Reference no: EM133877220
Financial Decision Making
Assessment - Business Simulation and Report
Assignment composition:
As part of the Business Simulation and Report, you will need to complete the following (marks are allocated for each of the below milestones):
Complete all parts (all tabs of the excel spreadsheet) of the simulation games;
Calculate all ratios from the excel spreadsheet (both for the 2019 and 2020 financial year);
Write a report comparing your 2019 ratios to the 2020 ratios.
Time allowed
This assessment will take you a significant amount of time, therefore it is strongly recommended that you start as early as possible, and allocate enough time to complete the all three parts (please see above) of the assessments. The assessment will need to be completed individually, and is not time limited. The Business Simulation spreadsheet is made available to you from the start of the semester. Therefore, please use this tool to support your learning on a weekly basis (i.e. when you learn of a new concept / business strategy, have a play
with the simulation to see the effect of this strategy on the profitability of your business).
Points possible
The total marks for this assessment is 40%. Please see marks breakdown below:
Complete all parts (all tabs of the excel spreadsheet) of the simulation games
Calculate all ratios from the excel spreadsheet (both for the 2019 and 2020 financial year)
Write a report comparing your 2019 ratios to the 2020 ratios
Please refer to marking guide provided below.
***Ensure to carefully follow the guidelines provided
Prior to completing the business simulation, carefully watch the instruction video provided below and carefully read through the instruction PDF provided below.
When completing your report, please refer to the example provided on the first page of the "Business Simulation Instruction Document" (please find this below) and ensure to word your report as per the examplar.
Once you have completed all three milestones described above, you will be required to upload (please refer to the instruction video [see below) on "How to submit your assessment"):
Your completed Simulation (the full spreadsheet) - please label the file as "studentnumber.lastname.campus.xlsx" (i.e. "12345678.Smith.Bentley.xlsx"); and
Your report (ensuring that you follow the structure as provided in the example in red above) in word version - please label the file as "studentnumber.lastname.campus.doc" (i.e. "12345678.Smith.Bentley.docx").