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Strategic Management AccountingResearch A s s i gn men t InformationSemester 1, 2021This group assignment is 50% of your course grade.As noted in the course unit outline, this is a combined midterm assignment.ASSIGNMENT PROJECT DETAILSPurposePeaceful and harmonious living is something all beings must enjoy across generations. Sustainable practices allow contributing to this noble cause. This assignment provides students with an opportunity to design a sustainability accounting system for a firm with sustainability as its core enterprise model. You will work as four members in a group of your choice. Your first task is to examine the real-life firm assigned to you. This assignment aims to build your work-integrated knowledge, skills, and application.You are required to provide evidence-based reasoning for the sustainability accounting systemdesign.1. Choose products and services provided by the firm. Design an activity-based costing (ABC)framework to measure their costs.2. Use the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework and develop a performancemeasurement matrix for managers to support its core sustainability model. (You may alsoneed to think about other parameters such as pricing of the products).3. Use the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) framework to report financial and non-financial matricesthat support the firm’s core sustainability model.4. Relate the ABC, GRI, and BSC operational frameworks as informing the UN SustainableDevelopment Goals framework that strategically informs the firm’s vision, mission, andgoalsThe assignment aims to contribute to knowledge, skills, and application of knowledge and skills set to meet accounting professional experience requirements. For example, this work-integrated assignment develops competencies relating to management accounting and the business environment. You can find further details of professional experience requirements in the range of accounting domains by visiting the following URL: https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/cpa- program/cpa-program-candidates/your-experience/skills- list?utm_source=shortlink&utm_medium=print&utm_content=/skillslist&utm_campaign=shortlink- skillslistPage 2 of 4Forming groups.• You can self-select the group members. Students will form self-assigned groups by study week six. Students need to determine four members for each group.• However, enrolling in more than one group during the assignment attract a 20% penalty of the assignment’s total mark. This taken stance is to deter student multiple enrolments in groups that adversely affect one or more groups performance.The group members must do an equal amount of workload. If a group member withdraws from the unit (at any stage of the semester), the other group members should continue with the overall workload. No additional members will be assigned.• A student enrolling in more than one group attracts 10 per cent penalty marks of the total assignment.

The information on bonds can be found on the website http://finra-markets.morningstar.com/BondCenter/Default.jsp. To find the information on bonds, click on Search in the middle of the screen (under Market Center Bond Guide), under Quick Search type the Issuer Name and the Symbol, and click SHOW RESULTS.Another useful website on bond information is https://markets.businessinsider.com/bonds. To find the information on bonds, scroll down the page, type the name of the company in the window under Bond Finder, and click SEARCH.Important: Copy the quotations of two bonds issued by THE COMPANY (SELECTED BY INSTRUCTOR) that contain the Price. Present these quotations in your project.1. What were the last prices of the bonds (listed in the Last Sale column)? Assume that par value of the bond is $1,000. How much the investor will pay for the bond if he/she purchased the bond at the Price listed in the Last Sale column. Show your work in your project.2. Assume that par value of the bond is $1,000. Calculate the annual coupon interest payments. Show your work in your project.3. Assume that par value of the bond is $1,000. Calculate the current yield of the bonds. Show your work in your project.4. How much is the YTM listed in quotations of the bonds (in the Last Sale column – Yield) (no calculations are required for this question?5. Write a 1-2 page of the analysis of the bonds. In your analysis you should answer the following questions. Please explain your answer to each question.a) If you are going to buy a bond issued by THE COMPANY, which bond would you choose? Why?b) Are these bonds callable? If the bonds that you chose are callable (non-callable), will it change your decision to buy them?c) If you are an investor who is looking for a bond to invest in, are you going to buy a bond that you chose? Take a look at the balance sheet and income statement of the company. What data or ratios support your decision to buy this bond or not? You may want to incorporate the results of the Research Project Part 1, as well as the results of the financial leverage ratios to answer this question. You should develop a specific recommendation, with supporting rationale for the investor to explain your answer.

Business QuestionQ1:Create a pivot table shows Items, Unit sold, unit cost, unit priceShows on dollar currency and a line chart.Q2:Create a pivot table shows the top 10 countries on the total costColumn/Bar chart for the tableCreate a pivot table shows the top 10 cities of USA on the total costColumn/Bar chart for the tableCreate two slicers of year for two table or a single slicer for bothQ3:Find the value of Total Profit and create a table that shows all product’s total revenue, total cost and total profit.Create a pivot table shows the percentage of profit each year.Pie chart for the table with labeled data.Show correlation between total revenue and total profit of items.Create Dashboard for all pivot charts.(For question 3c referring to 3b. 3a is only a pivot table, in 3d you create a pivot chart based on 3a table.only charts and slicers of all pivot tables will contain the dashboard.)

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:How do price controls affect the market?Provide a real-world example that takes consumer surplus and producer surplus into consideration.

Discuss the top 3 risks and opportunities inherent with your recommendations, and your recommendations for addressing them

Find the market ratios for the company for the last 1-3 years and its major competitor for the last year in the Internet. (15% of the project grade)· Price/Earnings ratio· Market/Book ratio (also called (Price/Book ratio)· Earnings per share· Dividends per share· Other market ratios on your choiceThese ratios are available on www.morningstar.com > Company’s page – under Valuation, Financials, and under DividendsYou can find these ratios in the Internet or calculate them. If you use published ratios you must indicate that and cite their source.a. Present the market ratios as the table(s) in your project.b. Write about 1 page of analysis of the market ratio results that you found. Compare the market ratio results against the industry or main competitor. In your report please answer the question: Are the common stockholders receiving an adequate return on their investment?c. Compare the P/E ratio of your company with the industry average or 5-year average. Is the stock overvalued, undervalued, or properly valued? Why?d. In accordance with your findings, is it reasonable to buy the stock? Please explain your answers.-2) Analysis of the historical stock prices trend for the last year. (15% of the project gradea. Collect and evaluate the data about stock prices of the assigned company for the last one year for the company and its major competitor.b. Create the chart(s) using the stock price chart tools on the websites or Excel. Present the chart(s) in your project.c. Write about 0.5 page of analysis the historic stock prices trend for the last year.In accordance with your findings, is it reasonable to buy the stock? Why? Please explain your answer.-5- Develop a specific recommendation, with supporting rationale for the COMPANY’S management – Think about the financial strategy of the company, how to best balance THE COMPANY’S financial leverage to optimize shareholder wealth going forward taking into consideration the company’s current market position, credit rating, dividend policy, etc. (12% of the project grade).

Module 04 ContentZappos is a company that is known for its unique organizational culture and commitment to delivering a memorable customer experience. For this assignment, research Zappos to learn what makes its company culture and service so different from other companies.In a 1-2 page paper, describe the characteristics of the Zappos culture and explain how the employees provide excellent service to customers. Identify one example that demonstrates how Zappos empowers its employees to deliver great customer service.Your submitted assignment should be proofread for correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.Be sure to follow APA formatting, and include both in-text citations and a references page. Provide at least one reference and in-text citation (other than the Zappos.com website) for your paper.For APA guidelines, go to the Resources tab within the course.Submit your completed assignment by following the directions linked below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. (Mac users, please remember to append the “.docx” extension to the filename.) The name of the file should be your first initial and last name, followed by an underscore and the name of the assignment, and an underscore and the date. An example is shown below:Jstudent_exampleproblem_101504

August 2020—Mark Benioff https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/25/salesforces-marc-benioff-claims-a-victory-for-stakeholder-capitalism.html told Cramer in August how the company executed so well on this desideratum. But didn’t Salesforce also lay off a thousand people? Is stakeholder capitalism really anything more than diffusing NPV? Decreasing shareholder wealth? Or is it good old-fashioned “long-term thinking?”Does anyone know what Nobelist Milton Friedman said about similar topics?

Candidate InstructionsPurpose of this Assessment taskThis assessment task is designed to test your skills in undertaking project work as required by the unit BSBPMG522 Undertake project work. Your trainer/assessor will be assessing your work and provide you with constructive feedback on Canvas. This task will assess your skills to:· Define project· Develop project plan· Administer and monitor project· Finalise project· Review project.In this assessment you will analyse the provided case, undertake research using Bounce Fitness website, and complete the 4 parts of the project to demonstrate your skills in undertaking project work.What are you required to do to undertake this Case Study?You should carefully read the provided Case Study, the additional documents provided on Canvas and undertake all questions in the four parts. The task includes: (i) Analysing the case (ii) Undertaking required research and (iii) Reporting. No video recording of a role play or presentation is required.To successfully undertake this assessment, you should be doing the following:· Read the provided Case Study, scenarios and Bounce Fitness additional resources couple of times and understand the requirements· Clarify the requirements with your trainer and assessor if you are not sure· Research appropriate websites as directed by your trainer/assessor· Self-reflect before you record your answers and upload them on Canvas· Discuss with your trainer/assessor the contents of the project you will be submittingContext and conditions of undertaking the tasks?The prescribed tasks will be undertaken by you after carefully analysing the case scenarios. Your trainer/assessor will provide you a context to role-play the scenario. Your trainer will also provide you guidance on the websites to be researched. Your trainer/assessor may also set certain conditions under which you will perform the tasks required by this assessment. For example, your trainer may set a time limit to perform a task or, ask you to repeat a task or, ask you to give additional information about the performance by asking you some verbal questions or, they may prescribe you some new conditions to undertake certain tasks.Given your personal conditions, your trainer/assessor should also be able to make some reasonable adjustments in undertaking the tasks of this assessment. You should check with your trainer/assessor about the conditions under which the tasks should be completed, and the possible adjustment they can make in undertaking these tasks.What specific WHS requirements may be involved?This assessment will require you to be aware of the standard Workplace Health and Safety requirements e.g. Workplace Health and Safety Act and Workplace Health and Safety Legislation Your trainer/assessor will advise you on these and other legislative requirements.Tasks and frequency of performanceDetails of the tasks to be undertaken in this assessment are provided in this document. The tasks listed must be performed at least once.

Assignment 1DDDM 1- Compare and Contrast the Impact Matrix from 101 with the correlation chart shown in the article. If you need more information and details on correlation, read this https://hbr.org/2014/03/when-to-act-on-a-correlation-and-when-not-toAssignment 2DDDM 2- A)Share an example of a time you went with a gut feeling rather than relying on data that was available to you. Did it turn out well, why or why not? B) What are the 4 errors typically made by people in the decision-making process. C) Briefly explain each of the 4 errors.Assignment 3DDDM 3- A) Define what is meant by making a decision. B) What are the key facets of decision-making scenario? C)Which facet do you think is the most important?