Chose a publicly traded company and answer a series of questions on that company each week. The questions given will be related to the topics covered in classes of that week.
Question Set 1:
1) What is your company’s principal business activity?
2) Who is the CFO? What is his/her accounting background? Give as much detail as you see necessary.
3) Is your company managing any ethical issues presently? If so, how do their actions affect their financial performance going forward?
Question Set 2:
1) Take the income statement of your company and transfer this to excel.
2) What is the largest expense/cost item on your income statement? Using your annual report (notes to the financial statements) explain what is causing this expense. Can you think of some strategies to reduce this?
Question Set 3:
1) Identify the costs/expenses as either variable of fixed. For the variable cost per unit, you will have to find or estimate the total products sold during the fiscal year.
2) Write the cost function for your company.
Rubric
Term Assignment Part 1
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeGrammar & FormattingIs the entire document in the same font? Is the font size consistent? Are there any mis-spelled words? |
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2 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDepth of ContentIs it clear that research was done to find answers to the questions? When the methods discuessed in class used to analyze data? |
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6 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOrganization of SubmissionAre the word document and excel file both submitted with the questions being asked clearly answered? Is there a reference list provided? Is the income statement in the excel file exactly the same as the companies 10-k statement? |
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2 pts |
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Total Points: 10 |
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