Wesfarmers Annual Report 2017 Learning Objectives: The subject you are studying is vocational. It is designed with the workplace in mind. Work integrated assessment provides opportunities for students to link theory and skills learned in a subject to a real work context. Students can use these opportunities to develop and practice the professional and academic skills they learn about in a subject or through the online environment and then be assessed on their capabilities in these simulated authentic environments. Work integrated assessment allows students to simulate and situate their learning in an authentic workplace that encourages them to explore their knowledge and apply it to practice. Integrating real world, authentic assessment tasks allows students to learn about the particular environments and culture of their chosen professions, while at the same time absorbing and practicing the skills they need to succeed. Doing these tasks can help students develop skills that can help their employability. Resources for this task include the 2017 Annual Report for Wesfarmers. Assume you are an investment advisor with accounting expertise. Present a business report analysing Wesfarmers as a shareholder investment. Include in your report the range of Wesfarmers activities, sustainability issues, financial information and your own charts created from Wesfarmers data using Excel. Show these charts with the data selected by you. Show two different chart styles. Ensure you use a business report format. Include images in your report, You report will be about 600 words excluding appendices, charts and images.

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