Eco 372 Week 2 Assignment 1

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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II SEMESTER 1, 2011 ASSIGNMENT — FINANCIAL REPORTING 15% Due dates: Part 1 (5%) – Wednesday 23 March 2011 (week 4) Part 2 (10%) – 12:00 midday Wednesday 4 May 2011 (week 8) Learning outcomes By successfully completing parts one and two of this assignment, you will:      Enhance your knowledge and understanding of technical issues related to preparing and presenting financial statements. Develop your awareness of ethical, social and cultural issues within a global context and understand their importance in the exercise of professional accounting skills and responsibilities. Improve your ability to locate, read, comprehend and synthesise accounting information found in academic journal articles in…show more content…
2. Read the information in Appendix A titled ‘Journal Articles – How to be a Smart Reader’ 3. When you read the article, apply the principles outlined in Appendix A and make appropriate notes to help you to identify and understand the key aspects of the article (i.e. the argument(s) presented by the authors and the evidence used to support them). 4. Before completing task 3 in this list, complete the on-line practice activities and test which is available from the FA II MyUni website under Assessment → Assignment. Use the feedback you obtain from completing the practice test to improve your approach to the actual test that will be held in week 4. 5. Attend the lecture in week 4. During the lecture there will be a short answer test on key aspects of the Jones 2010 article. The answers submitted for the test will form part of your assessment in this course. You should bring with you to the test your marked copy of the journal article along with any notes you have made when reading the article. At 5pm on the day of the test, on-line feedback on this assessment task will be provided by

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