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Level 6 Diploma in Business Management

Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

BM604 · Financial Decision Making — Week 14 of 16

CourseBM604
Week14 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

  1. Drafting against the criteria
  2. Tutor and peer feedback
  3. Improving the final submission

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Analyse the factors that guide and drive decision making in business.
  • 1.2 Assess the significance of financial factors in business decision making.
  • 1.3 Evaluate the characteristics of business risk that impact on financial and business decisions.
  • 2.1 Compare the accrual and cash flow approaches to accounting and financial reporting and the implications of each for business decision making.
  • 2.2 Evaluate the structure and content of final accounts and their uses for business decision making.
  • 2.3 Interpret financial information in balance sheets, income statements as well as sources and applications of funds statements.
  • 2.4 Differentiate between financial decisions relating to capital expenditure and those relating to revenue expenditure.
  • 3.1 Appraise various sources of short-term and long-term financing for businesses.
  • 3.2 Critically examine key factors affecting the choice of source of financing.
  • 3.3 Evaluate various techniques used for appraising and making decisions regarding capital expenditure.
  • 3.4 Explain the possible benefits and drawbacks of off-balance sheet financing.
  • 4.1 Critically analyse the corporate governance, legal and regulatory environments of different business ownership structures.
  • 4.2 Compare and contrast stakeholder interests of owners and managers in decision making.
  • 4.3 Evaluate the significance of Return on capital Employed (ROCE), Earnings Per Share (EPS) and other overall performance measures for the long-term sustainability of businesses.
  • 4.4 Differentiate between business ethics, governance and accounting ethics as controls on business accountability.

Activity

Draft the assignment, get feedback and improve it before submission.

Study materials

Further resources

  • Writing Guide with Handbook, ch. 7.3: Criteria, evidence, evaluation · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 214–216 · for registered students
  • Supporting learners' agentic engagement with feedback: a systematic review · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Business Decision Making and Financial Drivers
  • Week 2: Business Risk Assessment in Financial Decisions
  • Week 3: Accounting Foundations and Expenditure Classification
  • Week 4: Structure and Interpretation of Final Accounts
  • Week 5: Financial Performance Metrics and Long-Term Sustainability
  • Week 6: Sources and Selection of Business Finance
  • Week 7: Capital Expenditure Appraisal Techniques
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Off-Balance Sheet Financing and Risk Management
  • Week 10: Ownership Structures, Governance and Agency Dynamics
  • Week 11: Ethics, Governance Controls and Financial Accountability
  • Week 12: Applying Financial Decision Making in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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