Accounting organizations

Leaving Well Enough Alone “If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is a common phrase, which suggests that it is unwise to improve something that appears to be working. “The phrase is widely attributed to Gainesville, Georgia-born Thomas Bertram Lance, who believed he could save Uncle Sam billions if he could get the government to adopt the motto,"If it ain't broken, don't fix it!" He explained,"That's the trouble with government: Fixing things that aren't broken and not fixing things that are broken."…

Zimmerman’s Positive Accounting Theory focuses on the relations between various individuals and how accounting is used to support it. All individuals’ actions are motivated by self-interest to increase their wealth, and as a result do not have a sense of loyalty or morality. Remuneration…

One organization that resembles Gamara Program is Chrysalis, which is based in California and creates a pathway to self-sufficiency for low-income people and the homeless through provision of the resources and support crucial in finding and retaining employment. Through Chrysalis, individuals can find jobs and transition out of poverty onto prolonged self-sufficiency. The organization hires the homeless people for day jobs, such as beautifying the community thereby restoring the dignity of such…

healthcare organizations. Moseley (2009) states, that the strategy may require resources such as, “money in certain amounts; physical space of certain dimensions; particular types of equipment; specified numbers of people” (p. 228). Money, physical space, equipment, and people are all major resources needed for strategies to succeed in healthcare organizations. Without money, strategies will not have sufficient funds to support the implementation; without physical space organizations will not…

Describe the financial concepts associated with staffing in a health care organization. Financial concept in healthcare staffing is very significant to understand for the managers. Healthcare is primarily service sector in which staffing cost is the main contributor in total overall cost. Staffing forecasts are inputs in the operating budget. Staffing forecasts have three important considerations; controllable vs non-controllable expenses, required minimum staff levels and labor market issues…

and decision making usually happens in groups. Also, the power distance dimension in the model is above average for Japan. Hence, it can be interpreted that Japanese people expect and believe that the power is distributed unequally within the organizations and institutions. In short, Japan has a hierarchical society but less hierarchical than its Asian counterparts. These two dimensions…

utilized to explain the board influence on nonprofit organization. According to Pfeffer and Salancik (1978), resource dependence theory considers an organization “as an open system which is dependent upon external organizations and environment contingencies” (Deng & Nguyen, 2014). Within the framework of resource dependence theory, the roles of the board are generally assumed as an arbitrator, who establishes relationships between an organization and external environment, to reduce various types…

Service Center (CISC) is a nonprofit organization that offers services for Chinese and other Asian immigrants throughout King County since 1972. The official website for CISC aims to be the platform for Asian immigrants and their families to gain information and resources to make their life transition in the United States an easier progress. The website is intended for Asian immigrants of all ages and also for those who are interested in helping the organization through either volunteering or…

out how individuals and teamwork are coordinated inside an organization. To reach your goals and objectives work needs to be coordinated and managed. As a manager for a professional soccer team back in Norway, organizational structures are vital for me to keep developing my business. There are mainly four aspects of structure that we use. They are centralization, formalization, hierarchical levels and departmentalization. My organization consists of me as the president, with a vice president,…

where an organization is going, sets its direction, and focuses its future efforts” (Olden, 2014, p.36). Planning is important to any healthcare system, because without planning and preparation your system may become unorganized. A case where a type of strategic planning is efficient in health care systems could be the balanced scoreboard method (BSC). The balanced scoreboard method can be defined as a customized performance measurement system that goes beyond conventional accounting and is…