{"id":3248,"date":"2018-04-16T20:41:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T10:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2018-04-16T20:41:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T10:41:14","slug":"finance-assignment-help-on-market-hypotheses-and-cost-budgeting-practices-for-a-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/finance-assignment-help-on-market-hypotheses-and-cost-budgeting-practices-for-a-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance assignment help on Market Hypotheses and Cost &#038; Budgeting Practices for a company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Part (A) \/ (20 marks)<\/p>\n<p>Write an Essay of 1,500 words on:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApplication and Critical Evaluation of Efficient Market Hypotheses for a company during 2 years period\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guidance Notes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discuss about Efficient Market Hypotheses.<\/li>\n<li>Take <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any one company<\/span> listed on any stock exchange of the world as an example and study its share price over a 2 year period using the topics discussed in the module.<\/li>\n<li>Take 2 years data and apply and critically evaluate Efficient Market Hypotheses for that particular company. Use the contents discussed in the module and the below mentioned 2 research articles in your analysis.<\/li>\n<li>Show evidences for your arguments for special events like declaration of good \/ bad news, launching or discontinuing a new product, change of CEO, expansion, any other \u201cnews\u201d and its impact on information and then impact on share prices. Provide clear evidences with dates and original news source.<\/li>\n<li>At the end, summarise with your own conclusion.<\/li>\n<li>The following shall be the criteria for marking the coursework:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Depth and coverage of practical issues and theory\u2026 10 marks<\/li>\n<li>Analysis and argument\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026&#8230;. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 marks<\/li>\n<li>Originality &amp; Presentation formatting\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. 2 marks<\/li>\n<li>Accurate Referencing of literature&#8230;\u2026&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.\u2026. 3 marks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Suggested Reference Research Articles: (read the below papers before you start working!)<\/p>\n<p>a) Fama, Eugene. EFFICIENT CAPITAL MARKETS: A REVIEW OF THEORY AND<\/p>\n<p>EMPIRICAL WORK. Journal Of Finance [serial online]. May 1970;25(2):383-417<\/p>\n<p>b) Fama, Eugene. Efficient Capital Markets \u2013 II. THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE . VOL.<\/p>\n<p>XLVI, NO. 5 . DECEMBER 1991<\/p>\n<p>c) Fama, Eugene. Random Walks in Stock Market Prices. Financial Analysts Joumal (September\/October 1965):55-59.<\/p>\n<p>d) Chung, Dennis, Y.; Hradzil, Karel. Market Efficiency and the Post-Earnings Announcement Drift, Contemporary Accounting Research Vol. 28 No. 3 (Fall 2011) pp. 926\u2013956 1 CAAA. doi:10.1111\/j.1911-3846.2011.01078.x<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part (B)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (20 marks)\u00a0\u00a0 Write a Report of 1,500 words on:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPractical Application of Cost &amp; Budgeting Practices in a company\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learning outcomes: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 as per the Learning Unit Narratives of this module.<\/p>\n<p>Relevant chapters from Core Text book: Drury, C (2015). Management and Cost<\/p>\n<p>Accounting, 9th edition, Cengage Learning. eText: ISBN-10 1473722896, ISBN-13 9781473722897<\/p>\n<p>Print: ISBN-10 1408093936, ISBN-13 9781408093931<\/p>\n<p>Please refer to the Chapter numbers: 2, 3, 8, 11, 15 and 16 from the above core textbook before starting on this part of the coursework.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guidance Notes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any one<\/span> business organization from anywhere in the world where you have direct access. It can be a small business \/ store \/ medium sized business or a large company. It may or may not be listed on a stock exchange.<\/li>\n<li>Based on what you learn in the module, do a survey of the business about:\n<ol>\n<li>Nature of the business in which the company operates and the company\u00b4s current situation<\/li>\n<li>Organization Structure<\/li>\n<li>Products \/ Services Portfolio<\/li>\n<li>Different types of cost with examples<\/li>\n<li>Budgeting practices<\/li>\n<li>Management control practices<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Critically evaluate the organization\u2019s current budgeting and management control practices<\/li>\n<li>Critically evaluate (points in favour and against) the organizations costing and budgeting and then write your own conclusion and recommendations for the future changes \/ improvements of the company\u2019s cost and budgeting practices.<\/li>\n<li>You must have taken at least 1 interview directly with the person involved in the business. (provide contact details of the interviewee in the Appendix).<\/li>\n<li>The following will the criteria for marking:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(i) Depth and coverage of topic: \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a010 marks<br \/>\n(ii) Quality of Interview &amp; Analysis:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a05 marks<br \/>\n(iii) Presentation and formatting: \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a02 marks<br \/>\n(iv) Accurate referencing of literature: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a03 marks<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?wp=6.2.9\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part (A) \/ (20 marks) Write an Essay of 1,500 words on: \u201cApplication and Critical Evaluation of Efficient Market Hypotheses for a company during 2 years period\u201d Guidance Notes: Discuss about Efficient Market Hypotheses. 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