The book, "Relevance Lost: The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting" introduces the history of management accounting. The book is very well documented in that Johnson and Kaplan were able to deduce different conclusions made by others. They start from the very beginning exploring as far back as the 18th century by discussing how textile mills started recording in their books accounting information. ... Management accounting evolved to support these external-reporting requirements. ... Du Pont first started out as a manufacturer of gunpowder but went on to become bigger. ...

• Word Count: 3169
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They included: • Failure to convince the workforce that job reductions were necessary • Apparent lack of clarity or unfairness in deciding on individual redundancies • Lack of care over redundant staff • Lack of alternative career development options if promotion becomes unlikely • Changes which leave survivors unclear of what is expected of them, or how they will acquire the new skills they may need • Managers who are unwilling or unable to provide adequate time and support to individuals. Survivors are affected as they do not fare well in t...

• Word Count: 2011
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They included: • Failure to convince the workforce that job reductions were necessary • Apparent lack of clarity or unfairness in deciding on individual redundancies • Lack of care over redundant staff • Lack of alternative career development options if promotion becomes unlikely • Changes which leave survivors unclear of what is expected of them, or how they will acquire the new skills they may need • Managers who are unwilling or unable to provide adequate time and support to individuals. Survivors are affected as they do not fare well in t...

• Word Count: 2011
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The other responsibilities were: handling customer's complaints, keep track of the customer's requests for certain products, contacting the client's upon the arrival of products or basically establishing and keeping client's relationship for future business, learning how to monitor inventory levels, gaining working knowledge of the store's overall operation, projects relating to achieving sales and liquidation goals. ... The day after conversation with manager, I started implementing the criteria of new assigned project. ... The duties of the work are: report to the a...

• Word Count: 1553
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate