DEGREE: BSc International Business and Management

Module: Finance and Accounting

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Introduction

This assignment gives you the opportunity to evaluate and critically analyze the selected
positions within a company’s annual report. These positions are of crucial importance for
obtaining final performance and economic benefits.
It is up to you to select one publicly listed company of your choice. It may be any
company that you may find. Be careful, when you are searching and selecting a potential
company, the selected company must have all necessary information for our assignment.
You are required to write a formal business report that covers the assessments tasks set
out below.
The individual performance and grading are according to BSBI’s grading criteria where
additional marks will be awarded for juxtaposition of your answers.

Learning Outcomes:

LO1. Explain and deal with the current theories and practices of finance and
accounting
LO2. Develop a sound understanding and describe the fundamentals of finance
and accounting
LO3. Demonstrate understanding through trial balance and statements core areas of
accounting and finance for business

Assessment Criteria: Weighting 60%

1500 words

Tasks (All tasks are equally weighted):

Pick up a company of your choice (e.g., you can use https://finance.yahoo.com/), and
respond to the following questions:

1. You must present all financial statements and do overview of each statement
for three (3) consecutive years, i.e., 2019, 2020, and 2021. This means to
explain in words their key financial variables. (LO1)
2. In this task, calculate the following financial ratios for the three (3) year-period:
current ratio, acid-test ratio, inventory turnover ratio and Fixed assets turnover
ratio and provide substantial comments about the results. What we can say
about the results compared to the industry averages. What are results showing
us about the company selected? (LO2, LO3)
3. For the selected company, calculate and interpret the Economic Value Added
(EVA) for the three years i.e., 2019, 2020, and 2021, and explain in detail about
the results. (LO2, LO3)

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GUIDANCE ON ASSESSMENT
All materials must be properly referenced under Harvard conventions. The length required is 1,500 with tasks equally weighted. The writing style should be formal academic / report
writing style with in-text referencing to support your comments and observations. Originality, quality of argument and good structure are required. The formal report should demonstrate
sound understanding and ability to apply knowledge and theory of Finance and Accounting. Additional marks being awarded for juxtaposition and insight of issues.
Grading Criteria

Generic Criteria 90 - 100 80 - 89 70 - 79 60 - 69 50 - 59 40 - 49 30 - 39 0 - 29

Knowledge of contexts, Outstanding breadth of Extensive knowledge of Significant knowledge of Confident familiarity with Familiar with fundamental Adequate knowledge of Limited knowledge of Little or no knowledge of
concepts, technologies and knowledge of fundamental contextual fundamental contextual fundamental contextual contextual and theoretical fundamental contextual fundamental contextual fundamental contextual
processes fundamental contextual and theoretical issues and and theoretical issues and and theoretical issues and issues and critical and theoretical issues and and theoretical issues and and theoretical issues or
The extent to which knowledge is and theoretical issues and critical concepts and a critical concepts and a critical concepts concepts critical concepts critical concepts critical concepts
demonstrated: critical concepts and their widening appreciation of widening appreciation of
relationship to historical historical and historical and
relevant contextual or theoretical and contemporary contemporary practices contemporary practices
issues are identified, defined and practices
described Significant knowledge of
historical or contemporary In depth and broadening appropriate technologies
practices are identified, defined knowledge of appropriate and processes Little or no knowledge of
and described Extensive knowledge of technologies and Thorough knowledge of Sound knowledge of Adequate knowledge of Limited knowledge of appropriate technologies
relevant and specialist processes appropriate technologies appropriate technologies appropriate technologies appropriate technologies or processes
appropriate technologies, technologies and and processes and processes and processes and processes
methods and processes are processes
identified, defined and described
Understanding through Relevant knowledge is Deep level of Deep level of Strong comprehension of Sound comprehension of Surface-level Incomplete Little or no
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application of knowledge explored and interpreted comprehension and comprehension of relevant knowledge in relevant knowledge in comprehension of comprehension of comprehension of
The degree to which research when proposing solutions exploration of relevant relevant knowledge in seeking solutions to seeking solutions to relevant knowledge in relevant knowledge in relevant knowledge in
methods are demonstrated: to projects and problems knowledge in seeking seeking solutions to projects or problems projects or problems seeking solutions to seeking solutions to seeking solutions to
which demonstrate solutions to projects or projects or problems projects or problems projects or problems projects or problems
relevant knowledge and evidence of independent problems
information is compared, thought Sound ability to apply and
contrasted, manipulated, Outstanding ability to Strong ability to apply and analyse knowledge to Sound ability to apply Competent application of Limited ability to apply Little or no ability to apply
translated and interpreted Outstanding ability to analyse and synthesise analyse knowledge to produce creative practice knowledge to produce knowledge to the knowledge to produce relevant knowledge to
knowledge and information is analyse and synthesise knowledge in order to produce creative practice in standard situations creative practice in production of creative creative practice in produce creative practice
selected, analysed, synthesized knowledge to produce produce creative practice in standard situations, standard situations practice in standard standard situations in standard situations
and evaluated in order to own creative practice in in standard situations and with some evaluation of situations
generate creative ideas, practices, standard situations and to to evaluate the results the results
solutions, arguments or evaluate results
hypotheses
Application of technical and Accomplished and fluent Relevant, accomplished Relevant and Strong application of basic Sound application of basic Competent application of Rudimentary application Scant application of basic
professional skills application of appropriate and fluent application of accomplished application practical and technical practical and technical practical and technical of basic practical and practical and technical
The degree to which: practical and technical basic practical and of basic practical and skills skills skills technical skills skills
skills technical skills technical skills
appropriate materials and media
are selected, tested and utilised

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to realise and present ideas and Outstanding application Outstanding application of Highly effective Strong application of Sound application of Competent application of Limited application of Ineffective application of
solutions of appropriate fundamental transferable application of fundamental transferable fundamental transferable fundamental transferable fundamental transferable fundamental transferable
appropriate technologies, transferable and and professional skills fundamental transferable and professional skills and professional skills and professional skills and professional skills and professional skills
methods and processes are professional skills and professional skills
demonstrated Adequate evidence of
Substantial ability to work Strong ability to work Evidence of developing Evidence of beginning to beginning to develop as Limited evidence of ability Little or no evidence of
transferable, professional skills Significant ability to learn independently and use independently and use well as an independent develop as an an independent learner to learn independently ability to learn
are effectively demonstrated independently and feedback to reflect feedback to plan future learner independent learner independently
self management and critically evaluate own critically on own progress tasks effectively
independent learning are progress using a wide
demonstrated range of feedback sources