ACCY801: Accounting and Financial Management Business Report

Report – Authentic task

Subject learning outcome assessed

1) Apply accounting and financial management principles in the planning and control of resources.

2) Analyse the accounting and financial environment of various organizations in order to assist with key financial decision making ethically.

3) Evaluate the implications of both short- and long-term investment decisions incorporating ethical judgement.

4) Interpret both internal and external financial reports for financial decision making.

5) Examine and summarize the key issues relating to accounting and financial management and recommend appropriate solutions to a variety of audiences.

Topic

Business Report

Length

3,000 words (excluding executive summary, list of references and appendices) ± 10%

Style and format

1) Reports must be typed with Times New Roman font size 12, double-spaced, justified texts. (A printed copy is not required as this is an online submission)

2) Pages are to be consecutively numbered.

3) You must be able to provide a duplicate of your submission if requested. Always back up your work.

4) Your assignment must be submitted by the due time and date in order not to incur a penalty. Reports submitted late will be penalised by the deduction of 10 per cent of the maximum possible mark of the assessment per working day. Please refer to the student handbook for further details.

5) Referencing style must follow the Harvard style, available on the UOW library website.

6) Whenever the Annual Report is cited, you must provide a page reference to the Annual Report so that your work can be easily verified.

7) Use tables, graphics, and charts when possible (optional but recommended).

8) Do not plagiarise your work. Plagiarism is the unacknowledged work of another person. Plagiarism can result in zero marks or possible expulsion from the university.

You are encouraged to submit drafts of your report to Turnitin before the due date. There is no limit to the number of submissions before the due date. This will allow you to check any issues with referencing before submission of the final version. However, if you submit your report to the Turnitin system more than once, please make sure that the same file name

is used for each submission. A similarity score of less than 15% is