Assignment Guidelines

Deadline: 12th May 2010

(Submission is complete when both Turnitin and the softcopy with signed coversheet is received)

You are required to write a 3,000 (+/- 10%) word case study report on the Practical Approach of Financial Reporting and Analysis. Your case study will based on a Bahraini Public Quoted Company called TRACO GROUP BSC – Financial Statements are available in the public website of the TRACO GROUP BSC

Your Case study will include the following

       I.            Ratio analysis covering 2016 to 2019 covering Profitability, Liquidity, Efficiency and Gearing subject to sufficient to the availability of  information and also giving assumptions used whilst calculating the ratios.

    II.            You are required to comment comprehensively on the ratios and trends

 III.            You research should compare TRAFCO to similar companies in the GCC/MENA region for Industry Comparison

  IV.            You will provide recommendations and conclusions

     V.            You will also provide the information which you may require for better analysis

GRADING:

•        The assignment will count for 40% of your final grade for this module.

 Please ensure your essay follows a logical flow and format.

You are required to use academic resources and e-library. Please do not cite Investopedia, Wikipedia and other unreliable websites. Please research from published academic journals and textbooks the access of which is available to you.

1)      This is an individual assignment that you should be writing on your own.

2)      The word limit for this assignment is 3,000 words (+/- 10%); excluding tables.

3)      The assignment must be submitted on time (a soft copy to be uploaded on Turnitin) to be considered for evaluation.

Turnitin details are as follows:

Class ID:

Password:

4)      Assignments submitted after the deadline will be penalised by deducting 5% of the overall mark for each day up-to 6 days; assignments will not be graded or accepted after 6 days.

5)      If you face any problem, please make sure to contact your lecturer before the due date.

6)      You are expected to support your work with sources from the literature and use Harvard referencing style as appropriate, in text and in the list of references at the end of your assignment.

7)      Assignment related questions may be asked in the final exam.

8)      Format:

a.       Font: Times New Roman

b.      Use double spacing and sufficient margins (3-4 cm)

c.       Headings & subheadings font size: 14 points; the rest of the text: 12 points

d.      All pages should be numbered; include a table of content

Research for Report

Possible Resources include the following:

a.      International Financial Reporting – 7^th Edition by Alan Melville

b.      Company Corporate Websites

c.       Bahrain Stock Websites

d.      Stock Market Websites of GCC Countries and selected Mena Region Countries

e.       GDN, DT, BBC News, CNN News and Gulf News etc.

f.        Published journal papers on Corporate Performance –specially selected KPIs

g.      Quarterly Published Bulletins of the Central Bank of Bahrain

h.      Financial Times

i.        Other Textbooks available on the subject

•        Fill in the BIBF Assignment Coversheet, scan it or capture it as a picture (to ensure that it does not affect the similarity % counted by Turnitin) and paste it in the first page of your assignment.

•        Make sure to sign the coversheet.

•        By signing the coversheet and uploading your work on Turnitin, you confirm that:

–          The work is your own, and that you have not copied another’s work or allowed anyone to copy your work, and that you have referenced the work of others in an appropriate way.

–          You have read and understood the BIBF guidelines on Plagiarism and abided with the necessary practice

•        Students who are suspected to have encountered any form of academic dishonesty will face further investigation.

·          Detailed understanding of the subject area

·          Extensive background study

·          Highly focussed answer and well structured

·          Logically presented and defended arguments

·          No factual/computational errors

·          Original interpretation

·          New links between topics are developed

·          New approach to a problem

·          Excellent presentation with very accurate communication

·          Complete command of subject and other relevant areas

·          Ideas/arguments are highly original

·          Complete command of subject

·          Ideas/arguments are highly original

·          Command of subject but with minor gaps in knowledge

·          Ideas/arguments are mostly original

·          Command of subject but with some gaps in knowledge

·          Ideas/arguments are mostly original

·          Understands most but not all of the subject area

·          Evidence of  background study

·          Focussed answer with good structure

·          Arguments presented coherently

·          Mostly free of  factual/computational errors

·          Some limited original interpretation

·          Well known  links between topics are described

·          Problems addressed by existing methods/approaches

·          Good presentation with accurate communication

·          Command of subject but with gaps in knowledge

·          Some ideas/arguments are original

·          Strong factual knowledge and understanding

·          Ideas/arguments are well presented but few are original

·          Strong factual knowledge with minor weaknesses in understanding

·          Most but not all ideas/arguments are well presented and few are original

·          Understands the main elements of the subject area

·          Limited evidence of  background study

·          Answer focussed on question but also with some irrelevant  material and weaknesses in structure

·          Arguments presented but lack coherence

·          Has several  factual/computational errors

·          No original interpretation

·          Only major  links between topics are described

·          Limited problem solving

·          Some weaknesses in presentation and accuracy

·          Strong factual knowledge with some weaknesses in understanding

·          Ideas/arguments are limited but are well presented

·          Moderate factual knowledge with some weaknesses in understanding

·          Ideas/arguments are limited with weaknesses in logic/presentation

·          Moderate factual knowledge with several weaknesses in understanding

·          Ideas/arguments are limited with weaknesses in logic/presentation

·          Weaknesses in understanding of  the subject area

·          Limited evidence of  background study

·          Answer only poorly focussed on question and with some irrelevant material and poor structure

·          Arguments presented but lack coherence

·          Several  factual/computational errors

·          No original interpretation

·          Only major  links between topics are described

·          Limited problem solving

·          Many weaknesses in presentation and accuracy

·          For PGT – Insufficient to fulfil the associated learning outcomes

·          Moderate factual knowledge with several weaknesses in understanding

·          A few ideas/arguments are presented but with weaknesses

·          Limited factual knowledge with several weaknesses in understanding

·          Very few ideas/arguments are presented

·          Limited factual knowledge with many weaknesses in understanding

·          Very few ideas/arguments are presented and with errors in logic/presentation

·          No evidence of relevant knowledge or understanding

·          No evidence of  background study

·          Answer relies on irrelevant material and lacks a coherent structure

·          No arguments presented or arguments are not relevant to the assessment

·          Many factual/computational errors

·          No attempt at interpretation

·          No links between topics are described

·          No attempt to solve  problems or to address the assessment brief

·          The presentation is very weak containing many inaccuracies

·          No evidence of knowledge/understanding

·          Only limited evidence of an attempt to answer the question

·          No evidence of knowledge/understanding

·          Very limited evidence of an attempt to answer the question

·          No evidence of knowledge/understanding and/or evidence of misunderstanding

·          No attempt to answer/address the question