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BUS 650 Entire Course (Ash Course)

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• 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
• BUS 650 Week 3 DQ 1 GAAP vs. IFRS
• BUS 650 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Rationing

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BUS 650 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial
Management in a Firm (Ash Course)

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• 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.

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BUS 650 Week 1 DQ 2 Short Term or Long Term View
(Ash Course)

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• 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.

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BUS 650 Week 1 Financial Management Challenges
(Ash Course)

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• 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.
• Video 2.1 Market Structures

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BUS 650 Week 2 DQ 1 Initial Investment (Ash
Course)

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• 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.
  Select something which costs somewhere between
  2,000 and 50,000. Use the Present Value
  Formula, which computes how much money you need
  to start with now to achieve the desired monetary
  goal. Assume you will find an investment that
  promises somewhere between 5 and 10 interest on
  your money (you choose the rate) and pretend you
  want to purchase your desired item in

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BUS 650 Week 2 DQ 2 Managing Earnings (Ash
Course)

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• 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. They also try to
  manage earnings targets. Reflect on these
  practices and discuss the following in your
  discussion post.
• Are these practices ethical?

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BUS 650 Week 2 Return on Investment Education
Funding (Ash Course)

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• 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.

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BUS 650 Week 3 DQ 1 GAAP vs. IFRS (Ash Course)

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• 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.
• Ernst Youngs US GAAP vs. IFRS The Basics

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BUS 650 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Rationing (Ash
Course)

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• 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.

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BUS 650 Week 3 Journal Capital Budgeting (Ash
Course)

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• 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?
  How will you use the financial techniques you
  have learned this week to promote the financial
  health of your organization?

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BUS 650 Week 3 Management of Working Capital Case
Study Georges Team (Ash Course)

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• BUS 650 Week 3 Management of Working Capital Case
  Study Georges Team
• Management of Working Capital Case Study
  Georges Trains. View the following video
• It appears that George is running a profitable
  business. George is aware you are in an MBA
  Managerial Finance class and comes to you for
  advice on his working capital practices. More
  specifically George asks

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BUS 650 Week 4 Assignment Types of Risk (Ash
Course)

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• 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.

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BUS 650 Week 4 DQ 1 Applying the Capital Asset
Pricing Model (CAPM) (Ash Course)

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• BUS 650 Week 4 DQ 1 Applying the Capital Asset
  Pricing Model (CAPM)
• 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

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BUS 650 Week 4 DQ 2 Risk Identification and
Mitigation (Ash Course)

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• 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.
• As part of your response consider whether you
  think the risk mitigation techniques are
  reasonable. Discuss what others concerns or
  advice you would offer if you had the opportunity.

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BUS 650 Week 5 Comparing Capital Expenditures
(Ash Course)

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• BUS 650 Week 5 Comparing Capital Expenditures
• Comparing Capital Expenditures. Access the annual
  reports for your selected company for the past
  three years. Next, select a company that is a
  direct competitor and download the previous three
  years annual reports.

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BUS 650 Week 5 DQ 1 Factors in Capital Budgeting
Decisions (Ash Course)

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• 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. The decision is to implement a new
  computer network system to decrease the time
  between customer order and delivery. The cost
  will be 10 of last years profits. You are
  charged with describing the important
  considerations in the decision-making process to
  upper management. In your response, be sure to
  include the following

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BUS 650 Week 5 DQ 2 Assessing Dividend Policy
(Ash Course)

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• 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 10qs, discuss the dividend policy of your
  company.
• Answer the following questions as part of your
  response
• How would you describe your chosen companys
  dividend policy?
• Why do you believe this company chose the
  dividend policy they have in place?

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BUS 650 Week 5 Journal Capital Budgeting and
Dividend Policy (Ash Course)

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• 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.
• Critically reflect on the importance of selecting
  the right projects in which to invest capital. Do
  we always select those projects that have the
  highest return on investment? What other factors
  play into capital budgeting decisions?

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BUS 650 Week 6 DQ 1 Comparing Financial Ratios
(Ash Course)

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• BUS 650 Week 6 DQ 1 Comparing Financial Ratios
• Comparing Financial Ratios. Go to MSN Money.
  (http//investing.money.msn.com/investments/key-ra
  tios) and type in a ticker symbol for a company
  with the first letter of your last name.
• Next, complete the following
• a. Select Key Ratios on the left menu panel.

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BUS 650 Week 6 DQ 2 Potential Issues in Ratio
Analysis (Ash Course)

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• 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.
• Discuss at least three potential issues in
  utilizing ratio analysis that you would share
  with your colleague. In addition, calculate a
  liquidity, profitability, and efficiency ratio
  from your Week Six company to demonstrate your
  observations.
• Develop a 200 300 word explanation supporting
  your findings.

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BUS 650 Week 6 Final Paper Financial Analysis The
LG group (Ash Course)

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• 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.
• The completed report should include
• An introduction to the company, including
  background information.

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