Annual Report Project - Select one of the ratios that you calculated...

Annual Report Project

READ THESE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY

You have already received an email stating the corporation you will be using for this project and the names of your fellow group members.

1. GET COPIES OF THE SEC 10-K ANNUAL REPORTS FOR YOUR COMPANY

To obtain an annual report, a. Do a search for “(INSERT COMPANY NAME) Investor Relations”. b. Select “SEC Filings”. c. Click on the down arrow, click on “Annual Filings”, and click “Go”, “Submit”, etc. d. Look for the latest 10-k. You can open it in different formats. I have found the pdf download in Adobe to be the best. e. In the table of contents of the 10-k, locate Item 8. The financial statements, which are necessary for all of your numeric answers, are listed here. f. All non-numeric answers are also available in the 10-k. The pdf version has a great search feature.

2. FILL OUT AND SUBMIT YOUR GROUP MEMBER RESPONSIBILITY FORM LOCATED IN THE NEXT DISCUSSION AREA.

3. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS USING THE INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION AREAS PROVIDED.

a. Answer the questions you selected on the group member responsibility form by the deadline schedule. If you answer one of your questions after the deadline, you will have a deduction of half of the question’s value. If you do not answer a question by the deadline (both date AND time), then a group member may answer it. You are to work as a group, but if you decide not to participate in a timely manner, your fellow group members may want or need to post an answer to move along with the project. If this happens, you will get a proportional grade of the group grade. For example, if the total points that your questions total is 20 points. Of that amount, you only answer 15 points. The group score is 93% What is your individual grade? 93 * (15/20) = 69.75%. This is the easiest way to make a bad grade on this project. YOU MUST PARTICIPATE AND IN A TIMELY MANNER…IT’S LIKE REAL BUSINESS. These deductions mentioned are only for the individual, not every group member.

b. WAIT UNTIL THE DEADLINE (BOTH DATE AND TIME) HAVE PASSED BEFORE YOU ANSWER A QUESTION ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER GROUP MEMBER. You may wait as long as you want for a group member to answer their questions late OR you can answer them as soon as the deadline has passed. It is the ‘late’ member who is at fault. Do not fuss with your fellow group members if you are responsible for a question, do not answer it, and a group member answers it first. You get ahead in business by being punctual.

c. ALL GROUP MEMBERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ANSWERS TO BE SUBMITTED AS THE FINAL PRODUCT. If you disagree with an answer from another group member, post that as a reply to that posting. The group needs to work together to supply the best answers (and hopefully the correct answers) from the entire group. IF THERE IS AN INCORRECT ANSWER, IT REDUCES THE OVERALL GROUP GRADE FOR EVERYONE. Not correcting or questioning a posted answer from a fellow group member is the same as posting an incorrect answer to a question in your set. Your grade is figured on the correctness of ALL answers. If any are incorrect, it is best that you figure this out before I grade the project.

d. ALL WORK ON THIS PROJECT IS TO BE CONDUCTED IN THE DISCUSSION AREA PROVIDED.

e. I AM NOT A MEMBER OF YOUR GROUP. I will look at all of the postings. I will note if the answers are ‘correct’ or ‘incorrect’. If the answer is ‘incorrect’, it is for the group members to figure out the correct answer. Please do not post answers and email me to check your answers. I will automatically do this after each group deadline. PLEASE DO NOT EDIT YOUR POST. DO A NEW POST. OTHERWISE, IT DOES NOT SHOW AS UNREAD AND I WILL NOT KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING NEW FOR ME TO REVIEW.

f. YOU MAY POST THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME. For example, if you have questions 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, and 26, you may post the answers to all of them at the first deadline even though only 1, 6, 11, and 16 are due. THE SOONER YOU POST ANSWERS, THE QUICKER I CAN CHECK THEM, AND THE MORE TIME YOU WILL HAVE TO FIX THEM BEFORE THE PROJECT IS DUE.

4. ALL POSTINGS SHOULD BE PROFESSIONAL, FREE OF SPELLING/GRAMMATICAL ERRORS.

This project is considered to have a ‘business atmosphere That does not mean you cannot post, “I have no clue for question 3.” It does mean you should not post, “i haven’t no clue four question 3 b/c i ain’t that far.” You may select the HTML creator in the discussion tool which has a spelling check. Not doing this shows that you have no regard for the finished project or your individual grade. This will be considered laziness and be a five point deduction on an individual basis.

5. BE CIVIL (

This group project is a simulation of a departmental project…something that you will be doing quite often in ‘the real world’ of business. As at work, you do not need to invite people over for dinner, BUT you must get along and keep all dialog civil. Make sure you reread everything you post and delete all that is of a personal nature that may cause a confrontation. I am the Human Resources Department and you do NOT want me to get involved.

6. IF A GROUP MEMBER REFUSES TO PARTICIPATE WITH POSTINGS ACORDING TO THE SCHEDULE OR DROPS THE COURSE, THEN THIS PERSON CAN BE ‘FIRED’.

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It must be a majority decision by the remaining group members with this discussion carried out under the heading of General Discussion Area. The remaining group members will be responsible for dividing up the question set of the ‘fired’ group member and supply answers. The ‘fired’ group member will be given a different company and will be responsible for answering ALL questions.

7. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 21-30, PARTS B AND C MUST INCLUDE ALL CALCULATIONS AND BE PRESENTED IN THE CORRECT FORMAT.

All ratios and examples of calculations are found in Chapter 13.

8. FINAL SUBMISSION OF GROUP PROJECT (Not the individual portion of the project.)

When the group is ready to submit their final project, you must use the sectioned format shown in the Final Submission of Project discussion area. Only ONE submission per group. If there is more than one submission, I will grade the one that is closest to the due date and time, without being late. Make sure this includes all formulas and calculations for ratios. The answers to the questions are graded from this, not the discussion board.