Auckland International Campus AM803001: Financial Decision Making
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AM803001: Financial Decision Making: Assessment 1: V.1 2020
Assessment 1: Financial Decision Making-Case
Study
Study Block 1: January 2020
Due date to be handed in: Friday, Week 3, before 5:00 pm
Submission: Upload soft copy to Moodle
Word count guidance: 2000-2500 words
Weighting/Contribution: 30% to final grade
Lecturer: Dr. Shafiq Alam
Ms Bing Dai
Learning outcomes covered: 1
Level: 8
Credits: 15
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AM803001: Financial Decision Making: Assessment 1: V.1 2020
Assessment Overview
This is the first of two assessments for this course. For this assessment you will select a listed
company from an Aotearoa New Zealand context to use as a case study to critically analyse
their financial decision making.
Conditions of Assessment
This is an individual assessment that you will complete in your learner-managed time, however,
your teacher will provide opportunities during class time for clarification, guidance, collaborative
working opportunities, and group discussion. All work must be completely your own and all
literature used must be referenced appropriately using APA 6th edition. In order to pass this
course, you must achieve a cumulative grade of at least 50%, across assessment one and two.
Learning Outcome(s) Assessed
- Critically analyse and interpret financial data in a business context.
Reassessment/Resubmission/Extensions
Please see your course outline for guidelines around reassessment, resubmission, and
extensions.
Instructions
To prepare for this assessment you will select a listed company1
from an Aotearoa New Zealand
context to use a case study. Your selection will need to be based on your ability to access the
appropriate publicly available financial and reporting documents to critically analyse.
Using your selected case study and referring to relevant literature to support your analyses,
prepare a report that critically analyses the financial decision making by interpreting the financial
statements of the organisation. Your report will critically evaluate data related to the profitability
of the chosen organisation, critically analysing business financial decisions, and make
corresponding recommendations for improving future profitability.
1 https://www.nzx.com/markets/NZSX
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AM803001: Financial Decision Making: Assessment 1: V.1 2020
Assessment Schedule
Criteria 10-9 8-7 6-5 4-0
Financial
statements
Analysis
The report demonstrates insightful critical
analyses of financial conditions and
performance of chosen corporation:
perceptive critical analysis of the case
study by using relevant financial
ratios/variables
judicious use of contemporary
literature to support critical analysis
The report demonstrates clear critical
analyses with detail, financial
performance through:
clear and detailed critical analysis of
the case study by using relevant
financial ratios/variables
clear and detailed use of
contemporary literature to support
critical analysis
The report demonstrates critical analysis
of corporate financial performance
through:
critical analysis of the case study by
using relevant financial ratios/variables
uses contemporary literature to support
critical analysis
The report does not, demonstrate critical
analysis of corporate financial
performance through:
minimal, or no, critical analysis of the
case study liquidity by using relevant
ratios/variables
minimal, or no, use contemporary
literature to support critical analysis
Interpretation
of financial
condition of
the
organisation
The report demonstrates insightful critical
evaluation and interpretation of financial
decisions through:
perceptive critical analysis of how
current methods of inventory,
receivable and payable management,
have impacted on liquidity, and
profitability.
insightful and thorough
recommendations supported from
perceptive critical analysis
judiciously using contemporary
literature to support recommendations.
The report demonstrates clear and
detailed critical analysis and interpretation
of financial decisions through:
clear and detailed critical analysis of
how current methods of inventory,
receivable and payable management
have impacted on liquidity, and
profitability.
appropriate and thorough
recommendations supported from
clear and detailed critical analysis and
interpretation of financial statements
using contemporary literature to
support recommendations.
The report demonstrates critical analysis
and interpretation of and financial
decisions through:
critical analysis of how current
methods of inventory, receivable and
payable management, capital
budgeting decisions, have impacted on
liquidity, and profitability.
appropriate recommendations
supported from critical analysis and
interpretation of financial statements
using contemporary literature to
support recommendations.
The report does not demonstrate critical
analysis and interpretation of financial
decisions through:
minimal or no, critical analysis of how
current methods of inventory,
receivable and payable management
have impacted on liquidity, and
profitability.
minimal or no recommendations, or
recommendations that are not
appropriate or supported from critical
analysis and interpretation of financial
statements
minimal or no use of contemporary
literature support recommendations.
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