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my topic is 8 , so it means that i have to include all of the questions in the appendices file that i have asked during the interview?
hi , i wanted to ask that do we need to include interview,questionnaires in appendices file, which was used as primary data source?
hi i wanted help because i failed my Rap second time and i am literally in tears. my topic is 8 and i failed in two points , Evaluation of information, analysis and conclusions and Information gathering and Referencing ,following is my feedback
( Evaluation of information, analysis and conclusions)
You have addressed some of the points made by the last marker and moderator, however your analysis is still not in line with the required standard to pass. Your SWOT is unbalanced. There is no rule that says that all four elements of a SWOT must be of equal length, however there should be some symmetry or balance between the sections. You had no Weaknesses, one opportunity and two threats – ideally you should try to have say between 3 – 5 of each of the four elements of a SWOT, though this is just a guide, and not a rule, you can have more than 5. If readers see an unbalanced SWOT they will be believe that either you have not researched your topic, or that you are biased, and have chosen to overlook the elements that are omitted or shorter. Your ratio analysis also needs a lot of work to reach the required standard, currently it is very descriptive and contains very little analysis. By descriptive I mean that you often describe the changes in ratios of say which company has the better ratio but do not analyse the reasons for changing ratios or variances between both companies.
Continuing my comments from above, for the GPM on page 25 you said \”The above table and graph show the gross profit margin ratio of FCCL which has an increasing trend showing that the ability of FCCL to make profits is continuously increasing. After the production expansion in 2011 and 2012 the increased output of the manufacturing unit has substantially increased the profitability of FCCL.\” This is inadequate to explain the changes in ratios over three years – what are the reasons for the changing ratios? More details are required. For most of your ratios you described the changes but seldom analysed the underlying reasons. For operating margin you said \”The above graph and table clearly shows that Operating Profit Margin has an upward trend and FCCL is making adequate profits on sales. Therefore the management of FCCL is generating adequate profits from the operations of FCCL.\” We can see from the graph the trend, so you do not need to repeat this, you need to analyse WHY the ratios are changing. For the comparator analysis on page 32 you said \”The Gross Profit ratio provides that KOHC is the leader when profit on sales is concerned.\” To say which company is the \”leader\” or has the higher margin is not analysis, it is just description, you need to provide analysis – why is one company performing more effectively than the other? You are advised to reverse the order of your business and financial analysis as this will allow you to link the two together more effectively. In addition you need to concentrate on the two key indicators of revenue and profitability, if you analyse these effectively the reasons for changes in the other ratios will become more evident.
( Information gathering and Referencing)
Your referencing is still inadequate, though you reference the theoretical aspects – like the explanations of certain ratios, for example this “The profitability analysis also shows how effectively the managers are employing the corporate strategy of the firm (Wahlen, Baginski, and Bradshaw, 2011).”, however you do not provide sufficient references for the information you have used in the analysis section of your Research Report, you need to reference the source of the information you have used in your analysis, you also need to provide references for information presented in tables and graphs. Though you have gathered a significant amount of information in presenting this report, you need to obtain more information to enable you to provide more useful analysis.
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