The term paper is a comprehensive semester-long project. Students will complete this project in the steps described below.Students will individually select an organization, assess its financial effectiveness and make recommendations to improve its finance plans and results though the approaches, principles and methods learnedin class. You are free to choose an organization that you are familiar with, including an organization you have already started or worked for or you may also choose a fictitious organization that you want to start sometime in the future.This project will incorporate important concepts and frameworks introduced throughout the course and will demonstrate the students’ ability to understand and properly apply these concepts in real-life contexts.Parameters and guidelines for the assessment are as follows:
•Select an organization, e.g., a corporation, company, firm or association (ideally, an organization which you have some interest in starting or running) for in-depth analysis of their financial practices.
•The research report should be approximately 7-8 pages (double spaced) with well documented references.
•This research should incorporate a wide array of data sources to cover all different aspects of financing the entrepreneurial organization in detail and either suggests meaningful recommendations to thecompany if currently existing or should layout a plan for a fictitious company that will one day be started.
•Data sources may include: internet, newspapers, trade magazines, library sources, industry analysis, analyst reports, focus group discussions, customer interviews, employee interviews, executive interviews, customer surveys, social media analysis, online community analysis, etc.
•Project should be well organized and encompass the above subject and content guidelines, and an electronic copy of theproject should be submitted via safe assignment The term paper report structure is as follows:
•Introduction
•Background and Context: Discuss type of industry, products/services, existing channels, competition in the context of sales and customer service, and how organizational vision and strategies have influenced their financial service management.
•Analysis of current financial situation
•Analysis of key terms and principles learned in class and how they relate to the current status and future goals of the company
•Analysis of related Organizational Systems, Policies &Culture
•Recommendations
•Conclusion
•ReferencesThis structure is only to help students to get started and think further in this direction. Students are free to adapt the structure of the research report as they desire.
YOU CAN CHOOSE ANY ORGANIZATION, BUT TELL ME ASAP WHICH ORGANIZATION IS.
