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 importance of finance and accounting in the context of a tourism or hospitality organisation.
• 1.2 Explain the regulatory and legal influences on a tourism or hospitality business’s finance and accounting function.
• 1.3 Explain how the finance and accounting function supports a tourism or hospitality business’s decision making.
• 2.1 Differentiate between different financial statements.
• 2.2 Prepare financial statements for a sole trader.
• 2.3 Prepare financial statements for a partnership.
• 2.4 Apply techniques to make adjustments to financial statements.
• 3.1 Calculate financial ratios from a set of business accounts.
• 3.2 Compare organisational performance using historical financial data.
• 4.1 Explain the benefits and limitations of various sources of finance available to a business.
• 4.2 Describe the process of budgetary control and revenue management in a tourism or hospitality business.
• 4.3 Prepare a cash budget.
• 4.4 Appraise a cash budget.

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