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FIN 486 Entire Course

• FIN 486 Week 1 DQ 1
• FIN 486 Week 1 DQ 2
• FIN 486 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
  Ethics
• FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 1
• FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 2
• FIN 486 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
  Department Budgets
• FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 1
• FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 2
• FIN 486 Week 3 Individual Assignment Long-Term
  Financial Needs
• FIN 486 Week 4 DQ 1
• FIN 486 Week 4 DQ 2

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FIN 486 Week 1 DQ 1

• FIN 486 Week 1 DQ 1
• What are a chief financial officers (CFO) two
  roles? Use real-world examples to explain why
  these roles are important to a companys success.

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FIN 486 Week 1 DQ 2

• FIN 486 Week 1 DQ 2
• Explain business ethics in your own words. Why
  are business ethics important in strategic
  planning? Howdobusinessethicsaffecttheworkplace?

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FIN 486 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
Ethics

• FIN 486 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
  Ethics
• Write a paper of no more than 1,000 words,
  describing the demise of Enron Corporation and
  WorldCom.
• Identify major factors that led to the
  dissolution of Enron Corporation and WorldCom.
• Explain specific ethical violations in accounting
  practices at Enron Corporation and WorldCom.
• Describe the role of business ethics in strategic
  financial planning.
• Cite readings and at least one other source,
  including the Internet.
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 1

• FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 1
• Why are financial ratios used to assess a
  companys financial performance? Why are sales
  reports, profits, debts, or current liability
  reports insufficient? How have financial ratios
  been used in your company? Do you think they are
  an effective assessment of financial performance?
  If so, why? If not, why?

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FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 2

• FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 2
• If you had to pick three commonly calculated
  ratios to analyze the financial health of a
  company, which would you analyze? Why would you
  choose those ratios?

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FIN 486 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
Department Budgets

• FIN 486 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
  Department Budgets
• Review Huffman Trucking's financial information
  within the Virtual Organizations web link located
  on the course materials page.
• Create a spreadsheet for each department manager
  to complete his or her budget. Refer to the
  finance and accounting information for budget
  examples.
• Include an area in each spreadsheet for managers
  to list major assumptions.
• Draft a memo directed to department managers,
  containing the following information
• A summary of team players and their role in
  creating a strategic plan

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FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 1

• FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 1
• In your own words, explain capital budgeting. Why
  is it important to a companys long-term success?
  Provide an example of poorly performed capital
  budgeting. How does this affect a companys
  long-term success?

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FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 2

• FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 2
• Why is capital budgeting part of a companys
  long-term strategic planning process? What are
  the pros and cons of these methods
• o NPV
• o Simple payback

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FIN 486 Week 3 Individual Assignment Long-Term
Financial Needs

• FIN 486 Week 3 Individual Assignment Long-Term
  Financial Needs
• Examine financial information for Huffman
  Trucking, within the Virtual Organization web
  link located on the course materials page. Read
  the New Strategic Directions Memo. Calculate
  external funds needed (EFN) to create the pro
  forma balance sheet. Calculate the following
  year-end ratios for the pro forma statements
• Profit as a percentage of sales
• Current ratio
• Asset ratio

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FIN 486 Week 4 DQ 1

• FIN 486 Week 4 DQ 1
• What are major areas of risk in financial
  management? What are major areas of financial
  risk in your company? Which risk management
  techniques are important to your company? Why?

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FIN 486 Week 4 DQ 2

• FIN 486 Week 4 DQ 2
• What is capital structure? Why does it matter in
  terms of a companys financial performance? How
  does a companys capital structure affect overall
  risk?

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FIN 486 Week 4 Individual Assignment Capital
Budgeting Scenarios

• FIN 486 Week 4 Individual Assignment Capital
  Budgeting Scenarios
• Choose a scenario from the Capital Budgeting
  Worksheet to review and analyze. Using net
  present value, determine the proposals
  appropriateness and economic viability.
• Prepare a 500-word report explaining your
  calculations and conclusions. Answer the
  following in your report
• Explain the effect of a higher or lower cost of
  capital on a firms long-term financial
  decisions.
• Analyze the use of capital budgeting techniques
  in strategic financial management.
• Format your report consistent with APA guidelines.

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FIN 486 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Strategic
Financial Plan

• FIN 486 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Strategic
  Financial Plan
• Create the financial portion of the strategic
  plan. The plan must include 3 years of income
  statements, balance sheets, and cash flow
  statements.
• Write a memo of 1200-1500 words that explains the
  plans major assumptions and identifies areas of
  risk. The memo must include the following
• A review of cash flow statements and a
  recommendation of implementing new short-term
  working capital strategies on long-term cash flow
• An explanation of corporate risk mitigation
  techniques used in capital budgeting
• An analysis of the effect of a companys capital
  structure on strategic financial planning and how
  it affects risk
• Refer to the Mergent Online database available in
  the University Library for financial plan
  examples.
• Format your memo consistent with APA guidelines.?

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