BMAN21020 Financial Reporting & Accountability Essay
One of the most important skills for you to develop during your time at University is essay writing. Many of the marks in the exams, your coursework assessments and after your studies will be based on how well you can explain yourself.
We are setting this essay to give you the chance, not only to practice your essay writing, but to develop your assessment literacy enabling you to see what your assessors are looking for when they mark essays. If you can start to see your work through an examiner’s eyes this will have a significant impact on the grades you will be able to achieve.
The essay is due to be submitted on Blackboard via Turnitin which will automatically check for plagiarism. The latest deadline for assessment is submission before Monday 21st November at 12 noon- however, we would highly recommend that you submit your essay well in advance of this date. All essays submitted will be shared anonymously with other students so that you can learn from each other.
Some of you have repeated this exercise in the previous academic year, so you might be more familiar with this process. However, the best trick to improve your essay writing skills is one: Practice!
The title for your essay is: Is Earnings Management an acceptable professional practice
Required
A.What is the definition of Earnings Management
B.What are the motives behind earnings management
C.In your opinion, do these motives provide justification to earnings management
Guidance
The word count should be between 700 and 1000 words, concisely written and well structured. This question is very similar to the types of questions you will be asked in the exam. Please reference your work using Harvard referencing – for help with this see the “My Learning Essentials” course from the University of Manchester Library. Your references should be credible and wide-ranging and the list of references is excluded from your word count.
You should use the sources and inspiration from the readings in lectures 8 and 9, the further study materials on Blackboard and use tools such as Google Scholar to explore additional reading in this area. Use the discussion board, to ask questions and share ideas.
Criteria
Priority Criteria Detail
1 Structure Does the essay have clear structure with a title, a balanced introduction and conclusion
2. Focus Has the author answered all three parts of the question, using words from the requirement to show they have answered the question which has been asked
3. Critical Thinking Has the author showed their own thinking and critically reviewed the sources of information, contributing original thinking and drawing out appropriate implications and conclusions Answer the questions of why And so what
4. Referencing Are the references used more relevant, wide ranging and credible including academic sources
