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The document outlines two assignments for a Masters of Business Administration course in Strategic Financial Management, focusing on short-term financial management topics and an article review. The group assignment requires students to prepare notes on various financial management concepts, while the individual assignment involves reviewing a recent research article, addressing its aim, data quality, research design, and critical evaluation. Both assignments have specific submission guidelines, including maximum pages and due dates.

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SFM AssignmentsFM

The document outlines two assignments for a Masters of Business Administration course in Strategic Financial Management, focusing on short-term financial management topics and an article review. The group assignment requires students to prepare notes on various financial management concepts, while the individual assignment involves reviewing a recent research article, addressing its aim, data quality, research design, and critical evaluation. Both assignments have specific submission guidelines, including maximum pages and due dates.

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MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Group assignment
Course Title: strategic financial management
Credit Hours: 2
Max Mark: 25%
Maximum pages: 15 pages
Submission Date: 29/8/2015 E.C

INSTRUCTION: Dear Students, please read various references and research works related to the
following Short Term Financial Management topics and prepare short notes.
1) Working Capital Management
2) The Operating Cycle and the Cash Cycle
3) Alternative Current Asset Investment Policies
4) Managing the Components of Current Assets
 Managing Cash
 Managing Receivables
 Managing Inventories
5) Financing Current Assets
6) Alternative Current Asset Financing Policies

MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Individual assignment
Course Title: strategic financial management
Credit Hours: 2
Max Mark: 25%
Maximum pages: 10 pages
Submission Date: 29/8/2015 E.C

GUIDELINE FOR ARTICLE REVIEW


Instruction: Download research articles related to financial management course from reputable
journal sites and pick one you are interested and review based on the following guideline only.
 You should use only research articles published the recent years.
Part I: Article summary
Write a brief review of the article’s aim and purpose by addressing the following questions.
 What is the research topic, and why it is (scientifically and/or socially) important?
 What is the research gap or knowledge gap as identified by the article’s literature review?
 How does the paper aim to fill in that research gap?
 What are the major findings?

Part II: Assessment of data quality


 What is the source of data for the article? Describe the unit of analysis, time period covered by the data, the number
of observations, the key variables, procedure of data collection etc.
 How appropriate is the data for the research topic?
 What are the potential limitations of the data (including issues in data collection and sample design, measurement of
variables, missing values etc.)?

Part III: Assessment of research design and method


 How suitable is the research design for the research goal of the article?
 Is the research method suited for the data?
 What are the statistical (or data) assumptions of the research method (or the specific model)?
 Are you satisfied with the goodness-of-fit of the estimated models? Explain using specific results.
 What kinds of model diagnostics were implemented, and what kinds of (additional or substitute) diagnostics would
you recommend?
 How many of the hypothesized relationships (if any) are supported by the analysis? Are there sufficient explanations
for negative results (i.e. for hypothesis that were not supported by the analysis?)
Part IV: Critical evaluation of the article
 In terms of overall quality, and especially with respect to research design and method, what are the major strengths of
the article?
 In terms of overall quality, and especially with respect to research design and method, what are the major limitations
of the article?
 If you were to write a follow up paper on this topic, what potential improvements or extensions would you do in your
article (in terms of data, research design, research method, or presentation)?

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