Financial statement analysis-must pass plagiarism checker

Points: 200

Assignment 1: Financial Statement Analysis

Criteria

Unacceptable
Below 70% F

Fair
70-79% C

Proficient
80-89% B

Exemplary
90-100% A

1. Based on your review of the financial statements, suggest a key insight about the financial health of the company. Speculate on the likely reaction to the financial statements from various stakeholder groups (employee, investors, shareholders). Provide support for your rationale.
Weight: 30%

Did not submit or incompletely suggested a key insight about the financial health of the company. Did not submit or incompletely speculated on the likely reaction to the financial statements from various stakeholder groups (employee, investors, shareholders). Did not submit or incompletely provided support for your rationale.

Partially suggested a key insight about the financial health of the company.  Partially speculated on the likely reaction to the financial statements from various stakeholder groups (employee, investors, shareholders). Partially provided support for your rationale.

Satisfactorily suggested a key insight about the financial health of the company.  Satisfactorily speculated on the likely reaction to the financial statements from various stakeholder groups (employee, investors, shareholders). Satisfactorily provided support for your rationale.

Thoroughly suggested a key insight about the financial health of the company.  Thoroughly speculated on the likely reaction to the financial statements from various stakeholder groups (employee, investors, shareholders). Thoroughly provided support for your rationale.

2. Identify the current industry trend that has the most significant impact on your chosen organization’s financial performance. Indicate the trend’s impact on the financial performance of the organization. As the CFO, suggest at least one (1) way that you might minimize the impact of the trend on the organization.
Weight: 30%

Did not submit or incompletely identified the current industry trend that has the most significant impact on your chosen organization’s financial performance. Did not submit or incompletely indicated the trend’s impact on the financial performance of the organization. As the CFO, did not submit or incompletely suggested at least one (1) way that you might minimize the impact of the trend on the organization.

Partially identified the current industry trend that has the most significant impact on your chosen organization’s financial performance. Partially indicated the trend’s impact on the financial performance of the organization. As the CFO, partially suggested at least one (1) way that you might minimize the impact of the trend on the organization.

Satisfactorily identified the current industry trend that has the most significant impact on your chosen organization’s financial performance. Satisfactorily indicated the trend’s impact on the financial performance of the organization. As the CFO, satisfactorily suggested at least one (1) way that you might minimize the impact of the trend on the organization.

Thoroughly identified the current industry trend that has the most significant impact on your chosen organization’s financial performance. Thoroughly indicated the trend’s impact on the financial performance of the organization. As the CFO, thoroughly suggested at least one (1) way that you might minimize the impact of the trend on the organization.

3. As the CFO, suggest one (1) key strategy that you might use in order to improve the financial performance of the organization. Recommend an approach to implement the suggested strategy. Provide support for your recommendation.
Weight: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely suggested one (1) key strategy that you might use in order to improve the financial performance of the organization. Did not submit or incompletely recommended an approach to implement the suggested strategy. Did not submit or incompletely provided support for your recommendation.

Partially suggested one (1) key strategy that you might use in order to improve the financial performance of the organization. Partially recommended an approach to implement the suggested strategy. Partially provided support for your recommendation.

Satisfactorily suggested (1) one key strategy that you might use in order to improve the financial performance of the organization. Satisfactorily recommended an approach to implement the suggested strategy. Satisfactorily provided support for your recommendation.

Thoroughly suggested one (1) key strategy that you might use in order to improve the financial performance of the organization. Thoroughly recommended an approach to implement the suggested strategy. Thoroughly provided support for your recommendation.

4. 4 references
Weight: 5%

No references provided

Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

5. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10%

More than 6 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present