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Accounting Analysis

This project is closely aligned with the Course Outcomes and Finance Program Objectives. Completion of this project can be used as part of a portfolio to show potential employers the student is skilled at performing company valuations and financial statement analysis and can be included on the student's resume.

Evaluation: The Project #1 is 15% of final course grade.

No more than 20% of the text of the project should be made up of quotes.

For this assignment, use the company ASSIGNED BY INSTRUCTOR for all four class assignments.

Phased Company Analysis Project:

The final project assignment requires application of a three-part framework of organizational evaluation that includes strategic, accounting, credit and financial analyses. The assignment involves the application of this analytical framework to an existing, publicly-owned company. This final project is designed to facilitate the synthesis of the topics examined in this course into a comprehensive and applied analysis and evaluation of a company. A detailed outline of the four assignments that comprise this class-long project follows:

Part 1 Accounting Analysis (end of Week 3):

The instructor will assign a company to each student that is publicly traded on the NASDAQ or NYSE Euronext stock exchange. The company must have significant international operations.Each student must be assigned a different company.

Assuming the role of an entering corporate officer, have an accounting analysis based on the Week 1 and Week 2 assigned readings and other materials that can be located. This analysis should reflect a review of at least a three-year period of fiscal years ending with the most recently published Form 10K report.

Writing Instructions:

The discussion portion of the analysis should be three to five pages in length, double spaced, and should employ APA style and format for reference citations. Supporting data (e.g., figures, tables, etc.) and references should be limited to four separate items preferably presented in the written analysis.

APA:

Please note that starting from the Fall 2020 semester the UMGC moved to the 7th Edition of the APA Style. The links to the 7th Edition of the APA Style methodology are posted in Content->Course Overview-> Course Resources-> Writing Resources.

Required Organization of Paper:

The following subheadings are to be used and the following topics must be addressed in the paper:

Introduction - The introduction needs to review the assignment or purpose of the paper. It also needs to include an overview of the contents that follow.

Presentation of the Accounting Analysis - The student should develop and present the basic accounting analysis for the company. It is necessary incorporate a table (tables are always numbered, titled, and show the source of the information) of the relevant criteria being examined in the accounting analysis and their present status. Additional information can be included in the table. These data are to be presented in a table (numbered and titled and that shows the sources). The data are then to be discussed and explained in an accompanying written analysis.

Strengths and Weaknesses Analysis - This section needs to present a careful analysis of the strengths and weaknesses demonstrated by the accounting analysis. This section needs to conclude with a paragraph or two that explain and interpret what the analysis means on an overall basis and as the observations and conclusions are considered collectively.

Summary - brief summary of the analysis and key findings.

References - Must clearly demonstrate use of a variety of the assigned readings and supplemental material.

Completeness of analysis:

The analysis must demonstrate understanding of accounting analysis. Use of academic and professional databases, business periodicals, analyst reports, and news articles, such as those in the UMUC library, must be included in this company accounting analysis.

Organization:

The paper should be well-organized and follow a logical pattern of analysis and discussion.