Wells Technical Institute (WTI), a school owned by Tristana Wells, provides training to individuals who pay tuition directly to the school. WTI also offers training to groups in off-site locations. Its unadjusted trial balance as of December 31, 2017, follows. WTI initially records prepaid expenses and unearned revenues in balance sheet accounts. Descriptions of items athrough h that require adjusting entries on December 31, 2017, follow.
  
Additional Information Items

An analysis of WTI's insurance policies shows that $4,129 of coverage has expired.

An inventory count shows that teaching supplies costing $3,578 are available at year-end 2017.

Annual depreciation on the equipment is $16,515.

Annual depreciation on the professional library is $8,258.

On November 1, WTI agreed to do a special six-month course (starting immediately) for a client. The contract calls for a monthly fee of $2,900, and the client paid the first five months' fees in advance. When the cash was received, the Unearned Training Fees account was credited. The fee for the sixth month will be recorded when it is collected in 2018.

On October 15, WTI agreed to teach a four-month class (beginning immediately) for an individual for $5,220 tuition per month payable at the end of the class. The class started on October 15, but no payment has yet been received. (WTI's accruals are applied to the nearest half-month; for example, October recognizes one-half month accrual.)

WTI's two employees are paid weekly. As of the end of the year, two days' salaries have accrued at the rate of $100 per day for each employee.

The balance in the Prepaid Rent account represents rent for December.

Problem 3-3A Part 1

Required:
1. Prepare the necessary adjusting journal entries for items a through h. Assume that adjusting entries are made only at year-end.

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Wells Technical Institute (WTI), a school owned by Tristana Wells, provides training to individuals who pay tuition directly to the school. WTI also offers training to groups in off-site locations. Its unadjusted trial balance as of December 31, 2017, follows. WTI initially records prepaid expenses and unearned revenues in balance sheet accounts. Descriptions of items a through h that require adjusting entries on December 31, 2017, follow.
  
Additional Information Items

1. An analysis of WTI's insurance policies shows that $2,400 of coverage has expired.
2. An inventory count shows that teaching supplies costing $2,800 are available at year-end 2017.
3. Annual depreciation on the equipment is $13,200.
4. Annual depreciation on the professional library is $7,200.
5. On November 1, WTI agreed to do a special six-month course (starting immediately) for a client. The contract calls for a monthly fee of $2,500, and the client paid the first five months' fees in advance. When the cash was received, the Unearned Training Fees account was credited. The fee for the sixth month will be recorded when it is collected in 2018.
6. On October 15, WTI agreed to teach a four-month class (beginning immediately) for an individual for $3,000 tuition per month payable at the end of the class. The class started on October 15, but no payment has yet been received. (WTI's accruals are applied to the nearest half-month; for example, October recognizes one-half month accrual.)
7. WTI's two employees are paid weekly. As of the end of the year, two days' salaries have accrued at the rate of $100 per day for each employee.
8. The balance in the Prepaid Rent account represents rent for December.
   

1. Prepare the necessary adjusting journal entries for items a through h. Assume that adjusting entries are made only at year-end.

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Wells Technical Institute (WTI), a school owned by Tristana Wells, provides training to individuals who pay tuition directly to the school. WTI also offers training to groups in off-site locations. Its unadjusted trial balance as of December 31, 2017, follows. WTI initially records prepaid expenses and unearned revenues in balance sheet accounts. Descriptions of items athrough h that require adjusting entries on December 31, 2017, follow.
  
Additional Information Items

An analysis of WTI's insurance policies shows that $2,674 of coverage has expired.

An inventory count shows that teaching supplies costing $2,318 are available at year-end 2017.

Annual depreciation on the equipment is $10,698.

Annual depreciation on the professional library is $5,349.

On November 1, WTI agreed to do a special six-month course (starting immediately) for a client. The contract calls for a monthly fee of $2,800, and the client paid the first five months' fees in advance. When the cash was received, the Unearned Training Fees account was credited. The fee for the sixth month will be recorded when it is collected in 2018.

On October 15, WTI agreed to teach a four-month class (beginning immediately) for an individual for $2,461 tuition per month payable at the end of the class. The class started on October 15, but no payment has yet been received. (WTI's accruals are applied to the nearest half-month; for example, October recognizes one-half month accrual.)

WTI's two employees are paid weekly. As of the end of the year, two days' salaries have accrued at the rate of $100 per day for each employee.

The balance in the Prepaid Rent account represents rent for December.

Required:

You are a data analyst with strong backgrounds in database design and management. In fact, you have learned from education, mentors, and experience the art of collecting data and transforming data into business intelligence and your experience in database design and management complements your abilities to analyze data. Your hypothetical employer, Park University, is in the process planning a new employee payroll database and has asked you for assistance. The database will be standalone but will need to have ability to communicate with other ODBC and SQL Server databases. The overall purpose of the database will be to input employee data for 100-150 employees. The database will need to input time and process data needed to document payroll and to create payroll checks. Park University at this point needs to understand and review options so that cost to develop and maintain this payroll database are kept at a minimum but without compromising security. Park University has requested information and has asked you to address the following questions: Would a full-scale Database Management System (DBMS) or Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) be required in this case? Discuss and defend your answer in scholarly detail!! Could Microsoft Access be a good option in this case? Discuss and defend your answer in scholarly detail!! Could even Microsoft Excel be used in this case maybe as a secondary database support application for further data analysis and statistical models? Discuss and defend your answer in scholarly detail!! What Systems Development Life Cycle methodology would you suggest in this case for the overall planning, design, implementation, and maintenance of this database? Discuss and defend your answer in scholarly detail!! What else might you need to cover to help Park University determine what type of database to consider for the new payroll database? Include any other important conclusions or content you see fit to support this assignment.

As the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones, Nokia, the Finnish company, is a “powerhouse in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, with market shares regularly topping 30 percent”. However, in the United States, Nokia phones have lost popularity over the last few years. In March 2002, Nokia led the American market with 35 percent market share. By June of 2009, its share was only 7 percent. What happened and more importantly, what is Nokia doing about it?

As mobile phone usage skyrocketed, Nokia was the most popular choice. It was the “cool” phone—the one that everyone, from business executive to high school student to stay-at-home-mom wanted. In 2005, Nokia had just launched the N series, an innovative new line with a Web browser, video, music, and pictures in a single phone. That device moved Nokia a generation ahead in the race to build the first real smart phone. The “forecast for Nokia was as sunny and clear as an endless Finnish summer day.” Then came Apple and its iPhone with its clever touch screen and sophisticated software and services. With rave reviews and a reputation for being cool, customers flocked to buy one. However, Nokia executives dismissed the iPhone, saying they were “unimpressed by its engineering.”

Now, three years after Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, Nokia still has no alternative. It did not anticipate changes in American consumer tastes, like flip phones or touch screens. Another major strategic blunder 246 PART THREE | PLANNING was that its models were based on a European communications standard called GSM when roughly half the United States market used the CDMA (code division multiple access) format. One former Nokia executive said, “Nokia, at the height of its success, decided not to adapt its phones for the U.S. market. That was a mistake and they’re still trying to recover from this.” An executive at a North American network operator said, “The attitude at Nokia was basically: Here is a phone. Do you want it? Nokia wouldn’t play by the rules here, and they have paid a price.” That arrogant attitude and the global economic slowdown have continued to hurt the company’s sales and earnings.

Meanwhile, Nokia set up liaison offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, and Parsippany, New Jersey, cities where the top American operators have big business units. And it has recently revamped its U.S. operations to collaborate more closely with those major operators. For example, AT&T has begun billing its customers who use Nokia services, keeping those customers from receiving a second bill from Nokia. Best Buy began carrying a Nokia netbook, which is a model for its new collaborative strategy. Nokia also forged a deal with Qualcomm, the largest maker of mobile phone chips for CDMA devices in the United States. It also struck a deal with Microsoft to design Windows Office Mobile software applications for phones that use Nokia’s Symbian operating system. Despite these efforts, however, some industry executives remain unimpressed. One analyst said, “They claim they get it and understand the U.S. market. But the execution still is not there.” Mark Louison, president of Nokia’s North American unit, who has a seat on Nokia’s global management board, said, “In the past, we had a one-size-fits-all mentality that worked well on a global basis but did not help us in this market. That has changed now.” The company recognized that its former strategy had not worked in North America and began trying to lay the groundwork for long-term success. Louison says, “Everything you see us doing is to build the broad set of capabilities to take us broader and deeper into the U.S. market.”

1. Where on the BCG Matrix would you place iPhone and Nokia brands? Where would you place any newly developed products of Iphone on BCG Matrix? Explain. (15)

2. What type of control—feedforward, concurrent, or feedback—do you think would be most important in this situation? Explain your choice (10)

3. What immediate corrective action have been used in this situation? How about basic corrective action? (10)

4. What strategies is Nokia using to revitalize its North American business? (10)

The average “moviegoer” sees 8.5 movies a year. A moviegoer is defined as a person who sees at least one movie in a theater in a 12-month period. A random sample of 40 moviegoers from a large university revealed that the average number of movies seen per person was 9.6. The population standard deviation is 3.2 movies. At the 0.05 level of significance, can it be concluded that this represents a difference from the national average?

STEP 1. State the null and alternate hypothesis

The hypotheses are  (Enter an UPPER CASE Letter Only.)

STEP 2. State the critical value(s). Enter the appropriate letter.

z =

STEP 3. Calculate the test value

z =

STEP 4. Make the decision by rejecting or not rejecting the null hypothesis. Since the test value falls in the non-rejection region, we do not reject the null hypothesis.

Conclusion 1. Reject the null hypothesis. At the α = 0.05 significance level there is enough evidence to conclude that the average number of movies seen by people each year is not different from 8.5.

Conclusion 2. Reject the null hypothesis. At the α = 0.05 significance level there is enough evidence to conclude that the average number of movies seen by people each year is different from 8.5.

Conclusion 3. Do not reject the null hypothesis. At the α = 0.05 significance level there is enough evidence to conclude that the average number of movies seen by people each year is different from 8.5.

Conclusion 4. Do not reject the null hypothesis. At the α = 0.05 significance level there is enough evidence to conclude that the average number of movies seen by people each year is 8.5.

(Enter a number only from the list 1, 2, 3, or 4)

A famous analyst once said it is not important what financial statement shows us- it’s what they hide that counts. What does the analyst mean by this statement? How would a company hide information inside financial statements? What is a pro forma financial statement and how is this used in the financial markets?

Find an article about the current proposals and actions being taken by the Trump administration. Summarize the who stands to gain and to lose.

Review both sides of the argument presented in the chapter, Pro-trade "Free Trade" and Anti-trade "Protectionist".

Where do you stand on the issue?

Site an article about the current direction the US Government seems to moving in. Recent decisions that have been made and actions that have been taken as well as proposals being discussed. What do you think this will mean for America's economy moving forward?

Robert Barro critiqued the Obama Administration for crafting policy based on the assumption that the fiscal multiplier is about 1.5. Barro supposed that “A much more plausible starting point is a multiplier of zero.”5 How do these two different assumptions change the cost-benefit analysis of fiscal stimulus programs? Under what conditions will the Obama Administration be correct in their assumption? Under what conditions will Barro be correct? Who do you think is more correct as it pertains to the US economy today? Why? (Helpful Advice: think outside of the basic models. Craft an economic story.)