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LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

ACADEMIC TASK NO. 1

School of Business

Faculty of Accounting & Business Laws-IIName of the faculty member: Sukhpreet KaurCourse Code: ACC501

Course Title: Accounting for ManagersClass: MBATerm: 1

Section: Q3122 Batch: 2015Max. Marks: 45 Date of Allotment: 07/02/2015

Date of Submission: 05/03/2015S. NoRoll NoObjectives of Academic ActivityTopicEvaluation ParametersExpected outcomes

1ALL STUDENTSTo expose students to practical aspects of financial statement analysis and make them able to interpret the financial performance and financial position of the organization.Each student will be allotted a company and will analyze the financial position of that company for two years by using ratio analysis.

The student is required to submit the report based on the analysis after considering the following aspects: COMPANY PROFILE- (7 marks)-History of the Company.

-Business of the Company.

-Management of the Company.

-Competitors.

-Future Plans of the Company.

-SWOT Analysis.1. Ratio Analysis (28 marks)

-Data presentation and collection. (4marks) -How the company has performed compared to Competitors? (6marks)-Do we make the appropriate use of fixed assets that we hold? (6marks)-Do the speed of conversion of stock to sales is appropriate? (6marks)-Do we collect from debtors efficiently? (6marks) OVERALL ANALYSIS: On the basis of above analysis as well as using other relevant information (like referring to the annual statement of the company or other sources) decide in which companys shares you would like to invest and why? (10 marks)The evaluation will be made on individual and group basis. Each student will be evaluated individually for intra-company analysis and the group will be evaluated for inter-company comparison.

This academic tasks focus on the following:

1.Help the students apply the theoretical concepts to real life situations

2. Make them conversant with financial terminology used in annual reports of companies

3. Enable students to extract useful information from annual report for decision making

4. Understand the variations amongst the sectors as far as financials are concerned

List of study groups will be sent through reading material on UMS.