Describe what accountants do.

a) Describe what accountants do.
They keep track, and inspects financial records of individual, or businesses.
b) Summarize the specific duties of accountants.
There are about 18 duties of accountants, they each have a specific part of keeping track, and inspects financial records. Some analyze costs, assets and such, others controls the daily activities of an accounting organization.
c) Name 5 related careers.
Auditor, bookkeeper, principal, tax specialist, payroll specialist
d) What is the CMA-CGA Merger?
CMA - Provides a foundation in accounting, management and strategy. It is a professional designation award.
CGA - It's a not-for-profit incorporated by the Special Act of Canadian Parliament. Supports the setting of accounting, auditing and assurance standards for businesses.
CNA-CGA Merger - It units the national and provincial organization. It finds feedbacks and share it with members, candidates and registered students.

Revitalize Downtown

1. How is the marketing of the "revitalize downtown" campaign different from any other company's efforts?
They are making new and better downtown, which means people will move in more.
2. Why did the campaign begin?
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3. What research did the "revitalize downtown" campaign use to begin?
(Can't find)
4. What are the accomplishments of the "revitalize downtown" campaign? How can you measure success?
When lots of people move it, they will buy from stores.
5. Provide an example of how the "revitalize downtown" campaign has marketed itself?
Building signature streets so every can see it.
6. What does the "revitalize downtown" campaign do for publicity?
It improves downtown and have more space for people to come in.
7. What does the "revitalize downtown" campaign do for advertising?
(Publicity - free media, Advertising - paid for media)
Building signature streets so everyone can see, and could use televisions and have a group of students tour around the place.
8. Find a "revitalize downtown" advertisement. Explain how it 1 - attracts attention. 2 - Gains interest. 3 - Builds desire and 4 - Gets action.on.

Describe your favourite advertisement.

I don't have a favourite advertisement nor a favourite store, because most doesn't really interests me. However, I would prefer the advertisements (commercials) to be easy to understand and funny, it is more entertaining to watch rather than something boring. What soft drink do I like best would probably be crush or sprite. To me, it tastes better than coke, pepsi and such but it doesn't mean everyone will have the same opinion as me, they can prefer other soft drinks and not pick the one that I had picked.

What is working well with your group for this project?

By working together and putting effort into it. What would work better is having more time in the morning to be able to see our products, because having 15 minutes isn't enough to set up and sell and put it away. We don't really need to encourage others to work better in our group, because currently, everyone is doing what they can for the assignments, though it may not be the best, but if there's a little more time and some feedback which we just had, it'll be better.

How Can businesses Have a Bad Reputation?

Sometimes people can accuse them for something they didn't do. Otherwise it's usually the businesses' fault. They can end up in a bad reputation in a way of what they did wrong (lie about their products, treat their workers not right etc.) and how they treat the customers. They could try to do explain about the things they did, or prove that the customers are mistaken in order to get a positive reputation. They can also promote their products or come out with new things with a better quality, and get peoples' interests.

Respond: What do you think of this man's ideas?

I think his ideas are that we are heating up the planet while we could use a non-harm, simple, cheap ways to have a light source. There are different ways instead of using electricity and harming the planet. Some of the ways are using a detector, and an imager. It converts to an electron and you stick it on your window creating an image you can see through. If you don't need the light then you can beam it to your neighbour's house or friends'.

What I Think of What Author Isaac Asimov stated

What I think he meant on his statement is that no matter what you hear, been told by or having a sense of something by other people that made you not wanting to do it anymore, you still must do it. As long as you know if it's right, and achieving your goals, it doesn't matter about the people around you. Some would just try to discourage you and so you wouldn't succeed on what you're trying to do. They can be jealous, and selfish therefore, you have to listen to your own thoughts.

What would you do if...

- Your friend asks you to add a few extra hours to a work time sheet for him, but you know that he did not put in the time.
As long if he came to work for that hours then yes, but if not then I wouldn't do so, because it's not fair.
- A salesperson in an electronics store offers to sell you an iPod after hours at a discounted price.
If the store is legit, and doesn't sell stolen things, then I would buy it.
- You are aware that the teller gave you back too much money when completing a banking transaction.
I would tell the teller and return the money.

What are Some Products that You Think could be Considered Unethical and Morally Wrong?

Some product(s) that could be considered unethical and morally wrong is cigarettes and perhaps alcohol because they will affect your health and the way you act. Cigarettes will make you become addicted and waste your money for no reason. Alcohol can cause a problem, especially most who drink and drive. Those who are drunk wouldn't say they are, would they? So they tend to cause an accident and harm other people.

Inside Job Slide Assignment

What I Think About this Criticism Article

More than a dozen tents were set out at the Olympic Plaza with their home made signs, and chanting because they were inspired by the New York's demonstration of banking and financing. They want to continue the energy despite how cold it is, and that's the way of life of their target.  However, the professor of the University of Alberta Andrew Leach said he suspected some Canadian protesters might not investigated the Canadian economic situation closely enough.

Career Fair

1. What kind of business?
2. What is the enrolment?
3.  How do you target your market?

Ambrose University College
1. Have different degrees
2. Get students to apply and enrol them to class.
3. They have career fairs, and visit high schools.

Academy of Learning, Career and Business College
1. A private college
2. They have  2 campus, and around 200 students
3. Their market is everyone who is looking for a work, and if they need to be trained

St Marys University College
1. Not for Profit
2. They require 65% or higher
3. Students who learn better in a smaller class

Mount Royal University
1. Non Profit
2. Have 8 500 students of full time class, around 11 100 without
3. Visit schools and go to career fairs

College of the Rockies
1. Non Profit
2. Have around 2 500 students
3. Focus high school students group, use social media, visit high schools, public events, and surveys

Glenn Hubbard

Glenn Hubbard is an American economist and he is the Dean of Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He had received his B.A and B.S degrees in the University of Central Florida, and Ph.D in the economics from Havard University. Glenn was a Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 1991 to 1993. He became the chairman of the Council Economic Advisors under George W. Bush in 2001 to 2003 and then an economic advisory to the 2008 presidential campaign of Mitt Romney.

Occupy Wallstreet Picture

It shows that there are few millionaires that actually went out there and sleep on the street along with the rest of those who needed jobs or have a really low income. Before this picture was taken, we would think that no millionaire would care for this situation because it does not applies to them in money, they won't lose their high income nor their jobs so it does not matter to them. Now that this picture has been taken, we know there are some that cares.

Occupy Wallstreet

• Who is Occupy Wallstreet about? It is about the people without jobs, they are having a financial difficulty, and anybody who are in the bottom 90%.
• What happened? They are protesting about the economy.
• Where did it take place? All over USA, part of Canada, Ireland and London.
• When did it take place? This has been occurring for a week now, but it began in the 2008 when there was an economic crash.
• Why did it happen? The rich are becoming more rich, and the poor becoming more poor.
• How did it happen? They sent it out on social networks, and other social medias.

Richard St John: Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes

No questions.


Summarize:
The guy tells and explains the eight things that leads to success because of a high school student who is very poor, had asked him, "What leads to success?" as well did some other people that works at the same thing. The eight words that leads to success are passion, work, good, focus, ideas, push, persist, and serve, follow it or simply just pay money to be successful in TEDs, which is not worth it.

Advertisements

Define it in your own words: Advertisement attracts and promote their business/product to others.

Give examples of good advertisements: The advertisements show directly what they are selling.

What facts or characteristics are true of good advertisements: It catches people eyes and is very interesting.

Give examples of bad advertisements: Doesn't show what their products are, or it's plain and not catchy.

Our whole business meeting is posted on Marcus' blog.

Watch the Video and Answer-

1. Why do you want to achieve your business goal?
Goals are something you want to succeed, if you don't want to achieve it you're not trying hard enough.

2. Is the business goal energizing?
It depends on the goal you choose, but mainly your goals is energizing to yourself, it may not be to others.

3. What will it look like when you get there?
If you get there, you will feel proud and successful because you have accomplished something.

Jobs

We've decided to do alternative work distribution. Marcus is the president, and Noor and I are doing marketing, but it will be shared if something could be shared within the group to do it equally.

List 5 Other Pointers for Being a Great Leader

- Encourage the team/workers
- Develop new leaders
- Set an example for others
- Set a goal and complete it
- Solve the problems, and able to make decisions