ACCT501 ACCOUNTING FOR DECISION MAKING
ASSESSMENT 3
INDIVIDUAL WRITTEN REPORT
Weighting: 25%
Type: Individual
Due date: Submit by 11.30pm, Tuesday 15th May, 2018
Length: 2,000 words (excluding reference list)
Submit to:Turnitin (instructions on Blackboard)
REQUIRED:
You are required to write a report as if you are an investment analyst offering a recommendation to an interested person.
Write a report in which you analyse a company listed on the NZ stock exchange, which you were allocated in workshops in week 7. You will need to use the template provided.
Your discussion will need to include the following:
- Introduction
- To the report
- To the company.
- Profitability
- Liquidity
- Financial Structure
- Future plans and investor information
- Conclusions and Recommendation
- References
- Appendices
- A: Profitability
- B: Liquidity & Financial Structure
- C: Investor information
- Graphs to be included
- Profitability, using Excel
- Investor, copied from NZX company research database
Support your discussion with references to appropriate secondary literature sources. Provide in-text citations and a reference list. Use APA 6th edition style for referencing.http://aut.ac.nz.libguides.com/APA6th – the library guide can help you with this.
Further guidance will be provided in the workshops.
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ACCT501 Accounting for Decision Making
Semester 1, 2018
Individual WrittenReport Marking Criteria
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| Addressing the task | Identifies and addresses clearly allrequirements as outlined in the assessment brief. Overall, evidence strongly supports conclusions. | Identifies and addresses all requirements as outlined in the assessment brief. Some arguments are underdeveloped. | Identifies and addressessome requirements as outlined in the assessment brief. Reasoning is sometimes impaired or weak. | Identifies part of the requirements as outlined in the assessment brief and few of the subsidiary, embedded or implicit aspects. Lacks an understanding of the requirements. | ||||
| Evaluation, Analysis and discussion | All the required evaluation and analysis was completed correctly. Thoroughanalysis, synthesis and application of concepts. Discussion supported byextensive relevant information from authoritative sources. | Most of the required evaluation and analysis was completed correctly. Substantial analysis, synthesis and application of concepts. Discussion supported by some relevant information from authoritative sources. | Some of the required evaluation and analysis was completed correctly. Discussion was mostly descriptive and/or not supported by relevant information from authoritative sources. | The completed evaluation and analysis had many significant errors. Discussion had major flaws and/or was not supported with appropriate examples and other relevant information from authoritative sources. | ||||
| Structure/Organisation | Develops ideas logically and coherently with smooth flow throughout the report. | Develops ideas coherently but there may be some inconsistencies in the flow through parts of the report. | Reasonable attempt made to develop ideas logically but may be lacking in coherence in places.
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Report is not well structured.
Lacks coherence and logical development of ideas throughout.
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| Written communication | Used own words with appropriate use of direct quotes from others. | Adequate use of own words – any use of inappropriate words of others very limited. | Some attempt to use own words – inappropriate use of words of others. | Inadequate use of own words – inappropriate use of the words of others. | ||||
| The language contains very few, if any errors in grammar and vocabulary. If slips are present, the meaning is still clear. Conventions of academic writing (e.g. references, citations) are followed meticulously. | The language is generally accurate but contains some errors in grammar and vocabulary. Conventions of academic writing (e.g. references, citations) are followed apart from the occasional oversight. | The language is sufficient for understanding but contains errors in grammar and vocabulary that are distracting. Conventions of academic writing (e.g. references, citations) are followed but show errors and inconsistencies. | Errors in language and vocabulary are frequent and distracting. Does not adhere to the conventions of academic writing (e.g. references, citations). | |||||
| Individual Written Reportis of an appropriate length Yes p No p | ||||||||
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