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Limitations of the internal control systems

Internal controls are the procedures that the management institutes in the company in order to ensure the operations are running smoothly. The objective of implementing an internal control system is to ensure effectiveness and efficiency in the business, enable management detect, prevent and correct irregularities and ensure the organizational assets are safeguarded from misuse or theft. The internal control system however has some limitations. They are events that occur that will prevent the system from accomplishing the mentioned objectives (Pfister, 2009). The three inherent limitations of the internal control system are:
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Introduction

The catering industry has from research been found to be one of the industries most sensitive to changes, may they be external or internal. When making any form of changes in the industry therefore, it is important to look at the resulting effects they will have to the business. As the catering manager to our hotel that is changing form using traditional cooking methods to more advanced (the use of microwaves) I have the duty of informing all the concerned people about the change.
To begin with, it is important to inform all members of staff ...

ACME manufacturing company is a prime manufacturer of a variety of metal products. There are several departments under this company. The company requires a network to facilitate communication in the company. The company also expects a network design document that includes different recommendations for different network services in the company. ACME manufacturing company is growing steadily and recently acquired a manufacturing plant in China. The company believes that such acquisitions will help it continue to grow. This company has several other offices in the United States of America. The company wants to be able to connect all their operational ...

1. How can leaders encourage collective sensemaking that results in a shared understanding of the situation?

Groups of people are considered to be able to make better decisions than individuals because they can pool the diverse talents of a team of individuals. This way the synergy effect can be achieved. Groups merge ideas from diverse perspectives, which creates the potential for new ideas and options that no individual could create on their own. It is, however, the leader’s function do stimulate and process sensemaking, so that it brings the most fruitful results. In this connection it should be ...

The Japanese art history is one of the most embraced art histories in the entire world mainly because of the diverse collections in the field. The history of the Japanese art vividly gives evidence of the past history. Through keen study of the art history, various hidden and factual details concerning Japan are revealed. The culture and the traditional acts of Japanese people are also exposed through the exhibition of the available artifacts. For this reason, as a curator of Japan in Los Angeles, I will present the different art materials to illustrate the history of Japanese. This is ...

Abstract

Staff management in the nursing world is understood to mean the organization and supervision of the nurses in their day to day routine in hospitals. The responsibility of managing the schedule of nurses lies squarely in the hands of a staff manager. However, the modern day trend is such that such management is delegated to the nurses in a self governance strategy. In this entrenched culture in the field of nursing the work of the nurse manager is reduced to scrutinizing the determining the accuracy of the schedule and making importance adjustments.

Critique of a Staff Schedule

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Introduction

Identity theft is on the increase. The target of identity theft is usually the high net worth individuals. Corporate executives are exposed to higher risk due to the value of their liquid assets. They need to be educated on the dangers of identity theft and the steps to take to mitigate future losses through this rampant form of fraud. Identity theft is also rampant within an organisation with workers collaborating with outsiders to defraud their bosses. The staff should be aware of the dangers and how to critically buffer the executives and the company as a whole from ...

Introduction

Communication in the office for any organization is very important. To achieve its objective, the company provides mediums of communication between staff and other stakeholders outside the company such as suppliers and customers. The company has to use a communication service that saves on costs while at the same time it is efficient. Furthermore, the company has to keep up with technological innovations in the telecommunications industry.

PABX and Centrex Systems

The private branch exchange refers to telephone system in a company where each phone line has only three or four digits. In includes ...

Leadership is a role that is of high importance in any given organization. The leadership of an organization is charged with numerous activities and responsibilities related to goal achievement. The roles and obligations of any leadership position will vary in accordance to the provisions of respective organizations. Effective leadership has many definitions and understandings. However, the common factor regarding effective leadership involves the fact that goal realization is important in the organization in question. However, leadership is not the same as management. Rather, leadership and management are complementary but distinctive factors that influence organizational success.

Motivation as an attribute ...

The future of data security and information assurance is aimed at providing quality services to the right people and at the right time. In recent times, data security and information assurance aims to improve its services to the immediate consumer in the world of business which is currently adapting the internet-centric environment. This means that the internal enterprise is operating with the external enterprise in its service provision- management of its operation and application (Whitman & Mattord, 2011, p. 98). This internet centric environment is advantageous in that it is able to cover a larger system rather than monitoring a ...

1. The Evolution of Healthcare in United States in 1980

In the year 1980, the world health organization announced officially that small pox had been fought. The ambulatory surgery accounted for 18% of all hospital operations in the same year compared. The founding of Cable News Network in the same year led to the offering of the satellite TV in hospitals to educate and entertain patients. The passing of the infant Formula act by the U.S. congress was done in the same year. The in-vitro fertilization saw the first U.S. test tube baby born in 1981.In the same year, ...

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

1) Is it really necessary to have a formal job analysis before writing a job description? (100 words)
A formal job analysis is the process of describing and recording job aspects while specifying the skills and other requirements that are necessary to perform a job. It is very necessary to have a formal job analysis before writing a job description because job analysis helps in preparing job description and specifications necessary for hiring the right quality of human resource into an organization. Job analysis documents the requirements of a job and the work being performed. If ...

Introduction

VoIP has been underrated for a long time because businesses have not realized the benefits that come with this new technology. It has the potential to increase the productivity in business (Wi-Fi Planet, 2006a, Intel, Kornak et al., 2004). The arguments and debates have brought a lot of confusion and opportunities. Through VoIP, it is possible to make phone calls over the Internet. For this reason, many households have started using VoIP to communicate using the voice over the Internet. VoIP is gaining popularity in enabling voice transmission over the Internet.
Kontak, a travelling company that ...

Abstract

An organization’s success is largely dependent on the leadership and management style used within it; and nursing organizations are no different. The need for effective leadership and management in nursing organizations is further emphasized by the fact that an assumption or mistake may lead to the loss of lives. Effective leadership and management are built upon various principles, one of which is effective communication. This paper will analyze a case scenario and the most effective communication technique that can be used to ensure proper leadership and management. The communication technique will be further analyzed in ...

Oracle and Microsoft are world leading enterprises that deal with the development, manufacture, market, supply software to consumers in different countries with an aim of enhancing their standard of living with ease of operation. Since they are international companies, they are facing similar challenges at the same time they are competing for the same market coverage. Based on this ideology, the two software companies have strengths and weaknesses that are affecting its way of operation and achievement of the organization mission and vision. These challenges are both intra-challenges and inter-challenges that are posing threat to the operation of 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 ...

How has Wal-Mart grown from a small region chain to the largest discount retailer in the world? How has its strategy contributed to the firm's growth?

The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962. The first Wal-Mart store was opened in Rogers, Arkansas. Seventeen years later, annual sales were more than $ 1 billion. In January 2006, Wal-Mart was the largest retailer in the world, with a turnover of $ 218 billion (for the same period, Kmart’ turnover $ 37 billion, Sears’s $ 40,9 billion, Target’s $ 36,9 billion, Walgreen’s $ 21,2 billion). However, the biggest figure ...

With the acquisition of Musicland by Trans World Entertainment (TWE), the company faced a challenge of integrating the outdated point-of-sale (POS) systems in 335 Musicland stores with the TWE’s systems in a 1 month period. Full transition to TWE’s POS system and employee training in all Musicland stores was given 90 days. The strict deadlines were dictated by the absence of documentation in Musicland, which required either a shift to a new POS system or an extensive and costly audit control.

To achieve the goals on time, TWE’s CIO, John Hinkle, created project teams, responsible for ...

Many scholars have been quoted trying to assert the role of the media in a numbers of dichotomies, some providing us with assessment models, which are either, proven or still on the piloting stage. Nordenstreng, Christians, Glasser and Mcquail’s model provide us with one of such proven models; a model in which they argue the role of the media in frameworks of five paradigms namely; Liberal-individualistic paradigm, Social responsibility paradigm, Cultural Negotiation Paradigm, Administrative Paradigm, and lastly Critical Paradigm (Fourie, 2002). In as much as one might tries to assess the role of the ...

Company Description

Tottenham Hotspur Plc is engaged in the operation of a professional football club in England together with related commercial activities. The Company has two segments: football and property. In addition, the Company continues to acquire numerous properties with a view to a new stadium development.

The sponsors of the club include Autonomy, Investec, Puma, Thomas Cook Sport, Sporting bet, Carlsberg, TNT, EA Sports and Glyn Hopkin. The Company's Tottenham Tribute Trust is an organisation that reaches out to members of the Spurs family who are fighting hard times either financially, medically or both. The clubs patron ...

Change in the present society in the current business environment is very avoidable. Individuals and companies have a choice of either to be controlled by the change and react appropriately to the changes or play a proactive role in the change and manage it in such a way that the change can maximize there business benefit and reduce on the negative impacts that can arise for it. There are several way that an individual can react to change and benefit appropriately some of the way include.

One of the ways of managing change is by acknowledging that people do ...

When picking a college to attend, a prospective student can have an incredibly hard time deciding what they want, and what will be best for them. One of the biggest considerations to make is the size of the campus itself; picking a large or small campus can very much dictate how the next few years of your education are spent. There are a lot of factors to consider as this decision is weighed; many of them depend on your own needs as per your education. In this essay, we will examine the virtues and detriments of small versus large ...

What would happen if there was a primary focus on the person/job match in hiring faculty and staff versus a focus on the person/organization match? Give specific examples.

In person/job match, focus is concentrated more on the characteristics that would align the “to be” employee in accordance to the expectations of the Human Resource department. The HR department considers characteristics of the employee in terms of interpersonal skills, relation with the job, motivation to the approach of the job among others. On the other hand, person/organization match includes the organization not only focusing ...

The (your agency) training material for Hotel Desk Clerk for calendar Date of 2nd -20th Month of February year 2010 will be on competency and general Familiarisation of the new recruit. The material will describe the objectives, the methods of teaching and evaluation.

Job Position

Hotel Desk Clerk

Job Description

Make and confirm reservations, welcome and register guests, Assign rooms, Answer guest enquires, Report problems, check out guests.

Objective of The training

Any new employee should be trained in accordance to the ...