IB9LA0 Page 1 of 3 Foundations of Financial & Management Accounting Term One 2021-22 WARWICK BUSINESS SCHOOL [25%] [2nd Reflection Note] [1750] words: This is a strict limit not a guideline: any piece submitted with more words than the limit will result in the excess not being marked This is the guide for the follow-up reflection note, which accounts for 25% of the overall assessment of this module. Your case company is Next PLC (https://www.nextplc.co.uk/investors/reports-and-presentations/2020-21) listed on the London Stock Exchange. You are assessed based on your writing skills, the extent to which you understand the materials, and critical evaluation of Next PLC performance based on its upside potentials and downside risks, considering the impacts of corporate and economic events and recent trading conditions. Good discussion should include relevant readings, critical reflection, as well as the analytic evidence to support your arguments and assessment. It is highly recommended that you carefully consider any challenges that affect Next’s businesses in your assessment. You are also required to provide full disclosure of the necessary numerical demonstration and analyses in the appendix. Failing to provide full demonstration will result in a substantial reduction in marks. Tables, diagrams, references, and appendix are not part of wordcount. Finally, the standard University penalty applies in this assessment. Please refer to your student handbook. Task: So far, you have had some ideas of Next’ recent operating performance from your first reflection note. This reflection note requires you to critically examine Next’s recent available financial information based on 5 factor DuPont model introduced in the module. Your analysis should cover at least 3-year worth of data, bearing in mind that there was an accounting standard revision (IFRS 16) in 2019 fiscal year. The ratios involving the balance sheet items must be based on the average balance sheet amounts. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 20:00 (UK time) [Thursday 18 November 2021] IB9LA0 Page 2 of 3 Word Count Policy and Formatting (found in your Masters Student Handbook Section 6.2c) Guidelines for Online Submission (found in your Masters Student Handbook Section 6.2e) The submission deadline is precise and uploading of the document must be completed before 20.00 (UK time) on the submission date. Any document submitted even seconds later than 20.00 precisely will be penalised for late submission in line with WBS policy. Please consult your student handbook on my.wbs for more detailed information. The online assignment submission system will only accept documents in portable documents format (PDF) files. Please note that we will not accept PDF files of scanned documents. You should create your assignment in your chosen package (for example, Word), then convert it straight to PDF before uploading. Please place your student ID number, NOT YOUR NAME, on the front of your submission as all submissions are marked anonymously. All the scripts should also have the following paragraph included on the front page: PLEASE ENSURE YOU KEEP A SECURITY COPY OF YOUR ASSESSMENT Your Academic Writing and Avoiding Plagiarism Module on my.wbs has lots of useful information on structuring assignments, academic style and demonstrating critical engagement. Please ensure that any work submitted by you for assessment has been correctly referenced as WBS expects all students to demonstrate the highest standards of academic integrity at all times and treats all cases of poor academic practice and suspected plagiarism very seriously. You can find information on these matters on my.wbs, in your student handbook and on the University's library web pages here. The University's Regulation 11 clarifies that '…'cheating' means an attempt to benefit oneself or another by deceit or fraud. This includes reproducing one's own work…' It is important to note that it is not permissible to re-use work which has already been submitted by you for credit either at WBS or at another institution (unless you have been explicitly told that you can do so). This is considered self-plagiarism and could result in significant mark reductions. Upon submission of assignments, students will be asked to agree to one of the following declarations: Individual work submissions: IB9LA0 Page 3 of 3 By agreeing to these declarations (when the message pops up on submission) you are acknowledging that you have understood the rules about plagiarism and self-plagiarism and have taken all possible steps to ensure that your work complies with the requirements of WBS and the University. You should only indicate your agreement with the relevant statement, once you have satisfied yourself that you have fully understood its implications. If you are in any doubt, you must consult with the Module Organiser or Named Internal Examiner of the relevant module, because, once you have indicated your agreement, it will not be possible to later claim that you were unaware of these requirements in the event that your work is subsequently found to be problematic in respect to suspected plagiarism or self- plagiarism.
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