Business Decision

Accounting for Business Decisions –HI5001

SECTION A: (15 MARKS)

SECTION B: (15 MARKS)

TOTAL: (30% MARKS)

Note: This assignment carries 30% weightage. Students not to worry about the marks shown in each section as the marks shown in each section are to help the lecturers mark.

This assignment is in two parts, the first one that will require you to undertake some research, the second part will involve a preparation of worksheet.

The assignment aims to develop understanding of financial statements and their use in decision-making. The task is to study and compare 2 publicly held company specifically in the same industry, (use ASX’s website to select a company) and be able to understand the structure of financial statements. This project itself includes several assignments, each of which comprises a part of the students’ task. However it is well encouraged to include any additional information that students may think will be useful in conducting financial statements analysis of the company.

General Rules and Requirements:

The report should be prepared by a small group (with a maximum of three to four members) with the contribution of each member specified on the report’s title page. Reports must be confined to 4,000 words (+/- 5%). A title page, table of contents page (based on your report headings), introduction, conclusion and list of the references actually cited should accompany your report. Font type should be Arial (size 11), paragraph spacing should be equal to 1.5.

Note: any additional material from external sources that you “paste” into your report is NOT included in the word limit. Also, ensure it is appropriately referenced.

PART A: (50 MARKS)

Section A (total marks are 50. Whatever student scores 15% will be the weightage of this section)

Part A1 (10 points)

Before the actual financial statements are evaluated, your group must inform interested parties about the company’s business structure, operations, services and all...