One of Your Managers Has Requested the Purchase of a New

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Essay

One of your managers has requested the purchase of a new capital asset and as part of your analysis you are calculating the present value of the project's cash flow.Your manager has argued that your analysis is flawed.You believe the manager is trying to manipulate the analysis.You have determined the amount and timing of the project's cash flow.
Required:
a.Discuss how a manager can increase the project's present value without substantially altering it.
b.How can a company prevent managers from using such a method to their benefit?
Unit 9-2,

Recognize the role of shaped behavior modification techniques in overcoming social anxiety.

Understand the historical foundations and key figures in the development of psychology.

Distinguish between different schools of psychology (e.g., structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, psychoanalysis).

Identify the role of introspection and its significance in the study of consciousness.

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