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  1. FIN 486 CART Teaching Effectively /fin486cartdotcom FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin486cart.com

  2. 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

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

  4. 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?

  5. 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.

  6. FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 1 • FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 1 • Why are financial ratios used to assess a company’s 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?

  7. 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?

  8. 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

  9. 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 company’s long-term success? Provide an example of poorly performed capital budgeting. How does this affect a company’s long-term success?

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

  11. 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

  12. 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?

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

  14. 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 proposal’s 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 firm’s long-term financial decisions. • Analyze the use of capital budgeting techniques in strategic financial management. • Format your report consistent with APA guidelines.

  15. 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 plan’s 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 company’s 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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