Accounting Theory Essays and Term Papers
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Normative Theory and Policy Evaluation
Public Administration & Management: An Interactive Journal 6, 3, 2001, pp. 87-90 Normative Theory and Policy Evaluation Stuart Nagel MKM-PSO-DSI Center and University of Illinois I. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS An interesting question concerns the ethical obligations of people who do policy analysis research. Such research often involves ethical dilemmas that relate to: 1. Whether one's purposes should include prescription or evaluation, as well as prediction or explanation. 2. Whether or not to work to maximize the
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Social Learning Theory
Social learning theory In criminology, Ronald Akers and Robert Burgess (1966) developed Social Learning Theory to explain deviancy by combining variables which encouraged delinquency (e.g. the social pressure from delinquent peers) with variables that discouraged delinquency (e.g. the parental response to discovering delinquency in their children). [edit] Discussion Social Learning Theory was derived from the work of Gabriel Tarde (1912: 322) which proposed that social learning occurred through three stages of imitation: • close contact,
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Questions About the Egan Theory
10. Egan has a bias toward "client action" in his model. What does this mean? (292-293) Although clients set goals that are directly related to their problem situations, there are also metagoals or superoridnate goals that would make them more effective in pursuing the goals they set and in leading fuller lives. The overall goal of helping clients become more effective in problem management and opportunity development is important. Another metagoal is to help clients
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The Theories of Delinquency
The Theories of Delinquency Susanne Trujillo Juvenile Delinquency JUS 365 Susanne Trujillo September 22, 2007 Various attempt s have been made by Theorists to understand juvenile delinquency and the reasons why juveniles commit crimes, including any remedies that may be applied to prevent juvenile criminal behavior. Early theories of juvenile delinquency were important to the first juvenile court formed in Cook County, IL in 1899(del Carmen and Trulson, 33). . However, only a few select
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Manaerial Theories of He 21st Century
Contents Management vs Leadership 3 Management 4 Fig. 1 – Managerial Roles 5 Cross Cultural Diversity and Globalisation 6 Hofstede 6 Flexibility 8 Fig. 1 8 Shamrock Model 9 Managerial Theories of the 21st Century Businesses are all around; they compile the backbone of society’s configuration. Without the innovations and opportunities that are brought by these companies, lifestyle, as we know it, would be a shadow of how it is today. Due to the importance
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Accounts Receivable Cycle
Accounts Receivable Cycle Riordan Manufacturing, an industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding, has facilities in California, Georgia, Michigan and China. The accounting functions are carried out in each individual location, and consolidated for processing in the corporate offices in California. The Georgia and Michigan locations, being newly acquired, are using systems that are not completely compatible with the corporate offices. This is causing problems on many levels and within this paper, Learning
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Accounting
, when I first started taking classes, which feels like many years ago, I was going to be a paralegal. After taking some research classes, I guess you could say I got bored. Knowing that I can retire from my job with having thirty years and being a young age of 48, I wanted something that I could probably do right from my home and help out with my husbands business. So after looking in
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Labeling Theory - Sociology
Gender refers to the significance a society attaches to the biological categories of female and male. Typically they are differentiated into feminine and masculine traits. Biologically, males and females reveal limited differences. GENDER IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE The Israeli Kibbutzim The significance played by culture in the development of gender is illustrated by various types of research, including studies that focus on egalitarian gender role patterns in the Israeli kibbutzim. Margaret Mead's Research Other cross-cultural evidence,
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Accounting in New Zealand
A number of legislative controls are available to shareholders wishing to exercise their rights. If it appears that the affairs of the company are not being conducted properly, shareholders have some options available to them and among which, the statutory remedy for shareholder oppression. It protects minority shareholders against being deprived of their fair share and greatly improves their ability to take action against the company alleged to be in breach of good corporate practices.
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Overview of Accounting
Overview of Accounting By Investors term, accounting is a structural system of recording, reporting and analyzing all the financial transactions of one company or an organization (InvestorWord, 2008). In general, accounting summarizes all the financial activities and data through “income statements, balance sheets, and the statements of cash flows” (Block & Hirt, 2005). The purpose of this paper is to provide the basic information on accounting and finance to the small businesses owners with no
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Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development During the 1920s, a biologist named Jean Piaget proposed a theory of cognitive development of children. He caused a new revolution in thinking about how thinking develops. In 1984, Piaget observed that children understand concepts and reason differently at different stages. Piaget stated children's cognitive strategies which are used to solve problems, reflect an interaction BETWEEN THE CHILD'S CURRENT DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE AND experience in the world. Research on cognitive development
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Accounting
1. Intuitively, which of the three firms would you say is the most risky? Least risky? Intuitively, Amazon is the most risky company and GE is the least risky company. The reason is that GE is in its mature phase of business life cycle, and is a multiple line business, which implies lower risk from diversification. Amazon is in its growing phase and is a single line business. The TJX Companies is a single line
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Equity Theory
Equity Theory, also known as Adams' Equity Theory, attempts to explain relational satisfaction in terms of perceptions of fair/unfair distributions of resources within interpersonal relationships. It was first developed in 1963 by John Stacy Adams, a workplace and behavioral psychologist, who asserted that employees seek to maintain equity between the inputs that they bring to a job and the outcomes that they receive from it against the perceived inputs and outcomes of others (Adams, 1965).
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Talks on the Fair Value Introduced in the China New Accounting Standards
[Abstract] This paper firstly gives the concept of fair value and its application environment, and then analyzes the fair value in the new standards specifically. Finally in combination with the concrete background in China, we put forward some advices on the carrying out of the fair value in the accounting practice. [Key words] Fair Value; China new accounting standard Since January 1, 2007, the China new accounting standards will become mandatory for listed Chinese enterprises.
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Can Biological Theories Explain Rolex Watches in Addition to Peacocks Tails?
Can biological theories explain Rolex watches in addition to peacock’s tails? As humans, we do many things which are not instrumentally useful in an evolutionary sense: we dance, get drunk, create art, listen to music, and dress up in expensive clothing, amongst other things. These exhibitions of “useless” behaviours cannot be accounted for simply because we are reported to be in an evolutionary disequilibrium (Kirk et al, 2001); even our ancestors exhibited many of these
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Entrepreneurial Control and the Construction of a Relevant Accounting
Methodology The case is a longitudinal field study of an entrepreneur’s control of his Australian-based multinational packaging machinery supplier with annual sales in excess of $A60 million. The field study began over 10 years ago. It was first written up in 1992 and updated in 1995. At that time it was reviewed by the entrepreneur, who provided clarification and additional information. The case was updated in 1999 and again in 2001. Again, the entrepreneur reviewed
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What Accounts for the Stability of the Tokugawa Regime?
What Accounts for the Stability of the Tokugawa Regime? In the first half of the Seventeenth century, the regime perfected by Ieyasu Tokugawa and his successors was based on the accepted system of daimyф domains which Nobunaga and Hideyoshi had been developing prior to Ieyasu’s rule. It was thus basically feudal in structure, but it represented a highly organised and stable stage of feudalism, unlike Europe ever experienced. The reasons for the stability of such
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Business Cycle Theory
The Sticky-Wage Model In this model, economists pursue the sluggish adjustment of nominal wages path to explain why it is that the short-run aggregate supply curve is upward sloping. For sticky nominal wages, an increase in the price level lowers the real wage therefore making labor cheaper for firms. Cheaper labor means that firms will hire more labor, and the increased labor will in turn produce more output. The time period where the nominal wage
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Multi Attribution Utility Theory
Dan, Please review the tables below, and consider them as a possible solution to the recent problems of poor decision making by the new managers. Obviously, the managers’ decision making problems result from poor decision framing. They are not considering all aspects of the problems, nor properly weighing the consequences of their decisions. The tables below are from the Multi-Attribution Utility Theory (MUAT) worksheets that should drastically improve the process of decision making for the
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Organizational Theory and Behavior
Organizational Theory and Behavior Homework #3 October 9, 2007 What advancement barriers did Lisa encounter? Although Lisa Weber was a highly qualified, ambitious analyst for the firm, she never had a chance for advancement because of that glass ceiling. The idea of becoming a partner was always visible, but never attainable because of the various obstacles she had to face. The same obstacles most women face when trying to climb the corporate ladder. Several barriers
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Ethical and Legal Obligations in Accounting
According to Marshall (2004), “accounting is the process of identifying, measuring, and communicating economic information about an organization for the purpose of making decisions and informed judgements” (p. 3). Specifically, financial accounting “refers to the process that results in the preparation and reporting of financial statements for an entity” (Marshall, McManus, & Viele, p. 5). While many entities prepare their own financial statements, firms can also contract with a public accounting firm or a Certified
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Accounting Reporting Criteria
Accounting Reporting Criteria When financial mishaps such as the Tyco and Enron scandals came to light; it was evident that the Government needed to step in to ensure that corporations were reporting their finances accurately and honestly. For this reason Congress passed the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOx) in 2002. The Act details the requirements for financial reporting for public corporations and is overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Sarbanes Oxley Act requires all
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Comforting the Neonate; Application of the Comfort Care Theory
Comforting the Neonate; application of the Comfort Care Theory Introduction An anonymous author once said, “In the last stages of a final illness, we need only the absence of pain and the presence of family.” The comfort care theory by Katharine Kolcaba exemplifies this by creating a baseline of quality care that both nurses and doctors can utilize in providing care to a dying patient. Comfort has been called a distinguishing characteristic of the nursing
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Comforting the Neonate and the Comfort Care Theory
Running head: COMFORTING THE NEONATE AND THE COMFORT CARE THEORY Comforting the neonate; application of the comfort care theory Lindsey Braswell Union University, Jackson, Tennessee Comforting the neonate; application of the comfort care theory The case study of interest is about a baby that will be referred to as Caitlin. Caitlin was an ex-twenty-three weaker born to a primigravida forty-year-old mother. Caitlin was born via cesearan section, intubated immediately and brought to the Neonatal Intensive
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Zubair Associates & Co Chartered Accountants
Project Initiation Date 22/02/2008 Name of the company: Zubair Associates & Co Chartered Accountants (ZAC) Objective The objective of this project is to establish a professional services firm providing the following services. • Accountancy and Book Keeping Services. • Auditing. Our Vision: To be the UAE’s best consultancy services company and to be recognized as the best. Our Mission: To serve our customers, employees, owners and society by providing a broad range of professional services
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