.21 •10-22 cm2 molecule-1

What is the basic argument that M&M use to arrive at the irrelevancy result?

This is your second interview with a prestigious brokerage firm for a job as an equity analyst.
You survived the morning interviews with the department manager and the vice president of
equity. Everything has gone so well that they want to test your ability as an analyst. You are
seated in a room with a computer and a

Briefly describe the following types of preferred shares: straight, retractable, and floating rate?

The order of priority of claims in liquidation is firmly established in legal precedent. As depicted
in Table 18.9 of the textbook, common shareholders are last in priority. Yet, in bankruptcy
negotiations, creditors (who have a relatively high priority) often give up their debt in exchange
for shares of common stock,

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What are the practical difficulties associated with the implications of M&M's corporate tax
model?

What are the three rules of leverage?

Explain the static trade-off theory?

Discuss the rationale for including debt covenants in a public issue?

What is Altman's Z score and what does it measure?

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In a small, closed economy national income (GDP) is $750.00 million for the current month.
Individuals have spent S300.00 million on the consumption of goods and services. They have
paid a total of $250.00 million in taxes and the government has spent $400.00 million on goods
and services this month. Use this informati

On March 1, 2013, Werner Corp. received an order for parts from a Mexican customer at a price
of 500,000 Mexican pesos with a delivery date of April 30, 2013. On March 1, when the U.S,
dollar - Mexican peso spot rate is $0.115 Werner Corp. entered into a two-month forward
contract to sell 500,000 pesos at a forward rat

A company purchased inventory for $2,000 from a vendor on account, FOB shipping point, with
terms of 2/10, n/30. The company paid the shipper $100 cash for freight in. The company then
returned damaged goods worth $200. The invoice has been paid 8 days after the sale. Assuming
that there was no beginning inventory bala

Financial Statements from Commercial Accounts provide more information to the general public
than those from Government Accounts? Within the answer please include the financial
statements prepared and the kinds of information provided from and by both types of accounting
methods.

The United States is the biggest consumer of natural gas, and the second largest natural gas
producer in the world. According to the US Energy Information Administration, the United
States consumed 22.7 Trillion cubic feet of natural gas in 2001. Stemming from phased
deregulation, the transportation and delivery of nat

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How does the existence of asymmetric information lead to market inefficiencies?


What is the difference between a BA and commercial paper?

Define and explain how to determine the following for a convertible: conversion price,
conversion value, straight bond value, floor value, and convertible premium?

When does EPS increase when using a share swap?

Why do banks typically impose debt covenants on their borrowing customers?

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Lancaster Industries manufactures lawn mowers, including the motor. The cost per motor is as
follows: Direct materials................... $ 5 Direct labor .........................12 Variable
overhead ..................8 Fixed overhead .................... 10 Total................................ $ 35 Mitrowski

Briefly describe the notion of homemade dividends as it relates to M&M's irrelevancy argument?

Draw the major organic product formed when the compound shown below undergoes a reaction
with

Prepare the journal entries to record the transactions (1) through (11) in the general journal.
Review the accounts as shown in the General Ledger and Trial Balance tabs. Assume BSS uses
perpetual inventory accounts. 1. Prepare the journal entries to record the transactions (1) through
(11) in the general journal. Rev

Explain how and under what assumptions M&M show that dividends are irrelevant?

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List and briefly describe the four basic stages of the IPO process?

Diablo Company leased a machine from Juniper Corporation on January 1, 2016. The machine
has a fair value of $26,000,000. The lease agreement calls for four equal payments at the end of
each year in the amount of $8,560,095. The useful life of the machine was expected to be four
years with no residual value. The approp

Define business risk and financial risk?

When Apple introduced a new version of the IPad many considerations go into setting the selling
price. Discuss the importance of the following in settings the initial selling price of the IPad:
Development costs of the new product Pricing of the previous model of the IPad Features of the
IPad compared to competing

1. Choose the right reagent or series of reagents from the ones listed to synthesize the following
alcohol. a. CH2 = CHCH2CH2CH3 and BH3, followed by H2O2,HO- b. CH3CH =
CHCH2CH3 and H+, H20 c. CH3CH = CHCH2CH3 and KMnO4 d. CH3CH = CHCH2CH3
and Hg (OAc) 2, H20 followed by NaBH4 e. CH2 = CHCH2CH2CH3 and Hg (OAc) 2,

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Journalize the following inventory merchandise transactions for both Sampson and Batson,
assuming that the both Sampson and Batson use the perpetual inventory system. Refer to the
Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles. Dec. 1 Sampson Co. sold merchandise to
Batson Co. on account, $46,000, terms 2/15,

What are the limitations of the current ratio and the quick ratio as measures of working capital
management?

What is float and why is it important to the firm?

Name and discuss the four criteria used by DBRS to classify a security as debt versus equity?

Identify the costs and benefits of holding inventory?

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Why is it reasonable to assume that most firms will have a banking relationship?

1) The entry to record the return of merchandise from a customer would include a a. Debit to
Sales b. Debit to Customer Refunds Payable c. Credit to Sales d. Debit to Estimated Returns
Inventory 2) Which account is not classified as a selling expense? a. Advertising Expense b.
Delivery Expense c. Cost of Goods

Bilbo, Frodo and Gandoff have had a successful law practice for many years, but have decided to
retire and move to Rivendale. On January 1, 2015 when the 3 of them decided to terminate the
partnership they had the following balance sheet: Cash $50,000 A/R $90,000 Supplies $40,000
Equipment (net) $100,000 Building (net)

Determine the effect upon equilibrium price and quantity sold if the following changes occur in a
particular market: a. Consumers' income increases and the good are normal. b. The price of a
substitute good (in consumption) increases. c. The price of a substitute good (in production)
increases d. The price of a

Explain how the purchase method gives rise to goodwill.

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Why do we say that equity holders bear the brunt of the effects of leverage?

Distinguish between operating and financial leverage?


Explain the similarities and differences of DRIPs, stock dividends, and stock splits?

Contrast treasury bills, commercial paper, and BAs in terms of who issues them, their basic
structure and default risk, and the yields they provide?

Cherry Blossom Products Inc. produces and sells yoga-training products: how-to DVDs and
basic equipment set (blocks, strap, and small pillows). Last year, Cherry Blossom Products sold
13,500 DVDs and 4,500 equipment sets. Information on the two products is as
follows: .................................DVD.......Equipme

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Briefly discuss the possible motivation for firms to enter into IPOs, and relate these motivations
to the five stages of firm development discussed by Myers (1999)?

What additional services does a factor provide over a bank?

How is goodwill treated for accounting purposes in Canada and the United States?

What is the difference between profit and cash flow from operations?

Write a paper of a scholarly article addressing non-verbal communication. Reviews should


include a synopsis and your opinion of the article.

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Make a presentation Rite Aid and Walgreen's customer service comparison presentation both
located in Big Rapids Michigan.

Watch the following two movies and; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptNL780RWLI


www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_eJdX6y4hM • write about facts related to Global warming
(scientific writing)

Read the Airline case located within the simulation program. For information on how to log into
the simulation, please refer to the How to Access and Log into the Simulation Program page
located within the Course Information section of this course. Once you have completed the
practice session, please address the questi

1. Describe in detail the following investment criteria: Payback Rule, the Discounted Payback
Rule, NPV, IRR and MIRR. 2. What are the weaknesses of each investment criteria (Payback,
Discounted Payback, NPV, and IRR)?

Compile a PowerPoint presentation introducing the importance of research and the use of
research methods within an organization. Think about how this applies to your industry and,
specifically, to a company that might use research methods discussed in this course. As you
compile this PowerPoint, discuss the points iden
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You need to observe two or more adults unknown to the observer. You must not be able to hear
the subjects being observed and those being observed must not be wearing a uniform of any kind
as this would provide information about their occupation to the observer. You must describe the
environment and the people being obs

Write a paper on Organizational change and also Monitor and Evaluate the Results of a Change
in Company.

Many organizations employ role play technique as a part of their sales force training program.
Role play is an exercise in which a sales person executes a selling task to a customer in a made-
up selling situation. This gives, especially to the new sales people, an opportunity to perfect their
selling skill before th

Write a paper on "Decision making in automobile quality improvement and service"

Compare and contrast the competing visions expressed by Thomas Jefferson and Alexander
Hamilton about the type of society America should be and the best way to secure the liberty
recently won in the War for Independence. Write an essay which must address their views on the
following: 1. Farming v Manufacturing/Indust

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1. In general, how does the product name affect and interact with other new product launch
concerns? 2. What are two products (not listed in course materials) whose names clearly
reinforce the brand in the mind of customers? Explain what the brand image implies to the
consumer. 3. What are the costs and benefits of

Write a paper on the "Operating System as an Abstraction" and make its diagram

Describe a hypothetical new product that will be introduced into at least one market outside the
U.S. Describe the product, name the country, discuss whether product modifications are needed
and the sorts of marketing communications that fit the product and the market context. What sort
of multinational strategy does t

1. Conflict is the creation of tension between two characters. In "Real Women Have Curves"
consider the daughter (Ana) and mother (Carmen). What is the relationship between them? 2. in
"Real Women Have Curves", what is the importance of education? 3. Movie "Moonlight" is
broken into three acts. One is entitled "Lit

Do you see cognitive development as more continuous or more discontinuous? Do children's


natures differ, or do differences among children only reflect differences in their experiences?
What are the contributions that parents offer to the development of social and emotional
competence in children? What can be done to
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Innovations in computers and biotechnology have been the leading sources of economic growth
in the U.S. for the last several decades. What type of U.S. workers likely benefited from these
developments? This period is also characterized by growing income inequality in the U.S. How
would you link the innovation developme

A business case has at least four components, including market components, product
components, industry components, and company components. Describe a hypothetical new
product. Show how primary and secondary research for the hypothetical new product would be
used to determine: 1. The appropriate features of the produ

You are taking on the role of an educated investor (which you now are) who owns a "significant"
number of shares in Salesforce.com. You are writing an open letter to the Board of Directors
with your suggestions for change. The letter may be positive or negative in tone, but the purpose
is to highlight key financial dat

Read "The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food" and answer: What other healthy foods
could be similarly transformed? Beets, Kale? what else? Write an essay proposing such a
product. Use the "they say/I say" format. Perhaps quoting or summarizing something said in
Moss's essays as your "they say". Some of the

Write a paper which: • include about cloud lock technology • How it helps for web security
• explain deployment and integration of cloud lock technology for web security

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Suppose that you are assigned to a committee of three to decide on a dress code for xyz
University Staff and Faculty. Only two of the three votes are required to pass this policy. In this
situation you are one of the two agreeing to a dress code. What steps might you take to gain the
cooperation of the third party af

Use the Fed's own publications to explain how changes in the money supply can affect growth
and price stability. Open Market Operations are directed by the Federal Open Market Committee
and carried out by the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The FOMC meets eight times per year,
or about every six to seven weeks. Central

Discusses four types of perceptual distortions: Stereotyping, Halo effects, Selective perception
Projection Define each of these and provide an example.

You need to write about the affect of positive professor ratings on ratemyprofessor.com

What is the single most important problem facing our nation today? Why? -What one invention
has most changed the world in the last 150 years? Justify your choice.
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Prototype testing and concept validation are a key step in the new product development process.
Describe a hypothetical new product prototype and how it could be tested and validated. What
outcomes would lead to a stop, kill, go-back, or precede recommendation?

Explain how cloud computing affects business intelligence? Feel free to give personal examples
or use an organization as one too.

Write a paper on BCG Matrix for The Walt Disney Company, PORTOLIO matrices are
especially useful for companies that have many divisions. Strategies have to accommodate and
incorporate multiple divisions, while at the same time, meet the different needs of separate
divisions. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix hel

Post links to recent news items (published during 2016-17) related to the course content, in the
'discussion forum' created for the purpose on the course website. Each news item should relate to
the respective quiz content i. e. the first news item should relate to the content of the first quiz
and so on. Discuss in

•Compare and contrast these two types of managers, including their roles and authority. â€
¢What types of new product development lend themselves well to heavyweight product teams?
List two products currently on the market that would benefit from heavyweight teams. Defend
your choice for these products being develop

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Discusses network topology and implementation of SCADA network, Find a current event
article that discusses this topic, as well as your thoughts on the information in the article and how
it could be used to help ICS/SCADA system compliance. This assignment will be a one to two
page brief about the information found in

You need to write "Observation Report" field research-natural environment about non-verval
communication class - What did you looking for - how did you go for looking - what did you
find out

Q-1: Each element of the period table is defined by the number of protons in the nucleus of the
atom, which assigns the atomic number of the element. The mass number (amu = atomic mass
units) of an atom is the sum of the protons (each proton = 1 amu) and the number of neutrons
(each neutron = 1 amu). Based on the ab

Write an essay on "Criminal justice"

News choosing a pair of media outlets, compare how each reports the same story over three
weeks. It should be a story like Home Capital's financial challenges and its impact on the
Canadian housing economy or how each outlet covered the big Canadian banks quarterly report,
which includes downsizing and the impact of fi

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Write a paper on "ITC InfoTech" and discuss about Digital Ready technologies and DESIGN
expert Technologies

• Imagine that you are training a set of interns in the area of data warehousing. You have
decided to start their training with a presentation on the importance of data integrity. Create a
PowerPoint presentation with "speaker notes" that presents best practices for data integrity.
Ensure that these points, at mini

The FBI is one of the six bureaus of the U.S. Department of Justice and the primary criminal
investigative agency of the federal government. The special agents who work for the FBI
investigate people and organizations that violate federal statutes. These violations can be related
to organized crime, white-collar crime,

1. Review the organizational chart for Airbus, the aircraft manufacturing company.
www.airbus.com/company/people-culture/management-overview 2. What are the firm's three
most important business functions based on the listing of executive committee roles? Why? 3.
The possible spread of Ebola via air travel creates i

Companies report the state of their business to their stockholders on an annual basis. The annual
report is a written report that communicates the condition of the corporation to the owners and
other stakeholders in the business. Prepare a brief annual report of your airline and include the
following information: Dow

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Write a review of a scholarly article on negotiation "How a Level I Negotiator Deals with a level
II Agitator by Shivan Saran". Reviews should include a synopsis and your opinion of the article.

Why are auditors interested in the controls associate with information technology? How do
auditors use technology to conduct audits? Do most auditors use audit software when conducting
an audit?

Research at least two articles related to "Emerging Enterprise Network Applications" and write
brief summary of that articles. How are those article's topics are related, what information was
relevant and why?

Write a paper on Policies of Apple and Policies to be followed by users and warranty policies of
the company in terms of consumer electronics goods and Apple products
Write a paper about Statistical Hypothesis Testing applied to the Evolution vs. Intelligent Design
debate. a) Watch the Roys-Erdmann YouTube debate on Intelligent Design vs. Evolution (47
minutes). Locate the debate on YouTube using the following four search terms in the YouTube
search field: Neal Roys I11telligent D

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Write a paper on "Newton"

Listen to the New Orleans Mayor's speech about Confederate monuments and his reason for
taking them down, and then write a response. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Make an Action research paper for developing a Recruiting App using sales force Cloud
computing for The TATA Corporation. The 1st Iteration to include your Plan, Action,
Observations, and Reflections, Introduction, then • Plan- should include a description of all
the planning activity that has taken place...may in

The 1st Iteration to include your Plan, Action, Observations, and Reflections, Plan -should
include a description of all the planning activity that has taken place...may include agendas or
other manuscripts as appropriate Action - at least one page in length, should include a description
of that actual activity O

Many ideation tools and techniques exist and more are being developed. Pick an ideation
technique or tool - one that has not already been chosen by your colleagues. Then provide the
class with a detailed overview of the technique or tool. Provide an example of how the technique
or tool has been used to drive the develo

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Write a paper on "Effect of Human Resource Management (HRM) on the Project Success in the
project oriented organization" It is Project Management Research Paper and applied to Project
Management

Write a paper on "Loud Music vs. Hand Steadiness"

Selection of a Multinational Organization and submit your choice of a multinational organization


and industry upon which your Portfolio Project will be based. - Complete Portfolio from Concept
to Implementation Your final Portfolio Project is a PowerPoint presentation. The presentation
must use slide notes. The notes

A part of effective new product launch execution is appropriate market communication. Describe
a hypothetical new product and the strategy that will be used to place it in the market. Discuss
the types of marketing communications that fit the product, its strategy, and the market. Explain
why these types of marketing
Read the scenario: Aged people who are living alone, especially those whose children are settled
abroad are troubled by the growing everyday needs. Mobile apps for helping the elderly get their
medicine online, book healthcare facilities online or any other assistance that they might need
can not only ease the lives of

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I need summaries for "income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, and the statement
of owners' equity for the past 5 fiscal years for Walmart and Target. Only use statements found
on their websites which I have also pasted on a document attached Take each statement and state
the key parts in words. Tell a sto

Exercise 1 Assume that you are selling 5000 units of your output at the unit price of 50$.
Assume, moreover, that you know that the price elasticity of demand is equal to 0.3. What will
be the impact on your sales and on your total revenue of raising the unit price from 50$ to 60$?
Exercise 2 The diagram shows the b

Review of a scholarly article on one of the following brainstorming techniques, the Delphi
technique, brainstorming, or nominal group technique. Reviews should include a synopsis and
your opinion of the article

Make a presentation on Information technology and also determine the about ERP

Why do auditors use sampling when conducting an audit? What are the most effective methods
of sampling? Why? What amount of a population would you sample in order to feel comfortable
forming a conclusion about the population? What factors will affect your decision?

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Write a paper about AUDI and its electronic car's. The idea for this paper is to give the company
possible ways to beat the competitors based on real life scenarios. So consider having them make
a mid luxury electric car. To compete with TESLA and be more budget friendly. -complete the
task of organizing your present

Research at least 2 articles on "Mobile computing and its business implications" and write brief
summary and synthesis of these articles also describe that how these topics relate with each
other, what information was relevant and why?

Write a one page paper summarizing how you would assign people to each activity. Include a
table matrix listing how many hours each person would work on each task - Hint, you are using
resource assignment function of Microsoft project

You need to read the case study "Monte Carlo in Italy "Meghana Rao" ABC is a high - Tech
Company based in the United States. Recently the company had a major shuffl e in its
management and the new management is planning on expanding into global markets. The CEO
realizes that the best way to achieve this goal

Write a paper on "The Walt Disney Company Strategies". The steps that you follow in the
Cohesion Case throughout this course will help you with your collaborative team project. The
Walt Disney Company is a publicly traded company. When you perform a strategic management
case analysis for a firm, you must find informa

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Journals and milestones Describe hardware, software, and programming interfaces Explain the
relationship between shell commands and associated system calls Use shell commands to
determine operating system configuration

Prepare discussion paper on how the principles of Statistical Hypothesis Testing compare and
contrast with the testing described in the Bible in I Samuel Chapters 5 and 6.

Suppose each department in NJIT had its own database on a PC and all the PCs were on the
same local area network. If we wanted to turn this into a distributed database system, which of
the three architectures (client/server, peer-to-peer and Multi-DBMS) for a distributed database
system would you choose. Explain and ju

It is an Observation Report; find Scholar Academic Journal Article Review about non-verbal
communication class the topic about Haptics - What did you looking for (summarize the article)
- how did you go for looking - what did you find out

Self -assessment is the most important factor to be successful in life. Self-assessment makes you
explore your likes and dislikes towards something. This like guides the person to achieve the
goals set. People need a personality to adapt anything to achieve their goal. They need aptitude to
think what is to be done to

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Why Women Still Can't have it All by Anne-Marie Slaughter -Persuasive essay stating your own
thoughts and perceptions on mixing family and career. Given Slaughter's arguments, how do you
think she'd respond to what you say?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-cant-have-it-
all/309020

Choose one of the country passport documents to read, synthesize, compare and contrast for your
paper: o Passport China o Passport France o Passport Germany o Passport India o Passport Israel
o Passport Italy o Passport Japan o Passport Korea o Passport Mexico o Passport Russia o
Passport Singapor
Q-1: Following is a table of a distant planetary system discovered in a neighboring galaxy. A
medium sized star the size of our Sun is orbited by 5 planets (X1, X2, X3, X4, X5).
Astronomical observations of the planets indicate the following orbital periods (in Earth
years).Recognizing that Kepler's Laws are followe

Prepare a final Project Report of your project. Use MS Word for this report. Your report should
include these elements: Project Performance: This should include a candid assessment of the
project's achievements relative to its plan. Did the project achieve the goals you set out to
accomplish? It should also include c

•Description of a business case •Description of project oversight •Description of beta


testing •Description of prelaunch readiness and training •Description of launch execution.
Part II: This section includes the application, analysis, formulation and evaluation of the product
launch using the princ

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Many organizations employ role play technique as a part of their sales force training program.
Role play is an exercise in which a sales person executes a selling task to a customer in a made-
up selling situation. This gives, especially to the new sales people, an opportunity to perfect their
selling skill before they

Write an essay on "Sweat" By Zora Neale Hurston

Discuss in detail, how news item is related to the course content. Be very explicit. Only a
summary of the news item or merely linking the news item to a chapter/concept will be
considered insufficient. Blog posts, opinion pieces, YouTube videos etc. will not be considered
as valid news items if those do not discuss a

In the economic turmoil of 2008-2009, the wisdom of running government budget deficits was
widely and hotly debated. This article "When does Deficits Matter"? At Reason Online describes
the political and economic conversations of the time, noting that elected Democrats and
Republicans seemed to have reversed their opin

As a web designer employing user-centered design best practices and principles, you want your
client to understand your design decisions. Write a report explaining and justifying your choices
to the client. A - Design Elements: Justify your choices regarding design elements. For example,
why did you choose your col

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Please watch the documentary and answer the questions: Https://www.youtube.com/watch?


v=TYwoufWAqQM&feature=youtu.be The assignment involves writing a response to the
following: (be brief and to the point, no grand introduction needed): 1. Details of the earthquake
- when, where and how. 2. What caused the tsunam

You must read this information thoroughly. The Walt Disney Company is a publicly traded
company. The stock symbol for The Walt Disney Company is: DIS. The corporate website is
www.disney.com, Links to an external site; Begin to collect information about this company.
Visit the company website and search for the most re

Write an Observation Report; find Scholar Academic Journal Article Review about non-verbal
communication class the topic about Kinesics - What did you looking for (summarize the article)
- how did you go for looking - what did you find out

Question: 1. what is the relationship between a Methodology, like Waterfall or Agile, and a
Business Case? (This is a trick question, so be careful) If your answer is very short, please
explain why. Question 2: How does the business case relate to a project? Include major players
in the relations. Question 3: What

When General Frank Savage arrived at the camp to take command, what habits were in place
prior to his arrival? Explain the framework he used to make the needed changes. Did decision
fatigue play a role in this process before and after the leadership change?

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Imagine that you have been contacted by a local radio or television station to participate in its
series entitled "Developing Thinking and Emotional Skills in Infants and Toddlers: What Can a
Parent Do?" Your media contact has told you that they will ask you to provide concrete tips for
parents that reflect the latest

To become a successful business owner, you need a business strategy. Please complete the
information below to identify your business strategy for your airlines company in the simulation.
Create your assignment in a Microsoft Word document. Source of Competitive Advantage: With
which competitors will you compete and how

Demonstrate your comprehension of the concepts learned during our block of instruction. In the
report, you will provide a detailed summary (who, what, when, where, why, how) of your
group's assigned incident. It must include an assessment of ICS activities (Command,
Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Administration/F

Complete and submit the following two documents: Copy and paste your Quarterly Decision
Summary from the Interpretive Simulation program into a Microsoft Word or Excel document.
Then upload this file to Canvas via the Upload instructions at the bottom of this page. Next,
create a Microsoft Word document to respond to t
Business cases are used by those developing new products, while business plans are used by
entrepreneurs. Compare and contrast the purpose, components, and intended audience of
business cases and business plans. This is important differences between business cases and
business plans. It is important to share with you t

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Write a Persuasive/Argumentative Essay: Effective argumentative writing should be: • Precise
in both argument and use of terms. • Grounded in relevant evidence. • Use clear and
concise prose. First, you should investigate a topic. You should collect relevant evidence from
the literature. You should take a p

1. What are the inherent risks associated with cash and financial instruments? What internal
controls relate to cash and financial instruments? Are these accounts more or less subject to
fraud? 2. In the following discussion question you will describe the auditing procedure for
auditing the revenue cycle. What are th

Cite an historical factor (different from one given by any other student) that has led to a
disproportionate representation of racial or ethnic minorities in American prisons. What
ostensibly "color-blind" social, political, economic and legal factors make it more likely that
prisoners from racial or ethnic minorities

Select four people currently in the media and discuss their exertion of one of the sources of
power.

As the cliche goes, "a customer who has a favorable experience with a company will tell one
person, but a customer who has a bad experience will tell ten people." So, as a way of critiquing
this cliche, I'd like you to put yourself in the position of a reader--specifically, a reader who has
sent a letter asking for a

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Read the discussion "Abigail Adams to John Adams" I long to hear that you have declared an
independency - and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for
you to make I desire you would remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to
them than your ancestors. Do not put such u

Read the case study "Voices of Freedom" and answer the following questions: 1. What
consequences Grimke believes resulted from the concept of rights being based on the person's
moral being? 2. How Douglas turned the ideals pronounced by white Americans into weapons
against slaveries? 3. What did these documents sug

1. Describe the jobs of different types of salespeople and list the characteristics of successful
salespeople; identify a characteristic that you personally need to develop to be a successful
salesperson, should you pursue a sales career? 2. Discuss how the following topics or issues are
relevant to selling: Deceptio

A corporate client incurred substantial penalties for understating its tax liability. As a result, it
has accused its tax return preparer in a lawsuit of acting "below the standard of care" and
"recklessly" for failing to apply the substantial authority standard in preparing this client's tax
return. In support of its

A national tax preparation company requires its staff accountants to show the company that they
have filed their own tax return for most recent year. One employee stridently contends that it is
an unethical invasion of privacy for the company to review personal financial affairs reflected on
his tax return. Is the comp

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A CPA firm requires recent college graduates joining its audit practice to sign an employment
contract that specifically prohibits them from accepting "future employment at any time with any
audit client for which they participated as a member of the audit engagement team." Assume that
such an agreement is enforceable.

To entice a new Chief Operating Officer to leave her current job, a publicly traded stock
brokerage firm wants to extend credit to her in the following situations: • The company will
lend $100,000 to its COO at the prevailing fair rate of interest, after this loan has been approved
by a majority vote of the company'

Write a paper on "Developing a Recruiting App using sales force Cloud computing for The
TATA Corporation" • Proposal This is your plan - review the template, which should provide
you with some common ideas regarding how to document your proposal • Briefly summarize
(a paragraph or two for) each of the proposed

Graywall, CPA, serves as a trustee of the CureCancerNow Foundation, a charitable foundation


that is dedicated to cancer research activities. For years, he has been the loyal friend and advisor
to Adolpho Rabin. In fact, Adolpho made a fortune as the founder of an apparel manufacturing
corporation. After his mother died

As the accountant in charge of Current Asset reporting for a publicly traded company, you
recorded inventories at historical cost in a draft version of the company's quarterly balance sheet.
Just before sending this version to the company's CFO, you realized that inventory had to be
recorded at lower of cost or market.

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Your client operates a small telemarketing company out of her home and she has one full-time
employee who assists in making phone calls to prospective customers. Her teenage daughter also
enters data into the company's electronic record-keeping system on a regular basis. Her daughter
is somewhat "spoiled," so your clie

During the course of reviewing a client's tax returns for earlier years, you noticed that his
reported interest income dropped off substantially this year from prior years. You also did not
notice any sales of bonds reported by your client this year. Interest rates have been steady over
the past few years. Your client

A nonprofit organization called the Preserve Your Hair-Itage Foundation is committed to


funding medical research projects aimed at developing a vaccine for male-pattern baldness. The
organization believes that its contributions over the long run will be 20% higher if it institutes a
code of conduct, an antiretaliation

Your client has given you a list stating that her charitable contributions were $90,000 last year.
This amount is more than her take-home pay last year. Do you have a duty to verify the accuracy
of this charitable deduction?

Discuss the various ways in which change theorists have attempted to introduce performance and
results into the implementation process.

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In preparing an estate tax return, you listed the deceased's total assets at $2.7 million. This is the
amount that the executor of the deceased's estate told you was proper. The executor is the
deceased's nephew and, for tax purposes, he is considered to be your client. He also is a major
beneficiary of the deceased's

Some people have argued that there is far too much emphasis on "teamwork" in today's business
world and that the danger is that individual creativity and initiative is being sacrificed. Do you
agree or disagree? Explain.

You work in the finance department of a successful, growing company. Your employer's Human
Resources Handbook has one section called "Termination Without Cause" and another section
called "Termination for Cause." According to this personnel manual, your employer identifies
numerous acts, such as theft, tardiness, and d

Each of the following employees works as a staff accountant at a regional tax return preparation
firm. Which of the following employees likely can be legally terminated from work without
notice? a. A female employee who refused sexual advances and complained about made by her
male supervisor and complained to her sup

A CPA just left her position as an audit manager at a prominent regional CPA firm to start her
own accounting practice. She is interested in marketing herself to serve on companies' Audit
Committees. However, she has no interest in serving as a company director because members of
Boards of Directors require strategic a

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Under what circumstances, if any, should an accounting firm be allowed to concurrently prepare
a corporation's tax return and perform its audit?

Your client sold stock for $3,059 this year. Her brokerage fees on the sale were $19. The tax
schedule for reporting capital gains asks for the Amount Realized, which equals the gross selling
price, net of direct selling costs. Accordingly, your client reported the Amount Realized as
$3,040. Your client did not submit

Can you think of examples from your own experience-at work or in the classroom-where the
manner in which your performance was being measured worked against the goals you were
trying to achieve?

a. Prepare an implementation plan for change that would enable Gar Finnvold to create a fully
competitive computer service within two years. b. How could Finnvold conduct an
organizational diagnosis that would lead off his implementation? Be specific about how he could
ensure mutual engagement. Review the list of pos

Your client is a well-known fashion designer who has created three successful Internet brands.
Each online brand sells a different genre of clothing, and each is profitable. This past year, your
client boasted that she "got great pleasure" out of creating a fourth, innovative retail clothing
brand. This brand was profe

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It has been said that, given the growing complexity and dynamism of the world of business, all
organizations will have to adopt some type of a matrix structure. Do you agree or disagree with
that argument? Explain.

Your client has given you a list stating that her charitable contributions were $20,000 last year.
This amount would constitute nearly 10% of her take-home pay. It also is a larger percentage of
income than you customarily see clients giving to charity. Do you have a duty to verify the
accuracy of this charitable deduc

"If you've gotta have taxes, the best kind are death taxes. Estate taxes do not distort the economy,
they do not distort incentives to work, and they do not distort incentives to save."

Accountants consider full disclosure to be essential. a. Would you prefer to hire a job applicant
who has never been arrested for any crime over an applicant who has been arrested but was not
convicted because a key witness died before his court trial? b. Would you prefer to invest in a
company that has no known law
An accountant has agreed to be named as the executor of a client's will. The will provides that
the accountant will receive a fee equal to 1% of the assets under management, and will receive a
fee equal to 5% of estate net income during the existence of the estate." Do you see any ethical
conflicts of interest potentia

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Kupan, a famous forensic pathologist, failed to report income from the sale of his mansion on his
tax return. His gain on sale exceeded $1.7 million. He also sold stock at a $400,000 gain and did
not report that gain either. In a criminal prosecution against Kupan for tax fraud, Kupan blamed
his accountant Rachel for

In comparing the efforts at Macy's and IBM, how do you explain the differences in the way
managers reacted to the organizational changes?

During the past two years, you audited the financial statements of many clients, including
Zohank Company. After one of your individual clients had a stroke, she created a living trust and
appointed you as the trustee. According to the trust documents, you may disburse "funds on
behalf of the grantor to adequately sati

Your aunt knows that you specialize in wealth and retirement planning, so she brought various
documents to your office and asked you to assist her with the accounting aspects of her estate
plan. She has told you that she wants all of her children, nieces, and nephews to "share fairly and
equally" in her wealth upon her

"Snakeman" Jackson, as his friends call him, is an aging blues guitarist and songwriter. He
frequently tours throughout Europe and South America. He requires tour promoters to pay him
half of his fee upfront. He then collects the other half of his fee in cash from the performance
venue immediately following the perform

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What specific recommendations would you make to an organization seeking to avoid training
fade-out?

Internal Revenue Code Section 162 limits the amount of deductible compensation that a
company can pay to the CEO and its top four other most highly paid officers. The limit currently
is $1 million annually. However, companies do not face any such restrictions on deducting
incentive-based pay, such as stock options, giv

1. Explain how-or if-Vineet Nayar's new strategy for the company and his approach to human
resource development (HRD) reinforce each other. 2. Do you see potential problems
implementing Nayar's human resource initiatives within India? 3. Are Nayar's ideas about HRD
transferable to other industries and countries?
While preparing a set of complicated trust tax return for a wealthy client, your supervisor
persistently reminded you that your work was "way over budget." You felt terrible that you were
disappointing your supervisor, but you sincerely were working as efficiently as you could. The
budget was based on a senior associat

Two employees are equally productive workers, but Employee Number 1 is a better negotiator
than Employee Number 2. As a result, Employee Number 1 earns 7% more pay than his equally
productive counterpart. Employee Number 1 is male and Employee Number 2 is female. Should
the government intervene to ensure that both wo

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The following individuals all work for a CPA firm with 17 offices located through the United
States. Which of these individuals must wait one year before commencing work for their client?
a. An audit partner who served as the lead partner on a publicly traded client's audit engagement
team over the past three years. T

You are the auditor for Q Company, and you also serve as the trustee of a trust that owns some
shares of Q Company stock. According to trust documents, you are prohibited from making
investment decisions for the trust. Furthermore, the trust owns a diversified portfolio of 100
stocks in large, publicly traded companies

Select one of the companies. Based on the brief statement of its renewed strategy (or research the
company for further details), think about how patterns of employee behavior will have to change.

Why do organizations find it so difficult to address the requirements of differentiation and


integration simultaneously?

In an online job application, an applicant is requested to submit a photograph. The application


states that submission of a photograph is "optional" and should be done "if available." Is this
policy legal?

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Brett Terrible, your department supervisor, hates you for informing the federal government that
he has been taking advantage of his position as the Controller at a publicly traded company to
embezzle its funds. As part of his scheme, he sends international wire transfers to secret Swiss
bank accounts. He then covers up

A member of Congress expressed outrage that "some rich folks are foregoing leaving their
wealth to their children. Instead, they give their wealth straight to their grandchildren. They do
this to avoid the estate tax that would eventually be imposed at the time of their children's deaths
when these assets transfer from
1. What are the types of changes that Archie Norman needs to undertake at ASDA? 2. Referring
to Exhibit 1-3, what faces of change does ASDA need to engage? 3. What actions can Norman
and his top management teams take to build employee motivation to engage in change?

Your client has a blood type that is so rare and in demand that she earns $300 each time she
provides blood. Last year, she earned a total of $15,000 from giving blood. Your client has
substantial capital loss carry-forwards from stock sales entered into last year. Your client has
asked you if the money she receives fr

A married couple came to your office to ask you help them structure their estate plan. When the
wife stepped out of your office to visit the restroom, the husband told you that he "hates with a
passion his wife's son from a previous marriage" wants you to "find a way to give him less than
zero in the will!" a. Do you

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Spicoli, a male vice-principal at Ridgemont High School, was accused by two female students of
sexual misconduct. The evidence, however, was not legally sufficient to prosecute the vice-
principal and the charges were never proven. Because the vice-principal had job tenure, the
school district agreed to write a glowing

Your client owns a 3-bedroom home with a 2-car garage in a suburb of Tucson, Arizona.
Although the home office rules are strict on deducting expenses, you have determined that your
client satisfies these rules. Her home office occupies the spare bedroom in her home, and it
comprises about 480 square feet of her 2,400

What are the advantages and disadvantages of allowing for high levels of autonomy within
divisions of multidivisional organizations? What are some effective means of coordinating
efforts among divisions?

Textech, Co, LLC has a policy that prohibits workers from speaking any language other than
English during the work day. Several workers have complained that they feel more comfortable
speaking their native language, Spanish, during work breaks. Also, these workers point out that
they create goodwill with customers who

You are a CPA who was appointed to serve as the trustee of a trust that owns stock issued by a
publicly traded company. This company is one of your major audit clients. The trust owns $4
million of stock in your audit client, the trust's net worth is $50 million, and the total market
value of the client company is over

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According to Kurt Lewin, why is it so difficult to motivate employees to alter their patterns of
behavior?
The author sees removal and replacement as a key element of devolving human resource
competencies. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

What are the three approaches to organizational change? In what ways are they different and in
what ways do they overlap?

Why is it so difficult to achieve high levels of employee commitment within today's business
organizations? List the factors that are working against commitment and the potential benefits to
be achieved through high commitment.

State whether it is legal for a bank to require applicants for a credit analyst position to authorize
the bank to perform a background check on the following items relating to the applicant: a.
Bankruptcy filings in the past five years b. Inclusion on a sexual offender list c. A recent credit
rating d. Lawsuit in w

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Your employer is a licensed Enrolled Agent who owns and operates a tax preparation business as
a sole proprietorship. You just received a summons to appear for jury duty service on April 12th.
When you told your employer, she told you to "ditch out" on that appearance. If you feel "all
sinister and unethical," she said

Joe Bettalia, a general contractor, has struggled in recent years due to a downturn in the
construction market in his region of the country. During the past two years, Joe has failed to file
tax returns. He now has come to your office and asked you to file a tax return for the current
year. You have agreed to do so.

1. What was the trigger event that led Shel Skinner to adopt Agile? 2. What is your evaluation of
the change implementation steps followed by Skinner? 3. What behavioral changes, if any, does
Agile require of employees? 4. How do you account for such widely varied responses to Agile
among Blue Cloud employees? 5. W

The New York Stock Exchange requires all companies traded on it to utilize internal auditors.
Commonly, companies do not directly hire their own internal auditors. Rather, internal auditors
often are employed by an outside CPA firm, and client companies outsource their needs for
internal auditors from these outside CPA

While acting as a fiduciary, you recommended that your client buy a particular brand of refueling
station to charge her new, electricity-powered car. You told your client that she would be able to
save 70% of the purchase price of the home refueling station through a combination of tax
credits and utility rebates. You

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What are the important differences between Step 2 (Help) and Step 3 (People Change)?
Our client is the founder of Epsilonia, a highly successful, closely held business. He never
married or had children, but he did have three sisters, all of whom were active in the company's
management and served on the company's Board of Directors. Epsilonia was started over 70
years ago. Prior to 1960, our client was

If a CPA has completed the in-house training program at one of 14 different competitor CPA
firms, Stonecutor and Company, CPAs will pay her a $20,000 signing bonus to switchover to
working for Stonecutor. a. Is Stonecutor and Company's policy ethical? b. Would your answer be
different if Stonecutter and Company, CPA

An accountant audits Quickiron, LLC. This accountant also serves as a trustee of a trust that has
an ownership interest in Quickiron, LLC. As the trustee, she is expressly empowered to make all
investments for the trust. Ownership interests in Quickiron, LLC, are traded infrequently and are
illiquid. a. Should this ac

A large CPA firm recently announced layoffs of two senior employees who customarily receive
excellent performance evaluations. The partner in charge of the decision wrote to her fellow
partners that these two employees were being laid off because "I don't trust women from
Guatemala, and we need some attractive people a

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What are the main differences between hiring for task and hiring for organizational fit? When is
each one most appropriate?

A CPA firm is considering which of two candidates it should hire for an open staff position in its
business management division. This division provides personal wealth management services,
such as tax planning, personal budgeting, and banking services for celebrities and other high net-
worth individuals. Both candidat

Refer to the question above. Assume that there are no laws applicable to background checks.
Would it be ethical for an employer to consider any or all of the factors listed?

A publicly traded corporation grants its CEO a bonus of $100,000 for every million dollars by
which company annual net income exceeds $60 million, up to a specified maximum bonus. Last
year, the company's reported net income was $65 million, so the CEO received a bonus of
$500,000. In performing your duties as an int

You work in the Accounting and Regulatory Compliance Department at Chicken-time


Corporation. Chicken-time has a meat processing plant that sells thousands of pounds of fried
chicken annually in prepackaged containers for resale at supermarkets. To improve the taste of
its product, Chicken-time intends to change its in

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