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2. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial Management in a Firm • BUS 650 Week 1 DQ 2 Short Term or Long Term View • BUS 650 Week 1 Financial Management Challenges • BUS 650 Week 2 DQ 1 Initial Investment • BUS 650 Week 2 DQ 2 Managing Earnings • BUS 650 Week 2 Return on Investment Education Funding

3. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial Management in a Firm For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial Management in a Firm • The Role of Financial Management in a Firm. Examine the role of management as it relates to finance in a corporation. In your post, discuss the role of management by addressing the following prompts: • Explain the various aspects of finance that management must understand.

4. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 1 DQ 2 Short Term or Long Term View For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 1 DQ 2 Short Term or Long Term View • Short Term View or Long Term View? After reading the first two chapters of your textbook, evaluate the following statement: • Managers should not focus on the current stock value because doing so will lead to overemphasis on short-term profits at the expense of long-term profits.

5. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 1 Financial Management Challenges For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 1 Financial Management Challenges • Financial Management Challenges. The following video discusses the four types of markets: perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly.

6. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 2 DQ 1 Initial Investment For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 2 DQ 1 Initial Investment • Initial Investment. After reading Chapters 3 and 4 of your textbook, address each of the following questions: • a) Think of something you want or need for which you currently do not have the funds. It could be a vehicle, boat, horse, jewelry, property, vacation, college fund, retirement money, etc

7. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 2 DQ 2 Managing Earnings For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 2 DQ 2 Managing Earnings • Managing Earnings. Companies often try to keep accounting earnings growing at a relatively steady pace in an effort to avoid large swings in earnings from period to period.

8. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 2 Return on Investment Education Funding For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS650 Week 2 Return on Investment – Education Funding • Return on Investment – Education Funding. Develop a three to five page analysis on the projected return on investment for your college education and projected future employment. This analysis will consist of two parts.

9. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 3 DQ 1 GAAP vs. IFRS For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 3 DQ 1 GAAP vs. IFRS • GAAP vs. IFRS. The United States uses Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) as the basis of financial reporting. The International Financial Accounting Standards (IFRS) is an alternative way to report financials. This article from Ernst and Young compares the two methods of financial reporting.

10. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Rationing For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Rationing • Capital Rationing. Compare and contrast the Internal Rate of Return (IRR), the Net Present Value (NPV) and Payback approaches to capital rationing. Which do you think is better? Why? Provide examples and evidence from two articles from ProQuest to support your position. Your post should be 200-250 words in length.

11. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 3 Journal Capital Budgeting For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 3 Journal Capital Budgeting • Capital Budgeting. Review the following video: • Critically reflect on the importance of capital budgeting. Why is this such a heated subject in many boardrooms? How does capital budgeting promote the financial health of an organization?

12. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 3 Management of Working Capital Case Study “George’s Team” For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 3 Management of Working Capital Case Study “George’s Team” • Management of Working Capital Case Study: “George’s Trains”. View the following video: • http://searchcenter.intelecomonline.net/playClipDirect.aspx?id=4870EEC7664070BB9D6744FDA7325EE44F45E0E47862343D60FAA8E3325D1A83C46D5C6FAB3D01A758FA30144214BB3D

13. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 4 Assignment Types of Risk For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 4 Types of Risk • Types of Risk. View the following Video: • This video introduces the concept of business risk and risk management. It notes that business risks can generally be classified into four categories: property, market, employee, and customer

14. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 4 DQ 1 Applying the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • Applying the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). Analyze the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). Using the course text and an article from ProQuest as references, address the following: • Explain how the CAPM assists in measuring both risk and return.

15. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 4 DQ 2 Risk Identification and Mitigation For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 4 DQ 2 Risk Identification and Mitigation • Risk Identification and Mitigation. Using the annual report from the company that you have selected for your Final Project, discuss the risks the company faces and the actions they take to mitigate those risks. Refer to the Management Discussion and Analysis section of the annual report for this information.

16. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 5 Comparing Capital Expenditures For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 5 Comparing Capital Expenditures • Comparing CaExpenditures. Access the annual reports for your selected company pitalfor the past three years. Next, select a company that is a direct competitor and download the previous three years annual reports.

17. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 5 DQ 1 Factors in Capital Budgeting Decisions For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 5 DQ 1 Factors in Capital Budgeting Decisions • Factors in Capital Budgeting Decisions. Imagine you are a representative of management in the company you have selected for your Week Six assignment and you must make a capital budgeting decision.

18. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 5 DQ 2 Assessing Dividend Policy For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 5 DQ 2 Assessing Dividend Policy • Assessing Dividend Policy. Revisit the company you chose for your Week Six Final Project. Using the annual report and other sources such as a 10k or 10q’s, discuss the dividend policy of your company.

19. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 5 Journal Capital Budgeting and Dividend Policy For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 5 Journal Capital Budgeting and Dividend Policy • Capital Budgeting and Dividend Policy. We examined two very important topics in finance this week; Capital Budgeting and Dividend Policy.

20. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 6 DQ 1 Comparing Financial Ratios For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 6 DQ 1 Comparing Financial Ratios • Comparing Financial Ratios. Go to MSN Money. (http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/key-ratios) and type in a ticker symbol for a company with the first letter of your last name. BUS 650

21. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 6 DQ 2 Potential Issues in Ratio Analysis For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 6 DQ 2 Potential Issues in Ratio Analysis • Potential Issues in Ratio Analysis. As your text describes, ratio analysis is a common technique in financial analysis. One of your colleagues states that a thorough ratio analysis is all that is needed in considering the financial health of a company. Although you agree that ratio analysis is a helpful guide, there may be some potential pitfalls in ratio analysis.

22. BUS 650 Innovative Educator BUS 650 Week 6 Final Paper Financial Analysis The LG group For more course tutorials visit www.bus650.com • BUS 650 Week 6 Final Paper • Focus of the Final Paper • Evaluation of Corporate Performance • The Final Project will involve applying the concepts learned in class to an analysis of a company using data from its annual report. Using the concepts from this course, you will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the company and write a report either recommending or not recommending purchase of the company stock.

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