Australian Companies should be selected and both the companies should be Profitable. All questions relate to the financial figures of the consolidated entities. Please note, you are neither required to, nor expected to, print out the entire annual reports. These are lengthy documents! Part of the purpose of this task is for you to enhance your teamwork skills. These skills will become invaluable to you not only within MP, but also in your professional career. You are encouraged to spend time at the beginning of the task negotiating participation expectations, deadlines and meeting times. Your team is therefore required to complete the Team Contribution Declaration2 at the completion of the task, and submit it with your assignment.

Students are required to work as a group. Each group must have 2-3 students. Each group will be required to hand in one report and prepare one in-class presentation. It is the responsibility of students to organize themselves into groups of 2-3 students and ensure that contact details of each student in the group have been given to all group members. Assignments submitted individually without the lecturer’s prior written permission will be heavily penalised.

The group assignment must be word processed and presented in an appropriate report format. The report’s technical content, format, clarity of exposition, language usage and overall presentation quality will be assessed. For example, marks will be deducted for poorly presented assignments and for grammatical/spelling errors. Each assignment should comprise one copy of the group’s written report, Accounting 1/ BACC105 group Assignment Cover Sheet.

The report should be printed on A4-size paper with double spacing and the length of the text (excluding appendix, references (if any) and coversheet and declaration page) must not exceed 1200 words (for Part A and B together). All assignments must be submitted as a hardcopy with an assignment cover sheet attached or as an electronic file with an electronic cover sheet (please refer to your subject coordinator for actual requirements). The assignment cover sheets are available on your subject’s Moodle site or from the Course Administrator. Submit hardcopy assignments and cover sheets directly to the Course Administrator in PE332. Upon submission, you will be issued with a receipt. For group assignments, all group members must submit individual assignment cover sheets with the group assignment. Under no circumstances must you submit your assignment via email or to your teacher unless otherwise instructed. Assignments received by fax or email will NOT be accepted.

Assignments submitted without clear indication of student names and numbers will not be assessed. Each group member will receive their marks according to the agreed percentage of their contribution (as determined by the team). Any dishonest assignments will be dealt with according to MP rules and regulations. Dishonest assignment practices include deliberate copying or attempting to copy the work of other students, submitting the work of another as your own, and plagiarism. Failure to follow instructions of this assignment will attract appropriate penalties.