NESTLE S.A.

NESTLE S.A.

Financial Research Project

3. Evaluate the importance of the company's financial objectives in driving the company's growth plan. Synthesize the importance of finance in the company's value chain.

(CLO1-25 marks)

4. Recommend three financial analysis tools to measure the company's financial objectives and perform the financial analysis to determine if the company financial objectives are being met.

(CLO4-25 marks)

5. Develop a financial growth plan which can be used as part of the strategic planning process. Use managerial finance theories to support your response.

(CLO3-20 marks)

Guidelines for Financial Research Project Preparation

1. Prepare an essay (report format) around 3,500 words within an acceptable variation of less than 1000 words above such a requirement.

2. A minimum of 15 journal article references is required for this assignment. Please ensure that citations for sources and bibliography are properly given in the test of your essay. You must use the Harvard referencing / citation style. The overall grading will take this into consideration.

Submission Requirements for Individual Written Assignment Preparation

1. Your assignment will be anonymously marked so you must not identify yourself other than by using your student number anywhere on, or within, the assignment.

2. Coursework must be submitted using point, font style (Times New Roman), font sizes (12), and at least one-and-a-half (1.5) line spaced.

3. You are advice to include page number of your work for each discussion question. Pages must be numbered consecutively throughout the text

4. Faculty penalties for Dishonorable Academic Practice and Plagiarism apply.