Module 1 Due 15-04-2020

Essay Question/Considering Ethics:

1. Review the IMA Statement of Ethical Professional Practice. Does

business interaction in the global market conflict with these ethical
standards? Consider outsourcing, sustainability, and social responsibility. Is
it possible to remain competitive in a global market and remain true to
these ethical standards? Please formulate a 500 word minimum essay
exploring this issue. Research and site the business practices of at least
two companies that function on at least two continents.

Memorization Exercise:

1. Making a song out of terms that are otherwise unassociated and boring
is one proven way to remember vocabulary. Write a song incorporating at
least ten terms from Module One. It can be as long or as short as you want.
Make sure that it ties the terms you use together and addresses how they
relate to each other. Set it to the melody of a nursery rhyme or a song that
you enjoy. You do not have to perform this and it does not have to be good.
Submit the song that you wrote as your assignment and try singing it to
yourself during the day.

Module 2 Due 22-04-2020

Essay Question:

Write a 500 word minimum essay discussing how lean versus traditional
production might affect a management accountant trying to calculate a
company’s costs. How would the information a management accountant
would use to determine company costs change depending on type of
production?

Module 3 Due 29-04-2020

Essay Questions: (total approx. 750 words)

1. “Breakeven analysis isn’t very useful to a company because companies
need to do more than break even to survive in the long run.” Explain why
you agree or disagree with this statement. (p. 413)

2. Rondell Pharmacy is considering switching to the use of robots to fill

prescriptions that consist of oral solids or medications in pill form. The
robots will assist the human pharmacists and will reduce the number of
human pharmacy workers needed. This change is expected to reduce the
number of prescription filling errors, reduce the customer’s wait time, and
reduce the total overall costs. How does the use of the robots affect
Rondell Pharmacy’s cost structure? Explain the impact of this switch to
robotics on Rondell Pharmacy’s operating risk.

Module 4 Due 06-05-2020

Essay Question:

How do you account for financial losses in order to maintain quality

customer service, for example, a restaurant that gives a free meal to an
upset customer or a company that gives repeat customers a discount?
From the viewpoint of a management accountant, how would this cost be
classified and how would it figure into a company’s financial statements?

Module 5

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Module 6 Due 20-05-2019

Essay Question: approx. 750 words

View the TED video: Accounting for Nature

Write a 750 word essay on your reactions to this call for change in our
accounting systems to truly account for the costs of production. Do you
think this is realistic? What value would obtain from following the practices
being proposed. Where do you think firms might struggle with this
approach?

Module 7

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Module 8 Due 12-06-2020

Signature Assignment Title:   Analytic Essay

Signature Assignment Directions:   

In this 2000 word essay, think about an organizational improvement

initiative that you would like to make in an organization of your choice. This
initiative might focus on improved profitability, better customer service, new
products or services, greater organizational efficiencies, cost control etc.
The context for your analysis could be your current or previous work
organization, religious institution, community organization or an
organization that serves you as a customer. (Note this could be a Capstone
related issue if you want - See PLANS Depot).

What specific accounting data might best help you manage the problem or
systemic issue you are addressing? What insights would such data
produce? If such accounting data is not currently available, what might be
done to generate such accounting metrics? How might the existing
accounting data be misleading or biased in relation to the insights you are
seeking?