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This assessment is designed to apply knowledge gained from workshops and readings.
This assessment is to be completed individually and is due FRIDAY October 20, 2017 at
11.55 PM. It will contribute to 25% of the total marks for this subject.
Extensions are not given except in circumstances that are onerous, unavoidable or unforeseen.
Where permission for late submission has not been given, penalties in the form of
deduction of marks will apply at the rate of 5% for each day submitted after the due date.
REQUIRED:
You are required to present a consultant’s report containing your responses to the questions
listed below in reference to the same Australian listed public company you have chosen in Part
A of Assessment 2, focusing on the company’s financial strategies that create shareholder value.
Use the general purpose financial statements in the annual report you submitted in PART A for
your analysis. It is necessary you carry out additional secondary research to collect data (or
proxy data) from different sources to help you answer the questions.
The purpose of these questions is to require you to demonstrate your ability to conduct research
into real companies, their operations and events affecting those companies. You should
demonstrate your ability to interpret data, summarise your findings and to communicate your
views in a report. The emphasis is on explaining the financial management of the company, as
revealed in the accounting reports, and also to place those reports within the wider economic
context.
Resources:
The data sources for your companies include historic published information, contemporary
market data and prospective data as follows (but not limited to):
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Additional Guidelines for Assignments
Assignments should be seen as learning exercises and not just as pieces of work for assessment
purposes, and should follow the following guidelines:
• All assignments must be of a professional and ‘post-graduate’ standard, ie, they should
provide a critical analysis, incorporate theory and any relevant research evidence and they
should provide up-to-date information.
• It is expected that all students will make good use of the spelling and grammar checking
facilities provided by the word processing software.
• Whilst the form of this assignment is a consultant’s report, you are expected to use the
appropriate concepts and models covered in the unit adapted to your particular context;
• All sources of information should be acknowledged within your assignment using the
Harvard or author-date referencing system or Academy of Management referencing;
• The report should be well structured containing the title page, contents page, executive
summary, above headings and supporting calculations (in the appendices);
• The word count is 1600 words (+/- 10%) not including executive summary/abstract, tables,
calculations, references etc.;
• Assignments should be typed in 12 font size using 1.5 spacing between lines, fully justified
paragraphs;
• Relevant supporting evidence should be incorporated into clearly named, numbered and cited
appendices to avoid exceeding the word limit;
• This assignment will be evaluated in terms of the appropriateness of the facts, application of
theory, relevant research evidence, critical analysis and consideration of alternative
approaches and synthesis of ideas and concepts expected at a postgraduate level; and
• It is expected that in preparing your assignment there will be evidence of wider reading
material other than set out in your course outline.