Subject:Financial Management and Management Accounting

Question 1

1.1 Obtain the financial statements (annual reports) of any two listed companies and Critically assess the liquidity and profitability of the two companies. The following is required:

?Detailed introduction of your chosen companies(I.e Nature of their business activities)

?Identify two ratios(show formulas) that will enable you to assess the liquidity of the chosen companies

?Identify two ratios(show formulas) that will enable you to assess the profitability of the chosen companies

?Calculation of two liquidity ratios per company

?Calculation of two profitability ratios per company

?Overall assessment of the two companies in terms of the ratios calculated (I.e compare the two companies in terms of liquidity and profitability)

Be sure to attach all supporting documents such as the statements that were used for calculation purposes. (22 marks).

Question 2

As a specialist on procurement and tendering, Critically discuss the procurement process. (20 marks)

19. (2 marks) Janice and James wanted to go into the candle making business. They were both going to loan the same amount of money to the business for start up costs. Janice decided the business should be a sole proprietorship with her as the proprietor because she had the business expertise. James agreed, but said he wanted an equal say on big decisions. Janice said OK to this and they both signed a contract to that effect. They called the business Janice's Crazy Candle Company. James agreed not to take any wages but to take 50% of the profits. The business did not prosper and they ended up owing $10,000 to Willie's Wax Suppliers Lid. Explain what remedies, if any, Willie's Wax Suppliers Ltd. has against Janice and James.Question 21 (1 point) Build the Opportunity Loss (Regret) table for the below data and answer the following question DA: Decision Alternative 12 State of Nature Decision Alternative Good Bad DA1 5.0 3.0 15 DA2 1.5 8.1 DA3 10.2 DA4 5.3 5.2 A decision of DA2 would mean an opportunity loss of 18 in state of nature Good. (Round to 1 decimal place) Your Answer: 21 AnswerQuestion 1 Discuss why the information about the capital of a company is important to investors, setting out the nature of the published information available to investors about a company's capital. Note: Your answer should set out the nature of financial capital in integrated reports. (8 marks) Question 2 Statement of Cash Flows is part of a comprehensive income statement. Elaborate the usefulness of Statement of Cash Flows. (8 marks)21. Questions that ask about more than one topic per question, making it unclear which question is being answered, are called a. loaded questions b. matrix questions c. close-ended questions d. double-barreled questions 22. When a question sounds controversial or contains assumptions or opinions, and the respondent is influenced to answer a certain way, this question is called a. open-ended questions b. matrix questions c. loaded questions d. double-barreled questions 23. Questions including multiple closed-ended questions that share the same response categories are called a. leading questions b. double-barreled questions c. matrix questions d. open-ended questions 24. Attaining good survey flow is easier when using which of the following survey modes? a. telephone and online/mobile b. in person and telephone c. online/mobile and mail d. mail and telephone