Critically analyze the above-mentioned four projects in terms of financial advantages, challenges and limits
Management Accounting Assignment
Task: The main idea of this case study is taken from (Drury, 2018) and main author is M. Saeudy.
A smart Solution is a small sized IT company. It was established since 1980. It produces different kinds of online Apps, Web design and online trading platforms. All these products are supplied by their own consultants from different parts of the world. Most of these products are made from customer requests and big data materials. Most of these products are very well known for local and international consumers who are interested in online transactions. The marketing manager raises his concerns regarding the expected decline in the sales target for the few next years due to some global economic and political challenges in the world such as the Covid 19, UK Brexit and Middle East Arab spring revolutions.
The main factory and head office are in very high-Tech village. This company is fully owned by small number of IT designers and technologists. The county council of this area is looking for collaborative partnerships with business organisation(s) to look after the big data for one of the biggest social media App and participate in one of the following projects:
(1) Project one:New international online payment system (Smart Pay). The total required cost for this project is £300,000,000.
(2) Project two:The free Wi-Fi App (Cloud APP) for the whole village. This area involves very high usage if IT technologies such as online trading, IT designer, Digital Education and Financial technologies. The total required cost for this project is £250,000,000.
(3) Project three: The restoration and upgrade of an old payment system. The total required cost for this project is £100,000,000.
(4) Project Four:Create an international online chatting App (Free Call App). The total required cost for this project is £100,000,000.
Required:
Read the above case scenario and prepare a management accounting assignment addressing the following parts:
(1) Critically analyze the above-mentioned four projects in terms of financial advantages, challenges and limits. You can illustrate your analysis with some qualitative and quantitative reflection.
(2) Prepare a business diagnosis analysis to explain the theoretical critique of traditional management accounting tools and practices that could be used in this case study such as investment appraisal, decision making under risk .etc.
You may need to support your discussion and analysis with relevant research papers, business cases or examples
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Did this program change your view of social media?
watch the PBS documentary Generation Like and reflect on it. Please watch carefully because you will respond to what you see with an online writing assignment.
You can stream the program free of charge by clicking on the above hyperlink. You can also review the content by reading the transcript.
After you watch, respond to the following questions Please answer the following questions with at least 300-350 words
With social media, there is now greater interactivity between performer and audience. How is this exhibited in Generation Like?
How have people like Tyler Oakley distinguished themselves using social media, and how do they monetize their content?
What feedback did Daniela Diaz face, and how did she respond?
What do you believe Generation Like says about the quest for fame? Do you see this phenomenon as good, bad or neutral?
Did this program change your view of social media?
How would you conduct a needs assessment to determine what type of program or training is needed (to improve the nutrition of infants) in this situation?
Joseph is a member of team of trainers, community developers, and nutrition specialist that is currently working in rural Cambodia to develop an educational and action program related to infant and child nutrition. This group is associated with an international nongovernment organization based in Japan. What the team has learned in the three months they have been in Cambodia is that mothers do want their assistance because their children are both undernourished as well as malnourished. In addition, grandmothers and older aunties are the ones who feed the children as the mothers primarily work in the fields during the day, and sometimes into the evening hours. The feeding practices, except for the introduction of bottle feeding for infants, have remained the same over a number of generations. They have also observed, although they do not know why, that there are local food resources (e.g., fruits, potatoes, and plants) that are readily available and even though they are fed to older children, these foods are not given to infants up to two years of age.
How would you conduct a needs assessment to determine what type of program or training is needed (to improve the nutrition of infants) in this situation? What are some of the contextual and cultural issues you would need to consider in this situation? Be specific.
4. Imagine that you work in a company that is a large multi-national company. You have manufacturing sites in over 15 different countries. The company manufactures components for industrial washing machines. The washing machines clean tents, or big fabric awnings, etc. Since the company started all training has taken place at the corporate office in Cleveland Ohio. The trainings for how to operate all the machines are given to managers, in person, 2 times a year. The managers are then expected to go back to their home office and train the local employees on how to work the very large and very complicated machines. The expansion to locations outside of the United States has only been in the last 10 years. Over the last 10 years not only have there been more than the normal mechanical failures of the machines,, there have been 7 injuries to workers. You have just been hired as the HR Manager. You want to convince the CEO that on line training would be a better alternative than in person training . What would you say to convince the CEO of the benefits of an on-line format? What other types of trainings/transfer of learning/ would you recommend.
7. Juanita wants to demonstrate that she is doing a good job as the new training coordinator for a new safety training program, but she is not sure how to proceed. She works in a company that produces large trailers and other heavy equipment. Her predecessor was on the job for years and ran a rather informal shop; other than a big chart displaying the number of accident-free days for the company, he kept no systematic records on the safety training.
Juanita has access to some figures about the number and types of trainings programs offered, with the number of participants in each program, but the data are incomplete; the figures were not kept for all programs, and there is a great deal of inconsistency in how the figures were gathered and recorded.
Juanita asked her predecessor if there were any evaluation reports about the previous training program, and her predecessors response was, Youll know if theyre bad, because the trainees or supervisors will tell you.
Juanita wonders how she can demonstrate that the safety training programs she will be implementing will be doing what they are designed for lowering the rate and severity of accidents in the plant.
What would you suggest Juanita do to demonstrate that her safety training programs are really making an impact on the actions of the employees and subsequently reducing the numbers and severity of accidents at the plant? Be specific and creative.
8. Rosemarie, who was serving as a keynote speaker for a statewide conference in adult education, had asked the person who was in charge of planning the program to tell her about her audience. Based on these discussions Rosemarie put her speech together, but within the first two minutes of her speech lost the attention of the majority of her audience. What do you think happened? Give two reasons this situation may have happened? What could Rosemary do to improve the situation?
Under what conditions would a person choose the qualitative approach over the quantitative or vice versa when investigating a forensic behavioral science situation?
Quantitative vs. Qualitative Research
The qualitative approach to research involves the collection of extensive amounts of narrative and written data in order to gain insight into an event, occurrence, strategy, or phenomenon. Quantitative research involves the collection of numerical measurement data in order to explain, predict, or control the interest area of research.
Under what conditions would a person choose the qualitative approach over the quantitative or vice versa when investigating a forensic behavioral science situation? When would a mixed-methods design be the best option? Through your research provide examples and support for the points you are making.
Review the points of others and add additional examples, challenging a response or drawing conclusions from the response.
Post your responses in a minimum of 300 words.
All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.
Is this a complementary good, a substitute good, or a non-related good? If there is a relationship, indicate whether the relationship is weak or strong.
Competency
Elasticity, consumer choice, utility, productivity, and nature of costs.
Course Scenario
Oil Company X is a large oil refinery which has been expanding and taking on new investment projects. Recently, they have considered building a pipeline that stretches across the United States, from Canada to New Orleans.
You are a member of the Cost Department. At a recent meeting of the board of directors, it was estimated that the cost of building the pipeline would be two million dollars in total for the production of a 30,000-mile stretch, $5,000 of which is a fixed cost in taxes. They also want you to determine if the currently available alternative energy source is a strong substitute good for oil, which may interfere with expected profits from this venture.
Instructions
As a cost analyst at your firm, you are asked to evaluate the marginal cost of producing the pipeline per 1,000-mile stretch as well as the average total cost of producing the pipeline per 1,000 miles. Submit a 2-page report detailing the cost. Include calculations in your Word document.
You will also include a table showing the final figures for the following costs:
Total Fixed Cost
Total Variable Cost
Average Variable Cost
Average Fixed Cost
Marginal Cost
Please use this included Excel Cost Spreadsheet to calculate your costs.
Be sure to also include a calculation of the cross-price elasticity of the alternative energy source and oil. Assume the current price of oil is $50/gallon. If the price increases to $55/gallon of crude oil, the quantity demanded of the alternative energy source increases by 20%.
Is this a complementary good, a substitute good, or a non-related good? If there is a relationship, indicate whether the relationship is weak or strong. Justify your answer with an explanation.
Examine the factors that account for why the growth in the worlds population can negatively affect global society
Threats to the Global Environment
Congratulations! The United Nations has hired you as a consultant on global issues.
Many of the UN members are not satisfied with the progress of the Millennium Development Goals. They feel that the goals focus on the wrong issues. There is a disconnect between what issues the UN developed countries believe are priorities and what many developing countries feel the prioritized issues should be. For example, the country of Burundi has asked that one of the goals be focused on food security. Austria, however, is adamant that the major current global issue is to mediate ceasefires in countries in the midst of a civil war.
You have been asked to provide an unbiased perspective and identify the four issues you feel most impact the global environment. You will present your findings at the next UN General Assembly. Your goal is to provide a history of each issue, the number of countries affected, and the effects of this threat to the world population.
Of the eight major threats listed below, choose the four that you consider the most critical.
Energy sources
Civil war
Globalization
Poor health of entire populations
Lack of educational opportunities
Cultural taboos
Inappropriate uses of technology
Climate change
For your presentation to the United Nations:
Develop a minimum of four slides per issue for a minimum total of 16 slides.
Provide at least a paragraph on each slide (in the notes section) to explain the reason this information is relevant to the UNs assessment.
To review how to do any of the required assignment deliverables in PowerPoint, please refer to your Lynda.com account or reach out to your instructor ahead of time.
For each issue, create a graph or chart to analyze the data you have collected.
Cite at least five credible sources excluding Wikipedia, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.
This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different compared to other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review ?the SWS documentation for details. (Note: Youll be prompted to enter your Blackboard login credentials to view these standards.)
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Examine the factors that account for why the growth in the worlds population can negatively affect global society
Some health care companies have a global footprint that spans across nations, languages, and cultures. As more areas of the world gain access to internet, there is a greater potential for your companys message to be miscommunicated when marketing a product or service. What strategies can be employed to manage this?
Write a 1-page executive summary to add to the beginning of you Marketing Plan.
Finalize your Marketing Plan with the components in the following order:
1
4.Marketing Strategy
5.Tactics
6.Implementation
7.Control
.8.Exhibits
Reference page
Create a 9- to 12-slide presentation using either Microsoft® PowerPoint® or websites such as Google Slides, Adobe® Slate, or Prezi. Be sure to present each element of your Marketing Plan.
Then
Review and consider the content you covered during Week Six.
Post a 260- to 350-word response to the following question
Some health care companies have a global footprint that spans across nations, languages, and cultures. As more areas of the world gain access to internet, there is a greater potential for your companys message to be miscommunicated when marketing a product or service. What strategies can be employed to manage this?
Cite at least 1 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references
How communication and language arts strategies prepare students and provide them strategies to be successful academically and personally across multiple settings with a variety of collaborators (e.g., individuals, families, and teams).
Develop a 5-day unit plan that integrates vocabulary, reading, grammar, writing, listening and speaking, and technology, for the Class Profile students, choosing either the resource or self-contained learning environment. In a typical resource or self-contained learning environment the teacher would differentiate for every student. For this assignment, choose three students for whom you will differentiate the instruction. Align your unit to a 6-12 grade level ELA standard from the Arizona or another state academic content standards.
Design the unit plan to include:
National/State Learning Standards: Select standards that address reading, writing, speaking, and listening integration skills.
Multiple Means of Representation: Select strategies that allow opportunities to develop oral and written language for students with disabilities. Incorporate individual abilities, interests, learning environments, and cultural and linguistic factors in the section.
Multiple Means of Engagement: Select strategies to enhance language development and communication skills.
Multiple Means of Expression: Use technically sound formal and informal assessment.
Extension Activity and/or Homework: Incorporate activities that include critical thinking and problem-solving.
In the Differentiation rows of the unit plan template focus on the three students you selected.
Part 2: Rationale
In 250-500 words rationale at the bottom of your unit plan, explain the following:
How literacy skills from your lesson plan will be helpful for students in other content areas.
How communication and language arts strategies prepare students and provide them strategies to be successful academically and personally across multiple settings with a variety of collaborators (e.g., individuals, families, and teams).
Research the teen pregnancy rates for the last 10 years for your state and community. Has this rate increased or decreased?
Adolescent pregnancy is viewed as a high-risk situation due to the serious health risks that this creates for the mother, the baby, and society at large. Describe various risk factors or precursors to adolescent pregnancy.
Research community and state resources devoted in adolescent pregnancy and describe at least two of these resources.
Research the teen pregnancy rates for the last 10 years for your state and community. Has this rate increased or decreased? Discuss possible reasons for an increase or decrease.
Should the business be of the singular mind that making a profit is the goal, or do businesses have an ethical obligation to give back in some way, either to the communities in which they operate or to charity?
A fundamental question in business is whether the business has any responsibility beyond profit. Should the business be of the singular mind that making a profit is the goal, or do businesses have an ethical obligation to give back in some way, either to the communities in which they operate or to charity?
