Assignment
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Assignment1.docxTo undertake an individual written assignment of approximately 3,000 words which
covers the entire research process on a topic in accounting and finance. This must
include a proposal for a research study into an accounting and finance topic, with an
explanation as to how a literature review will be carried out and a justification for the
choice of research methodologies used in this research.
Assessment criteria for Assignment 1:
1. Ability to formulate three research questions derived from the broader body
of accounting and finance research
2. Ability to justify the research methodologies to be used in this study with
reference to appropriate literature
3. Ability to review the relevant literature and explain how data will be collected
and analysed with appropriate findings with respect to the research
4. Overall presentation (format) in writing a research paper including keeping
to Harvard Referencing system
TOPICS
1. Corporate Reporting
2. Finance and Banks
3. Financial Institutions
4. Contemporary Accounting
5. Internal Auditing
6. External Auditors and Fraud
7. Forensic Audit
8. Risk Management Process
9. Corporate Governance
10. Corporate Social Responsibility (Corporate Sustainability) and Stakeholders
11. Accountants’ Ethics (Does Board's Independance Matters?)
12. Impact of interest rates and exchanges rates on stock prices
13. Islamic Banking in the modern world
14. Impact of Non-Audit Services provided by external auditors
15. Fundamentals in stock market
16. Mergers and Acquisitions in various industries
17. Tax impact on countries’ economy
18. Goods and Services tax – a burden to the people?
19. Accounting and Modern Technology
20. Earnings Management
21. Forecasting Exchange Rates
22. Sports Finance
23. Competition, Efficiency and Stability in Banking
24. Personal Finance
25. General Financial Accounting
26. Calendar Effects
