THIS ESSAY IS A MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAM AND IT SHOULD BE OF UK STANDARD.
THE WORD COUNT SHOULD BE 4,000.
1. OBTAIN THE LATEST ANNUAL REPORT OF “BRITISH PETROLEUM”. SUBMIT THE REPORT AND ACCOUNTS AS APPENDIX (A) OF YOUR COURSE WORK
2 OBTAIN A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS MADE EASY (FAME) AND INFORMATION SERVICE OF THE COMPANY AND SUBMIT THE PRINTOUT AS APPENDIX (B) OF THE COURSEWORK
(TASK 1)
RECONCILE AND CROSS REFERENCE ten ratios IN THE FAME PRINTOUT WITH RATIOS COMPUTED ON THE BASIS OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OBTAINED FROM BRITISH PETROLEUM AND INCLUDE THIS RECONCILIATION AND CROSS REFERENCE AS APPENDIX (C) OF THE COURSEWORK (5 MARKS)
(TASK 2)
BASED ON THE ANNUAL REPORT, INDUSTRY STATISTICS AND OTHER MARKET AND COMPANY INFORMATION, PREPARE A FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS REPORT OF NOT MORE THAN 1800 WORDS. YOUR REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE
A) AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE COMPANY AND ITS INDUSTRY
B) A DETAILED EVALUATION OF
1) SHORT-TERM LIQUIDITY
2) FINANCIAL ADAPTABILITY
3) CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND LONG TERM SOLVENCY
4) OPERATING EFFICIENCY
5) PROFITABILITY
(45 MARKS)
TASK 3)
C) CRITICALLY ASSES THE QUALITY OF THE EARNINGS REPORTED BY THE COMPANY ASSIGNED TO YOU
WORD LIMIT : 1000 WORDS (20 MARKS)
TASK 4)
CRITICALLY ASSESS THE THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE USEFULNESS OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION
CITE LITERATURE TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER
WORD LIMIT: 1500 (30 MARKS)
PLEASE NOTE: MARKS WILL BE AWARDED FOR GRAMMAR AND ALSO THIS SHOULD NOT BE PLAGIARIZED. YOU CAN GET THE 2007 ANNUAL REPORT FROM BRITISH PETROLEUM WEBSITE
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