BUA5FMA: Accounting for Making Decisions Business Report

Topic overview

This assessment requires you to advise a clothing manufacturer, Skirts R Us, on various financial matters relating to their cost and pricing structures and strategic opportunities and threats. You will also provide advice around financial matters as well as strategy and risk that may assist Skirts R Us in the short to medium term.

Assessment criteria

This assessment will measure your ability to:

Conduct appropriate financial analysis to understand the current financial position and to critically evaluate the new proposal (15 marks)

Prepare a budget for Skirts R Us (3 marks)

Identify the potential opportunities for Skirts R Us as well as threats to the current strategy and business model in the medium-term (9 marks)

Write and present a professional report (3 marks)

Requirements

Case study: Skirts R Us

Submission format

Written assessments should be word-processed and neatly presented. As a guide, you should generally conform to the presentation style of a business report and should include a title page, table of contents, executive summary (including summary of key findings) and headings to identify the response to each question.

A list of all references and source materials drawn upon in completing the report must be included. Reference list, tables and appendices are not included in the word count.

Resources and readings relevant for assessment

You will be provided with the following resources to facilitate completion of this assessment:

Board briefing: Implications of COVID-19 for Boards

Finance leadership in a crisis

The Learning Hub has been designed to develop and extend your academic skills.

You also have access to assignment feedback and online study support chat through Studiosity that can be accessed from any subject LMS page. You can also access the Library services remotely through the library website.