PURPOSE The purpose of this assignment is to provide hands-on experience to Foundations of Accounting students on financial analysis using real-life data. It gives students the opportunity to demonstrate, through an extended exercise, their ability to apply their accounting knowledge and analytical skills to a real-world setting. It also provides an opportunity to develop students’ interpersonal skills in a work environment. GROUPS 1. Students are required to work as a group. Each group must have 4-5 students. 2. Each group will be required to submit one report (through OLS) and prepare one in-class presentation. 3. It is the responsibility of students to organize themselves into groups and ensure that contact details of each student in the group have been given to all group members. ASSIGNMENT TASK Download the 2014, 2015 and 2016 annual reports (Income statement and Balance Sheet) of ONE listed company of your choice. Using the information provided, perform ratio analysis to address the following: 1. Give a brief overview of the company you have chosen (Name, industry, etc.). 2. Explain whether the performance of the company has improved over the period (from 2014 to 2016) using any two profitability ratios. 3. Explain whether the ability of the company to manage its assets has improved over period (from 2014 to 2016) using any two asset efficiency ratios. 4. Comment on whether bank(s) will be willing to lend money to the company using any two liquidity ratios. Assignment title Group Assignment Assignment type Group Referencing style American Psychological Association (APA) Assignment weight 20% of final grade (20 marks) Assignment due date Submission: Week 10 (Sunday, 14th May 2017, 11.59 pm) Presentation: Weeks 11 & 12 Submission mode Online (OLS) GROUP ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT SBM3105 – Foundations of Accounting Semester 1, 2017 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE ASSIGNMENT • You should show all workings Including formulas where applicable in the appendix of your assignment. • Actual financial reports of the company should be attached in the appendix section of your assignment • All information sourced from other sources must be appropriately cited and referenced using APA referencing style • The assignment which is found to be plagiarise will be marked to ZERO (0) and also be subjected to disciplinary action. • The submission will be subject to 'turn it in' for similarity check. The allowed similarly report is 25%. • Assignment must be submitted to OLS • A late submission will attract a penalty at the rate of 1% per working day • Each assignment should comprise one copy of the group’s written report, including Group Assignment Cover Sheet. • All members of the group must fill and attached “Team Contribution Declaration” at the end of this document. • Each group member will receive their marks according to the agreed percentage of their contribution (as determined by the team). MARKING CRITERIA 20 marks (15 marks for report and 5 marks for presentation) Guideline for evaluation of students’ reports (15 marks): Quality of critical discussion in addressing the questions 70% Appendix (including calculations, and the financial reports used, etc.) 15% Use of appropriate format (e.g. introduction, main body with 5% appropriate headings and sub-heading, conclusion etc.) Appropriate use of APA referencing and in-text citation 5% Quality of writing (articulation, logical flow, grammar, punctuation, etc.) 5% Guideline for evaluation of students’ in-class presentations (5 marks) • The presentation shall not include more than 5 slides (e.g. Introduction, key findings, recommendations and summary) and each team will have up to 7 minutes to present. • The presentation will be assessed based on: o Slides content and design o Presenters’ ability to engage the audience o Extend to which the presentation is consistent with the written report o Ability to demonstrate a team spirit and a culture of discussion Team Contribution Declaration SBM3105 – Foundations of Accounting Due date: Sunday, 14th May 2017, 11.59 pm Part of the purpose of this task is for you to enhance your teamwork skills. These skills will become invaluable to you not only within APIC, but also in your professional career. You are encouraged to spend time at the beginning of the task negotiating participation expectations, deadlines and meeting times. Your team is therefore required to complete the following agreement at the completion of the task, and submit it with your assignment: We, the undersigned, hereby declare that the attached group assignment has been completed in accordance with the instructions contained in the Group Assignment Document. Further, we jointly and severally certify that each member of the group has consistently and actively participated in the deliberations of the group work and has contributed equally to the completion of the assignment. Please use each student’s name as per their enrolment: TEAM DECLARATION - (maximum of 4-5 students in each team) LAST NAME First Name Student number Agreed % of Contribution Signature of each team-member A false declaration will be grounds for all students in the group to be given zero marks. [NOTE: The Assignment Coversheet, AND this Declaration must be completed and attached with submitted assignments.]