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To investigate the inventory management system used by Yogiji’s Food Mart to reduce waste.
Get PDFApproaching graduation, the first question for every student is “Will I be able to find a job?” If they find a job, the next question will properly be “Can I perform well at work” This research investigated whether students can use what they have learned when they start work, whether there is a gap, and what gap exists between accounting education and the requirements of practice. This study aims to identify the gap of expectation, skill obtained and skills required between student and practitioners’ point of view. This will provide information to students on what areas should they be paying attention to during study, and inform educators on where gaps exist, and brief employers on areas a graduate of accounting education may lack, so focused training can be provided.
A questionnaire was designed using free survey tool Qualtrics. Questions were adapted from four different sources. The survey was sent to a Wintec CBITE accounting tutor. With their consent and permission, the survey link was posted onto a Moodle page to share with Wintec CBITE students. The researcher then collected data though Qualtrics. Analysis was done though Excel. A table was created for each question. Some answers were modified to match the literature’s format of presenting their result to show a fairer and equal comparison.
The researcher received a total of 26 responses.,20 of which were from accounting major students. However, only 15 out of the 20 had completed the whole questionnaire. Comparison of the results gained from this study contrast with the literature. Conclusions and recommendations are still to be made
Preserve birds in their natural NZ habitat and save their “Wild Musick”.
Get PDFThe Wild Musick framework has been created to support the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Tourism) NZ, Department of Conservation, Ministry of Conservation, and Ministry of Youth Development. It works to encourage the youth, and families in saving birds and conserving the biodiversity of New Zealand avian population. The solution offers the following direct use cases :
1. Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Tourism)
a. Creation of new walking trails along areas of high bird density.
b. Promoting bird watching and bird sounding trips.
c. Aligning the tourism season with bird migration and seasonal population variation of birds.
d. Promoting bird watching as a sport.
e. Family trips encouraged to record bird sounds and feeding them to the Wild Musick web service.
2. Ministry of Conservation (Bio Conservation)
a. Pest population has an inverse relationship to the bird population in a geographic area. The Wild Musick framework can assist in decreasing the pest population in an area supporting other programs working in conjunction with saving birds.
b. Saving the avian population leads to the maintenance of the ecological balance in the Aotearoa region.
c. Identification of unusual birds migration in specific areas.
d. Identification of bird songs from bird calls and identifying the breeding season and perhaps preventing human intervention during the season.
e. Identifying bird’s behaviour based on their songs/calls.
f. Identify the population density of the endangered birds species.
3. Ministry of Youth Development
a. Identify the bird sounds in the wild on youth trips.
b. Respond to a bird call for help, if we can isolate the bird sound
c. Gamify the application and ask the youth (children as well as youth) when they go wit
Stylistic play and humour in musical theatre
Get PDFPaper presented at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) Australasian annual conference, Waikato Institute of Technology, 3-5 December 2018.
This paper explored the role pastiche plays in creating humor in contemporary musical theater using a range of examples from shows such as Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, and School of Rock
Creating greater efficiency in Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Get PDFThis study aims to investigate how to create better efficiency in GST for a small painting business in the Waikato by enlightening and exploring the context of GST in the economy. This study uses secondary research in which the information is sourced from databases, using academic journals, published articles and then further multiple search engines which include government websites for discussion papers, legislation, and books. Re-occurring themes linking to the topic of creating greater efficiency in GST were identified. These ften linked to the history and the future of GST. The themes were analysed further, leading to the conclusion that particular factors affect poor compliance and showing why compliance is important for GST registered businesses. The study recommends that in order to create better efficiency in GST at a small painting business in the Waikato, they should adopt the new government initiative that is aimed at reducing compliance costs and simplifying the way information is submitted. This will help to incorporate efficiency in GST into their administration, using their accounting software package. Further research into GST is recommended to keep the business up to date with compliance
Identifying strategies for strengthening market position
Get PDFThis research aims to comprehend how an organisation operates its business and to identify the strategies adopted by it to strengthen its position in the market. The research starts with the background of the restaurant, which is followed by an internal and external analysis of the business to better understand its business environment. This includes SWOT analysis, PESTLE analysis, and an understanding of the competition. Then the scope of the research is mentioned, and further explained in the literature review. The areas covered in the literature review include interior design, competitive advantage, analysis of customer base and satisfaction, human resources and expansion strategies. Then the methods used to conduct the research are discussed. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used for this research. Then the results obtained, and observations made from conducting the interview and questionnaire are covered. A complete detained analysis of the results is included in the discussion. The results section primarily highlights the most likable factor about the restaurant and its position in the market. Conclusions are drawn and recommendations made for the organisation to increase their sales are provided on the basis of the results obtained. It has been observed that the organisation faces stiff competition and needs to take measures to improve its market position
Female coaches in strength and conditioning: Why so few?
No full textA substantial issue in sporting professions today, including elite strength and conditioning, is sex imbalance. Attitudes towards women’s roles are complex and institutionally entrenched, contributing to barriers to women’s success. Although real issues still exist for today’s elite female strength coaches, murmurings of change are audible. Further research on why sex imbalance in strength and conditioning matters as well as the creation of a culture where women feel included and wanted is part of the solution. This article will focus on women in strength and conditioning, and situates it within a broader social context
Relationship between inventory management and demand forecast
Get PDFThe study aims to achieve balance between inventory management and demand forecast to regulate operations effectively and efficiently at a franchise of retail grocery store. The study uses the qualitative research to obtain better results through interviews from resources to analyse the research properly. The main agenda of this research is to control inventory satisfactorily and recommend policies and plans to overcome problems and errors. The study found that there is lack of system running for proper management of inventory and demand forecasting. Lack of these systems affect the business badly by lowering sales revenue and reducing franchise goodwill. The study recommends that there should be an effective model and systems introduced in the operations to curb problems like being out of stock and holding excessive stock, which lead to more cost to the business. Best models for this store could be the just-in-time and the moving-average model. Introducing the systems could help the business to run effectively, but follow-up is the significant factor in applying new systems in any organisation. Developed processes and criteria should be used in implementing these models. Regular checking should be done to see the working of systems
The management of sponsorship in a non-profit organisation
Get PDFThis research project is focused on providing an exploration of a non-profit organisation recognised all over the world. The investigation is focused on understanding the sponsorship management processes used by the organisation. The method chosen for this research was qualitative data. Two interviews were conducted to obtain information from the main source. Interviews were chosen because they allow investigating issues in an in-depth way. Moreover, they allow more detailed questions to be asked and incomplete answers or ambiguities can be clarified and interviewees are not influenced by others in the group. Limitations and findings are discussed, along with recommendations for future research. The results conclude with recommendations
Strategies adopted to create relative advantage
Get PDFThe aim of this research is to understand the strategies being currently adopted and those which can be adopted to increase operating efficiency in an organisation. The research includes the background and SWOT analysis of the organisation to better understand the business environment. The scope of the research signifies the areas that have been investigated in the research to answer the question asked in the aim. These areas include relative advantage, customer analysis and management of human resources. These areas are explained in detail in the literature review which gives useful insight into the business strategies of the organisation. After the literature review, information regarding the method adopted to conduct the research and why it is adopted is discussed. A results section shows all the information obtained and graphs prepared from conducting the surveys and interviews. These are further analysed in detail in the discussion that follows
Financial planning
Get PDFThis research study is based on a small outlet. The company has many outlets all over New Zealand and expanded business to Australia through an online website. Financial planning has been proved to be one of the important factors for any organisation. A firm with a good or viable financial plan grows at a very fast pace and minimises its losses to some extent. The aim of this study is to evaluate the financial planning part of the internal control system of the organisation. It helps to understand the way organisation works and to determine the shortfalls of its system. The research focused on challenges and difficulties faced by vaping industries and suggested solutions to improve their financial planning. This research is qualitative in nature. Data collection was made through semi-structured interviews. The assistant manager of the company was interviewed using a series of questions. It was found that the company has some major problems in the area of finance as well as with its inventory control system. It was found that the company had no proper inventory system and was not able to generate targeted sales. It is recommended that the organisation should work upon lowering the prices of products and focus on different strategies of marketing. The organisation also should follow an established inventory system (LIFO, FIFO) in order to avoid wastage and random transactions