QualityProfessor 2
Course Code: SKS4000-8
Course Start Date: 04/13/2015
Section: The Business Environment
Week: 3
Activity: Analyze the Financial Condition of ABC Clothing
Activity Due Date: 05/03/2015
Activity Description
For this assignment, your requirement is to research and collect information to address the terms, concepts, and principles listed below. Next, create a PowerPoint presentation that you will use for a short training session with the bookkeeper. Address the following points:
1. What is liquidity?
2. What is creditworthiness?
3. What are liquidity ratios?
4. What are investment strategies?
5. What is inventory management?
6. What is short-term financing?
7. What is financial statement analysis? Provide an example of a financial statement and explain each term.
8. What is valuation of assets?
9. What is disclosure requirement?
10. What are international accounting standards?
11. What is Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP)?
12. Demand analysis and optimal pricing
13. Cost analysis
14. Fiscal policy and the role of government
15. Money and prices
16. Legal compliance
Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as “speaker notes” for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.
Length: 8-10 slides (with a separate reference slide) Notes Length: 50-100 words for each slide
The first slide in the presentation should be the NCU assignment coversheet. The last slide(s) in the presentation should be the list of references you used for the assignment in APA format. For this assignment, you do not need to use outside resources and references for the PowerPoint presentation. All the information you need for this assignment is included within the textbook.
Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate. Save the file as PPT with the correct course code information. Upload your assignment using the Upload Assignment button below.
Learning Outcomes
7.0 Critique the relevance of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for accounting using updated accounting rules and Financial Management Capital Investment Principles in an organization. 8.0 Analyze the macro- and micro-economic factors that could directly or indirectly influence a firm’s economic environment. 9.0 Analyze information systems from a business application perspective.
Resources
Books Reference Instruction (2011) SKS 4000-Business strategies & principles for the 21st century.
Read Chapters 9, 13, 14, 15 and 16
Articles Reference Instruction Otim, S., Dow, K. E., Grover, V., & Wong, J. A. (2012). The impact of information technology investments on downside risk of the firm: Alternative measurement of the business value of IT. http://proxy1.ncu.edu/login? url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=bth&AN=79629592&site=eds-live
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Document/Other Reference Instruction Video: Accounting and Information Tools http://proxy1.ncu.edu/login? url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx? aid=6281&xtid=42211&loid=105405
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