All work must me 100% original by the tutor and at least 5 to 6 sentences.  No cover sheet is needed.

Foreign Currency Transactions and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)”

• Analyze the main reasons why a company might prefer a foreign currency option over a forward contract in hedging a foreign currency firm commitment. In contrast, analyze the main reasons why a company might prefer a forward contract over an option in hedging a foreign currency asset or liability. Determine the option (i.e., a foreign currency option or a forward contract) that you consider to be more effective. Provide a rationale for your response.
• Assume that all the companies in the world use International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Determine at least two (2) obstacles to the worldwide comparability of financial statements, and provide one (1) strategy to overcome the obstacles in question. Provide support for your rationale.

Directions

In this Assignment, you will develop of your personal philosophy of advanced practice nursing.

A philosophical statement includes these elements:

• An introduction that presents your thought processes used to articulate a philosophy of advanced practice nursing. Note that APA does not use a heading for the introduction, because it is assumed that the first few paragraphs of a manuscript are the introduction.
• Valued personal concepts, such as:
  • Metaparadigm concepts such as person/client, nursing, health, and environment
  • Additional concepts you may find valuable to advanced practice, such as IOM Future of Nursing, accountability, interprofessional collaborative practice, social justice, and professionalism
  • Definition of each concept selected
  • Relationships between and among concepts within your personal philosophy as applied to your current practice. A diagram with should be used to graphically depict these interrelationships.
  • Demonstrates substantial integration of course materials and/or use of upper level thinking
  • Diagram provided depicting relationship.
  • The author was able to make succinct and precise conclusions

Make sure you select a company that is large enough that you can get data on to write a report that addresses the following. Use a publicly listed company or one that you are familiar with.

Introduction: Overview of case and strategy

Introducing your company. Provide a description of your organization, its background and strategy – the industry it operates in, the products or services it supplies, its competitors and any other information strategy-related information you think is relevant.

Organisational Structure

Provide a diagram representing this organisational structure

Explain the type of organisational structure your organisation uses;

Explain the degree of decentralisation of your organisation;

Explain the type of responsibility centres within your business’s organisational structure

Literature Review

Select one of the following research themes and discuss in terms of management accounting in your organisation:

Social Responsibility;

Environmental Responsibility; or

Risk Management – strategic; regulatory; financial; operational (can focus on a specific risk, rather than cover all)

Begin as general discussion/examination on the topic using academic literature

Discuss what this theme means for the industry in which your organization operates

Conclude by discussing how this theme impacts your organization, in particular.

You must include references (at least 4 academic research papers/books – source library e-journals); and 4 other references from industry/other expertise (do not cite Wikipedia). You can also use case details.

Use ‘Harvard Style’ references – place at end of report

Performance Measurement System and Rewards

Describe and discuss the performance of senior management and other employees in your organisation.

Provide an overview of the measures employed and how they are evaluated and rewarded (you should be able to evaluate based on data disclosed to shareholders/stakeholders)

Critically analyse the appropriateness of these performance measures in light of the literature review theme you have selected

Is the performance measurement system consistent with the strategies, key success factors and organisational structure?

Are they consistent with the theme you selected in the literature review?

Recommendations and conclusion

A short summary paragraph on recommendations to conclude the report

Approximately 2,000 words or around 4-5 pages (not including table of contents and reference list)

Concise paragraphs – 11 font; single line space; use diagrams and charts where possible;

Guide only:

Intro and Structure (1 ½ – 2) pages

(diagram, not included in word count and can be on a separate page)

Literature Review (1 page)

Performance Measurement/Rewards (1 – 1 ½ pages)

Recommendations and Conclusion (½ page)

Outlines:

1.0 introduction

1.1 company overview

(background, services it supplies, its competitors and any other information)

1.2 company strategy

1.2.1 competitive advantage

1.2.2 business mission

2.0 organizational structure

2.1 organizational structure diagram

(you could develop it by yourself)

2.2 work unit type

2.3 degree of decentralization

2.4 responsibility centre type

3.0 literature review (name of theme)

3.1 general discussion of selected theme

3.2 what does it mean to your industry

3.3 how does it impact your company

4.0 performance measurement and reward system

4.1 overview of the PMRS

4.2 critical analysis for PMRS

4.2.1 consistency with strategies

4.2.2 consistency with KSF(key success factors)

4.2.3 consistency with organizational structure

4.2.4 consistency with literature theme

5.0 recommendation and conclusion

2,000 word limit