Discussion Post A
You are employed as an accountant for Innovative Computing. Your company is in the process of signing a large contract with an electronics components supplier. You have a friend who works for the electronics components supplier, and you are aware of the company having trouble paying bills. You ask to review the financial statements of the supplier.
• Would you report this to your employer before the purchase?
• What are the four basic financial statements and what do they tell you about a company?
• What is the primary purpose of each of the four basic financial statements?
• How are the four financial statements interrelated?
• In your opinion, explain which financial statement you think is the most important?
Discussion Post B
Read the article The Cognitive Bias Keeping Us From Innovating, which explores how this concept prevents companies from coming up with innovations. Then, think of a time when you used creativity to solve a problem that involved using objects in ways outside of how they are standardly used, and describe it in your initial post. What was the problem? How, exactly, did you solve it, and what inspired your creative solution?
The response must include a reference list. One-inch margins, double-space, Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font and APA style of writing and citations.