Session 2: Balance sheets

Session 4: Group assignment 1

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You are only are responsible for the Basics videos for this assignment (Express and 3 Scenic videos):

http://www.navigatingaccounting.com/book/balance-sheets#hun_afc

In preparing your analyses for the graded assignment, you might find it useful to review the first two scenic routes and the "Intel analysis" menu item in the third scenic route.

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Exercise 1: Analyzing Balance Sheets

This exercise will be posted to the following web site within one week of the due date:

http://www.navigatingaccounting.com/exercise/industry-comparisons-exercises-series-03#exercise-1-balance-sheets-and-financial-leverage-anchor

Before going to this site, read the following group assignment guidance carefully.

Group Assignment Guidance

Points Awarded

Submission Process

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  Register your group and submit your solutions via email to wilsongp@bc.edu before 5:00 AM on the assignment due date for group assignment 1.
  
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  Choose a group member to be responsible for emailing the reports.
  
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  The email subject should be Graded Assignment [assignment number]: [group member's name responsible for email]. For example: Graded Assignment 1: Susan Smith.
  
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  CC all members of the group. This will register the group's members early enough for us to determine the probability the group will be selected to participate in the discussion. (See Part 1: Course Policies for more details.) It also facilitates using "reply all" when returning graded assignments by email to all group members.
  
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  This email should include:
  

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   A list of the names of members in the group and
   
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   The two attachments for the group assignment (Excel file and Word file):
   

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  The solution to part 1 should be attached as an Excel file named as follows:
  

For example: Graded_assignment_1_Susan_Smith.xlsx. Alternatively, you can submit an "xls" file rather than an "xlsx" file if you are using an older version of Excel.

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  The solution to part 2 should be attached as an Word document named as follows:
  

For example: Graded_assignment_1_Susan_Smith.docx. Alternatively, you can submit a "doc" file rather than a "docx" file if you are using an older version of Word.

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  Prior to 7:00 AM, we will confirm receipt of this email via return email using "reply all." This will ensure all group members will be notified, providing they were CC'd on the submission as indicated above.
  
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  If you submitted prior to 5:00 AM and your submission is not confirmed by 7:00 AM, submit it again prior to 8:00 AM and notify us via phone to be doubly sure we get it (617-552-1963). Generally, reports emailed after 8:00 AM will receive a score of 0/100 points.
  

Report Guidance

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  Your writing reflects the quality and integrity of your thinking
  

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  Write persuasively. Substantiate your conclusions with facts and well organized, clear, compelling, and concise arguments. Cite sources as appropriate.
  
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  Integrity is of paramount importance. Your group will receive 0/100 points for the entire report if someone in the group plagiarizes others' work by copying or summarizing their work without citing them or shares information about the assignment with students outside your group. You must merge your group with another group to share information with them.
  

Any violation of this policy will be considered a violation of CSOM's honor code and to ensure fairness to students who comply with the policy, we will do everything possible to ensure such actions have grave consequences.

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  Write concisely. There is no rule on the length of the report. However, keep in mind that you don’t want to have a lengthy report full of excess verbiage that reduces the overall quality of your work.
  

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  Garbage-In, Garbage-out
  

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  Likewise, your score in part 2 will be penalized to the extent your numbers from part 1 distort your analyses in part 2. For example, if your financial leverage calculations in part 1 incorrectly rank the companies' financial leverages, you will lose most of the points in part 2.
  
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  By contrast, if your errors in part 1 do not materially affect your analysis, you will not be penalized in part 2. Everyone in your group is responsible for the accuracy of all information used by the group: double check each others' work.
  

Preparing for Class Discussions

• We will discuss as much of the assignment as time permits during class. For at least one of the questions, a group will be randomly selected and then an individual will be randomly selected to represent this group. Everyone in this group will receive the same participation score as this member for this question. Volunteers from other groups may get opportunities to represent their groups with follow-up points.

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  What should you bring to class to ensure you are ready to participate? Generally, students find they need electronic or hard copies of the following to participate effectively in the class discussions, with most students preferring hard copies:
  

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  The questions and your group's solutions.
  
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  Source documents that support your solutions. For example, companies' balance sheets and referenced footnotes or other sources.
  

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