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The Study of Culture impacts on Male Managers’ Decision Making within Multinational Project Teams; Case Study: Zirsakht Telecommunication Co
Get PDFThe appropriate method for overcoming problems of new organizations is to provide knowledge based teams with optimum output. Making such teams needs experienced experts. Nowadays productive organizations are increasing and their developing depends on their globalization; therefore cultural differenced may cause great changes in the decision making process in these teams. The aim of the present study is to determine the influence of social culture on male managers’ decisionmaking styles within multinational project teams. For this reason; the number of 100 person of senior and midlevel managers working in the project teams from the two company of Iranian Zirsakht Co and Korean KT Co through Available Non-probabilistic sampling method. The influence of social culture on managers’ decision-making styles has been examined through Structural Equation Model by using the software known as AMOS version 23 in the two section of Evaluation model Structural section. Also SPSS version 23 was applied for comparing analysis results. The results of the recent study showed that social culture influences managers’ decision making styles at international project teams from the two Iranian and Korean nationalities
Exploration into the Rise of Mobile Penetration in a Developing e-Commerce Market and its Impact on a South African Company
Get PDFMobile penetration and purchasing has proven to be a growing trend in South Africa and one that is fast becoming the most popular and preferred method of accessing and browsing the internet, and making online purchases. This study aimed to identify the depth of mobile penetration in South Africa and more specifically, to a particular online company in South Africa. Company X took the country by storm and grew exponentially within six years. While the growth was welcomed and conventional shopping challenged with the advent of an online store, the company lacked statistical knowledge to guide its growth and no conclusive research was available to assist with its strategy review. This rendered the study necessary as competitors were emerging and the Company X needed to maintain its position in the market. Results from the study show some consumers are still uncomfortable and have security issues with purchasing online. While consumers understand the basic requirements for purchasing online, some are unsure when it comes to recent technological advances including applications and mobile websites, but become less fastidious when it comes to touching a product before making a purchase. The study documented areas for improvement to the Company X’s marketing plan by enhancing its social media strategy. Social media engagement proved to be of great significance in building brand rapport and increasing mobile penetration and purchasing. The main drivers for mobile penetration and purchasing were recognised which include convenience and ease of access to the brand. The study provided valuable information and data for the management team of the company to review, and will greatly serve in assisting with the enhancement of its new mobile marketing strategy
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GROSS MARGIN AND SOME SOCIO-ECONOMIC VARIABLES IN SOME SELECTED DATE PALM MARKETS OF JIGAWA STATE NIGERIA
Get PDFThe study examined the relationship between gross margin and some socio-economic variables in some selected date palm markets of Jigawa State Nigeria. The specific objectives were to; determine the influence of some socio-economic variables on gross margin and examine the causations between the socio-economic variables and gross margin. Analytical tool employed for the analysis were multiple regression and gross margin analysis. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were employed in selecting 122 respondents from a sampling frame of 305. The result revealed that the coefficients of age (584.88), selling price (3.97) and quantity sold (3076.22) were positive and statistically significant while cost of transportation (-20.48), marketing experience (-533.81) and cost of the product were negative and statistically significant. The R² value of 0.79 indicates that about 79% of the variation in gross margin was explained by variables included in the model while the remaining 21% is due to error term. The F-statistics of 51.79 indicates that all the variables in the model were jointly and statistically affecting gross margin. There is no autocorrelation as indicated by the F-value of 0.3149 and no heteroscedasticity as indicated by the F-value of 0.4057. The Granger causality test indicates that there is no causation between gross margin and age, household size and marketing experience while there is unidirectional relationship between gross margin and years of formal education, selling price, cost of the produce and quantity sold and the is a bi-directional relationship between gross margin and cost of transportation. It was concluded that there is positive and significant relationship between gross margin and age, selling price and quantity sold while there is statistical and negative relationship between gross margin and cost of transportation, marketing experience and cost of the produce. No causation between gross margin and age, household size and marketing experience, while Years of formal education, selling price cost of and cost of transportation also causes gross margin
Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Accounting Profession
Get PDFArtificial intelligence is no longer the robots and computers of science fiction from Hollywood movies. The ideas of developing machines that can “learn” are centuries old. The capacities of the computers and software of today create and exhibit intelligence, but also bring with it concerns along with much promise. In the accounting field artificial intelligence has been taking on more and more tasks. Already, there is software that has automated many accounting, tax, bookkeeping, and auditing processes. If machines are assuming a greater role, where do we, the professionals strike a balance? What does the future of the accounting profession look like with the growth of artificial intelligence?
The Relationship between the Education of Forensic Accounting & Accounting Students Competence in Sudanese Universities.
Get PDFForensic accountant plays a significant role in decreasing risk of financial & managerial misstatement in companies. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the education of (FA) & accounting students competence with reference to Sudanese universities. In order to achieve this aim, Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to generalize the results and conclude the findings. The data has been collected through a well-structured questionnaire is designed and will be distributed to a randomly chosen sample of business & economic staff members in some Sudanese universities. Statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze data and test hypotheses. The results of the study suggest that the inclusion of forensic accounting topics within the curriculum of the accounting department in Sudanese universities developed the characteristics and skills required for a forensic accountant.Also, the study concludes thatthe studying of (FA) increase the ability detect the financial misstatement disputes in the future. The study recommends that there is a necessity for the Coordination between the academic & professional bodies on how to develop the (FA) in the Sudanese environment
Cost Effective Utilization of Transportation Services in Today’s Business Environment-A Logistics Overview
Get PDFThe function of transportation is the main factor which determines the speed and efficiency of movement of goods from one place to another. The advancement in transportation, its techniques and principles helps in the improvement of quality of movement of goods, its speed of delivery, efficiency in operation cost, quality of service and the better utilization of available resources. Transportation places a crucial role in the global supply chain and logistics function in any organization. Considering the current situation, it is evident that a strong supply chain logistics system needs a fool proof transportation system for the effective movement of goods from the source to manufacturing units till it reach the consumer. Hence the purpose of this study is to define the various roles transport plays with regards to future improvements. This paper is undertaken with the aim of helping the people working in logistics department, students and planners of transportation managers to understand and explore the various methods, views and application of transportation and its application practically
Public Expenditure in a Simple Model of Economic Growth: The Case of Malaysia
Get PDFThis paper develops the public expenditure in a simple model of economic growth inMalaysia. The model investigates the relationship between the development expenditure (DE), investment (I), trade balance (TB) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The study used the annual data from 1970 to 2014. Simultaneous equation model, in particularly, Two-Stage Least Squares Method (TSLS) applied in this model. The result showed that investment (I) and trade balance (TB) are the most important variables determine the GDP. In determination of the level of investment (I), it appeared that GDP and trade balance (TB) are the important factors. GDP and investment (I) are the important factors determine the amount of trade balance (TB). Moreover, the results contradict to Wagner’s Law of government expenditure generally rises in tandem with income increases. It could be drawn from the results are either the size of government is driven from non-economic factors, or insufficient public expenditure is channeled toward development expenditure. Therefore, the development expenditure is merely not productive or supportive toward long term economic growth inMalaysia.
 
Employee Motivation and It’s Influence on Performance
Get PDFThe purpose of this paper is to highlight the relationship or the impact motivation of employees have on their overall performance in organizations and how their performance as well boost the overall output of their organizations.The objective of this paper is to educate readers on some theories of motivation mainly the content/need theories which talks about what motivates employees with various authors and their findings, and he process theories which explains employee’s levels of motivation and need satisfaction.The study also focuses on the types of motivation and the forms they take with further literature talking about the importance of motivation and how it influences employees’ performance and how this performance can be measured.Finally, with all the findings and that of various authors the paper has concluded that the success and achievements of organizations depends on how well they motivate their employees and in every organization employees would like managers who motivate them in the workforce
Regression Data Analysis of How Factors Influence Opportunities for Employment Creation in China
Get PDFThis article aims to explain through regression data analysis, how some factors such as political, social, cultural and economic factors impact graduates students from China to self-employ. Total of two hundred sixteen (216) graduates students from China express their different opinion through structured questionnaires. Questionnaires are structured according to Linkert scale framework where Items are rated from 1 to 5 (1~5, the higher is the score, the greater its affect). Respondents are pleased to tick "under the corresponding scores" with: 1= Not important 2= Not very important 3=generally important 4=Important 5=Very important. Dependents and independents variables are subjects to cronbatch test of reliability. Results shown that independent variables referred to as political, economic, social and cultural factors have deep impact on opportunity for entrepreneurship in term of employment creation in China. We found that China focuses on economic strengths to influence opportunities for employment creation. Moreover, the value of Cronbach’s alpha reliability test for data collected among graduate’s students from China is 0,770. Friedman’s chi-square analysis of variance is significant at a p = 0.000. Therefore, variables are significant and consistent for regression analysis
Relationship between Macroeconomics and Stock Market: Empirical Study in Malaysia
Get PDFThis paper attempt to investigate the relationship between macroeconomic variables and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI, the samples are divided into 2 groups such as foreign macroeconomic variables and local macroeconomic variables, foreign macroeconomic variables consist of Gold Bullion LBM price and Dow Jones Index, meanwhile local macroeconomic variables consist of Consumer Price Index, Base Lending Rate, Exchange Rate.This study employs data from Jan 2000 to Dec 2013 which contains a monthly data set of 168 observations. There are 3 methodologies used in this study to investigate the relationship, the first test is Unit Root test which used to test the stationary of each variable, the results indicate that all the variables are stationary in first difference, this is important to use stationary variables because if the variables are not stationary, it might lead to spurious regression. The second methodology is Johansen & Juselius Co-integration test to investigate the long run relationship among these variables, the results show that the foreign macroeconomic variables and local macroeconomic variables have long run relationship with KLCI and significant. Next, this study will investigate the short run relationship between macroeconomic variables and KLCI, the results indicate that Gold, BLR and CPI can granger cause KLCI and significant at 1%, 5% significance level respectively