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My first time trial P3 and I’m so lucky that I got 51%. I did not feel very well because of the first question (SWOT+Strategic analysis). Anyway, we should hang on there and finally we are gonna be all successful!!!
It’s 23 September in UK now!!!
4:10 AM
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 (GMT+1)
Time in London, UK@trephena said:
@will1982 – I think I recall from the full feedback that you posted previously that you mainly failed on referencing i.e. even though you failed several sections the root cause was referencing.I suspect the marker found lots of facts/ statements or “sweeping comments” that were not supported by references. In academic work you cannot just state something as a fact without supplying evidence to support it – this is why referencing is important – both as a protocol and to show where the original idea came from. Possibly you also cited without quotation marks – again this is something to avoid as it does not demonstrate any understanding and all it shows is that the student has ability in copying & pasting and can edit. You need to distil the work of others down into key points and express them in your own words and ALSO put in a reference immediately after the point being raised to identify it there and then in the text.
The marker comment above relates to referencing and also to balance – a student must demonstrate that they have used a broad range of sources not just the FS – otherwise it is very one-sided. Clearly without adequate referencing your marker from what s/he has written couldn’t see where your info was coming from.
No you do not try to load the whole of the annual report – there are system limits and you will not be able to do this anyway. They only want extracts of the financial statements and you refer to the CEO statement etc by page number (it is then like any other document, the marker can choose to use the reference information you supply to find the relevant document – this being the case ensure you give them appropriate details and /or link in the reference list)
@trephena Thanks a lot for your help last time! I mainly failed on referencing at my first attempt and I have resubmitted my RAP within the Period 30 (second trial). I’m baffled these days and worried about if I will get failed. I did not renew the financial statements used and rework all my figures because the updated annual financial statements of the company (annual report 2014) were signed off by the auditors on 18 March 2015 and the updated annual report was presented on its website on 9 April 2015.Thanks a lot for your help! I really appreciate that.
The feedback I received from the marker said that “I can not establish whether your project is heavily dependent on the annual report of the company as you simply have not provided enough company specific references within your report”.
Last time I just attached the financial statements of 2011, 2012, 2013 as appendix rather than the whole contents of the annual reports 2011, 2012, 2013. Do you think I have to substitute financial statements with annual reports of the company?
I failed on topic 8 at my first attempt and am now confused on whether the financial statements I used should be updated. According to p39 of the information pack, the results that are published less than 90 days before the start of submission do not have to be used.
Last time I used the financial statements of year ended 31 December 2011, 2012, 2013. According to the re-submission guide, it said that “for re-submission this can mean reworking all your figures”. However, the updated annual report of the company (annual report 2014) was released on 9 April 2015 which showed on its website.
I reviewed the contents of the annual report 2014, there is no information on its publication date except the signing date by the audited company (18 March 2015). So I wonder how the marker knows the exact publication date. Should I make an explanation about its publication date?
Please refer to the page 42 and page 43 of information pack
Part 1 approx. 1000 words
Part 2 approx. 2000 words
Part 3 approx. 4500 words@trephena Thanks so much for your reply and assistance!
1. I have to use the latest financial statements to update my failed Research Report, so I wanna confirm with you if the 2014 annual report was released on 9 April 2015, then I wonder whether there is no need to use the 2014 annual report for the period 30 (re-submission) according to Page 39 of information pack?
2. Where and How to explain the fact that I do not use the 2014 annual report within my Research Report for the period 30 to the marker?
The comments from the marker are as follows:
Research Report
Technical and Professional Skills
1. Understanding of accountancy/business models (Fail)
Reasons for fail and advice for improvement:
Your project is of an extremely good standard. It is interesting and very professionally written and presented. Well done. However, there is an absence of referencing within your financial and business analysis. As a result, I am unable to tell where your information has come from, and as such establish whether you have provided an unbiased piece of work using a well balanced range of sources. This is a real shame, but I cannot establish whether your project is heavily dependent on the annual report of the company as you simply have not provided enough company specific references within your report. Without referencing there is no evidence of research which has been conducted, and as such you cannot get credit for that research.2. Application of accountancy/business models (Pass)
3. Evaluation of information, analysis and conclusions (Fail)
Reasons for fail and advice for improvement:
As above, without referencing it is not possible to verify the standard of your research, and therefore evaluation. Please note that if your project is heavily reliant on the annual report of the company, it will fail again on this basis. You need to ensure that you have used other sources external to company produced documentation.4. Presentation of project findings (Pass)
Overall Technical and Professional Skills(Fail)
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Graduate Skills
5. Communication (Pass)
6. Information gathering and Referencing (Fail)
Reasons for fail and advice for improvement:
As above, referencing is an issue. There are a huge number of examples I could give, but I will name a few in order to hopefully set you on the right track. On page 11, you show various sources of revenue. Where have these figures come from? Page 12, you state; “Because the company seized the full-services development opportunities through adopting the 3G smart-phone-led strategy, placing equal emphasis on core single products and integrated products, and accelerating the promotion of emerging businesses and applications.” Where does this information come from? Page 13, you state; “The increase in 2012 was mainly attributable to the corresponding increase in CDMA network capacity lease fee and operating and maintenance expenses along with the business development, while the decrease in 2013 was resulting from the CDMA network acquisition took place in 2012.” Again, what information source have you used here?7. Information Technology (Pass)
Overall Graduate Skills (Fail)
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Overall
Research Report Assessment (F)
Reasons for fail and advice for improvement:
Please do not feel too disheartened. Other than referencing, your project is of a passable standard (assuming you have used a reasonable range of sources for your analysis). Please follow the guidance as above and I am confident that resubmission will be successful.——————————————————————————————————————–
Questions:1. I wonder whether I have to update the financial statements within my paper (I used 2011, 2012, 2013 annual financial reports)? or what I have to do now is only to give more specific referencing?
2. If I have to update the financial statements and 2014 annual financial report has not been released except 2014 interim report, what are the most recent financial statements that can be used in re-submission? (201206, 201306, 201406)???
Thanks a lot for your help!
Will
The financial period of the company I’ve been working for is from 1 Jan to 31 Dec. As required, we have to use the most updated financial statements for analysis and research. What I want to know is providing the interim results of the company will be on public on 27 Aug, 2014, how can I choose the three-year period? (say 2011, 2012, 2013 or 201206, 201306, 201406?)
