In today’s market climate, companies have had to increase their consciousness as to what really matters. The market is demanding more and more that organizations account for the interests of not just shareholders but all stakeholders. Team members, shareholders, customers, vendors, the environment and society’s interests must be in the forefront of consideration of all companies wishing to stay relevant in today’s market and workforce environment. This in more than just the right thing to do, it is an operational imperative that offers significant ROI to a business’ bottom-line. Companies must view themselves as part of an ecosystem; one entity in an interdependent interconnected environment.
Full disclosure requires that publicly traded businesses use accrual based accounting and revenues are recognized as sales are earned. Full disclosure also requires that footnotes describe accounting procedures and provide details for unusual transactions. With companies such as Enron and WorldCom, the accounting field has an increased need for businesses to tell the truth in its financial statements. Full disclosure acts as the obligation for businesses to be truthful in its statements in order to protect the parties
Should a multinational corporation operate as a tightly integrated, worldwide business system, or would it be more effective to let each national subsidiary operate autonomously? Nowadays, with the growth of foreign trade, multinational corporations are playing a very important role and representing a considerable proportion in global business (Helpman, 1984), the management strategies of multinational corporations are drawing wide attention. With the potential advantages of doing business internationally, MNCs are also facing some challenges, such as language barriers, cultural differences, political restrictions and so on. In the recent years much of research effort has been made on the topic of managing and innovating each national subsidiary. There are always two main perspectives – should all the subsidiaries being operated tightly follow an overall strategy or having more freedom to develop the business autonomously?
Not only does culture help improve an organization's productivity, effectiveness and efficiency but it allows it to be set apart from its competition. Both the workers of the company and the customers play a significant role in the representation of the organization and the fulfillment attained when culture is properly perpetuated and reproduced. This study henceforth explores exactly how participants of an organization help with the co-creation of a previously established culture within an organization. It will further examine how experiences and socialization also play a huge factor during the process of cultural co-creation. Concrete analysis was done through the use of ethnographic interviews, keen observations, and the obtaining of corporate documents.
Due to the size and nature of this large establishment, it is necessary to maintain enough senior managers to oversee all of the divisions (“Strategic Audit of Lowe's Companies, Inc.,” 2011.) Lowe’s expands across different regions and countries, which makes a divisional organizational structure ideal. A divisional organizational structure consists of different divisions grouped around specialized departments such as sales, marketing, safety, and human resources. This allows each division to have some autonomy when making decisions inside the division (“Organizational Structure,” 2013.) A number of approaches were considered to help Lowe’s lower expenses and increase profits.
SARBANES-OXLEY Act (SOX) increased the risk and responsibility of chief executive and chief finance officers (officers) of publicly traded companies. SOX increased accountability and visibility of the officers within public companies by broadening the scope of responsibility of adhering to regulations and reporting of fraudulent activities from lawyers to independent auditors of the company. The SOX provisions that directly or indirectly impact officers include, but are not limited to introduction of new and/or enhanced existing requirements: internal controls, disclosure, criminal penalties, and role of audit committee. Also, each measure an officer is responsible for creating or maintaining requires a formal certification and is subsequently
Effects of Technology on the Accounting Profession Paper ACC 340 March 16, 2015 The Effects of Technology on the Accounting Profession Technology has changed the face of accounting over the years, from manual to automation, hence has also changed the way accounting practices are performed. Currently, accounting information is processed via computer through various networks. With the growth of technology, automated processes have increased the speed of information input and output, increased its accuracy, and the timely manner of which information is processed. On the contrary, confidentiality of the accountant is to the trust of the employer. As these technical advances may be an asset to an organization, it is also a liability to an organization's accountant.
In this paper will be discussed the flexible theory of leadership and its function to the procedure in Costco Company. In addition to the role of the chief executive officer plays in flexible leadership theory. A corporation’s directorial effectiveness such as Costco has to be supported on the durable willingness to compete to succeed. In today business world the model for organizations is to become accustomed to an international globalization, diverse cultures and growth, the necessary to do better than the competition and to be able to draw attention and keep a substantial marketplace is desired to stay on the top. Marketplace frequently changes and drifts fast, for this reason leadership quality is required to guarantee the business survival and domination.
2. Reliability: With moral principles clients are able to rely more on the Accountants. The nature of the work carried out by accountants and auditors requires a high level of ethics. Shareholders, potential shareholders, and other users of the financial statements rely heavily on the yearly financial statements of a company as they can use this information to make an informed decision about investment. They rely on the opinion of the accountants who prepared the statements, as well as the auditors that verified it, to present a true and fair view of the company.
Growing a business in accounting will take special characteristic, like self-confidence, but not over barring, integrity, time, patience, and organization (Cohn, M.). While being an accountant there is a high potential for human error, I must be detailed. Being a detail oriented person not only in my personal life as well as my business life I believe I can excel in my ventures. When handling client needs I would need to be clear on my abilities to get the job done. I am going to have peoples financial life’s in my hands, it’s extremely important that I am efficient in my job and protect my client’s