BUS 325 (NEW) WK 2 Assignment 1: Culture

Imagine you work for a company that has recently merged with an overseas company. Write a brief introduction to your company as well as the company that was purchased. Then develop an eight to ten (8-10) point checklist detailing what steps you would take as the HR manager to help unify the culture of both companies.

Create two (2) company introductions and develop an eight to ten (8-10) point checklist in which you:

1. Give a succinct overview of your fictitious company.
2. Give a succinct overview of the fictitious company merged with.

BUS 325 (NEW) WK 4 Assignment 2: Expatriates

Imagine you are an HR manager, and you have been challenged with the task of reducing expatriate turnover. Think of one or two (1-2) strategies to accomplish this task, and write a one (1) page memo to your boss summarizing your ideas. Persuade him that this is the direction to go.

1. Write a one (1) page memo in which you:
2. Develop two (2) strategies that will help your company reduce expatriate turnover.

BUS 325 (NEW) WK 5 Assignment 3: Recruiting

Imagine you are presenting a new global recruiting strategy to your boss. Choose either Japan or Saudi Arabia, and research business strategies for recruiting in your chosen region. Identify the top three to five (3-5) factors that would need to be considered when recruiting in the country you chose. Close with a persuasive summary on why you believe these factors are important. Close with a persuasive summary that explains why these factors are important. Demonstrate your findings to your boss in the form of a PowerPoint presentation.

Create a four to eight (4-8) slide PowerPoint in which you:

1. Summarize your findings about recruiting in either Japan or Saudi Arabia.
2. Identify the top three to five (3-5) factors that would need to be considered when recruiting in your chosen region.

BUS 325 (NEW) WK 7 Assignment 4: On-boarding

In this assignment, you will create an outline of an onboarding process. Summarize what you feel are the 2 most important elements in onboarding in the global environment.

Write a one to two (1-2) page paper in which you:

1. Create an outline of an on-boarding process. Include a brief explanation of each step and explain why it is important.

CIS 510 Week 7 Assignment 3 – Creating a Domain Model Class Diagram

Refer to the RMO CSMS domain model class diagram shown in Figure 4-23 on page 111 of the textbook and the discussion of subsystems in Chapter 3.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

1. Using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia, create a domain model class diagram for the RMO CSMS marketing subsystem. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.

CIS 510 Week 9 Assignment 4 – Diversity of Approaches

According to the textbook, there are at least two (2) approaches to the SDLC, two (2) approaches to software construction and modeling, and many techniques and models. The following could be possible reasons for such a diversity of approaches:

• The field is young.
• The technology changes quickly.
• Different organizations have different needs.
• There are many types of systems.
• Developers have widely different backgrounds.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze each reason listed above as a reason for a diversity of approaches to software construction and modeling, and give your opinion on whether or not each reason is valid.

CIS 510 Week 10 Technical Paper – Final Project Plan

Especially for You Jewelers is a small jewelry company in a college town. Over the last couple of years, it has experienced a tremendous increase in its business. However, its financial performance has not kept pace with its growth. The current system, which is partly manual and partly automated, doesn’t track accounts receivables sufficiently, and the company is finding it difficult to determine the reasons why the receivables are so high. The company runs frequent specials to attract customers but has no idea whether these efforts are profitable or if the benefit—if there is one—comes from associated sales. Especially for You Jewelers wants to increase repeat sales to its existing customers; thus, it needs to develop a customer database. It also wants to install a new direct sales and accounting system to help solve the outlined problems.

The new direct sales and accounting system for Especially for You Jewelers will be an important element in the growth and success of the jewelry company. The direct sales portion must track every sale, be able to link to the inventory system for cost data, and provide a daily profit and loss report. The customer database must be able to produce purchase histories to assist management in preparing special mailings and special sales to existing customers. Detailed credit balances and aged accounts for each customer would help to solve the problem with the high balance of accounts receivables. Special notice letters and credit history reports would help management reduce accounts receivable.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Suggest at least five (5) expected business benefits that Especially for You Jewelers company might derive from a new system. Provide a rationale for your suggestions.
2. Propose at least five (5) system capabilities for the company. Provide a rationale for your proposals.
3. Ascertain the three (3) possible scenarios in this new direct sales and accounting system.

ACC 206 Complete Class

WEEK 1

DQ 1: Cash Flows Information

DQ 2: Apple’s Cash Flow

Week 1 Assignment – Week One Exercise Assignment

WEEK 2

DQ 1: Stock Features

DQ 2: Role of Management Accounting

Week 2 Journal – Institute of Management Accounting
Week 2 Assignment – Week Two Exercise Assignment
WEEK 3

DQ 1: Issues in Costing

DQ 2: CVP and the Airline Industry

Week 2 Journal – Hershey Company
Week 3 Assignment – Week Three Exercise Assignment

WEEK 4

DQ 1: Issues in Standard Costs and Budgeting

DQ 2: Flexible Budgets

Week 4 Assignment – Week Four Exercise Assignment

WEEK 5

DQ 1: Long-Term Decision Making

DQ 2: Responsibilities in Management Accounting

Week 5 Assignment – Week Five Exercise Assignment

Week 5 Final Paper

ACC 206 Week 1 Assignment

Please complete the following 5 exercises below in either Excel or a word document (but must be single document). You must show your work where appropriate (leaving the calculations within Excel cells is acceptable). Save the document, and submit it in the appropriate week using the Assignment Submission button.

1. Critical Thinking Question:

Answer the following questions:
Why are noncash transactions, such as the exchange of common stock for a building for example, included on a statement of cash flows? How are these noncash transactions disclosed?

2. Classification of activities
   Classify each of the following transactions as arising from an operating (O), investing (I), financing (F), or noncash investing/financing (N) activity.
3. ________ Received $80,000 from the sale of land.
4. ________ Received $3,200 from cash sales.
5. ________ Paid a $5,000 dividend.
6. ________ Purchased $8,800 of merchandise for cash.
7. ________ Received $100,000 from the issuance of common stock.
8. ________ Paid $1,200 of interest on a note payable.
9. ________ Acquired a new laser printer by paying $650.
10. ________ Acquired a $400,000 building by signing a $400,000 mortgage note.

3. Overview of direct and indirect methods

Evaluate the comments that follow as being True or False. If the comment is false, briefly explain why.

1. Both the direct and indirect methods will produce the same cash flow from operating activities.
2. Depreciation expense is added back to net income when the indirect method is used.
3. One of the advantages of using the direct method rather than the indirect method is that larger cash flows from financing activities will be reported.
4. The cash paid to suppliers is normally disclosed on the statement of cash flows when the indirect method of statement preparation is employed.
5. The dollar change in the Merchandise Inventory account appears on the statement of cash flows only when the direct method of statement preparation is used.

4. Equipment transaction and cash flow reporting

New equipment purchased during 20×4 totaled $280,000. The 20×4 income statement disclosed equipment depreciation expense of $41,000 and a $9,000 loss on the sale of equipment.

4. Determine the cost and accumulated depreciation of the equipment sold during 20X4.
5. Determine the selling price of the equipment sold.
6. Show how the sale of equipment would appear on a statement of cash flows prepared by using the indirect method.

5. Cash flow information: Direct and indirect methods
   The comparative year-end balance sheets of Sign Graphics, Inc., revealed the following activity in the company’s current accounts:

The accounts payable were for the purchase of merchandise. Prepaid expenses and accrued liabilities relate to the firm’s selling and administrative expenses. The company’s condensed income statement follows.

Other data:

1. Long-term investments were purchased for cash at a cost of $74,600.
2. Cash proceeds from the sale of land totaled $76,200.
3. Store equipment of $44,000 was purchased by signing a short-term note payable. Also, a $150,000 telecommunications system was acquired by issuing 3,000 shares of preferred stock.
4. A long-term note of $49,400 was repaid.
5. Twenty thousand shares of common stock were issued at $5.19 per share.
6. The company paid cash dividends amounting to $128,600.

Instructions:

1. Prepare the operating activities section of the company’s statement of cash flows, assuming use of:
2. The direct method.
3. The indirect method.

1. Prepare the investing and financing activities sections of the statement of cash flows.

ACC 206 Week 2 Assignment

Please complete the following exercises below in either Excel or a word document (but must be single document). You must show your work where appropriate (leaving the calculations within Excel cells is acceptable). Save the document, and submit it in the appropriate week using the Assignment Submission button.

1. Analysis of stockholders’ equity

Star Corporation issued both common and preferred stock during 20X6. The stockholders’ equity sections of the company’s balance sheets at the end of 20X6 and 20X5 follow:

6. Compute the number of preferred shares that were issued during 20X6.
7. Calculate the average issue price of the common stock sold in 20X6.
8. By what amount did the company’s paid-in capital increase during 20X6?
9. Did Star’s total legal capital increase or decrease during 20X6? By what amount?

2. Bond computations: Straight-line amortization

Southlake Corporation issued $900,000 of 8% bonds on March 1, 20X1. The bonds pay interest on March 1 and September 1 and mature in 10 years. Assume the independent cases that follow.

• Case A—The bonds are issued at 100.
• Case B—The bonds are issued at 96.
• Case C—The bonds are issued at 105.

Southlake uses the straight-line method of amortization.

Instructions:

3. Definitions of manufacturing concepts
   Interstate Manufacturing produces brass fasteners and incurred the following costs for the year just ended:

Materials and supplies used

Brass                                                    $75,000

Repair parts                                          16,000

Machine lubricants                               9,000

Wages and salaries Machine operators   128,000

Production supervisors                          64,000

Maintenance personnel                         41,000

Other factory overhead Variable            35,000

Fixed                                                    46,000

Sales commissions                                20,000

Compute:

1. Total direct materials consumed
2. Total direct labor
3. Total prime cost
4. Total conversion cost

4. Schedule of cost of goods manufactured, income statement

The following information was taken from the ledger of Jefferson Industries, Inc.:

Prepare the following:

31. A schedule of cost of goods manufactured for the year ended December 31.
32. An income statement for the year ended December 31.

5. Manufacturing statements and cost behavior

Tampa Foundry began operations during the current year, manufacturing various products for industrial use. One such product is light-gauge aluminum, which the company sells for $36 per roll. Cost information for the year just ended follows.

Production and sales totaled 20,000 rolls and 17,000 rolls, respectively There is no work in process. Tampa carries its finished goods inventory at the average unit cost of production.

Instructions:

1. Determine the cost of the finished goods inventory of light-gauge aluminum.
2. Prepare an income statement for the current year ended December 31
3. On the basis of the information presented:
4. Does it appear that the company pays commissions to its sales staff? Explain.
5. What is the likely effect on the $4.50 unit cost of direct materials if next year’s production increases? Why?