R-2218Assignment2OutlineFIN3173AnalysisofFinancialStatements2.final1.docx

ASSIGNMENT OUTLINE

Assignment title: Financial Statement Analysis

Weighting: 30%

Faculty responsible: Raúl S. Castro López

Programme: BBA-4

Course name: Hospitality Managerial Accounting Course number: FIN3173

Hand-out date: 25/5/2021

Hand-in date to Faculty: 20/6/2021 at 23:59:59. To be handed in Moodle.

Hand-in date for Turnitin: 20/6/2021
at 23:59:59. To be handed in Moodle.

Failure to submit within the allocated period will lead to a mark of “0” in the assignment.

Assignment Overview:

The students will interpret a Statement of CashFlow. They will need to show a solvent understanding of the topic and write a report interpreting the results calculated.

Overall aim:

This coursework will contribute to increasing student skills when analysing financial statements and their presentation in a written report format.

Learning outcomes:

1. Analyze a Hospitality operation’s performance using appropriate operational ratios and statistics.
2. Get an understanding of the notion of working capital, operating cash flow forecasting and operating cashflow cycle.

Organisation and methodology:

As an individual assignment, students will develop an exercise about cashflow, according to the template available in Moodle. Then the following tasks are required:

· Do the exercise and determinate all the results correctly.
· Carry out a report, interpreting the result of the Statement of CashFlow, with a detailed description of all the accounts included (CashFLow from operating activities, CashFlow from investing activities and CashFlow from financing activities).
· Also, a detailed explanation of the situation of the company, with regards to liquidity must be included.

Word count:

(1000 -1600 words)

Resources available:

All resources.

Assessment tasks & weighting:

Assessment will be individually, and will cover these items:

· Exercise Development: 30%
· Interpretation of results in report: 60%
· Originality: 10%

 

Not Approaching Standards

Meets Standards

Exceeds Standards

 

 

 

Exercise Development: 30%

Incomplete Cashflow. Unreliable sources of information or not relevant information given. The Cashflow does not determinate all the results correctly. None, missing or very limited knowledge and understanding of the financial formulas and calculations provided.

Cashflow completed in a reasonable / good manner. Reliable sources of information and relevant information given. The Cashflow demonstrates relevant determination all the results correctly. Shows good knowledge and understanding of the financial formulas and calculations provided.

Excellent Completion of the Cashflow. Excellent/ Very Good sources of information and relevant information given. The Cashflow demonstrate a strong / excellent relevant determinate all the results correctly. Shows very good / excellent knowledge and understanding of the financial formulas and calculations provided.

Interpretation of results in report: 60%

Vague / Lack of interpretation of the Statement of CashFlow results, with none or vague detailed description of all the accounts included. None / Vague CashFLow operating activities justifications provided, Lack / None CashFlow knowledge & understanding of the investing activities and CashFlow from financing activities. None/ Vague detailed explanation of the situation of the company with regards to liquidity.

Good interpretation of the Statement of CashFlow results, with detailed description of all the accounts included. Good CashFLow operating activities justifications provided, Good CashFlow knowledge & understanding of the investing activities and CashFlow from financing activities. Good, detailed explanation of the situation of the company with regards to liquidity.

Excellent interpretation of the Statement of CashFlow results, with detailed description of all the accounts included. Excellent CashFLow operating activities justifications provided, Excellent CashFlow knowledge & understanding of the investing activities and CashFlow from financing activities. Excellent detailed explanation of the situation of the company with regards to liquidity.

Originality: 10%

Poor academic written piece of work, Poor CashFlow and report structure. Too short or exceded the word count limits.

Good academic written piece of work, Good CashFlow and report structure. Within the word count limits. Shows extra knowledge and application of information.

Excellent academic written piece of work, Excellent CashFlow and report structure. Within the word count limits. Demonstrates extended extra work and application of information.

Common skills: assessed (bold) or
developed (italics):

MANAGING AND DEVELOPING SELF

1.Manages own role and responsibilities

2. Manages own time in achieving objectives.

3.Undertakes personal and career development

4. Transfers skills gained to new and changing situations and contexts.

5.Uses a range of thought processes

WORKING WITH AND RELATING TO OTHERS

6.Treats others’ values, beliefs and opinions with respect

7.Relates to and interacts objectively with individuals and groups

8.Works effectively as a member of a team

COMMUNICATING

9.Receives and responds to a variety of information

10.Presents information in a variety of visual forms

11.Communicates in writing

12.Participates in oral and non-verbal communication

MANAGING TASKS AND SOLVING PROBLEMS

13.Uses information sources

14. Deals with a combination of routine and non-routine tasks

15.Identifies and solves routine and non-routine problems

BECOMING NUMERATE AND USING TECHNOLOGY

16.Applies numerical skills and techniques

17.Uses a range of technological equipment and systems

Special instructions:

Report must be hand in via Moodle.

Failure to submit within the allocated period will lead to a mark of “0” in the assignment

Plagiarism:

Plagiarism is the act of presenting another’s ideas or words as one’s own. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, the intentional falsification or fabrication of any academic activity, unauthorized copying of another person’s work, or aiding and abetting any such acts.

Particular care must be taken when presenting information that has been obtained from an internet site. Should this information not be correctly referenced then you are guilty of plagiarism and will be penalised accordingly.

With respect to projects/assignments, faculty reserves the right to randomly call upon any student and ask them to defend their work orally.

Any assignment/exam which is found to contain plagiarism will automatically be awarded a grade of 0, and an e-mail will be sent to the student or the student’s parents/tutors/sponsors. Depending on the circumstances, additional penalties could be imposed (see LRM Academic Regulations, Section 11).

Statement of authorship

Following the title page of your assignment there should be a page on which you sign a statement that the work included in the assignment is your own work except where appropriately referenced. The following statement should be used:

Statement of authorship

I certify that this assignment is my own work and contains no material which has been submitted as part of an assignment in any institute, college or university. Moreover, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference is made in the text of the assignment.

Signed

Name

Student number.

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