Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
2. Finding and evaluating sources
3. Planning and referencing

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Identify the reasons for maintaining accurate financial records in business.
• 1.2 Explain the specialist finance and accounting roles in a business.
• 1.3 Explain the purpose of the main financial statements.
• 1.4 Discuss the contribution of the finance and accounting function to business decision-making in a logistics business.
• 2.1 Understand the importance of business finance for a logistics business.
• 2.2 Understand the concepts of working capital and liquidity.
• 2.3 Discuss the sources of finance for a logistics business in different scenarios.
• 2.4 Understand the impact of depreciation on business assets.
• 3.1 Differentiate between different types of budgets.
• 3.2 Prepare different types of budgets.
• 3.3 Undertake a variance analysis on a budget.
• 3.4 Identify the reasons for adverse and favourable budget variances.
• 3.5 Identify actions to address budget variances.
• 4.1 Analyse the financial performance of a business from information drawn from financial statements.
• 4.2 Identify actions to address the under-performance of a logistics business.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Further resources

• Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students