BUS 650 (ASH) Flashcards
BUS 650 ASH Complete Class
BUS 650 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial Management in a Firm
BUS 650 Week 1 DQ 2 Short Term or Long Term View
BUS 650 Week 1 Financial Management Challenges
BUS 650 Week 2 DQ 1 Initial Investment
BUS 650 Week 2 DQ 2 Managing Earnings
BUS 650 Week 2 Return on Investment Education Funding
BUS 650 Week 3 DQ 1 GAAP vs. IFRS
BUS 650 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Rationing
BUS 650 Week 3 Journal Capital Budgeting
BUS 650 Week 3 Management of Working Capital Case Study “George’s Team”
BUS 650 Week 4 DQ 1 Applying the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
BUS 650 Week 4 DQ 2 Risk Identification and Mitigation
BUS 650 Week 4 Assignment Types of Risk
BUS 650 Week 5 DQ 1 Factors in Capital Budgeting Decisions
BUS 650 Week 5 DQ 2 Assessing Dividend Policy
BUS 650 Week 5 Comparing Capital Expenditures
BUS 650 Week 5 Journal Capital Budgeting and Dividend Policy
BUS 650 Week 6 DQ 1 Comparing Financial Ratios
BUS 650 Week 6 DQ 2 Potential Issues in Ratio Analysis
BUS 650 Week 6 Final Paper Financial Analysis The LG group
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BUS 650 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial Management in a Firm
Examine the role of management as it relates to finance in a corporation. In your post, discuss the role of management by addressing the following prompts:
Explain the various aspects of finance that management must understand. Describe why a manager needs to understand the characteristics and importance of financial markets including their liquidity, competitiveness, and efficiency.
Interpret the function of the Financial Balance Sheet in assisting in management’s decision making process.
Discuss what could happen if management does not fulfill responsibilities related to finance. Share a real world example from your own professional experience or from an external source.
Your post should be 200-250 words in length.
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BUS 650 Week 1 DQ 2 Short Term or Long Term View
After reading the first two chapters of your textbook, evaluate the following statement:
Managers should not focus on the current stock value because doing so will lead to overemphasis on short-term profits at the expense of long-term profits.
In your post, explain what is meant by this statement. Describe how management might decide whether to focus on short term or long term goals and how that decision impacts the organization. Next, using the financial balance sheet as displayed in the text, compute an example of how focusing on short term profits can be detrimental to long term profits.
Share your opinion regarding whether you feel it’s a better option to focus on short term or long term goals. Use evidence from the text or external sources to support your position. Your post should be 200-250 words in length.
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BUS 650 Week 1 Financial Management Challenges
The following video discusses the four types of markets: perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly.
Video 2.1: Market Structures
Given the market structures as described in the video, find at least two articles from the ProQuest database that highlight and discuss two of the biggest challenges facing financial managers today in these varied market structures.
Summarize your findings from the articles in a three to five page paper excluding title page and references page(s). Include how market liquidity, competitiveness, and efficiency impact financial managers.
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BUS 650 Week 2 DQ 1 Initial Investment
After reading Chapters 3 and 4 of your textbook, address each of the following questions:
a) Think of something you want or need for which you currently do not have the funds. It could be a vehicle, boat, horse, jewelry, property, vacation, college fund, retirement money, etc. Select something which costs somewhere between $2,000 and $50,000. Use the “Present Value Formula”, which computes how much money you need to start with now to achieve the desired monetary goal. Assume you will find an investment that promises somewhere between 5% and 10% interest on your money (you choose the rate) and pretend you want to purchase your desired item in 12 years. (Remember that the higher the return, usually the riskier the investment, so think carefully before deciding on the interest rate.) How much do you need to invest today to reach that desired amount 12 years from now?
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BUS 650 Week 2 DQ 2 Managing Earnings
Companies often try to keep accounting earnings growing at a relatively steady pace in an effort to avoid large swings in earnings from period to period. They also try to manage earnings targets. Reflect on these practices and discuss the following in your discussion post.
Are these practices ethical?
What are two tactics that a financial manager can use to manage earnings?
What are the implications for cash flow and shareholder wealth?
Using the financial balance sheet as displayed in the text, provide an example of how purchasing an asset or issuing stocks or bonds could potentially impact earnings targets.
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BUS 650 Week 2 Return on Investment Education Funding
Develop a three to five page analysis on the projected return on investment for your college education and projected future employment. This analysis will consist of two parts.
Part 1: Describe how and why you made the decision to pursue a MBA. Include in that explanation calculations of expenses and opportunity costs related to that decision.
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BUS 650 Week 3 DQ 1 GAAP vs IFRS
The United States uses Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) as the basis of financial reporting. The International Financial Accounting Standards (IFRS) is an alternative way to report financials. This article from Ernst and Young compares the two methods of financial reporting.
Ernst & Young’s US GAAP vs. IFRS: The Basics
http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/US_GAAP_v_IFRS:_The_Basics/$FILE/US%20GAAP%20v%20IFRS%20Dec%202011.pdf
After reading the article from Ernst and Young, answer the following questions:
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BUS 650 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Rationing
Compare and contrast the Internal Rate of Return (IRR), the Net Present Value (NPV) and Payback approaches to capital rationing. Which do you think is better? Why? Provide examples and evidence from two articles from ProQuest to support your position.
Your post should be 200-250 words in length.
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BUS 650 Week 3 Journal Capital Budgeting
Review the following video:
Critically reflect on the importance of capital budgeting. Why is this such a heated subject in many boardrooms? How does capital budgeting promote the financial health of an organization? How will you use the financial techniques you have learned this week to promote the financial health of your organization?
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BUS 650 Week 3 Management of Working Capital Case Study “George’s Team”
View the following video:
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It appears that George is running a profitable business. George is aware you are in an MBA Managerial Finance class and comes to you for advice on his working capital practices. More specifically George asks:
- How you would describe my working capital practices, including my methods of capital budgeting analysis techniques?
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BUS 650 Week 4 Assignment Types of Risk
View the following Video:
This video introduces the concept of business risk and risk management. It notes that business risks can generally be classified into four categories: property, market, employee, and customer.
Using each of the above four categories of risk, develop an analysis on how financial management techniques or policies can be used to mitigate each of these risks. To supplement your risk analysis, research the ProQuest database and find at least one article for each of your risk mitigation techniques or policies.
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BUS 650 Week 4 DQ 1 Applying the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Analyze the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). Using the course text and an article from ProQuest as references, address the following:
Explain how the CAPM assists in measuring both risk and return.
Explain how the CAPM assists in calculating the weighted average costs of capital (WACC) and its components.
Illustrate why some managers have difficulty applying the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) in financial decision making.
Identify the benefits and drawbacks of using the CAPM.
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BUS 650 Week 4 DQ 2 Risk Identification and Mitigation
Using the annual report from the company that you have selected for your Final Project, discuss the risks the company faces and the actions they take to mitigate those risks. Refer to the Management Discussion and Analysis section of the annual report for this information.
As part of your response consider whether you think the risk mitigation techniques are reasonable. Discuss what others concerns or advice you would offer if you had the opportunity.
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BUS 650 Week 5 Comparing Capital Expenditures
Access the annual reports for your selected company for the past three years. Next, select a company that is a direct competitor and download the previous three years annual reports.
Research Tip: The “Mergent” database in the Library contains company profiles and financial information for publicly traded companies and their competitors. To access this database enter the Library and select “Find Articles and More” in the top menu panel. Next, select “Databases A-Z” and go to section “M” for “Mergent”. For help with using Mergent use Mergent Online Quick Tips.
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