Unit 1 discussion
Suppose you want to start a business.
1) Share with your classmates the business idea and explain
the purpose of the business and the reason you chose this business.
2) Briefly describe what type of organizational form you
selected. Explain why you selected that form over alternative forms.
Unit 2 discussion
Part 1: Discuss the ways in which managers can “manage the
firm’s earnings.”
Part 2: Explain how earnings management has been viewed
negatively and provide an example.
Unit 3 discussion
Part 1:
John Jetison believes he would need $500,000 to retire today
and keep his same lifestyle.
If Jetison estimates he will retire in 20 years, how much
should he put away each month to have the equivalent of $500,000 in 20 years if
the interest he can earn is 5%?
If the interest rate changes to 3%, what will Jetison need
to save each month?
Picture cash flows on a timeline and present it when
providing your answer.
Part 2:
Think about your own retirement; what would the timeline
look like? In what ways could you better prepare for retirement?
Unit 4 discussion
In the Regardless of Your Major feature (on page 192), we
note that statisticians analyze data.
Moreover, in a statistics class one learns how to describe random
outcomes using statistical measures such as expected values and the variance.
How does our knowledge of basic statistics help us evaluate
opportunities? Provide an example of an
evaluation
Unit 5 discussion
In The Business of Life: Your Cash Budget and Personal
Savings Ratio box feature on page 100 of the text, we defined something called
your personal savings ratio.
What is this ratio and how can it be used when thinking
about gaining control over personal finances?
Unit 6 discussion
Discuss which ratios would be particularly useful and WHY
for the following:
Creditors
Managers
Shareholders
Bondholders.
Unit 7 discussion
Go to www.cnbc.com and explore the video tab using the key
term capital investment. As you learned in this unit, there are various sources
of information.
Part I: Watch at least three videos you find and provide a
summary of the type of information that EACH video contained and how it relates
to this unit.
Part 2: How does your current or past company you work for,
or one that you know of, evaluate capital investments?
Unit 8 discussion
Part I: In the Regardless of Your Major feature box (p.
482), we learned about the dangers of using a high proportion of debt financing
faced by both General Motors (GM) and Lehman Brothers. How could the failure of these firms possibly
matter to you personally or to any of your family members?
Part 2: How can the
lessons you have learned in this course positively affect your career or
personal success (now or in the future)?
