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    FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
    GSBS6200: Accounting and Financial Management
    Trimester 1 2017
    Group Project
    Weighting: 30% of overall assessment
    TASK OBJECTIVES
       Apply theory in practice.
       Conduct a financial statement analysis of a real world company.
       Demonstrate report writing and oral presentation skills.
    INTRODUCTION AND GUIDELINES
    Your group is a team of research analysts employed by a publicly listed organisation on the Australian
    Stock Exchange. Your group is responsible for analysing quantitatively and qualitatively the past
    performance of the organisation with a view to improving for the future. Once the analysis is complete
    you will then (as a group) be required to write a report that interprets and critically evaluates the
    analysis and provides recommendations for the business moving forward. Your interpretation and
    recommendation must be justified.
    You will need to appoint a group leader who will be responsible for submitting the assignment
    paperwork. Once your communication channels have been set up, formulate and agree on a Pre-
    Project Action Plan. The Pre-Project Action Plan details problems and issues that may arise and
    how the group will manage them. This is to be completed, and submitted in class or via an email to
    the lecturer by Week 5.
    The second task will be to view the Australian Stock Exchange website and choose one listed
    company. Once you have chosen the company it needs to be approved by the course
    coordinator/lecturer after which you can commence the group project. You cannot choose the
    same company as another group and company choice will be on a first come, first served basis.
    Once you are in a group and have selected a company you can begin your analysis. The final report
    (excluding tables, formulas and reference list) should not exceed 3,000 words in length and your
    audience is the board of directors of your chosen company.
    Your group must also complete a Group Diary (Appendix 3 – refer to Blackboard). The Group Diary
    should be submitted in class or via email to the lecturer in week 10.
    The project must be attempted and completed on a group basis. Whilst this is a group project, you
    are not permitted to copy the analysis of another group. Your submission will be checked for
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    plagiarism using Turnitin and/or manual means and any suspected cases of plagiarism will be sent to
    the SACO (Student Academic Conduct Officer) for investigation.
    SUBMISSION GUIDELINE
      Arrange the first group meeting and submit a Group Processes/Pre-Project Action Plan in
    class or via email to the lecturer (due: week 5 lecture day).
      Final Report and Group Diary Due Date: Week 10 (9 April). A late submission penalty will
    be imposed if these are not received by due date.
      Submit Report to Turnitin (electronic copy of report with cover sheet). Submit Group Diary in
    class or via email to lecturer.
      Submit only one group project per team to Turnitin
    The Faculty cover sheet for group assignments must be used and must be signed by all students in
    the group.
    REQUIREMENTS
    Required:
    1. Visit the website of your chosen and approved company and obtain the annual reports for the
    previous three years (2014, 2015 & 2016). Note: Financial statements are contained within
    the annual reports. Read the Director’s and/or Chairman’s report and locate other qualitative
    information about your chosen company (for example, a podcast of the most recent AGM).
    This will give you an idea about the background of the company as well as any highlights. It
    may also be useful to see if your company has been reported in the media. The financial
    reports will give you an internal perspective and any media reporting will give you an external
    perspective from the media’s point of view.
    2. Perform a Trend Analysis of the main items from the income statement (statement of financial
    performance) and balance sheet (statement of financial position) for 2014, 2015 and 2016.
    3. Perform a complete ratio analysis for the financial statements for 2014, 2015 and 2016.
    4. As a result of your analysis and research on the company write a report in Microsoft Word
    which brings all of the above analysis together in a professional format. Your analysis should
    cover both financial and non-financial factors and include benchmarking against a
    comparable company or industry averages. Your audience is the board of directors of your
    chosen company.
    Your report should include the following:
      Cover Sheet (signed and dated by all group members)
      Table of Contents
      Executive Summary
      Introduction
      Body of the Report:
    -  Information about the company and industry and other relevant background
    information
    -  Trend Analysis, Interpretation and Recommendations
    -  Ratio Analysis (profitability, efficiency, liquidity, market performance),
    Interpretation and Recommendations
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    -  Overall Analysis, Interpretation and Recommendations (Note: Ensure that you
    bring the individual parts of the analysis, interpretation and recommendations
    together as a summary of the business and its performance overall)
    -  Limitations of your analysis
      Conclusion
      References
      Appendices (all calculations should be included in the appendix)
    Please note your report must be referenced (APA referencing style is to be used).
    Note: Your report should be typewritten, double-spaced and page numbered.
    As a guide you should include (but not be limited to) the following in the body of the report:
     Discuss the nature and overall strategy of the business.
     Discuss any challenges or opportunities the business faces into the future. As an example
    there may be external factors such as economic impacts, social trends etc. that may present
    a challenge or an opportunity moving forward.
     Identify any areas that you consider to be strengths or weaknesses for your company in its
    operations based on your analysis. Explain why you have identified these areas as strengths
    or weaknesses and interpret them. Discuss how the company could improve on the
    weaknesses or build on the strengths by providing a recommendation. You must be specific
    in your discussion, do not generalise.
    For example, a weakness may relate to a growth in debt, an increase in expenses relative to
    revenues etc. Also look outside the area of accounting as you may find that a strength is in
    the growth of customers due to a new marketing campaign. It is the group’s responsibility to
    look at all aspects of performance and identify what is appropriate for your company. Every
    company is different and each company will have its own strengths and weaknesses.
     Your analysis needs to be a critical evaluation, rather than a report that merely restates the
    results of the analysis. The written report and interpretation needs to be justified with
    reference to the analysis. Your comments should be specific to the company you have
    chosen, not generalisations.
    As an example it would be insufficient to state that the current ratio increased - there also
    needs to be an interpretation and recommendation associated with the analysis. For
    example, the current ratio may have increased due to an increase in inventory, and the
    reason for the increase in inventory may be a slowdown in sales. In this example, the
    increase in the current ratio does not necessarily mean that liquidity has improved as
    inventory may not be liquid. You may conclude that, given the reduction in sales, the
    recommendation to the business should be that it needs to reduce its levels of inventory.
    Where possible, analyse what is and is not selling, to work out which types of inventory need
    to be reduced.
     You also need to critically evaluate the limitations of your analysis. The limitations should be
    discussed with reference to your company, not generally.
     Do not include calculations in the body of the report; they should be included in the appendix
    by cutting and pasting each part of the analysis (in Microsoft Excel) into the Microsoft Word
    document.
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    Marking Criteria:
    REPORT
    Criteria
    Marks
    Excellent  Satisfactory  Poor
    100%-75%  74%-50%  49%-0%
    Presentation
    of the report
    2  The report is well-
    presented with consistent
    use of formatting, headings
    and supporting
    tables/graphics.
    The formatting and layout
    of the report is
    inconsistently presented.
    Inconsistent use of
    formatting, headings and
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    supporting tables/graphics.
    The formatting and layout
    is poor indicating a lack of
    professionalism.
    Either appropriate
    headings are not used
    and/or there is a lack of
    formatting and/or there is
    a lack of supporting
    tables/graphics.
    Referencing  2  Referencing appropriate
    with no errors or
    omissions.
    An adequate attempt at
    referencing was made with
    minor errors or omissions in
    the style of referencing.
    Lack of proper
    referencing. Either
    references are missing or
    the referencing style has
    not been applied
    accurately.
    Quality of
    writing
    2  Professional language is
    used which communicates
    meaning with clarity and
    fluency.
    No errors in spelling,
    grammar and punctuation,
    or sentence structure.
    Adequate language which
    conveys meaning with
    some clarity. However in
    parts the report is
    inconsistent in its flow from
    one idea to the next and
    there are errors in
    expression.
    Errors in spelling, grammar,
    punctuation, sentence
    structure, and/or
    organisation
    Poor language impedes
    meaning because of
    errors in usage and
    disorganisation of
    information.
    Consistent errors in
    spelling, grammar,
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    punctuation, sentence
    structure and/or
    organisation.
    Application of
    analysis
    models
    4  Analysis models are
    accurately and
    appropriately applied with
    respect to:
    -trend analysis
    -ratio analysis
    Calculations are accurate
    and without errors.
    Analysis models are
    appropriately applied with
    respect to:
    -trend analysis
    -ratio analysis
    However, minor errors are
    shown in calculations.
    Little or no attempt is
    shown to apply analysis
    models to given business
    situation with respect to:
    -trend analysis
    -ratio analysis
    Many errors are shown in
    calculations.
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    Interpretation/
    Recommend-
    ation based
    on
    analysis of
    the results
    5  Analysis and interpretation
    of the results is
    comprehensive and
    thorough. All issues are
    adequately addressed.
    Interpretation and
    recommendations are
    accurate, logically linked to
    the results and supported
    by judgement.
    Analysis is specifically
    addressed to the company
    chosen.
    Analysis and interpretation
    of the results is present,
    however it lacks depth.
    Majority of the issues are
    addressed.
    Interpretation and
    recommendations are
    mostly correct, somewhat
    relevant to the results and
    mostly supported by
    accurate judgement.
    Analysis is specifically
    addressed to the company
    chosen, however at times
    generalisations that could
    apply to any company are
    used.
    Analysis and
    interpretation is minimal
    and/or does not address
    the requirements of the
    assignment.
    Interpretation and
    recommendations are
    lacking or supported by
    errors in judgement.
    Analysis is too general
    and not specific to the
    company chosen.
    Logical
    arguments
    3  The argument is logically
    correct and clear with good
    justification.
    Justification is clearly
    provided and used as
    evidence in the argument.
    The argument seems
    logically correct but is
    unclear in some areas as a
    result of no evidence, a
    lack of evidence or
    inconsistent evidence that
    is used to support the
    argument in the report.
    The argument is not
    logical, unclear and/or
    based on incorrect
    information.
    There is a lack of
    evidence in supporting the
    arguments put forward in
    the report.
    Critical
    evaluation of
    the limitations
    of financial
    statement
    analysis
    2  Evaluation of the analysis
    methods adopted, or data
    used, is critical, thorough,
    complete and in context to
    the company analysed.
    Limitations are clearly
    stated and relevant to the
    chosen company.
    .
    Lim
    Evaluation of the analysis
    methods or data is present
    but some important aspects
    are not fully addressed.
    Limitations not all relevant
    to the chosen company or
    some limitations are
    general in nature.
    Little or no evaluation is
    presented.
    Major limitations of the
    report are missing and not
    addressed or limitations
    are mostly general in
    nature.
    Total Marks  20 
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    RUBRIC FOR ORAL
    PRESENTATION
    Marks  Excellent
    100%-75%
    Good
    74-65%
    Satisfactory
    64-50%
    Poor
    49%-0%
    Organisation of Material  1
    Information is highly structured
    Easy to follow information
    presented in sequence
    Loose organisation,
    presentation difficult to follow
    at times
    Little to no structure and
    sequence of information
    Delivery 2
    Informative well- paced delivery
    Good use of pausing
    Effective, interesting delivery
    Well-paced delivery with
    good use of voice, tone,
    diction and pausing
    Able to hear presentation
    Some pausing
    Inaudible, spoken very
    quickly
    No pausing
    Visual aids  1  Excellent visual aids
    Excellent detail on slides
    Good visual aids
    Good detail on slides
    Too many slides, or an
    insufficient number of slides,
    Too much detail on slides or
    insufficient detail on slides
    limiting the effectiveness of
    the visual aids
    No visual aids
    Knowledge of subject matter  2  Superior understanding of information
    presented with a clearly stated
    purpose
    Strong understanding of
    material presented
    Thorough well-stated
    purpose
    Limited understanding of
    material presented
    Limited clarity of purpose
    Uncomfortable with
    information presented or
    no grasp of information
    presented
    Accuracy of written content  2  Excellent figures, graphs and/or tables
    Excellent information presented on
    slides
    Good figures, graphs and or
    tables
    Good information presented
    on slides
    Missing and/or incorrect
    information
    Adequate but limited results
    presented on slides
    Misleading, confusing or
    incorrect information
    Poorly presented
    information on slides
    Engagement  2  Excellent posture and eye contact
    Moves with ease
    Constantly engaged and entertaining
    Good posture and eye
    contact
    Often engaged with ease

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    Limited eye contact
    Reads directly from notes at
    times
    No eye contact
    Reads directly from notes
    Presentation Score  /10 
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