09/26 Thursday
In Class:

• Hand back peer edited CUEGIS essays and recollect ALL. Scoring for PE will be updated.
• Depreciation lecture
  • Page 267
  • Page 268
  • Business plan depreciation sample

Homework:

• Question 3.4.9 on page 269 - turned in and scored - must be NEAT
  
  

09/27 Friday
In Class:

• Trade question 3.4.9 and student led debrief to score
  • Turn in for teacher review 
• Record DECA events
• Practice depreciation problems due Monday - scored
  • Must clearly show all workings for credit

Homework:

• Choice

09/30 Monday
In Class:

• Peer correction of depreciation problems, turn in for check for completion
  • Review quiz format (MC 65 questions and write out IS & BS format)
• Finish introducing IA
  • Note that the only way to double dip on OR event and IA is to apply national prompt
• Continue event input 

Homework:

• Study for quiz,
  • Know I/S and B/S format, how to adjust financials for two different depreciation methods, advantages and disadvantages of each method and the theoretical impact on profits and cash of each, as discussed on Friday.
    
    

10/1 Tuesday
In Class:

• ​Depreciation quiz including financial statement format construction (IS & BS)

Homework:

• Choice

10/3 Thursday
In Class:

• Formula sheet - This will be provided during the IB exam, final, quizzes, etc.
• Lecture on Efficiency ratios - Exam tip on page 286 (3rd edition)
  • Students calculate for TSLA
    • Inventory (stock) turnover (two versions)
      • Number of days - (Average inventory/COGS) X 365 = 56.3 days
      • Number of times - COGS/ Average inventory = 6.5 times a year
    • A/R (Debtor) days - (AR/Sales) X 365 = 16.1 days
    • AP (Creditor) days  - (AP/COGS) X 365 = 71.3 days
    • Gearing ratio - (LT liabilities/Capital employed) = 73.9%
      • Note: Use "Non-current liabilities" for LT liabilities and "Total Stockholders equity + Non-current liabilities" for Capital employed
• Review quiz 3.4 Final accounts including depreciation

Homework:

• Calculate the above ratios for Volkswagen applying the same theory as for TSLA
  
  

10/4 Friday
In Class:

• ​In teams of three, prepare to "Evaluate (DEED - define, explain, example, develop, to fully answer the question AND CLASPP - conclusion, LT vs. ST, assumptions, Stakeholders, Priorities, Pros and Cons) what the efficiency ratios tell you about Tesla's short-term and long-term liquidity position compared to Volkswagen."
  • By the end of the period, students will have brainstormed and provided an outline or bullet points that will form the foundation of their AO3 (evaluate, or DEED and CLASPP) write up.

Homework:

• Choice

10/7 Monday
In Class:

• Students will individually outline their evaluation on the prompt from 10/4

Homework:

• Peer edit essay
  
  

10/8 Tuesday
In Class:

• 10/18 will be first graded turn in for DECA paper, typically through Section III or farther
• Discuss project management events
• Hand written essay: ​"Evaluate (DEED - define, explain, example, develop, to fully answer the question AND CLASPP - conclusion, LT vs. ST, assumptions, Stakeholders, Priorities, Pros and Cons) what the efficiency ratios tell you about Tesla's short-term and long-term liquidity position compared to Volkswagen."

Homework:

• Choice
  
  

10/10 Thursday
In Class:

• Practice problems
  
  

Homework:

• Choice

10/11 Friday
In Class:

• Events due!
• ​DECA work period
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Homework:

• Choice

10/14 Monday
In Class:

• No students

Homework:

• Choice
  
  

10/15 Tuesday
In Class:

• Extend paper due date to 10/21
• Collect IA research proposal and action plan
• Review essays
  • Essay revision poster project with 8 team stations (1-2 posters write small:)
    • Define -list key terms
    • Explain - list and code the theory's touched other than the financial concepts
    • Example - list brief example coded to Explain poster
    • Develop - culminating class discussion
    • Conclusion - 
    • LT vs. ST - list in T chart style
    • Assumptions - list ideas
    • Stakeholders - List and code to examples and explain
    • Priorities - list and connect to stakeholders, examples and explain
    • Pros and cons - list and connect to examples

Homework:

• Choice
  
  

10/17 Thursday
In Class:

• IA research proposal review session

Homework:

• Choice

10/18 Friday
In Class:

• DECA paper sections II and III due on Tuesday (IBP II, III and IV)
• Complete Tesla/VW exercise and assign re-write typed due Monday

Homework:

• Choice

10/21 Monday
In Class:

• Tesla and VW essay re-write due
• Steven Colbert - The border wall - Opening 6:57m
• Learning objectives:
  • (AO1/AO2) Define and distinguish between cost and profit centers
  • (AO2) Explain the importance of budgets for an organization
  • (AO2) Explain the role of budgets and variances in strategic planning (planning and control)
  • (AO4) Calculate variances and comment on results
• Ch 3.9 budgets lecture
• Demonstrate worked example on Pg 323
• Exam tip Pg 321 & 322
• The economics of airline classes - Closing 11:37m
  • Demonstrating how functional areas must work together to plan and control operations
• HRB - Budget, A Powerful Tool
  • A budget is an important means of accomplishing an assortment of managerial goals. Budgets also have various ramifications, some subtle and some not so subtle. For maximum effect, keep the following in mind:
  1. A budget is a plan.
  2. A budget is a control.
  3. It can guide corporate operations.
  4. It can extend the reach of top management by supporting delegation.
  5. It can coordinate company activities.
  6. It can communicate company objectives and activities during its preparation and serve as a basis for communication throughout its term.
  7. It can direct, guide, and reward operating managers and form a basis for performance evaluation.
  8. It can educate company employees as to what is to be done and assist them in doing it.
  9. It can lead to “games” involving false estimates and other counter-productive behavior.
  10. How it works depends on other management systems in place.
  11. Its effectiveness depends on the way it is used by top management.

Homework:

• Additional optional reading
• Assigned problems due Friday for grade:
  • Oasis Cookers
  • Outline the advantages and disadvantages of cost and profit center
  • Bip Bip

10/22 Tuesday
In Class:

• Budgets

Homework:

• Choice
  
  

10/24 Thursday
In Class:

• Budgets
• DECA paper sections II and III due on Tuesday (IBP II, III and IV)

Homework:

• Choice

10/25 Friday
In Class:

• Review mark scheme to Bip Bip and discuss answers with partner
• IA research proposal revision due
• Any time remaining should be applied to DECA events

Homework:

• Choice
  
  

10/28 Monday
In Class:

• MC 3.9 Budgets check for understanding
• Review Tesla vs. VW essay

Homework:

• Read Tesla packet hand out
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10/29 Tuesday
In Class:

• Tesla and sources of finance review

Homework:

• Choice
  
  

10/31 Thursday
In Class:

• Sources of finance check for understanding
• Read/discuss Tesla article

Homework:

• Read Ch. 3.1 and define key terms and answer review questions at the end of the chapter.

11/1 Friday
In Class:

• Small group Sharma quiz assignment
• Sources of finance "cube"

Homework:

• Review for Tuesday Accounting and finance mid-term
• Topics and tips:
  • Bring a calculator and straight edge
  • Know details of overdrafts, trade credit, debt factoring, debt financing and equity financing
  • Know how to calculate and draw a break-even and know details of contribution and margin of safety
  • Understand how various functional areas of a company interact in the budgeting process
  • Know details of profit and cost centers
  • Know how to construct a manufacturing company's income statement (direct costs, variable vs. fixed costs, contribution margins
  • Know how to calculate actual to budgeted variances in dollars and percentage and to identify as favorable versus adverse
  • Be prepared to evaluate variances with potential reasons 
  • Know how to construct a balance sheet 
  • Know how to calculate profitability and liquidity ratios (with formulas given) and provide analysis of results
  • Understand how to calculate depreciation under both methods and how each method can influence the results shown on an income statement
  • Be prepared to describe how various stakeholders may view financial performance differently depending on the application of one depreciation method versus the other
  • Know how to look at an income statement and adjust results for depreciation, a non-cash expense, to derive cash flow
  • Know this test will take all 80 minutes and you will be required to turn it in at the end of the period. Students with time accommodations should plan on finishing during flex time. I would appreciate being prioritized above teachers as this is a mid-term type assessment versus a quiz.

11/4 Monday
In Class:

• Guest speaker
  
  

Homework:

• Choice
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11/5 Tuesday
In Class:

• Accounting and finance mid-term - 80 minutes
• Sherm not in class

Homework:

• Choice

11/7 Thursday
In Class:

• Review/complete exam

Homework:

• Choice

11/8 Friday
In Class:

• DECA work period
• ​Sherm not in class

Homework:

• Choice

11/11 Monday
In Class:

• No school
  
  

Homework:

• Choice
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11/12 Tuesday
In Class:

• Team review Tesla mid-term turned into worksheet

Homework:

• Choice

11/14 Thursday
In Class:

• Team test creation

Homework:

• Choice

11/15 Friday
In Class:

• Team test creation

Homework:

• Choice

11/18 Monday
In Class:

• Team test creation
  
  

Homework:

• Choice
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11/19 Tuesday
In Class:

• Team test creation

Homework:

• Choice

11/21 Thursday
In Class:

• Take team test

Homework:

• Choice

11/22 Friday
In Class:

• Complete team test (all students turn one in)
• IB version individual test (pick 2 of three format) on Monday

Homework:

• Choice
  
  

11/18 Monday
In Class:

• IB version individual test (pick 2 of three format)
  • Click here to review test questions and mark schemes

Key resources
Syllabus
Course overview
Chapter index
Course textbook
Glossary
IB Course guide
 Assessment objectives (pg 18)
 Learning objectives (pg 24)
 Internal assessment (pg 71)
Formula sheet
Financial statement format
IBBM Subject Report
Business writing methodology
Internal assessment
DECA paper due dates
Paper 1 case study
OSPI Framework
Extended essay (IBBM)
Module Review Guides:

• Finance and Accounting
• Business Org. and Environment
• Marketing
• Human Resources:
  • Functions and evolution of HR
  • Organizational structure
  • Leadership and management
  • Motivation
  • Organizational culture
  • Industrial realations

Marketing notes
​Finance notes
Human resources