Topic 4 2023

[@ktfazalullah]

Miss, Is it okay if my points overlap? Lets say I use PESTEL to show the macro environment struggles, and include those points in my financial analysis?

[@bscappliedaccounting7796]

Yes, the purpose of the PESTLE is to help identify the reasons for the financial performance. There should be an overlap.

[@ktfazalullah]

@@bscappliedaccounting7796 thank you!

[@hongzhou8205]

Madam, if the latest (2022) annual report has not yet issued, can the research only be based on performance from 2019 to 2021?

[@bscappliedaccounting7796]

Yes - that is acceptable. I would add a sentence explaining which financial statements you have used and why.

[@shayujey2743]

Hi mam, For topic, when we choose a comparison , is that company has to be in the same economic factor? For example, can i choose an airline of one country and compare that with an airline operating in another country?

[@bscappliedaccounting7796]

You need to justify your choice of main organisation, and the explain why you have chosen the comparator. I would expect the comparator to be in the same sector but not necessarily the same geographical location. So your example is OK

[@sergioberlin332]

Hi mam, When is the deadline for submitting the same for this year and how to proceed with it?

[@bscappliedaccounting7796]

Hi Segio the next submission window opens on 1 May 2023. Further information is available here www.brookes.ac.uk/business/undergraduate/bsc-applied-accounting/submissions/

[@jorxt2k185]

HI Mam The company that I have selected for Topic 4 recently became defunct in July 30 2023 due to bad performance. Is it permissible to use that company for my RAP? And I would also like to know whether it is okay to use SWOT analysis because opportunities and threats are not relevant for a defunct company?

[@bscappliedaccounting7796]

It is permissible to yuse a company that has closed, but you need to make sure you evaluate the r4easons for poor performance - company failure is not the reason it is the result, so what where the underlying reasons? In terms of models - look in the Informnation Pack www.brookes.ac.uk/business/undergraduate/bsc-applied-accounting/# I would suggest a PESTLE to analyse the external environment, and then a SWOT to think about how the company has responded.