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Wow am actually starting to enjoy just reading your replies. They are so inspirational and motivating. You can be a good leader, or perhaps u already are. The point u just said were so true and i had a smile on my face while reading this because u have such great observational skills. And thanks so much and of course will read every possible thread that u have put up here. Respect 😀
That was really a relief for me and now with all the help that i have got from here everything is complete and just this one part is remaining the limitations of models since i have copy pasted it from websites should i put them in inverted commas with reference because they also dont require to be written in our own words. Or there isnt any need of inverted commas since they also resemble facts. Thanks again so so much. I will wind up my project after your generous reply 😀
@trephena… I didnt know that there are some kind people that will help u even if the question was asked from someone else, thank God i came to this thread and read ur reply to me as this was very much needed, after reading this reply i made several changes and connected the business analysis with financial one, you are really starting to increase my win percentage, feeling so excited.
However just one more doubt, i asked this somewhere else but didnt get a reply yet. Regarding referencing, In the second section of RAP which is information gathering it contains explanation of some models and their limitations, since they are mostly definitions and rule of facts should we try to explain them in our words to comply with referencing and put them in quotations, but then there will be too much quotations since information gathering section is mostly facts so all of them will be in quotations, Please help me regarding this what should i do.@Trephena…That was really relaxing to hear. I have read many of your comments and had improved my understanding of RAP a lot, If i passed this time it would be due to this forum and you being one of the major contributors. Thanks a lot. You have my respect 🙂
Thanx a lot your help is really appreciated..However i got another doubt. Regarding referencing, In the second section of RAP which is information gathering it contains explanation of some models and their limitations, since they are mostly definitions and rule of facts should we try to explain them in our words or to comply with referencing should we put them in quotations but that will be too much since second section is mostly facts so all of them will be in quotations, Please help me regarding this what should i do.
Ok now this is a bit scary… If it is said in the obu report to use financial statements published at least 3 months ago before submission, and i have used annual report for year end Dec 2013 published on april 5, which makes it less than three months, what should i do because i have already made the changes reflecting the latest year, should i submit it with current changes.
I failed in this attempt and the problem was weak financial analysis but the marker said my business analysis was good,since i have to resubmit with latest financial statements i have to change the ratios but should i update the business models too because it contains information relevant to the previous year, and the examiner said my business analysis was good so i was wondering should i keep it as it is or make changes relevant to the latest year?
ThanksThanks again really appreciate your help, one last question if u dont mind. Since i have to update the financial analysis with latest financials should i update the business analysis too, because i already passed in that as the examiner said my business analysis was good.
i really appreciate your help so much and i am currently doing the project on Pakistan Tobacco company and if u can tell me some more sources i will be really grateful because i am struggling to find any information about the company. Thanks again so so much
this is my result
Your business analysis is good. Your financial analysis needs more work. You do not explain the movements in the ratios. Look at the following examples taken from your work: “The Operating profit margin has also increased overall but there was a decrease in last year which indicates higher administration and selling expenses, this could be due to the expenses on the security and the energy deficiency in the country” – you must undertake sufficient research to know what caused this, not to guess the reasons. “The Profit before interest and tax has been increasing overall 7% to 11% because there is a decrease in the finance cost which is due to the repayment of loans financed by selling the assets in the previous year. ” – you must look wider than the financial statements to include the impact of wider economic events, industry actions and corporate strategy. Where you do bring in wider reasons you do not reference where you got this information from. Generally there is little referencing in the financial analysis section.
You need to reference your financial analysis. All sources should be referenced including the annual report and accounts. Please use Harvard referencing (AUTHOR, DATE). Look at the following incorrectly stated references taken from your RAP: (Annual, 2012) (Tobacco Control Laws) (Tribune) (Trading Economics) (Pakistan tobacco company) These are not isolated examples. More worrying is the manner in which you cite direct, or near direct quotes. You have many of these throughout your report but you appear to be trying to pass these quotes off as your own as there are no inverted commas around the cited text. I have interpreted this as very poor referencing in this instance, but this could be construed as plagiarism, which is a serious academic conduct offence. You should not cut and paste when you are writing: read around a topic and write up in your own words.
@jack…i failed in this attempt and the problem was weak financial analysis but the marker said my business analysis was good,since i have to resubmit with latest financial statements i have to change the ratios but should i update the business models too because it contains information relevant to the previous year…Thanks
can anyone please tell me how to reference ratios
@SalahUddin … i saw your comment on the other topic like appendix X and so on but can u explain a bit more because i cant understand exactly how its done. I have done the ratio calculations in an excel sheet and written those values in the tables too in the RAP, should i refer it to the tables or the excel working?
and one more question if u dont mind, i have been doing financial analysis of a company and i can hardly get any info on the internet related to its operations and dealing, can i use the information only from the annual report.
P.S. i failed in the first submission due to analysis and referencing problem.i read the book only once,finished it within one month,was doing revision kit bpp of each lesson after reading each lesson in text,and watching every video in this site….did 2 mocks of bpp…wrote the exam yesterday,wasnt that easy,but THANK GOD,passed with 70%….now sigh of relief,gotta enjoy one month holidays…thanks open tuition…