Finance and Accounting for International Business Communication – EB3501
Finance and Accounting for International Business Communication – EB3501
ASSIGNMENT ONE
A client has as a capital sum from retained earnings over £10,000,000 that is available for investment. They request that you identify a FTSE 100 company and a rival business outside of the UK, conduct analysis on the latest four years of annual reports and report back to them. More specifically, they require you to evaluate performance, and accounting and financial practices. To plan their finances, they require that the findings identify which company is a suitable investment. In addition, the clients speak Spanish and one uses a screen reader because they are Neurodivergent. They ask that you comment on the accessibility of the annual reports of your companies and that the report you create is created in a form that is accessible.
YOU SHOULD
- a) Evaluate and analyse the latest four years of annual reports using appropriate theory and methods taught in-classes during semester one;
- b) Investigate international differences and accounting harmonization;
- c) Write a report of 2000 words comparing the performance and practices of the two companies;
- d) Advise the client which company is a suitable investment;
- e) And comment on the accessibility of the annual reports of your two companies, create an accessible report, append a copy of the accessibility check and all training completed.
ALL ANALYSIS MUST BE ATTACHED TO THE APPENDICES OF THE REPORT.
This assignment addresses learning outcomes for the module and assessed on your ability to demonstrate the achievement of the learning outcomes in relation to the set questions. The learning outcomes for this assignment are:
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this module a student will be able to:
- Use English languages confidently to discuss, analyse, implement and evaluate UK financial practices;
- Prepare simple forecasts and other accounting documents;
- Analyse and evaluate the various types of financial practices depending on the organisations’ size and activities;
- Investigate selected accounting practices used within business organisations.
HANDING IN THE ASSIGNMENT ONE
Submission date for the 2000-word report: 9am on January 8th 2021
Blackboard guidelines
- Login to blackboard using your ID and password
- Find the EB3501 link
- Click on the Assignments link
- Click on EB3501 ASSIGNMENT ONE link
- Submit one copy of your report
You do not need to submit a hard copy of your assignment.
MARKING CRITERIA
| Assignment One Report and Assignment Two In-Class Test Band | Numerical equivalent % | Description |
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Exceptional 1st |
100 |
All these criteria must be met to achieve 100
· Discussion is directly relevant to the title throughout and addresses its implications and assumptions in a challenging and authoritative way. · The essay demonstrates exceptional critical awareness and analysis · There is insightful and convincing understanding of the subject, demonstrating significant, in-depth independent study. · Structure and organisation of ideas is impressively coherent. · Citations are consistent and correctly formatted with an exceptionally substantial, wide-ranging bibliography · There are no grammatical or spelling errors and the language used reveals a faultless command of an appropriate lexis and register. |
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Very High 1st |
94 |
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High 1st |
87 |
· Discussion is directly relevant to the title throughout and addresses its implications and assumptions in an authoritative way.
· The essay demonstrates impressive critical awareness and analysis · There is convincing understanding of the subject, demonstrating significant independent study. · Structure and organisation of ideas is extremely coherent · Citations are consistent and correctly formatted with an impressively substantial, wide-ranging bibliography · There are no grammatical or spelling errors and the language used reveals a virtually faultless command of an appropriate lexis and register. |
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Mid 1st |
80
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· Discussion is directly relevant to the title and addresses its implications and assumptions in a sophisticated way
· The essay demonstrates excellent critical awareness and analysis · There is convincing understanding of the subject, demonstrating excellent independent study. · Structure and organisation of ideas is rigorous throughout. · Citations are consistent and correctly formatted with a very substantial, wide-ranging bibliography · There are no grammatical or spelling errors and the language used reveals excellent command of the appropriate lexis and register. |
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Low 1st |
74 |
· Discussion is directly relevant to the title and proficiently addresses its implications and assumptions
· The essay demonstrates very good critical awareness and analysis · There is convincing understanding of the subject, demonstrating a high level of independent study · A coherent structure and solid organisation of ideas are evident. · Citations are consistent and correctly formatted with a substantial, wide-ranging bibliography · There are no grammatical or spelling errors and the language used reveals a very good command of the appropriate lexis and register. |
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High 2.1 |
68 |
· Discussion is directly relevant to the title and covers a wide range of valid points
· The essay demonstrates good critical awareness and analysis · There is confident understanding of the subject, demonstrating reasonable independent study. · Occasional weaknesses of structure are apparent, but the text is still largely coherent and logical. · Citations are consistent and correctly formatted with a substantial bibliography · There are very few grammatical or spelling errors and the language used reveals a good command of the appropriate lexis and register. |
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Mid 2.1
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65 |
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Low 2.1 |
62 |
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High 2.2 |
58 |
· Discussion addresses the title but is less focussed at times with some omissions or inconsistencies
· The essay demonstrates satisfactory critical awareness and analysis · There is appropriate understanding of the subject, demonstrating some independent study. · A recognisable structure is apparent · Citations are consistent with a satisfactory bibliography · There may be some grammatical or spelling errors but the language used reveals a largely appropriate command of lexis and register. |
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Mid 2.2 |
55 |
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Low 2.2 |
52 |
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| High 3rd | 48 | · Discussion partially addresses the title
· The essay is largely descriptive with little evidence of analysis · There is only adequate understanding of the subject with little or no independent study. · An attempt has been made to structure the essay although this may not be completely successful. · There are some deficiencies, but citations and bibliography are largely appropriate · There may be some significant grammatical or spelling errors but these do not pose a barrier to the reader and overall the language used reveals some command of lexis and register |
| Mid 3rd | 45 | |
| Low 3rd | 42 | |
| Marginal fail | 35 | · Discussion may be incomplete or is often irrelevant to the title
· There is over-dependence on description rather than analysis · There is overreliance on ‘received information’ going little beyond superficial paraphrasing of what has been heard in class or read in one or two texts · There is a lack of any easily discernible organisation and structure · Citations and bibliography are largely inappropriate · The essay is poorly written in terms of grammar, lexis and register, and this may pose a barrier to the reader at times |
| Mid fail | 30 | |
| Low fail | 25 | · Discussion is largely irrelevant to the title
· The essay is purely descriptive · There is factually erroneous or contradictory information · There is no discernible organisation and structure · There is no evidence of use of materials beyond class content · Use of English does not reach the standard required |
| Fail | 10 | · Discussion is irrelevant to the title
· There is no evidence of the necessary knowledge or understanding of the topic. · No attempt has been made to organise and structure the essay · There is no evidence of use of any relevant material · Use of English is well below the standard required |
| Non-submission | 0 | · No submission of work |
