A national accounting firm offers tax preparation services to individuals. T.A. Stearns was a popular national accounting firm because of its superior reputation for high quality of its advice and the excellence of its service. Superior computer databases and analysis tools that were highly technical in tax laws they covered and in code they were written was the key to T.A. Stearns reputation. They were perfected by high levels of programming skills with the ability to understand the law. T.A. Stearns’ work was carried out in the greater Boston area by four programmers namely: Tom Andrews, Cy Crane, Marge Dector and Megan Harris in a virtual environment. The virtual…show more content… An instruction that represents a sequence of instructions in abbreviated form. (dictionary.reference.com)
Chapter 2: Methodology
ACA #1: Acceptance of the New Macro.
Advantages – It is more efficient in terms of Cost effectiveness, Time efficiency, Effectiveness, Firm image, and Productivity of the workers.
Disadvantages – The implementation of the new macro is a problem because of its secrecy. It has not been well-oriented to the employees that explain why employee orientation is not that efficient.
ACA #2: Rejection of the New Macro.
Advantages * It is more efficient in terms of Implementation and Employee orientation. The old macros that have been used by the virtual work teams were properly oriented to the employees and their implementation was smooth.
Disadvantages * It is not that efficient in the Cost effectiveness, Time efficiency, Effectiveness, Firm image, and Productivity of the workers compared to the new macro. The old macros are effective too, get works done too in time, have a good rate of productivity and maintain the firm’s image but they are not as efficient as the new macro.
THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY ACCOUNTING TEAM Summary: Sarah (the name given by us) has been working in McKay, Sanderson, and Smith Associates a mid-sized accounting team located in Boston that is specialized in commercial accounting and audits for past five years. Her specialty is accounting practices for shipping companies, ranging from small to certain big fleets along east coast. About two months ago her company merged with another two other accounting firms which has offices in Miami, Seattle, Baton…
progression for extended period of time. Therefor her way of balancing her agenda form the team is more than valuable. According to (glOBalization!: Forming International Teams in a Virtual World) Virtual global teams have certain liabilities. Traditional teams offer multiple opportunities to work closely with colleagues and develop close personal relationships that can facilitate performance. To be effective, virtual teams need to facilitate these relationships despite numerous barriers. It’s easy to misinterpret…
1: Karthik Poonuri Accomplishments/ Contributions: Grade: Sales Management & Leadership Organizing the team for regular discussions and allotting common time to work on simulation. Making Sales decisions and strategies. Selecting team norms for decision-making process. Learning: Learning how to use simulation. Learning about roles and responsibilities of a leader in the team. Learning how to choose sales strategy to support decisions. Barriers: Using the simulation game for the first…
HRM Consultancy Report - BancRoyale Amsterdam Section 1: Organisational change scenario analysis Section 2: Analysis of organizational solutions Section 3: Conclusion SECTION 1- Organisational Change Analysis In a survey undertaken by PWC of customers and outsourcing service providers cut across different advanced countries, over 80% customers noted that outsourcing activities delivered targeted gains provided for in the original business case. By implication therefore, it can be said that…
>part I: Chapter 1 ....Introduction to Organizational Behavior Introduction [chapter.1] Introduction to Organizational Behavior After reading this chapter, you should be able to • Define organizational behavior and give three reasons for studying this subject. • Discuss the potential benefits and challenges of an increasingly diverse workforce. Google has leveraged the power of organizational behavior to attract talented employees who want to make a difference in the Internet…
Chapter 10 1. Why have teams become so popular? a. As organizations have restructured themselves to compete more effectively and efficiently, they have turned to teams as a better way to use employee talents b. Teams are more flexible and responsive to changing events c. Teams facilitate employee participation in operating decisions d. Teams are an effective means for management to democratize organizations and increase employee motivation 2. Differences between groups and teams a. Group: two or more…
I. Abstract Today’s work is rarely carried out at only one location. Geographically distributed teams have gone from being an anomaly to being the standard. Despite that, our theories of work organization and supervision come from the days of direct supervision and close coordination. How does “distance” affect work? How do teams coordinate tasks? What are the effects of distribution on motivation and performance? How does a team unite around a common purpose? Ultimately, what part does technology…
White Paper on Memory Usage 6/19/2008 Abstract: This paper was written to compare customer environments with regards to memory usage for the Interactive Application running on Metaframe servers in the Hosting environment. Data Information: A sample group of servers was chosen at random and the following information was obtained from these servers using two methods. Calculations were made from the both groupings of data, each section will show the calculation methods used. As a best…
What is team? A team is any group of people organized to work together interdependently and cooperatively to meet the needs of their customers by accomplishing a purpose and goals. Teams are created for both long term and short term interaction. (about.com) What is group? Dorwin Cartwright and Alvin Zander defines: A group is a collection of individuals who have relations to one another that make them interdependent to some significant degree. As so defined, the term group refers to a class of…