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• AMP 415 Module 1 Assignment
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• AMP 415 Module 1 Assignment
• Using Excel, prepare a classified balance sheet
  and multistep income statement using the Adjusted
  Trial Balance for ABC Corporation as of and for
  the year ended December 31, 2010.

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• AMP 415 Module 1 Discussion 1
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• AMP 415 Module 1 Discussion 1
• Identify one account that would typically be
  found on a balance sheet, and one account that
  would typically be found on an income statement,
  and define them. Cite any references used, and do
  not identify accounts that have already been
  chosen by any of your classmates. Participate in
  follow-up discussion by reviewing your
  classmates posts and adding to their definitions
  of terms, or by responding to follow-up questions
  posed by your instructor.

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• AMP 415 Module 1 Discussion 2
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• AMP 415 Module 1 Discussion 2
• Choose one of the assumptions, principles,
  constraints, primary characteristics, secondary
  characteristics, or elements of accounting as
  found in the conceptual framework of accounting.
  Explain the concept in your own words and
  describe a business situation in which the
  concept could be applied. Do not choose a concept
  previously chosen by one of your classmates.

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• AMP 415 Module 2 Assignment Problem 15-18
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• AMP 415 Module 2 Assignment
• Complete Problem 15-18 Common Size Statements
  and Financial Ratios for a Loan Application in
  chapter 15 of Managerial Accounting and present
  your responses in an Excel spreadsheet.

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• AMP 415 Module 2 Discussion 1
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• AMP 415 Module 2 Discussion 1
• What information might you use, besides the
  financial statements of an organization, when
  analyzing its financial health? Be specific, and
  identify the usefulness of the information that
  you identify.

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• AMP 415 Module 2 Discussion 2
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• AMP 415 Module 2 Discussion 2
• In performing a horizontal analysis on a
  companys income statement, you notice that sales
  have decreased by 4, but the gross profit has
  increased by 10. What are some factors that
  could cause this to happen?

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• AMP 415 Module 3 Assignment
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• AMP 415 Module 3 Assignment
• This is a CLC assignment.
• With your CLC, select a publicly traded company
  to analyze. You must clear the company with your
  instructor, as no two groups may examine the same
  company.

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• AMP 415 Module 3 Discussion 1
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• AMP 415 Module 3 Discussion 1
• What are the benefits of ratio analysis? What are
  the limitations of ratio analysis? What can be
  done to minimize the limitations on ratio
  analysis? Explain.

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• AMP 415 Module 3 Discussion 2
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• AMP 415 Module 3 Discussion 2
• You have computed all of the liquidity ratios for
  a company, and each of them appears to be close
  to or better than the industry averages. What
  other information would you want before you made
  a final assessment of the companys short-term
  debt paying ability?

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• AMP 415 Module 4 Assignment 1
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• AMP 415 Module 4 Assignment 1
• For this assignment, you will interview an
  accountant to learn more about the field and how
  financial statements and information are utilized
  to make important managerial decisions.
• Refer to Informed Consent Letter. You should
  present the Informed Consent Letter to the person
  you intend to interview.

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• AMP 415 Module 4 Assignment 2
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• AMP 415 Module 4 Assignment 2
• Complete Problem 14-10 Prepare a Statement of
  Cash Flows Free Cash Flow in chapter 14 of
  Managerial Accounting. Present your responses in
  an Excel spreadsheet.
• You are not required to submit this assignment to
  Turnitin.

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• AMP 415 Module 4 Discussion 1
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• AMP 415 Module 4 Discussion 1
• What are the differences between the indirect and
  direct methods of preparing the statement of cash
  flows? Do you agree with the FASB that the direct
  method is preferred? Why, or why not?

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• AMP 415 Module 4 Discussion 2 (Apple)
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• AMP 415 Module 4 Discussion 2 Cash Flow Ratios
• Choose a publicly traded company and calculate
  its cash flow ratios as presented in this weeks
  lecture. Demonstrate your calculations in your
  post, and explain what the cash flow ratios
  indicate about the company. Do not choose a
  company previously chosen by one of your
  classmates. Participate in follow-up discussion
  by choosing one of your classmates posts and
  expanding upon what they have said that the cash
  flow ratios indicate.

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• AMP 415 Module 5 Assignment 1
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• AMP 415 Module 5 Assignment 1
• Your company, Diamond Dynamics, is researching
  whether or not it would be a good decision to
  invest in new manufacturing equipment that will
  significantly speed up production time on the
  assembly line. However, the total cost of the
  equipment and installation, not including any
  maintenance plan, is a hefty investment of
  roughly 850,000. In a 500-word description,
  Explain how a CVP analysis would be useful for
  determining whether or not the investment is
  worth it. Also, explain the limitations of a CVP
  analysis in this situation and for making
  managerial decisions in general.

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• AMP 415 Module 5 Assignment 2
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• AMP 415 Module 5 Assignment 2
• Complete Problem 6-21 Segment Reporting and
  Decision Making in chapter 6 of Managerial
  Accounting and present your responses in an Excel
  spreadsheet.

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• AMP 415 Module 5 Discussion 1
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• AMP 415 Module 5 Discussion 1
• Distinguish between a variable cost, a fixed
  cost, and a mixed cost. Identify a publicly
  traded, well-known company, and identify what you
  envision would be a variable cost, a fixed cost,
  and a mixed cost for this company. Do not choose
  a company that one of your classmates has already
  chosen. Participate in follow-up discussion
  through responding to one of your classmates
  posts, adding to the variable, fixed, and mixed
  costs that might exist for the company presented.

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• AMP 415 Module 5 Discussion 2
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• AMP 415 Module 5 Discussion 2
• What is meant by a products contribution margin
  ratio? How is this ratio useful in planning
  business operations?

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• AMP 415 Module 6 Assignment 1
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• AMP 415 Module 6 Assignment 1
• Voice App is a midsize software company that
  specializes in voice recognition software. Due to
  rising costs of maintaining IT technical support,
  your director is considering outsourcing your
  technical support services. Currently, your
  technical support service desk is staffed by 30
  full-time and 15 part-time employees. Your
  director has asked you to prepare a
  recommendation report that includes the
  advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing and a
  cost/benefit analysis to determine if outsourcing
  will actually result in any significant savings
  for the company.

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• AMP 415 Module 6 Assignment 2
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• AMP 415 Module 6 Assignment 2
• Complete P14-48 on pages 624-625 of Managerial
  Accounting Creating Value in a Dynamic Business
  Environment and present your responses in an
  Excel spreadsheet.
• You are not required to submit this assignment to
  Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your

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• AMP 415 Module 6 Discussion 1
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• AMP 415 Module 6 Discussion 1
• What other ways, besides relevant costs, could be
  used to analyze a make-or-buy decision?

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• AMP 415 Module 6 Discussion 2
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• How is relevant costing used in decision making?
  What would the relevant costs be in deciding
  whether to discontinue a segment of business?
  What would the relevant costs be in deciding how
  to optimize use of a constrained resource?

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• AMP 415 Module 7 Assignment
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• Complete Problem 8-21 Schedule of Expected Cash
  Collections Cash Budget in chapter 8 of
  Managerial Accounting and present your responses
  in an Excel spreadsheet.

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• AMP 415 Module 7 Discussion 1
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• What is a static budget? What is a flexible
  budget? Which is more useful, and why?

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• AMP 415 Module 7 Discussion 2
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• Consider your current position, or consider a job
  that you might like to have in the future.
  Describe how budgeting might impact you in that
  role.

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• AMP 415 Module 8 Assignment
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• AMP 415 Module 8 Assignment
• This is a CLC assignment.
• Within your CLC, choose a publicly traded company
  and identify one of its products that the group
  will analyze. Describe the strategic implications
  that would need to be considered in setting a
  price for that product, and determine whether the
  group would use a market-based pricing approach
  or a cost-based pricing approach to setting the
  product price

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• AMP 415 Module 8 Discussion 1
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• What is the difference between a value-added and
  a non-value-added cost? Give an example of each.
  Participate in follow-up discussions by reviewing
  your classmates posts and expanding upon what
  they have written regarding value-added and
  non-value-added costs.

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• AMP 415 Module 8 Discussion 2
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• AMP 415 Module 8 Discussion 2
• What is the product life cycle? How does it
  impact pricing decisions?

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