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7BUSS022W Business Diagnosis - University of Westminster
LO 1: Critically examine financial reports and market analysis with a view to identifying and revitalizing a struggling organisation.
LO 2: Apply quantitative techniques to diagnose threats and opportunities, and support decision-making process in a marketing and general business environment,
You are a newly graduated management consultant who is required to research and write a business diagnosis report about an organisation of your choice. The two hot themes currently that company try to deal with are ‘'Covid turnaround" or "digital disruption". So you can choose any company that goes through one of these challenges. This can be your own company, family company, an SME, a large corporation, an NGO etc. Some examples can be for you to choose from: Boohoo who have big Covid factory issues and were struggling to beat Asos, Zalando, Zara, H&M. Your consultancy company works closely with universities. For this reason, your manager instructs you to write a report using a given structure and style that would appeal to both academics and business people.
The analysis should demonstrate your ability to apply management skills and knowledge to a real life situation. The live case study consists of information of your research that all students undertake (and can share throughout the module)
This is an urgent request since the market and company situation has rapidly changed due to COVID and you need to make sense of the new situation and reach a conclusion on whether you advise your clients to invest in the particular company or not.
The deliverable:
A 2000 word report that answers:
CW1 - Individual Investigative Report - 50% of the module's mark
The individual report analysis on a live case will be judged on: key elements of analyzing financial reports and market analysis, quantitative techniques to diagnose threats and opportunities and decision-making tools.
More specifically, here is the breakdown of your overall mark for this report:
The deliverable:
A 2000 word report that answers:
a) What's going wrong OR well
b) Why is it going wrong OR well and
c) How can it can be fixed OR sustained/developed further".
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What is the company cost of equity
: A company's beta is 1.6, the risk-free rate is 6%, and the return on the market index is 11%. What is the company's cost of equity
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Calculate the price elasticity of demand
: Sales subsequently drop from 100,000 units per year to only 75,000 units. Calculate the price elasticity of demand
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Prepare the journal entries
: Prepare the journal entries for 2020 and 2021 as if the ownership allows us to exercise little influence and if it allows us to exercise significant
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Find the net income for the period
: Also during the period the company declared and paid Rs. 37,500 in dividends. Find the Net Income for the period
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Critically examine financial reports and market analysis
: Critically examine financial reports and market analysis with a view to identifying and revitalizing a struggling organisation
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What are your knowns for the euaw calculation
: The total purchase price is quoted by Grainger to be $11,843. What are your knowns for the EUAW calculation for this proposed purchase
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Prepare the journal entry to record pension expenses
: Actual return on plan assets $27,000. Prepare the journal entry to record pension expenses and the employer's contribution to the pension plan in 2020
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What should be reported as variable expenses
: Crane Company sells 150000 units for $10 a unit. Fixed costs are $350000 and net income is $200000. What should be reported as variable expenses
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What is the actual wage rate per hour
: During September, Loring produced 5,000 vases at an actual direct labor cost of $82,500 for 7,500 direct labor hours. What is the actual wage rate per hour
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