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No SIM 12:22 PM @ 82% 7 < BTECH ASSIGNMENT JANUARY 2 ASSIGNMENT DATE OF SUBMISSION: 07/02/2020 QUESTION 1 a) CASE STUDY 1 Joe Smith is the stores and purchasing manager for the Cocoa Research Institute Hotel and Golfing Complex located at one of Ghana's research centres at Tafo in the Eastern Region. Joe receives purchase requisitions from other departmental heads in the organization. When he took the job, Joe was informed that he had responsibility for servicing the purchasing needs of other department heads. In the case of rarely purchased items, it is customary for Joe to be provided with specifications from the department initiating the request. In June 2016, the hotel secured the contract for a large conference to take place in February that year. As a result of September and October meetings with the conference organisers, it was decided that the conference would include a high-tech 'real-time link-up to a similar conference being held at the same time in Ghana. This live link-up was given significant prominence in the conference's promotional material. To facilitate the link up, the hotel needed to buy a particular computer accessory. Maxine Kwateng, the head of the hotel's banquet and conference department, informed Joe of the need to purchase this computer accessory in late November last year. At that time she also informed him that it would be needed for the February convention. Following initial inquiries, Joe discovered that his regular supplier of computer equipment did not stock the part. He called many other potential suppliers and finally found a computer specialist located in the central business area of Accra, Swanzy Shopping Arcade that agreed to supply the required accessory. Joe mailed the purchase order to the chosen supplier in mid-December. In mid-January, following his annual three week holiday, Joe telephoned the supplier to ensure that all was well with the shipment. At that time the supplier informed him that the computer part was on its way. A week before the conference, the part had not arrived so Joe called again, and again he was told not to worry and that the part had left on time. Two days before the conference start date the part had still not arrived. Joe called again and it was discovered that the part had been mailed to the wrong address

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Answer 1

a) The loss of $60,900 should be charged to Joe Smith's purchasing department as this department was responsible for providing correct address details and also has the responsibility of following up on the placed order. Maxine Kwateng's department is no where responsible as it was not involved in tracking of the shipment.

b) Accounting system is closely related to the organization's budgeting system because it has the past financial details and based on that further cash flows, operating expenses and financial expenses can be estimated.

c) Functional interdependency means two or more functions of an organisations are dependent on each other for implementation of their respective functions. In this case of hotel's system, it becomes a cumbersome task for a single department to track and manage requests of multiple departments of the same organisation. Therefore, tasks which can be performed independently, should not be catered to be done by other departments.