DEGREE: Global MBA

Module: Accounting and Managerial Finance

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Assignment Title: A thorough analysis of the company's financial status, with a focus
on the accounting information system employed by the institution.
Assignment Type: Written assignment
Word Limit: 3,000 words (+/- 300)
Weighting: 100%
Issue Date: 23/03/2023
Submission Date: 08/07/2023
Feedback Date: 22/07/2023

Plagiarism:
When submitting work for assessment, students should be aware of the
Interactive/Canvas guidance and regulations in concerning plagiarism. All submissions
should be your own, original work. Please note that you must not submit the same
assignment for two different modules within your course.
You must submit an electronic copy of your work. Your submission will be
electronically checked.

Learner declaration

I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and that research
sources are fully acknowledged.

Student signature: Date:

Harvard Referencing:
The Harvard Referencing System must be used. Wikipedia, UKEssays.com or similar
websites must not be used or referenced in your work.
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Learning Outcomes:

On satisfactory completion of the unit, you will be able to:

LO1. Synthesize key principles, contemporary trends, and tools in accounting and corporate
finance to maximise corporate value while reducing the firm's financial risks, using literature,
undertaking research, and advancing knowledge.

LO2. Develop leading-edge approaches to the critical analysis of corporate finance structure and
analysis of corporate financial statements using tools and techniques that are applicable.

LO3. Critically assess the application of contemporary models and theories to decisions on
corporate financing and use internal and external financial information to critically appraise
business performance.

LO4. Critically evaluate the economic benefits of various types of financing on businesses in a
complex international environment.

Assessment Criteria: Weighting 100%

3,000 words

Tasks (All tasks are equally weighted):

Go to the Hoover’s business online Web site at http://www.hoovers.com and click on

“Companies A–Z.” Identify a firm such as Google, Inc. (ticker symbol: GOOG) or Applebee’s
International, Inc. (ticker symbol: APPB).
• Obtain the most recent three years of income statements and balance sheets. Analyze
the changes in operating and financial performance, if any, by applying the ratio analyses
covered in this module.
• Identify the industry that the firm being studied resides in and the major competitors.
Obtain financial statement information for one or more competitors and conduct a ratio
analysis of each competitor analyzed.

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 GUIDANCE ON ASSESSMENT
All materials must be properly referenced under Harvard conventions. The length required is 3,000 words with tasks equally weighted. The writing style should
be formal academic / Written assignment writing style with in-text referencing to support your comments and observations. Originality, quality of argument and
good structure are required. The Written assignment should demonstrate a sound understanding and ability to apply knowledge and theory with additional
marks being awarded for juxtaposition and insight into issues.
Grading Criteria

Generic Criteria 90 - 100 80 – 89 70 – 79 60-69 50 – 59 40-49 0 - 39

Knowledge of contexts, Exceptional and Excellent and highly Comprehensive critical Sound understanding of Passable understanding Insufficient understanding Very poor demonstration of
concepts, technologies and remarkable critical sophisticated critical understanding of current issues knowledge of current of knowledge of current of knowledge of the understanding of
processes understanding of current understanding of current and historical contexts much of issues and historical issues and historical contextual, historical or contextual, historical or
The extent to which knowledge issues and historical issues and historical which is at, or informed by, the contexts, some of which contexts, some of which theoretical issues that theoretical issues that
is demonstrated: contexts demonstrating contexts demonstrating forefront of the discipline. is at, or informed by, the are at, or informed by, inform the discipline. inform the discipline.
relevant contextual or knowledge at the forefront knowledge forefront of the the forefront of the
theoretical issues are identified, of the discipline at the forefront of the discipline. discipline.
defined and described discipline Comprehensive knowledge of
historical or contemporary The exceptional and highly techniques and processes and a
practices are identified, defined original understanding of An excellent and highly critical understanding of their Insufficient knowledge of Very weak knowledge of
and described techniques methods and impressive understanding potential to advance scholarship Sound knowledge of the Acceptable knowledge of techniques applicable to technologies, methods and
appropriate technologies, processes of techniques, materials in the discipline. techniques and processes the techniques and research and advanced processes
methods and processes are and processes applicable to research processes applicable to scholarship in the discipline.
identified, defined and
described
and advanced scholarship research and advanced
in the discipline scholarship in the
discipline
Understanding through An exceptional and Excellent and highly Rigorous use of established Sound use of established Passable use of Insufficient use of existing Inability to use and interpret
the application of remarkable demonstration sophisticated methods of research combined methods of research to established methods of methodologies to develop existing research
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knowledge of research methods which demonstration of research with the ability to generate new develop and interpret research to develop and knowledge. methodologies
The degree to which generate highly developed methods leading to concepts or insights into existing existing knowledge. int pre-existing
research methods are critical insights into impressive critical insights knowledge. knowledge.
demonstrated: existing knowledge into existing knowledge Inability to fully understand
or interpret relevant
relevant knowledge and Exceptional and Critical evaluation of current Critical evaluation of Evidence of critical knowledge and
information is compared, remarkable critical Excellent and highly knowledge to evaluate current knowledge and evaluation of current methodological practices.
contrasted, manipulated, evaluation of existing sophisticated critical methodological practices and recognition of knowledge and Little or no ability to
translated and interpreted knowledge leading directly evaluation of existing propose new hypotheses. methodological practices. recognition of evaluate existing knowledge
knowledge and information to new hypotheses knowledge working methodological practices. Research problems are
are selected, analysed, towards new hypotheses Sound judgements made insufficiently complex and
synthesized and evaluated Exceptional and Carefully considered on complex research Passable judgements require mainly routine Inability to define a research
to generate creative ideas, remarkable judgements Excellent and highly judgements on highly complex problems showing made on complex analytic and creative problem and to generate
solutions, arguments or made about creative sophisticated judgements or ‘under-researched’ problems evidence of systematic research problems processes to resolve them. solutions or hypotheses
hypotheses practice, current ideas, made about creative showing evidence of systematic analysis and deduction showing evidence of through research and
arguments and hypotheses practice, current ideas, analysis and deduction and and creative processes to system analysis and practice
arguments and hypotheses creative processes to resolve resolve them. deduction and creative
them. processes to resolve
them.
Application of technical Exceptional and Excellent and highly Evidence of a high level of Evidence of the critical Evidence of the critical and Evidence of the critical and Inability to demonstrate the
and professional skills remarkable critical and sophisticated critical and critical and evaluative skills to and evaluative skills evaluative skills necessary evaluative skills necessary critical and evaluative skills

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The degree to which: evaluative skills utilised evaluative skills utilised create original solutions to a necessary to construct to identify solutions to a to identify solutions to a necessary to identify
appropriate materials and leading to highly original leading to impressive range of highly complex solutions to a range of range of complex range of varied problems. solutions to problems
media are selected, tested solutions to very complex solutions to very complex problems. complex problems problems.
and utilised to realise and problems problems
present ideas and solutions Application of advanced Application of advanced Insufficient ability to
Outstanding application of Highly impressive skills, techniques and processes Application of advanced Application of advanced skills techniques and demonstrate the skills
appropriate technologies, advanced technical skills application of advanced that challenge knowledge and skills, techniques and skills techniques and processes that sustain necessary for sustained
methods and processes are that fundamentally technical skills that understanding of the discipline. processes that contribute processes that sustain independent learning in independent learning
demonstrated challenges current challenge current to knowledge and independent learning in the discipline.
transferable, professional understanding and understanding and Demonstration of a very high understanding of the the discipline.
skills are effectively practices practices level of professionalism, self- discipline. Acceptable demonstration Insufficient evidence of
demonstrated management and independent Clear demonstration of of professionalism, self- professional and
An exceptional and Excellent demonstration of learning Demonstration of a professionalism, self- management and transferable skills
self-management and
independent learning are remarkable demonstration professionalism, self- competent level of management and independent learning
of professionalism, self- management and professionalism, self- independent learning
demonstrated
management and independent learning management and
independent learning independent learning