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BUACC5930 Group Assignment Trimester 2 2014 1

BUACC5930 Accounting Concepts and Practices Semester 2, 2014 Group Assignment

You are an accountant at West Group Accountants & InvestmentAdvisers . You have been approached by a group of investors for yourprofessional advice on investing in Harvey Norman Holdings Limited . Yourclient is a strong believer in supporting Australian made products andSocially Responsible Investing . The latter would mean adopting aninvestment strategy which seeks to consider both financial return and socialgood.

Required:

Go to:

http://www.harveynormanholdings.com.au/pdf_files/2013_Annual_Report.pdf

and access the companys annual report for 201 3.

Prepare a report for your client. Your report should include:

a. A description of the core business of the company including full details

of its operating activities.b. A discussion on any significant issues emerging from the ChairmansReport.

c. A discussion on any significant issues emerging from the Director sReport.

d. A discussion on companys Corporate Governance Statement. e. A calculation of the key financial ratios for 2013.f. An overall evaluation of the company and your recommendation on

investing in the company.

Please note the following:

Format: Business report Contribution to overall assessment: 20% Length: 2000 2200 words Due date: 24 th September at 6pm Uploaded through Turn It In AND

Moodle. Your work must comply with the Universitys General Guide for the

Presentation of Academic Work. Some Useful links .
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This is a group-assignment . Each group needs to have 2 to 3members in it. Please organise yourselves into groups.

Please make sure that names and ID numbers of all group membersare stated on the cover sheet of your submission.

As this is a group assignment, each member of your group is awarded thesame mark. Working in groups has its pros and cons. I am sure that you

will hold constructive and energetic discussions on the issues at hand. Incase of any disagreements, you will be able to resolve them in a democraticand rational way. There will be times when you may have to agree todisagree with each other. Invariably different group members bring differentskills to a project; it is up to you to make the best of it. I believe one canlearn a lot by discussing the issues with ones colleagues.

If you happen to find your group members are not pulling their weight orthere are problems with any members commitment, then please try toresolve those issues amongst yourselves. Open and honest communicationalways helps. If you are unable to resolve these issues, you are mostwelcome to see me and we will try to sort out the problems together. Do thisas soon as possible and certainly before the due date.

Thanks - Beverley

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Names: Student Numbers:

Bases of assessment HD P F Technical component: accuracy in calculations.

Format: The IBCAR outline as per General Guidefor the Presentation of Academic Work.

Content: Identification of relevant issues.

Research: Selection of relevant material.

A demonstration of critical evaluation of theissues.

Expression: clarity, style (formal and academic),coherence in writing, grammar, punctuation,spellings and sentence structure.

Expression of your view (and not a catalogue ofquotes/ others ideas) .

A logical flow of argument at both the paragraphlevel and the overall text level.

Use of supporting arguments.Use of literature to support the argument.

Referencing procedure (within the text, and atthe end of the text).

Appropriately styled and punctuatedbibliography.

Overall Presentation including cover page, linespacing, page numbering.

GRADE :

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