Category: Financial Management

This assignment is an individual assignment. This assignment requires you to write an 8,000 words original dissertation. Students will choose an appropriate and agreed academic area related to their program of study, apply their independent learning skills to research this area in depth, and provide recommendations with relevance for practitioners or industry.
1. Identify and justify a research question or practical issue of relevance to the student’s program of study.
2. Critically evaluate the key concepts involved in a research project and identify and apply
appropriate theories to form a coherent research proposal including structured and focused
research objectives appropriate for study at Undergraduate level.
3. Identify, analyse and critically review the relevant literature.
4. Evaluate and utilise appropriate research methodologies and methods, and understand the
principles of effective and ethical research practices.
5. Analyse, interpret and critically evaluate the data or information obtained and present the
analysis and findings of research with clarity.
6. Formulate realistic and appropriate conclusions and recommendations from a
dissertation/project, including suggestions for future research and/or practices as appropriate.

Each student must write a one-page summary of a finance article that he/she has read on a financial outlet (i.e., wall street journal, Bloomberg TV, any finance news outlet). The article should be tied to one of the chapters covered in this course.
The summaries must be submitted on the due date per the course schedule and should be submitted on Canvas.
You must follow the layout below:
One-inch margins on sides, top and bottom.
Use Times or Times New Roman 12 pt. font.
Double-space the text of the paper.
Indent the first word of each paragraph 1/2″
Please be sure to cite your source at the end of your summary.
Please use the list below as a base for your article:
Intro to the Concept covered
How is the concept introduced in the article?
Summarize the article
What conclusion can you draw from the article?

Chapters to base it on: Chapters 7, 8, or 9

Share an example of what experiences would look like in the healthcare setting or workplace established by spending and hiring goals. Please summarize:
What worked well and what did not work well?
How might the forecasting processes be improved?

Instructions Write a paper reflecting on the top five things you learned in the course. The paper needs to be at least two full pages, each of the five items/concepts need to be thoroughly explained in your own words, and you should include why you think these items/concepts are important. How have you applied these concepts in your personal/professional life and how might you use these concepts in your future?
Please do not just list five things and say they are important because you will need to know them in your career. I am looking for well-thought out and supported responses. Please attach your paper as a Microsoft Word document.
Be sure to check your submission against Turnitin (plagiarism checker), as this cannot be a copy or mirror image of what you have submitted in other courses.
For all exercises and our project, I have provided an APA 7 Format Made Simple template for your convenience and it is located in several areas within the course. All you have to do is edit the applicable title page content areas, meet the minimum content requirements and Submit by the due date in order to be eligible for full credit. Please do not lose points due to not using the template in order to meet the minimum APA formatting requirements.
Minimum Requirements
You are required to submit a 4-Page (Title Page, 2 pages of substantial content, Reference Page), APA formatted paper with substantial content relating to the project instructions. Leverage the APA Format Made Simple Template for setting up every exercise correctly.
Substantial Content Requirements
For academic purposes, at least one APA formatted reference from our textbook is required.
Project content must include the student’s original thoughts based on the topics from our course textbook.
Do not submit previously submitted projects from other classes. Students are expected to connect their projects to principles learned throughout our class together.
Direct quotes from references must be less than 20 words. Please review postings for sentence structure, grammar and punctuation errors. Plagiarized submissions will result in a “0” for the submission of this assignment.

Answer the following questions in a word document in less than 3 pages (double spaced), with Calibri font, and with 1 inch margins (top, bottom, left, and right).
1. How do the various participants in the budget process see the system working? Are their perceptions coherent?
2. What are the strong and weak aspects of the state’s budget formulation and monitoring processes? Is the Office of Fiscal Affairs helping or hindering the state’s reorganizations efforts?
3. How, when, and by whom should the priorities be set for the FY2011 budget?
4. What changes, if any, would you recommend Mr. Davidson make to the budget system at North Lincoln?

Each student must write a one-page summary of a finance article that he/she has read on a financial outlet (i.e., wall street journal, Bloomberg TV, any finance news outlet). The article should be tied to one of the chapters covered in this course .
The summaries must be submitted on the due date per the course schedule and should be submitted on Canvas.
You must follow the layout below:
One-inch margins on sides, top and bottom.
Use Times or Times New Roman 12 pt. font.
Double-space the text of the paper.
Indent the first word of each paragraph 1/2″
Please be sure to cite your source at the end of your summary.
Please use the list below as a base for your article:
Intro to the Concept covered
How is the concept introduced in the article?
Summarize the article
What conclusion can you draw from the article?

Inflation is at a 40-year coming off a high and interest rates still are moving up. What is your view
about the Federal Reserve Bank’s actions and do you think we are going into a recession? Who was the blame for this problem we are in? What are your views as to what will occur in 2024 and 2025? Please support your views. Please complete with at-least 200 words and at least two references.

Earnings Call Review
Listen to (or read the transcript of) your organization’s or any publicly traded company’s most recent quarterly earnings call and respond to the following questions:
Tip: To find an earnings call or transcript, go to the “Investor Relations” section of the company’s website. There you will find links to financial reports and recordings of recent calls.
Have you ever listened to an earnings call before?
Identify the company you selected.
What topics were included on the call?
Which were most helpful or insightful?
Was there a discussion of profit or EPS by Company Management? Explain what this implies, what was the driving force.
Were there topics you wished were included or expanded upon? Explain
Were the analysts’ questions aggressive and challenging or supportive and respectful? How well did management respond to the questions?
What additional insights were you able to gain in regards to the company’s financial health, forward guidance, and strategic financial decisions?
Was there any information or perspective shared that a competitor could benefit from?

Income Statement Analysis
This week’s DQ focuses on the Income Statement. It builds on the insights we gained in Week 2, but goes a little deeper in our use of financial statement analysis skills.
Note: We want to encourage a rich exchange of information and ideas in this discussion. Please select an Income Statement line item or ratio based on the first letter of your last name as indicated below.
Locate and post a screenshot of an actual Income Statement from the latest fiscal year for one of the following companies:
Tupperware Brands
Tesla
Pick an Income Statement Line Item or Ratio from the list below:
Select from Here if Your Last Name
Starts with A-K
Line Item
Select from Here if Your Last Name
Starts with L-Z
Ratio
Revenue (aka Sales, Turnover)
Cost of Goods Sold/Cost of Sales
Selling, General and Administrative Expense
Gross Profit
Operating Profit
Net Profit
Gross Margin (%)
Net Margin (%)
Return on Sales
Return on Equity
Return on Assets
Earnings Per Share (EPS)
EBITDA
What does this line item or ratio measure and why is it important item for Management to understand this number?
Identify the past 4 years of amounts for your line item or ratio (Note: this will require you to track down additional historical
Income Statements to get the older data). Share this data with the class using a data table or chart.
Answer the following questions:
What is the trend for this line item or ratio?
Has the line item or ratio amount increased or decreased?
Is this a “good” thing or a “bad” thing? For this company?
What might management do to improve this line item or ratio?

This has to be written as a report. You will need to Critically analyse from appropriate theoretical perspectives the dividend payments which ONE of the following firms has made for the last 3 years 1.You are to discuss/analyse how the dividend policy of the chosen firm, with respect to appropriate dividend theory has contributed to the development and generation of Shareholder Wealth. You can choose which ever company you believe is the best from the attached, include references in Harvard format, however, I would liked to be informed which company is chosen. I would like near a 65-70% grade if possible. Can the paper be written in UK English. Please follow the mark scheme at the bottom of the link