If a company’s Board of Directors wants its management to maximize shareholder wealth, should the CEO’s compensation be set as a fixed dollar amount, or should the compensation depend on how well the firm performs? If it is to be based on performance, how should performance be measured? Would it be easier to measure performance by the growth rate in reported profits or the growth rate in the stock’s value? Which would be the better performance measure? Why

I am studying accounting. Why should I study management?

Assume that an amazing job is offered to you by a campus to collect funds for the SZABIST’s sports program and you accepted that offer. You are now told to draft a fundraising letter. If you want to raise as much money as possible, would it be better if the text of that section mentioned that your business school is ranked among the best leading university in the nation in sports or that you are better than 99 percent of other businessschools at sports? Explain this behavior?

If a company's board of directors wants management to maximize shareholders' wealth, should the CEO's compensation be set as a fixed amount or should the compensation depend on how well the firm performs? If it is based on the performance, how should performance be measured?

Why is estimating operation and implementation costs in budgeting important?

Assume your gross pay per pay period is $8,600, and you are in the 35 percent tax bracket. Calculate your net pay and spendable income if you save $860 per pay period after paying income tax on $8,600.

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company?  Which is better,the old fashioned way of TOP DOWN budgeting, or the new way as described in the article and state why you have come to this conclusion. The average billion-dollar company spends as many as 25,000 person-days per year putting together the budget. If this all paid off in shareholder return, that would be fine. But few organizations can make that claim. In fact, many firms now question the ROI of traditional budgeting altogether and are looking for alternatives that reduce time and better align spending with strategy. Look at your own company's budget process: Has it really helped you do a better job of belt tightening during the current slowdown? Many companies have reverted to more centralized command-and-control procedures to keep a tight rein on costs—but the dynamics of the budgeting process often undermine this effort. "In tough times like these, any significant real cost growth feels imprudent and is hard to justify for most…

Your friend started their own company a few years ago. During covid they experienced a lot ofchallenges, especially with leave pay. He also heard about IAS19 but is not sure what it is about. Heis asking for your advice regarding short-term employee benefits, as well as your assistance basedon the following information relating to the company:At the end of the current financial year being the 30 June 2022, the company has 80 middlemanagers, 20 top managers and 10 partners in the company. As compensation for their services,the following compensation packages are awarded:• Middle managers are compensated with an average salary of R900 000 per annum and havea total of 25 days annual leave.• Top managers are compensated with an average salary of R1 200 000 per annum, with atotal of 22 days leave per annum.• Partners in the company are paid an average salary of R1 800 000 per annum.Per their employment contracts, annual leave may be carried forward for one financial period andis…

You have just been hired as the new risk manager of We Don't Change Manufacturing (WDCM).  As the name suggests, they have been traditionally doing the same thing for the past 10 years.  One of your first initiatives is to introduce the concept of enterprise risk management (ERM) to your boss, the treasurer.  Identify three areas in which ERM and traditional risk management (TRM) differ. For example, one of the areas of TRM is that it” manages downsides risks” and one area of ERM is that it “manages both upside and downside risks”.

If you have a $3000 budget, your average CPC is $0.50, and your conversion rate is 5%, what is your current CPA?