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Assignment 1

The culture of an organization is an important factor that influences the quality of cost estimates set by an organization. An organization’s culture of an organization in relation to the costs estimates of a project being undertaken by an organization can be defined by a number of aspects or factors. This paper will seek to discuss some of the aspects of an organization’s culture to determine how they influence the cost estimates formulated by an organization.

An example of a factor that affects the quality cost estimates formulated by an organization is the type of data that is normally they ...

Indirect Health care cost of obesity

Total Cost of obesity

In this research presentation the author will discuss how obesity in United States of America impact health care costs. This topic will be approached from the perspective of direct and indirect costs. Direct cost is related to treating obesity as a health disorder in itself without accompanying complications. Indirect costs emerge from associating medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, heart failure and arthritis among other serious diseases medical science is now discovering. These add up to what can be considered the total health care costs of obesity in United States of America.

Research Paper: Impact of Obesity on Health Care Costs

Introduction

Obesity in United ...

1)One of the major advantages of industry concentration for a professional accounting firm is that the firm is able gain a lot of experience in that sector which in essence would make the firm conduct its audits more efficiently.

Secondly, the accounting firm is able to borrow from the knowledge gained in handling a client in the industry and use it in handling a different assignment in the industry. This helps in ensuring that the firm doesn’t omit important procedures that are carried in the related companies.

Third, the firm is able to compare key financial indicators such as financial ratios ...

The State Of Unemployment In Colombia And Its Economic Effects

1. Country and economic concern selected with brief explanation for choice:
Latin American countries have been undergoing testing times in terms of economy and public welfare. Colombia is one such country that is facing severe challenges with its economy. One of the most pressing issues facing the country of Colombia is that of unemployment. Colombia is probably best known for its drug producing mafia. Its infamy impacts tourism and trade, despite Colombia being the second largest producer of coffee in the world. The unemployment, especially among the youth, acts like fuel to the fire with regards to Colombia’ ...

A work breakdown structure was indeed required to be prepared so as to assist Barage Construction Company in coming up with a budget for the entire project. The WBS would provide a framework of the cost estimates along with the schedule and control for the project . A work breakdown structure is hierarchical in nature whereby the project has been broken down into phases or rather work packages from the beginning to the end of the entire venture. The structure shows how efforts will be subdivided in order to achieve the objectives-which in this case are the Barage garages.
Sean’s ...

This paper reviews an article titled ‘States –level Estimates of the Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse’ authored by Thomas Wickizer. The study was published in the thirty ninth volume of the Journal of Health Science 2013. It contains the findings of an investigation done to estimate the cost of alcohol and drug abuse in Washington State in the year 2005. The study employed the Cost of Illness (COI) to estimate the economic cost of alcohol and drug abuse in Washington. Both the direct costs associated with payment made for medication and indirect costs which include ...

Question one

Many firms’ prefers using cost-plus pricing for most of their supply contracts because it gives an opportunity to develop a large project whose capital or start up amount is hard to determine or predict. It simply means that using the cost-plus pricing assist the firms in doing the estimates of the amount of task that is required to be completed with a stipulated period of time. It is also a convenient way to price their products by determining the break-even – point of the goods in question. The entire process takes place through the calculation of the production, distribution along with the ...

Reliability and Validity

I. Reliability of a Test

The reliability of a test is defined as its degree of consistency, stability, accuracy and predictability hence the repeatability of its scores. Generally, it refers to the extent to which the ultimate results of a given test are consistent over time thereby presenting a degree of accuracy representative of the total population considered under the study. Reliability is quantified in terms of reliability coefficient. The reliability coefficient give insight on the significance of the scores (Waltz, Strickland, & Lenz, 2010). A high reliability coeffiecient implies that the findings are considerably plausible, while a low reliability coefficient implies that the ...

1. a) Below is the decision tree that I have used to recommend the unit price to quote the customer based on greatest benefit to Capstick Limited.

From the decision tree, it is clear that the unit price that would accrue maximum benefit to the company is that of selling the units at £17, through sub-contracting.
b) Objective comparison of the in-house manufacture and sub-contracted routes shows that the sub-contracted route is more beneficial to the company since the production cost is lower by £0.5 per unit. The main disadvantage, however, is that this sub-contracted route rigidly fixes the units ...

It is my responsibility as the new VP of Marketing at Clipboard Tablet Co. to firstly analyze the performance of my predecessor, and secondly, provide an in-depth analysis of the performance of the X7, X6, and X5 tablets. The goal of the analysis is to focus on the products, and take into account all the related factors which include the product life cycle, and competitiveness in the market. In addition, the analysis will include a thorough financial performance review of each of the three products. The financial performance review will focus on the price, per unit margin, total sales, and ...

Predicting the future is difficult. However, it is the key to success in many industries including the stock market. Many companies announce their results, and while doing so, talk about their expectation of performance in a given period (August, Mayer, & Bixby, 2012). This is assumed by these companies to go a long way in helping investors to make decisions. While these expected forecasts may be an important indicator of the company’s future and where it is headed, investment experts opine that it cannot be the sole basis for an investor’s decision. Different companies adopt different methodologies. Big technology companies ...

Below is a definition and explanation of various financial metrics as used in yahoo finance on Ford Motor Company as at full year 31st December 2013.

Trailing P/E

Trailing P/E is a total of a given company’s price to its earnings, which is normally calculated by taking the prevailing stock price in the market at that time and subsequently dividing it by the stock’s trailing earnings for each share over a period of the past one year. The financial ratio (trailing P/E ratio) is arrived at as follows:
Trailing P/E Ratio = Current Share Price

Trailing earnings per share for the last twelve months

It is based on real rather than estimated ...

Patients receiving acute care typically go through different levels of care encountering numerous health care providers in the process. For example, a stroke patient who undergoes cranial surgery will be admitted into the PACU. Once stable, he is admitted into the medical-surgical unit and then discharged into long-term rehabilitation. Prior to being sent home, he is advised to see his primary care physician for follow-ups. Throughout the many transitions in each health care experience, handoffs occur between health care professionals working in each unit during changes in shift. Handoffs also take place between providers of one unit or level of ...

- Budgeting helps in making proper planning decisions leading to efficient and proper utilization of resources within an organization.
- It helps in coordination of different departments and activities within an organization so as to achieve desirable performance.
- Budgeting encourages division of work among workers and specialization resulting to increased efficiency.
- Information provided in budget estimates helps decision makers to make well informed decision making.
- Budget enables management to compare the performance of different departments within its business.

Difference between a continuous budget and a perpetual budget

Continuous budget allows for revision of information contained in the budget once the period ...

The first table presented a matrix of correlations coefficients for Exam performance, Exam anxiety and Time spent revising. It was found that performance in exam was negatively linked to exam anxiety; the Pearson Correlation was r = −.441. P value was less than 0.05 so this relation is significant. It was also found that exam performance was significantly positively correlated to time spent revising; r = 0.3967 and p < 0.001. Lastly, exam anxiety appears to be significantly negatively linked to time spent revising (r = -0.709, p= 0.000). The above Descriptive table presented the mean and standard deviation of all the four ...

1. Personal perspective of the future of epidemiological research

Epidemiology is a wide and diverse field that requires a researcher to narrow down to one of the several paths. My perspective of the future epidemiological research has to do with medical research. There are several emerging infectious and noninfectious disease that continue to threaten the very existence of the human race. Of particular interest, the so called lifestyle disease such as cardiovascular disorders, cancer, diabetes, obesity and many others, have an immense impact on the quality of human life due to the fact that many reports indicate that the prevalence of these diseases (once thought to be diseases of old ...

Online Retail Business is one of the fastest growing business enterprises in today’s markets. Various entrepreneurs have ventured into the market with the aim of exploiting new business opportunities. This research project seeks to provide a guideline on the ways to effectively start and run and online research business. There are four research methodologies that can be used in analyzing the business environment for such a consumer-oriented project. For the purposes of this outline; this proposal is going to explore four research methodologies namely; qualitative, quantitative, Mixed, and Action.

Part 1: Overview Research Methodologies.

Qualitative

First of all, it is important to understand that normative ...

Introduction

Data management is one of the issues that can be challenging in any organization. This becomes more challenging especially when the organization is growing. Business growth means more data being managed. The challenge however comes in when trying to compile business data. This can be quite challenging since when making business reports, data from different departments has to be compiled. Failure to do so would lead to no logical comparison of business data. Data collected by the marketing department has to be compiled with that in the finance department; the human resource has also to forward its data. All ...

Executive summary

Royal Dutch Shell PLC commonly known as the shell is second largest energy company in the world whose registered office is in London. It is oil and Gas Company operating in various parts of the world; to stay relevant to climatic and environmental changes it engages in both renewable and non renewable energy. In addition, it is a vertically integrated oil company which engages in all oil activities from exploration to refining and marketing. Apart from its core activities, it has entered into partnership with various international organizations to preserve the environment. The company shares are listed in London stock ...

It is not a secret that determining the sample size that is optimal for a study is a very responsible and difficult process that requires considerable research. The main of sample size determination is finding such a number of subjects so as to make it possible to get statistically significant results. This process is not easy due to a number of variables that it involves. In particular, there are four of them that will be considered below. The first is the desired level of statistical power. His indicator can be interpreted as the probability that effect of treatment will be detected if there is ...

1. What is the purpose of using regression analysis? How may it be used to formulate strategies? Provide examples related to strategy formulation and implementation.

The mathematical process that utilizes observations to come up with the paramount fit through sets of data for the purposes of coming up with the best predictions and estimates about variable behaviors is known as regression analysis. The resulting line of the paramount fit might present itself in two different ways, as a curve or a line. As it follows, the main purpose of utilizing regression analysis is to build a statistical or a mathematical representation of the ...

This is the road map to the success of the project. The baseline will constitute of time, cost, and goal factors of the project as rough estimates. Planning this baseline will help Huffman trucking company will enable the project managers and other team members relate to what they think the whole project will cost. This will have an overall advantage of having a better comprehension of the project by teams and a more efficient implementation of the project. Therefore it will provide guidance in all the phases of the project (Quentin & Joel, 2010).

Huffman trucking company needs to implement the ...