The academic misconduct policy and procedure

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1 General Assessment Guidance

You must include a reference list identifying all your sources and use citations, both using the Harvard Referencing system.

The University takes academic misconduct very seriously and always seeks to rigorously protect its academic standards. Plagiarism, collusion, and other forms of cheating constitute academic misconduct, for which there is an explicit range of graduated penalties depending on the particular type of academic misconduct. The penalties that can be applied if academic misconduct is a substantiated range. You are also responsible for ensuring that all work submitted is your own and that it is appropriately referenced. The University does not tolerate cheating of any kind. You are strongly advised to familiarise yourself with Section 15 Academic Misconduct Regulations and Procedures, or the Academic Misconduct Policy and Procedure ( ), which list a range of categories of academic misconduct and associated penalties, covering instances of academic misconduct (plagiarism, collusion, cheating). Guidance on preventing academic misconduct is available here:

 Demonstrate an understanding and use of the appropriate analytical techniques to be applied to business case development and Investment appraisal; the raising of finance and the distribution of funds to investors;

 Communicate financial information, analysis, issues and recommendations clearly and concisely.

You are the Business Manager responsible for the product launch and the CEO has asked you to prepare a report on the investment in the new product. With the Finance Manager on leave for the next 3 weeks, you are on your own for the presentation.

You have been given the following information from various teams in the organisation.

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machine to manufacture at the scale we want which will which will cost us £1,500,000. We have spare capacity in current staff to run the machine, but we will need to hire a “Specialist Supervisor” for the machine – I asked the HR team to let me know what the salary for that person would be, but they haven’t got back to me yet. The machine will last for around 5 years – you need that for your depreciation calculations right?”

 The market value of the shares is £2.75 per share and there are 5.5 million ordinary shares in issue. Dividends are expected to continue at 30p per share for the foreseeable future

 The company has £10m in irredeemable loan capital with an interest rate of 7% and it is currently quoted at £95 per £100. The tax rate is 20%.

b. What do we use WACC for?

c. Your calculations of the WACC of capital for the business showing each of the individual components.

short term, equity and debt and others), the advantages and disadvantages of each and a detailed explanation of what a bank might look at in deciding whether to make a loan to a company and the steps they might take for extra protection on the loan repayment.

7. Conclusion

 Executive summary ( A summary of your proposal in a page)

 Introduction

 Explanation of and critical evaluation of the 4 main capital investment appraisal techniques

 Critical explanation of different forms of funding for companies

feel free to adapt and personalise this.

3 Assessment Marking Scheme

Calculation and explanation of WACC for the company	15 marks


Calculation of NPV and Payback Period using a 20% cost of capital	15 marks


An explanation of the different types of funding available to a companies (Long term, short term, equity and debt and others), the advantages and disadvantages of each and a detailed explanation of what a bank might look at in deciding whether to make a loan to a company and the steps they might take for extra protection on the loan repayment.	15 marks

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Grade

Distinction7 0-84%	Excellent work showing extensive knowledge and understanding of a considerable variety of international business management trends, scenarios, issues, concepts, theories and data. Good analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. A submission that is relevant to the task, comprehensive, accurate, and presented in a well-structured and organised manner. Good use made of digital technology. Demonstrates the ability to pursue research at Doctoral Level.

Grade	Achievement level

Fail 40-49%	Numeric analysis that is mostly complete but contains errors with significant effect, or methods that are applied inappropriately Much of the submission is not relevant to the task. Lacking in professionalism, weak presentation, poorly structured and organised. Ineffective use of digital technology in the creation of the work.

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