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Post an executive summary of your Comprehensive Project in the body of a post in this discussion (please do not use attachments). An Executive Summary is a one-page document that outlines the purpose, process, findings, discussion, and findings of a report submitted to management. CEOs often read and assess an Executive Summary before deciding to read the entire report, so this must be high quality narrative that demonstrates the significance of ...

Other / Other 13 Jan 2015

Peer Review Post an executive summary of your Comprehensive Project in the body of a post in this discussion (please do not use attachments). An Executive Summary is a one-page document that outlines the purpose, process, findings, discussion, and findings of a report submitted to management. CEOs often read and assess an Executive Summary before deciding to read the entire report, so this must be high quality narrative that demonstrates the s ...

Other / Other 11 Dec 2014

STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN INTRODUCTION This assignment entails development of a comprehensive strategic marketing plan for a new product or service that is ready to “go to market”. A Project Template is provided that allows you to organize your work in increments and see how the sections come together to produce a comprehensive plan. PRODUCT/SERVICE This assignment requires application of concepts learned to build a strateg ...

Other / Other 18 Nov 2014

Examination of Course Objectives Review the Terminal Course Objectives, accessed by clicking on the “Course Information” tab at the top of your screen, scrolling down to the “Course Objectives” and then selecting View class objectives. How will accomplishing these objectives support your success in management? What risks or challenges might a manager encounter if they have not mastered these objectives? Explain. In you ...

Other / Other 09 Nov 2014

Individual Portion: The new CFO e-mails you, asking for your help this week analyzing some competitor's financial statements. Knowing that there are over 20 different ratios that can be used to monitor and assess the financial health of a company, he wants to know which 5 ratios you would start with, why, what they mean, and to whom. Reply to him in an e-mail of 500–600 words that includes the following: Which 5 ratios do you feel ...

Other / Other 14 Oct 2014

Knowing that the company's former CFO and CEO not only got in trouble for fiduciary responsibility violations but IRS issues as well, you plan to write a report with your senior accountants to go over the main differences between the roles of financial accounting, cost accounting, and tax accounting as some of the prior accounting department misdeeds seemed to come from not keeping these separate. In chart form, distinguish between these 3 seg ...

Other / Other 05 Oct 2014

SEC and Creating Audit Report Select a publicly traded company using the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) EDGAR System at http://sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html and submit to the instructor for approval. Please note that each student must research a different company. Once the instructor has approved the company selection, obtain the Annual Report (Form 10K) and Proxy Statement (Form DEF 14A) of the company for the im ...

Other / Other 21 Sep 2014

The CEO of your company recently met with the external auditors to discuss the scope of the year’s audit. The auditors suggested that they conduct an integrated audit. The CEO has asked you, the accountant, to make a presentation at the next board of directors meeting that includes the following: Give a definition of auditing. Explain the purposes and reasons for public accounting firms to perform an integrated audit. Address the Sarba ...

Other / Other 24 Aug 2014

Your new financial accountant has just shown up for work and has settled into her small office. You asked her to join you for lunch and begin your orientation in how governmental accounting differs from for-profit financial accounting. She asks you some questions over lunch that you politely answer. Discuss both the meaning of, and the basis for, fund accounting—a major consideration and constraint on governmental accounting procedures ...

Other / Other 24 Aug 2014

Financial markets are the forums in which buyers and sellers of financial assets such as stocks and bonds, and commodities such as grains, oil and gold, meet. Because there are uncertainties of outcome, organizations must develop strategies to manage the risk associated with it. Write a paper of not more than 10 pages on business and financial risk, as follows: Identify the major business and financial risks such as interest rate risk, ...

Other / Other 10 Jul 2014