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BT11003 Case Study (Group Assignment)

A. Group formation 1. Students will work in the group of 14 to 16 for each group. Please email a list of your group member name to asniati@ums.edu.my by week 8. Assign someone to become a group chairman/chairwoman for your group. Please mention the chairman hand phone number on the coversheet. B. Company selection 1. In your assignment group, select a company (hereinafter refer as Co. A) listed on the Bursa Saham Malaysia (which is formerly known as the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange).

2. Thereafter, select another company (hereinafter refers as Co. B), which is a


competitor of A in the same industry. For example, Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia (airline industry), Maybank and CIMB (banking industry). These four examples, however, are NOT allowed to be used for this case study. You may refer to company groupings in the Bursa Saham Malaysia. You need to choose either Trading company or Manufacturing company for your analysis. C. Company Annual Reports 1. For the company selected, obtain the latest annual report (must be at least for the Year Ending 2010) from the website of the Bursa Saham Malaysia at http://announcements.bursamalaysia.com/. To review the reports, you will require Adobe PDF Reader, which is available at www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

2. Alternatively, obtain the annual report from the corporate website of the company.
The reports may be in sections called Investor Relations or Corporate Information.

3. The annual report should contain information about the companys business
activities as well as the financial statements, which will assist your group to complete the Case Study. D. Case Study Questions 1. Attached are a set of questions related to the Case Study. 2. If the numbers or figures from financial statements show both Group and Company, use only Group numbers or figures. 3. Your group should answer the questions based on the annual report and other materials for the company selected and include them in your Case Study.

4. As all the questions will be given at once, it is in your groups interest to start
answering the questions as soon as you received them. Waiting to complete the Case Study in the week before it is due is not very productive and usually results in a lower overall score.

E. Case Study Format 1. Every Case Study must be word processed using a personal computer using the Tahoma 11 or Times New Roman 12 font and 1.5 lines spaced.

2. The right, left, top and bottom margins should be set at 2.5cm. 3. This Case Study will also require the use of information from additional sources such
as books, journals, newspapers, magazines and the Internet.

4. Prepare a reference list, which states all the reference materials used in the
preparation of this Case Study and is to be included as an attachment to the Case Study. An example of the list is below: Book Reference: Last Name, First Name (Initials only). (Year). Title of book (in Italics). Place of publication: Publisher E.g. Isa, S. (2004). Accounting Principles. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Prentice Hall Journal Article Reference: Last Name, First Name (Initials only). (Year). Title of article. Title of journal (in Italics), volume number, page number(s) E.g. Johnson, S., P. Boone, A. Breach and E. Friedman, (2000). Corporate governance in the Asian financial crisis. Journal of Financial Economics, 58, 141-186 Newspaper or Magazine Reference: Last Name, First Name (Initials only). (Year, date). Title of article. Title of magazine or newspaper (in Italics), volume number, page number(s) E.g. Craig, R. (2001, October 1). The missing $1b cash reserves. The Canberra Times. 9 Internet Reference: Organisation/Company. Retrieved (date and year) from website (full address of website) E.g. Bursa Malaysia Berhad. Retrieved 1 April 2012 from http://www.klse.com.my/

5. Do NOT copy and paste materials directly from the annual report, company website
or other sources. If your group is found to have copied and pasted, the groups Case Study will be given a grade of zero. The lecturer has access to all annual reports and company websites. Please paraphrase the materials in your own words.

6. Attention should also be given to your grammar and spelling. Please check your
grammar and spelling before handing in your assignment. This can be done using computer software and asking your fellow students.

7. A group assignment cover sheet for this course must be attached in front of the
Case Study.

F. Case Study Submission 1. Your completed Case Study must be submitted to the lecturer by week 13 which is 5:00pm, 25th of May, 2012 (Friday).

2. A box marked BT11003 will be placed outside of Room 35 from 8:00am on 24th
May, 2012 (Thursday) until 5:00pm on 25th of May, 2012 (Friday). 3. Upon submission, the group chairman or chairwoman have to keep one copy of the Case Study.

4. Late submission after the deadline for any reason whatsoever will not be accepted
and penalty of 10marks will be deducted for each day after deadline. G. Case Study Grading 1. Your Case Study make up twenty percent (20%) of your overall grade for this course.

2. Non-submission of your Case Study will result in a grade of zero for this assignment.
3. Non-submission of the Case Study is a failure to complete one of the assessment component and will result in an automatic grade of E for the course in accordance with Perkara 6.6, Bahagian VI, Peraturanperaturan Pengajian Siswazah.

Assignment : Case Study

Part A
All information in Part A is referring to the company you have chosen as Co. A.
Required: a) Based on the annual report, corporate website and other reference materials, develop a profile of the company which should include the following: 1) History of the company 2) Nature of the business operations/activity, including location or market of its products and/or services as well as the competitors. If company is a diversified group, select the largest business for this purpose. b) Based on the financial statements in the annual report, answer the following: 1) State the Accounting Equation for the current financial year and previous years. Are there any significant changes? What are the reasons for the change? 2) State the Revenue and Expenses of the company for the current financial year and previous years. Are there any significant changes? What are the reasons for the change? 3) For Revenue, identify the major sources of the revenue for the company. 4) For Expenses, identify the major expenses for the company. 5) State the concepts and principles referred to in the financial statements (usually in the section called Notes to the Financial Statements)

c) Internal control: 1) Are there references to internal control in the annual report? If there is none, what kinds of internal control do you expect in the company?

2) What details does the company provide about the internal audit function in the
annual report? 3) Who are the external auditors of the company? Is there an auditors report in the annual report? What are the main items covered in the auditors report? d) Cash and Accounts Receivable: 1) How much cash does the company have at the end of the financial year? What is the percentage of cash over total assets? How does this compare with the percentage of the previous year? What are the main sources of cash inflows? What are the main sources of cash outflows? 2) How much accounts receivable does the company have at the end of the financial year? What is the percentage of accounts receivable over total assets? How much is the provision for doubtful debts at the end of the financial year? Does the company mention the method used to estimate doubtful debts? What is the percentage of the provision for doubtful debts over total accounts receivable? How does this compare with the percentage of the previous year? e) Inventory: 1) How much inventory does the company have at the end of financial year? What is the percentage of inventory over total assets? How does this compare to the percentage of the previous year? 2) What valuation method and inventory system are used by the company? 3) What items do you expect to find in the inventory of the company?

f) Long-term Assets: 1) How much long-term or non current assets does the company have at the end of financial year? What is the percentage of long-term or non current assets over total assets? How does this compare to the percentage of the previous year? 2) What items are included in the long-term or non current assets of the company? 3) For items identified in (f) 2) above, identify the depreciation, depletion and amortisation method used by the company for each item. g) Current Liability: 1) How much current liability does the company have at the end of financial year? What is the percentage of current liability over total liability? How does this compare to the percentage of the previous year? 2) What are the items included as current liability? 3) Does the company have any contingent liability? If yes, what is the contingent liability?

Part B
Referring to the above part (d), (e), (f) (g) in Part A, compare Co. A with the company you have chosen as Co. B and comment (based on your viewpoint) on their performance (for example, their strengths and weaknesses).

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