Consider the Descriptors That Follow

question 9

Essay

Consider the descriptors that follow.
1. Is heavily involved with the recordkeeping and reporting of assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity.
2. Focuses on planning, decision making, directing, and control.
3. Is heavily regulated.
4. A field that is becoming more "cross-functional" in nature.
5. Much of the field is based on costs and benefits.
6. Is involved almost exclusively with past transactions and events.
7. Much of the information provided is directed toward stockholders, financial analysts, creditors, and other external parties.
8. Tends to focus more on subunits within an entity rather than the organization as a whole.
9. May become involved with measures of customer satisfaction, and the amount of actual cost incurred vs. budgeted targets.

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Definitions:

Occupational Safety

The discipline concerned with designing, implementing, and enforcing safe workplace conditions to prevent work-related injuries and illnesses.

Health Act

Legislation that pertains to the regulation, provision, and quality of healthcare services.

OSHA

Is both the act that authorized the U.S. government to create various standards regarding occupational safety and health and the administrative agency that enforces those standards.

Worker Safety

Refers to the measures and policies implemented to protect employees from hazards and risks associated with their job environment.