Assignment:Quantitative Analysis and Decision Making for Managers- The Company Blog
Overview:
Select a company in which you would like to learn more about during this term. You will use this Company Blog for your Final Project in Units 7 and 8, so choose a company you find interesting. Also consider, in making your choice, a company that you can easily access information on. You will create a Blog (+/-2 pages per assignment) in which you will post information that you research and report on in each Blog.
Instructions:
1. Each person must select a different company - first-come first-served. Email your instructor with your company selection before you begin your Blog. You need instructor approval of it before you begin.
2. You must be able to obtain company information: strategy, goals, financials, etc.
3. Your initial post should provide a brief overview of your selected organization.
For each Blog assignment, you are required to make the following posts:
1. Your data, analysis, and commentary - collected data can be news reports, Facebook postings, first-hand accounts, videos/pictures from a visit - almost anything and any source can be used.
2. Your comments and observations on your data - which is really the important part of this assignment. You are encouraged to select a company that you can visit - in-person or virtually (web-based). You will be required to gather first-hand reconnaissance. The Blog post should generally relate to subject matter for that week.
3. For Unit 7 Blog - Recall from Unit 5's session, Warren Buffet uses a metric he has named "owner earnings". How effective is your company managing cost of capital, long-term debt, and operating funds? How effective is their cash conversion cycle? Are they effectively managing their ‘balance sheet levers'? Calculate and report on the metrics that you have used answering these questions.
Warren Buffet uses a metric he has named "owner earnings".
How effective is your company managing cost of capital, long-term debt, and operating funds?
How effective is their cash conversion cycle?
Are they effectively managing their ‘balance sheet levers'?
Calculate and report on the metrics that you have used answering these questions.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.