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COURSE CODE :BBA 321 COURSE NAME: CASES IN FINANCE Task brief & rubrics

Task

This is a Mid-term time Assignment:

· Individual task

· The student will develop a Case in Finance

· During the launch of the Assignment (on Week 2), each student will choose a Listed Company to be the center of their case, and will submit a research statement to the professor, who will either approve or suggest modifications to the proposed case study.

· After the approval (on Week 3), students will start to develop the first part of the case with the following sections:

1.- Introduction

2.- Research question.

3.- Prepare a 5 Forces analysis of your company

4.- Prepare a SWOT analysis of your company.

5.- Present Financial statements of the company, including Financial Statements, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement for the relevant years.

· The student is entitled to submit a draft and receive feedback from the professor one week prior to the submission.

Formalities:

· You should submit a document in Word format.

· Overall word count between 2000-2500 words.

· Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount.

· Font: Arial 12,5 pts.

· Text alignment: Justified.

Weight: This task is a 40% of your total grade for this subject.

It assesses the following learning outcomes:

· Demonstrate the understanding of the purpose and the objectives of a business case by SWIF method.

· Understand Business Plan concept

· Apply strategy into a business plan.

· Define financial projections and forecasts in line with a business plan.

Rubrics

	Exceptional 90-100	Good 80-89	Fair 70-79	Marginal fail 60-69
Knowledge & Understanding (20%)	Student demonstrates excellent understanding of key concepts and uses vocabulary in an entirely appropriate manner.	Student demonstrates good understanding of the task and mentions some relevant concepts and demonstrates use of the relevant vocabulary.	Student understands the task and provides minimum theory and/or some use of vocabulary.	Student understands the task and attempts to answer the question but does not mention key concepts or uses minimum amount of relevant vocabulary.
Information Gathering (30%)	The student showed exceptional skills in gathering information and reviewing it for the purposes of the case. The information provided is very relevant.	The student showed good skills in gathering information and reviewing it for the purposes of the case. The information provided is quite relevant.	The student showed fair skills in gathering information and reviewing it for the purposes of the case. The information provided is fairly relevant. Some information is unclear or missing.	The student fails at gathering the appropriate information and/or does not review it properly so as to meet the purposes of the case. Many information is unclear or missing.
Critical Thinking (30%)	Student critically assesses the topic/situation in excellent ways, providing great academic references.	Student critically assesses the topic/situation in good ways, providing some academic references.	Student provides some critical insights on the topic/situation but misses some parts. Academic references are fair.	Student makes little or none critical thinking insights. References are insufficient, invalid or inexistent.
Communication (20%)	Student communicates their ideas extremely clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck	Student communicates their ideas clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck	Student communicates their ideas with some clarity and concision. It may be slightly over or under the wordcount limit. Some misspelling errors may be evident.	Student communicates their ideas in a somewhat unclear and unconcise way. Does not reach or does exceed wordcount excessively and misspelling errors are evident.