Leverage and risk on financial planning

Assignment 3: Take Your Pick (Note- Please use the same Company that was used for assignment 1)

The following are specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment:

Explain the influence of leverage and risk on financial planning.

Develop a corporate strategy based on .

Use technology and information resources to research issues in .

Write clearly and concisely about advanced financial management using proper writing

mechanics

Introduction:

Wed like you to design and develop strategy for a large public company using the themes within

the two modules weve just completed: risk management and the international module.

Essentially, wed like to put you into the shoes of the CEO and design a few key strategies that

would help grow earnings and reduce risk in the companys operations.

Lets get a bit more specific. Pick a public company (preferably one youve examined before) and

examine what the company is doing now, both in terms of risk management and global strategy.

In particular, heres what we recommend you do:

Pull up the companys annual report (10-K).

Read the entire section titled Item 1 (includes items describing the general business) and Item

1A (also known as the risks section).

Then, read the section titled Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and

Results of Operations.

Next, examine the companys international business situation. Sometimes this information is

located in a section called Operating Segments; other times it is not. You might have to dig

around for this info.

Also, search the document (hitting CTRL+F usually does the trick) and enter keywords that

include derivatives and hedging.

What do you see? What is the business doing right now?

Write a 3-4 page paper in which you do the following:

1. Analyze the companys existing risk management and international strategies.

2. Prescribe new strategies for the business based on what they are and are not doing now in these

areas

Your assignment should adhere to these guidelines:

Write in a logical, well-organized, conventional business style. Use Times New Roman font size

12 or similar, double-space, and leave ample white space per page.

All references must follow JWMI style guide, and works must be cited appropriately. Check with

your professor for any additional instructions on citations.

On the first page or in a header, include the title of the assignment, the students name, the

professors name, the course title, and the date. Title and reference pages are not included in the

assignment page length.

Faculty have discretion to penalize for assignments over or under the assignment guidelines.

Check with your individual professor if you feel the assignment requires a much longer or shorter

treatment than recommended.