Polo Ralph Lauran – Assignment 1
Reminder: This is the senior capstone course with senior level expectations.
Review the Company Analysis requirements. Companies will be assigned on a “first-in” basis on or before: X/XX/20XX. Begin the research by finding/reading the last four annual reports and all current information on the company selected. Suggestion: start working on this analysis ASAP.
Prepare the following sections for this assignment (note: the purpose of this assignment is to ensure successful progress is being made toward completion of the final Company Analysis and to provide an initial review by the professor of the APA requirements).
- Cover page.
- Historical background of the company (4-5 pages).
- Discuss the distinguishing features (Market size, Market growth rate, Industry strength, etc.) of the industry that the company is in (4-5 pages).
- All papers must be typed, double spaced, 12-font, plus attachments, saved in a Word Document–loaded into Blackboard.
- Review the Sample Papers posted in the “Course Syllabus” tab of Blackboard. Also review the recommended APA sites.
- Document all sources properly (APA style is required–this is not an option), failure to do so, results in a plagiarized paper (using MLA for this paper results in a plagiarized paper),and the resulting grade is an F (zero points)–refer to the student dishonesty section of the syllabus. Make sure all sources are verified and acceptable—example: Wikipedia is not an acceptable source for this project (and all other similar sources are not acceptable as well).
- Format the paper in APA: review the sample papers included as a guideline (posted in the Additional Resources section).
- APA requires source documentation at the end of each statement for every name, date, number, amount, event, etc.
- Paraphrasing also requires source documentation at the end of each statement when APA is required.
- Failure to cite sources results in a plagiarized paper; i.e. zero points.
- Review the rubric posted in Blackboard for the assignments/analysis.
- Posting the assignment in any format other than Word results in zero points for the assignment, no resubmissions are available for the respective assignment.