The Role of Financial Incentives in Balanced Scorecard‐Based Performance Evaluations: Correcting Mood Congruency Biases, Journal of Accounting Research,

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Each student will be responsible for preparing a summary and criticizing an academic article that deals with management control systems. Students MUST select the following study on the Balanced Scor

Each student will be responsible for preparing a summary and criticizing an academic article that deals with management control systems.

Students MUST select the following study on the Balanced Scorecard. The article is attached called “The Role of Financial Incentives in Balanced Scorecard-Based Performance Evaluations- Correcting Mood Congruency Biases”

Ding, S. and Beaulieu, P. 2011. The Role of Financial Incentives in Balanced Scorecard‐Based Performance Evaluations: Correcting Mood Congruency Biases, Journal of Accounting Research, 49(5), p.1223-1247.

The article assignment is expected to:

•      Provide the article’s title, source, and publication date.

•      State the article’s major points [10 marks].

•      Explain the authors’ motivation for the article [10 marks].

•      Specify what major concepts from ADM4345 were discussed by the article [15 marks].

•      Comment whether or not the article provided you with additional understanding of these major concepts [10 marks].

•      Critically evaluate the application of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) as a performance evaluation tool, using relevant theories, managerial practices, and/or your personal working experiences [40 marks].

•      Critically evaluate some extra studies on the BSC and discuss the implications of these studies on the application of this important MCS tool and their link to the final exam article. Extra studies on the BSC will be posted on Brightspace, but you may find additional articles by yourself through the University of Ottawa’s library [10 marks].

You are not expected to comment on the article’s statistical analyses, if any.

This article assignment should include a cover page and should be presented in size-12 font, 1.5 line spacing, with normal margins, and not more than 2,000 words plus no more than 2 appendices. The assignment is to be professionally written, using appropriate syntax, grammar, vocabulary, and spelling [5 marks]. Your signed Statement of Academic Integrity should be attached.

Everyday Policy Impact Presentation

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Everyday Policy Impact Presentation Students will develop and present a narrated 7-minute PowerPoint presentation based on the everyday policy impact worksheet. They will choose 2 of the 4 policies

Everyday Policy Impact Presentation

Students will develop and present a narrated  7-minute PowerPoint presentation based on the everyday policy impact worksheet. They will choose 2 of the 4 policies they identified in their activity and make a PowerPoint presenting the following information. In addition to a title slide, each policy will have 3 slides, and there will be a final slide with references for a total of at least 8 slides. For each policy topic, students will need 2 additional website resources and include one short video clip or GIF (1 minute or less).

Your presentation should include the following elements:

  1. Title Slide – Be sure to include your name and some pictures to preview what your presentation will cover.
  2. Policy Slide 1 – What is the problem and why is it a problem? Also, why do you think this policy is in place and who do you think established the policy?
  3. Policy Slide 2 – What is the impact of the policy? Who does the policy help/hurt? What are the intended and unintended consequences of the policy? What are the short-term and long-term effects of the policy?
  4. Policy Slide 3 – What recommendations do you have to solve the problem? Also, what would it take to get the policy changed? Explain your rationale.
  5. Repeat those last three slides for your second policy
  6. Final Slide – References in APA format.
  7. You should use pictures/graphs/charts and at least one short video clip or GIF to help illustrate the issue.

Your presentation must be uploaded to Canvas in 2 places. First as a submission for this assignment, and then to the corresponding discussion page so your classmates can view it during week 15.

Please see the attached rubric to help you in planning your presentation

Explain the differences between the competitive sector and the monopolistic sector, in terms of market mechanisms and sales effort.

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Essay Length: Double spaced, between 750 and 1000 words (including references) Include a properly formatted bibliography at the end of your essay. Your essay must start with a comprehensive introduct

Essay

Length: Double spaced,

between 750 and 1000 words (including references)

Include a properly formatted bibliography at the end of your essay. Your essay must start with a comprehensive introduction which includes: i. The position the author takes on the key question; ii. Your thesis; and iii. An explanation of how your essay will be organized. Your essay must have a clear paragraph structure, each starting with a clear topic sentence.

Papers should be double spaced, with 12 point font (such as Times New Roman, Arial or Cambria) and one inch margins. Use paragraph format and provide a title page and a bibliography. Each page of your essay (except the title page) must be numbered.

Course Material: Books used in course :

1. Birch, Kean (Ed.). 2017. Business and Society. A Critical Introduction. London: Zed Books.

2. Shea, Victor and William Whitla. 2005. Foundations: Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing. Toronto: Pearson/Prentice Hall.

Only use these books as reference no other reference allowed

TOPIC: Explain the differences between the competitive sector and the monopolistic sector, in terms of market mechanisms and sales effort. What are the strategies used by monopoly capital to stimulate effective demand? Provide a definition of planned obsolescence and its social consequences

ALSO INCLUDE ESSAY OUTLINE ON SIDE.

NO plAGIARISM ITS CHECKED BRIEFLY BU TURNITIN

Senior Budget Project Each month you receive $1675 as your social security benefit.

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Senior Budget Project Each month you receive $1675 as your social security benefit. From this amount charges will be subtracted for home maintenance (including property taxes, insurance, general upke

Senior Budget Project

Each month you receive $1675 as your social security benefit.  From this amount charges will be subtracted for home maintenance (including property taxes, insurance, general upkeep), medical costs (including premiums, cost of medications, doctors visits, etc), car insurance, utilities, and a credit card (cc) payment.  The amounts being subtracted were developed after researching the average costs for senior citizens.  The remaining amount will them be divided by 4 (for 4 weeks in a month) and this will be the amount you will have for groceries, gas, and living expenses for 1 week.  You will need to submit a menu for one week (7 days) that is nutritional but does not exceed your budget.  You will need to give the cost of all items listed on your menu. (individual prices for each item and then the total of all items)  You will also need to give the amount spent on gasoline and any other expenses for the week.    You cannot stay at home all week, you must leave the house twice and attend at least one activity.  Grading will be based on feasibility of menu and planned activities for the week, ability to stay within constraints of budget, and neatness/flow of paperwork.  In addition the developing the budget you must submit a short paper (1/2 a page to 1 page in length) reflecting on the experience.

Social Security Benefit                           $1675

-$150 home maintenance

-$600 medical costs

-$200 car insurance/payment/repairs

-$200 utilities

-$140.66 cc payment (average senior has $7033 in cc debt)

Remaining Balance                         $384.34 / 4 weeks = $96.09 for all expenses for the week