4003AFE Coursework Assignment Brief and Assignment Guidelines

Portfolio Brief: The portfolio will include 2 files:

One recording for:

1. An individual ORAL presentation of one listed company’s financial background/information. (15-20 slides)

One Word/Pdf file for:

2. A review/summary of an academic paper on your choices (500 words)

3. Personal Development Plan (500 words)

4. A personal reflection on the skills learning from your working (500 words)

1. Individual ORAL presentation of a listed company's financial information 

In this individual presentation you have to identify, draw and present information regarding a listed company.

Each student should produce and make an ORAL presentation of no more than 20 slides and a maximum of 15-minute record. Instruction of recording oral presentation is shown on Aula.

Follow the brief below for further information and requirements:

Finding key information about a TESLA decision-making process. 

(ii) Research into your chosen TESLA 's financial statements to find its gross profit, profit after tax, total non-current assets and total current liabilities for the past 5 years. The financial information is not exhaustive. In addition, you must calculate any movements in these values and express them in percentages.        

(iii) Most recent basic Earnings Per Share (EPS) values or any concepts that might affect investors’ decisions in your understanding. 

(iv) The Presentation must be prepared using PowerPoint with no more than 20 slides. The final slide is for references. You must follow APA referencing style.

                                          

                                               

2. A Review/Summary of An Academic Paper (500 words)

The students need to review/summarize a published academic paper/article. This paper can be relevant to your presentation or any topic related to economics, finance or accounting. (500 words).

3. A Personal Development Plan (500 words)

Please review the explanation and example on Aula.

4. A Personal Reflection on the skills learning from your working (500 words)

Write a self-evaluation/reflection on the skills you learnt from your works. For example:

Time Management: e.g. how did you plan your schedule to ensure finishing your works on time? 

Technical/IT skills: e.g. Is there anything new that you had to learn yourself to produce your slide/record?

Information searching: e.g. how to correctly look for an academic paper (not an media article or similarity) related your interest? How to determine correct source?

The list of skills is not exhaustive.

Layout

Font style, Arial, font size 12

1.5 line spacing.

The page orientation should be ‘portrait’

Margins on both sides of the page should be no less than 2.5 cm

Pages should be numbered.