Assignment Brief

Academic Year 2020-21

Module code BM539: Financial Management Module leader: Albert Owusu
and title:

Assignment Coursework - CW Assessment 50%

No. and type: weighting:

Submission 2.00 pm, 19th April 2021 Target feedback Before 2.00 pm, 10th May 2021
time and date: time and date:

Assignment task

TASK 1- 1000 words

You are part of management team at CITY GROUP Management Consultants based in Canary
Wharf – London. City Group has recently recruited a number of new Graduate Trainees who have
no background in accounting and finance. Jones, one of the new trainees, approached you for
some explanation and understanding of the functions and the role of financial management.

Required:

Critically identify and analyse at least four (4) financial management decision functions/role and its
purposes to Jones who is novice in finance and accounting. 40 marks

TASK 2 – 1000 words

Internal approval: Emmanuel Ntim, 04/02/2021

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CITY GROUP is planning to expand its operations to Brussels in Europe. Brexit, Covid-19 and
other factors will have a greater impact both positive and negative on City Group operations in
Brussels. You are part of the management team at CITY GROUP consultants assigned for this
task or operation.

Required:

Critically discuss the impact of Brexit, Covid-19 and other factors that will affect your operations
in Brussels.

(Please consider the following factors in your analysis; current UK economy, the financial markets
(Banks) and the money markets (London stock exchange). 50 marks

General coherence of the Assignment, logical discussion and reasoning, presentation and
referencing. 10marks

Assessment Criteria:

Task 1: 40 marks

Task 2: 50 marks

General coherence of Assignment .................................... 10 marks

Total............................................ 100 marks

This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your
achievement of the following module learning outcomes:

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LO 1
Analyse the role and purpose of the financial management function.

LO 2 Assess and discuss the impact of the economic environment on financial management (the
economic environment for business, the financial markets and institutions and the money
markets).

LO 3

Task requirements

• Written work must be word-processed and should state the number of total words used at the end.

• All work to be submitted as Arial 12 font with 1.5-line spacing.

• All writing should be in the third person passive.

• All work should be correctly referenced

• No collaboration is allowed.

Referencing and research requirements

Please reference your work according to the Harvard style as defined in Cite Them Right Online
(http://www.citethemrightonline.com). This information is also available in book form: Pears, R. and
Shields, G. (2019) Cite them right: the essential reference guide. 11th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave
Macmillan. Copies are available via the University library.

How your work will be assessed

Your work will be assessed on the extent to which it demonstrates your achievement of the stated learning
outcomes for this assignment (see above) and against other key criteria as defined by your programme
team.

See marking criteria grid provided below for how each element/task of the assessment will be marked and
the corresponding weighting of marks for each element/task required.

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Criteria Weighting 70% 60-69% 50-59% 40-49% Fail
Knowledge and Task 1 Excellent Very effective Good attempt Some limited No attempt to
understanding demonstration demonstration at showing an attempt at show
which shows a which shows a understanding showing an understanding of
clear and critical very good with of The understanding the functions or
40% understanding of some critical functions or of The role of financial
The functions or understanding of role of functions or management, or
role of financial The functions or financial role of changes in
management role of financial management, financial demand curve.
management. changes in management, Poor or no
demand curve changes in diagram to
and the factors demand curve support the work
relating to it. with very little
But lacks any about the
attempt at factors relating
Excellent Very good demonstration to it. No
demonstration demonstration of critical attempt at
which shows a which shows a analysis. demonstration
clear and critical very good and Good, if basic of critical
Task 2 understanding of some critical use of diagram analysis. Very
The impact of understanding of to illustrate this basic use of
Knowledge and Brexit, Covid -19 The diagram to
understanding 50% and other Brexit,Covid-19 illustrate this
factors on he and other No attempt to
operations factors on the Some limited show
operations of Good attempt attempt at understanding of
of City Group City Group at showing an showing an Law of Demand,
operations. understanding understanding or changes in
of The of The Law of demand curve.
operations of Supply Poor or no
Brexit, Covid changes in diagram to
-19 , changes demand curve support the work
in demand with very little
curve and the about the
factors relating factors relating
to it. But lacks to it. No
any attempt at attempt at
demonstration demonstration
of critical of critical
Excellent display Very good analysis. analysis. Very
of knowledge of display of Good, if basic basic use of
how different knowledge of use of diagram diagram to
macro-economic how different to illustrate this illustrate this
models have macro-economic
developed over models have
time and their developed over
relationship to time and their
Task 2: business and relationship to
Task 2 50% management business and
management No attempt to
Very limited show knowledge
. display of or
knowledge of understanding of
how different different macro-
Good attempt macro- economic
at some economic models or how
knowledge of models have have developed
how different developed over time. No
macro- over time. attempt at
economic Weak attempt showing their
models have at showing relationship to
developed their business and
over time and relationship to management

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 their business and
relationship to management
business and
management

Analysis Task 2 Detailed and Very good Good Weak No attempt at a

15% perceptive analysis of description of description of description of
analysis of current issues current issues some current some current
current issues and debates in and debates in issues and issues and
and debates in macroeconomic macroeconomi debates in debates in
macroeconomic s, including cs, including macroeconomi macroeconomic
s, including within this a very within this a cs and of s and of
within this an good very good behavioural behavioural
excellent understanding of description of economics economics
understanding of what what
what behavioural behavioural
behavioural economics is. economics is.
economics is.
Evaluation Task 2 Thorough critical Clear attempt at Very limited Some No attempt at
15% application of critical attempt at description of describing
the issues application of application of some issues current debates
raised by the issues some issues raised by or issues
debates on raised by raised by current surrounding
current macro- debates on current debates on macro-economic
economic theory current macro- debates on macro- theory
to the given economic theory macro- economic
case study to the given economic theory
case study theory

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