Friday, April 4, 2014

Impression Management


Impression management is something that we all employ from time to time to achieve certain goals in our life. Sometimes we want to appear likable, other times we want to appear competent, and yet other times we desire to gain control or power over a situation, all of which can yield positive outcomes. Yet at other times we self-handicap in order to appear like we have not been incompetent or failed, which we often perceive as a positive outcome because we have protected the way others see us (or at least we feel we have).
    • In what situation are you most likely to use impression management? What situation are you most likely not going to work to use impression management? What is the typical difference between these two situations?

    • Provide an example of when you used impression management successfully. What was the outcome and why?

    • Now provide an example in which you attempted to use impression management and it failed. Why did it fail, and what was that outcome?

  • In this last situation would the outcome have felt better if you had used a self-handicapping strategy? What type of self-handicapping strategy could you have used? Finally, what are the dangers of turning to this kind of strategy on a regular basis?

how much for an annual paper Air France-KLM for the years 2011, 2012, or 2013 with the following parameters? To analyze the financial statements of a publicly traded company

how much for an annual paper Air France-KLM for the years 2011, 2012, or 2013 with the following parameters?
To analyze the financial statements of a publicly traded company
Obtain an annual report from a publicly traded corporation that is interesting to you. Be sure the company has property and equipment, intangible assets, and long-term debt on its balance sheet. Using techniques you have learned in the previous weeks, respond to the following questions.

  1. What is the amount of property and equipment on the balance sheet for the two most recent years? What is the amount of depreciation expense? What amounts are on the cash flow statement for the most recent year that relate to depreciation, gains and sales of property and equipment, and purchases and sale of property of equipment? What amounts are permitted for inclusion in the capitalized cost of property and equipment?
  2. Looking at the footnote disclosures of the company, what are the individual components of property and equipment? For example, what are the amounts for land, building, equipment, accumulated depreciation, and so forth? How do companies account for nonmonetary exchange and dispositions of property and equipment?
  3. Does the company have intangible assets? If so, what are the types of intangible assets (patent, copyrights, etc.) and their amounts? What is the amount of amortization expense? What amounts on the most recent cash flow statement relate to the purchase and sale of intangible assets? How do intangible assets differ from property and equipment? What costs do we include in intangible assets?
  4. Does the company have goodwill? What are the footnote disclosures relating to goodwill and the related acquisition? Please also describe the calculation of goodwill and how we account for differences between fair value and book value of assets acquired.
  5. What are the company's depreciation methods? What is the range of estimated useful lives used for depreciating its assets? Does the company use the same depreciation methods for financial statements and tax returns? If not, please describe the methods used for tax purposes.
  6. What are the company's footnote disclosures relating to impairment? Please also describe how to determine whether an impairment exists and how to calculate the impairment loss.
  7. What are the amounts and descriptions of the company's current liabilities for the most recent year? Does the company have any contingent liabilities? If yes, please describe. What are the three categories of contingent liabilities and the treatment for each type? Does the company have any subsequent events disclosed in its footnotes? If so, please describe them.
  8. What are the amounts and descriptions for all of the company's long-term liabilities on its balance sheet for the two most recent years? What is the interest expense for the two most recent years? What amounts are included in the cash flow statements for proceeds from issuance of debt and repayment of debt for the most recent year? For each note payable discussed in the footnotes disclosures, what is the interest rate, total amount borrowed, and maturity date?
  9. Does the company have bonds payable? If so, what are the amounts? Please also describe how bonds payable differ from notes payable and how to account for the issuance of bonds at par, at a discount, and at a premium. How is the discount and premium amortized? What is the effective interest method?
  10. Does the company have capital leases? If so, what are the amounts and terms of the leases? What are the four criteria for a lease to be considered a capital lease? What are the additional criteria for the lessor? What is the difference between a sales-type lease and a direct financing lease?

Why are companies required to prepare a statement of cash flows? Why is the statement of cash flows divided into three sections? What does each section tell you about the operations of a company?

Why are companies required to prepare a statement of cash flows? Why is the statement of cash flows divided into three sections? What does each section tell you about the operations of a company?

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Based on how he describes, "old Spencer," how do you thik Holden feels about old people and aging?

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System Analyst Management Class

16. The owner of two pizza parlors located in adjacent towns wants to computerize and integrate sales transactions and inventory management within and between both stores. The point-of-sale component must be easy to use and flexible enough to accommodate a variety of pricing strategies and coupons. The inventory management, which will be linked to the point-of-sale component, must also be easy to use and fast. The systems at each store need to be linked so that sales and inventory levels can be determined instantly for each store and for both stores combined. The owner can allocate $40,000 for hardware and $20,000 for software and must have the new system operational in three months. Training must be short and easy. Briefly describe three alternative systems for this situation and explain how each would meet the requirements and constraints. Are the requirements and constraints realistic? Why or why not?
17. Compare the alternative systems from Problem and Exercise 16 using the weighted approach demonstrated in Figure 7-19. Which system would you recommend? Why? Was the approach taken in this and Problem and Exercise 16 useful even for this relatively small system? Why or why not?

Organization Project


The company to research is Nucor. Select from the reading 8-10 key concepts, which will also support the thesis. In a four to five page paper, address the questions below. APA format. In this assighnment, you will apply fucntions of PLanning, Organizing, and Controlling. You will be requires to use concepts and analyze the current management situations at the organization you have chosen. Your paper must include research and should include a clear introduction with a thesis statement and a conclusion. Your research paper should address the following:
1.Describe how the organization was manages in the past. Compare the difference between management approaches in the past to those the organization currently uses. Ensure you identify relevent management theory both for past practices and current approaches.
2.Describe how the organization is structed. Include a copy of the organization chart. Describe how managers perform the organization function of management based on the structure of the organiztion. ensure one of the five types ofd structures as describes in the textbook is identified and analyzed.(functiona, divisional, matrix, team based, and virtual network)
3.Identify a key manager in the organization and describe his/her primary functions and respomsibilities. Evaluate jow effective this manager is in fulfilling these responsibilities making clear recommendations for improvement. Ensure you refer to the fuinctions of management as described in your textbook.
4.Describe how decisions are made in this organization. Using materials from the textbook or other relevent sources on decision making ecaluate the effectiveness of the decision making process and make clear recommensations for improvement.
5.Describe the sytem of controls the organizations uses. Include in this description how controls is used to ensure the organization meets its goals and objectives as well as how the organization uses a quality control process to ensure products asnd/or services are delivered as promised. Evaluate the role of managers in these processes. Make clear recommendations for improvement. Ensure your refer to your textbook or other relevant sources in your evaluation.
6.Summarize the key recommendations you have made identifying each with the relevent function of management.
Textbook: Daft, R. L. (2014). Management (11th ed.). Mason, Oh: South Western Cengage Learning
use 8-10 key concepts:total quality management, organization development, organiational control, chain of command, innovation, authority, responsibility, accountability, delegation, centralization project manager,\

Obedience


Because I said so . . .
In our culture it is fairly normal to see a parent socialize their children to obey authority figures without question. We teach them that because they are a child if they question the authority figures in their life that they are being disrespectful and often punish them for this kind of questioning.
Now consider the outcome of Milgram's research into obedience in which many participants followed the request of a perceived authority figure and administering shocks up to 450 volts to a person who simply got the answers wrong. Read the following article by Thomas Blass about Milgram and his research:
Additionally read the article at http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=1297922 about the prank call at McDonalds that lead to the false imprisonment and sexual assault of a young employee all because the assistant manager blindly followed the instructions of a man on the phone.
    • Discuss, in general, why children are socialized to obey authority figures.

    • Does the way we socialize our children set them on a possible path toward this kind of obedience?

    • What benefits come from our children blindly following the authority figures in their life?

    • What negative consequences can come from this kind of socialization?

    • Is there a better option in the way we socialize our children? If so, what would be a better strategy?

  • Should this strategy change as the child ages? If so, how would it be different for older children versus younger children?