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 Explain the scope and control of financial management and control in business.
• 1.2 Explain the objectives of financial management in business.
• 1.3 Explain the operational functions of financial management in a business.
• 2.1 Explain the nature, elements and importance of working capital in a business.
• 2.2 Evaluate how a business assesses its working capital requirements and funding strategies.
• 2.3 Analyse ways in which a business can manage its working capital requirements.
• 3.1 Explain the factors that determine the capital structure of a business.
• 3.2 Explain the factors which lead to the undercapitalisation and overcapitalisation of a business.
• 3.3 Explain the impact of undercapitalisation and overcapitalisation on financial management strategy.

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
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students