Northern Arizona University<\/p>\n
Managerial Accounting and Financial Analysis<\/p>\n
BBA 290 \u2013 on-line<\/p>\n
Fall 2014<\/p>\n
Term Research Paper<\/p>\n
_____________________________________________________<\/p>\n
Student\u2019s name<\/p>\n
Briefly, Financial Accounting exposes the student to external reporting and the procedures necessary for preparing external financial statements referred to as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). In Managerial Accounting the focus of our attention shifts to internal reporting and to the interpretation of financial information.<\/p>\n
The main focus of Managerial Accounting and Financial Analysis is to expose typically non business major students who are now seeking a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree to the history of accounting and GAAP while introducing the student to the internal reporting guidelines necessary to adequately interpret financial information. As a result, we have looked at accounting and financial information by concentrating on: 1) what accounting information is; 2) what this information means; and, 3) how this information is used.<\/p>\n
During the first week of this course, you were asked to obtain an annual report (Chapter 1; Homework; E1.1). Now it is your job to evaluate your annual report by applying some of the financial analysis techniques you have learned during this semester. Based on the profitability measures, liquidity measures, activity measures, and financial leverage measures outlined in your text, you are to evaluate your corporation\u2019s annual report. Prepare an analysis table based on the ratios used to interpret an entity\u2019s financial position and results of operations from each of the four categories. You\u2019re to conclude your term\/research paper by discussing the results of your ratios as they apply to your annual report.<\/p>\n
__10__ 10 1. Select an Annual Report<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Secure an Annual Report from a corporation of your choosing. The article should<\/p>\n be selected from a national magazine, approved by the instructor, and pertain to business issues. The Annual Report should reflect the corporation\u2019s financial from a most recent year(s) end. The Annual Report was due as part of the homework for Chapter 1 (Exercise E1.1).<\/p>\n __15__ 15 2. Minimum length and Format<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 The term\/research paper must be a minimum of 1,500 words in length and<\/p>\n should not exceed 1,500 words. The paper is to be typed, double-spaced, and should be at least five to six pages in length in order should not exceed 2,000 words. The term\/research paper must be completed and submitted in Microsoft Word using APA 5th<\/sup> edition style.<\/p>\n __20__ 20 3. Grammar<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 The paper will be graded (in part) based on proper spelling, grammar, and structure. All papers<\/p>\n should be submitted electronically and contain such other things as tables, graphs, pictures, and other data<\/p>\n necessary to fully explain and enhance the paper.<\/p>\n __25__ 25 4. Review of Annual Report<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Most of the paper\u2019s content (60% to 70%) should deal with a complete review of<\/p>\n the Annual Report from the auditor\u2019s point of view. Be objective and be conscious of avoiding plagiarism.<\/p>\n __20__ 20 5. Annual Report Interpretation (Opinion)<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 The balance of the paper (25% to 40%) should be based on your<\/p>\n interpretation of the Annual Report. Be sure to differentiate between the auditor\u2019s data and your interpretation of their data.<\/p>\n __10__ 10 6. Overall Impression<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Neatness, clarity of thought, substantiation of your interpretation, and the overall<\/p>\n impression of logical thought will be considered in the final evaluation. The student should insure that the<\/p>\n thoughts presented clearly cover the topic and inform the reader of all pertinent facts concerning the Annual<\/p>\n Report.<\/p>\n __5__ 5 7. Early\/Late Papers<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Late papers will not be accepted. The final paper is due no later than December 1, 2014 _100__ Total Points Earned (maximum 100)<\/strong><\/p>\n Evaluation:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Northern Arizona University Managerial Accounting and Financial Analysis BBA 290 \u2013 on-line Fall 2014 Term Research Paper _____________________________________________________ Student\u2019s name Briefly, Financial Accounting exposes the student to external reporting and the procedures necessary for preparing external financial statements referred to Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
at 11:59 PM (submitted electronically).<\/p>\n