i need to find a good article for these presentation and an outline so i can do a power point please. the inf. need it is attach.
Current Event Reflection Paper: Instructions & Grading Rubric Topic: Management Accounting The purpose of this assignment is to expose students to contemporary topics in the area of management accounting, while bolstering their presentation skills. To successfully complete this assignment, students must find a relevant article in the area of management accounting. International management accounting articles are also welcome! Potential topics might include: product costing issues, overhead allocation problems, budgeting issues, use of JIT, difficulty in maintaining quality control or the cost of poor quality control, transfer pricing between parent & subsidiary companies, use of balanced scorecard for performance evaluation, etc. Students might also find an article that highlights a particular firm and discusses a specific management accounting issue of concern for that company. At the end of this assignment, students should have a better sense of how pervasive management accounting issues are to everyday business decisions. Specific Requirements: Copy of article sent to Professor and class in advance Individual Presentation of the article, including reflection (see details below) Due Wednesday, April 23rd Presentation must be on an INDIVIDUAL basis Required Sections in Presentation (10 minutes +5 minutes Q &A): Each individual Presentation should include the following sections: (1) Title of article, (2) reference source, (3) statement of key issues, and a (4) statement of relevance (reflecting on the relevance of the article to our course material and its implications to practice.) (5) A copy of the article should be provided in advance to the Professor and class. OUTLINE OF KEY AREAS FOR PRESNTATION Title of Current Article: A copy of the article was sent in advance to the professor and class. For our purposes, we will define a current article as one that was published within the past 6 months. Source: Potential sources include: newspapers (e.g., WSJ, Philadelphia Inquirer), magazines (e.g., Business Week, Forbes), Journals (e.g., Pennsylvania CPA Journal, Strategic Finance), on-line news agencies such as CNN.com, etc. Statement of Key Issue(s): In your own words, summarize the central issues discussed in the article Relevance/Implications: Consider such questions as the following: What do we learn from this article? How does it fit in with the material discussed in class? What are the implications for management accountants or management accounting systems? In other words, state in your own words what you gained from reading this article and how you can connect the key issues of the article to our course material. GRADING RUBRIC Credit will be based on the following general guidelines: + (100 points): Presentation and reflection is well presented (i.e. professional). Article is current & relevant; a copy of the article was sent in advance to Professor and Class. Student concisely conveys in own words the key issues of the article and expresses an excellent understanding of how the article relates to the topic of management accounting. (85 points): Presentation overall is reasonably professional. Student's knowledge of the article's key issues is adequate, and a reasonable understanding of how the article relates to management accounting topics is conveyed. Overall, the summary reflection is adequate but may be lacking in some way. - (70 points or less): Presentation is lacking in a number of areas, for instance: Student does not adequately express a grasp of the central issues in the article, nor does the student adequately connect the relevance of the article to management accounting. Student does not put thoughts in own words, but rather copies from the article. Article is not current and/or relevant. A copy of the article was not sent in advance to the Professor and Class
