Cost Accounting Standards and Their Impact on Business
Importance of Cost Accounting Standards
Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) play a crucial role in ensuring consistency, transparency, and reliability in cost accounting practices. They serve as a framework for organizations to determine costs systematically and accurately.
Uniformity in Costing
- CAS ensures that all organizations follow a standardized approach to cost accounting, leading to uniformity in cost determination.
- This uniformity facilitates better comparability of cost data across industries
Team Structure Design and Management Principles
New Options for Team Structure Design
Using computers as a central instrument for coordinating the activities of a virtual organization: a small central organization that outsources its major features for most business functions.
Without Borders Organization
An organization that seeks to eliminate the chain of command, have limitless spans of control, and replace departments with empowered teams.
Why Differ from Mechanical Model Structures?
A mechanical model structure is characterized by extensive departmentalization,
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Organizational Structure and Management
Structure: A system outlining how activities are organized and directed to achieve goals. These activities generally include the rules to be followed and the roles and responsibilities of those within the company.
Organizational Design Tools
When designing the structure of any organization, we must be clear about the following:
- The structure of the company has to serve to achieve the real objectives that have been set.
- What is to be done? This refers to the functions
EASA and ICAO Regulations for Aircraft Maintenance
Part 145 Maintenance Organizations
Part 145 organizations are the ‘standard’ maintenance providers for TAC and large aircraft. They must adhere to Regulation (EU) 1321/2014, Annex II. This regulation establishes technical and administrative procedures for ensuring aircraft airworthiness.
Facilities Requirements
Organizations must have:
- Hangars with sufficient dimensions for base maintenance.
- Component workshops large enough for planned maintenance.
- Office space for management and certifying staff.
- A controlled
Project Management: Activity Relationships, Planning, and Agile Methods
Activity Relationships
Activity Relationships
Finish-to-start (FS) Finish-to-finish (FF) Start-to-start (SS) Start-to-finish (SF)
FS: A logical link between two activities in which a successor endeavor cannot begin until the predecessor activity is complete. The most prevalent logical relationship is Finish to Start. The FS connection, F represents the end of action A, and it is at this point that activity B can begin. The second character “S” is the successor rule, making it dependent on the final
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Awareness Phase
Metrics:
- Website visits: 70.2K (60% bounce rate)
- Social media engagement: TikTok (3%), Instagram (1.2%), Facebook (0.8%)
- CPA: €12
High bounce rate indicates a poor first impression; optimize website speed, visuals, and landing page clarity.
TikTok is the strongest performer; focus on video content and collaborations.
Consideration Phase
Metrics:
- Leads: 60K
- Email CTR: 3.5%; Open rate: 25%
CTR improvement is needed via better segmentation, A/B testing, and personalized offers.
Lead nurturing
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