At professional conferences, blocks of time may be set aside for what are termed “poster sessions.” A hotel ballroom or large open area will be ringed with individuals who use displays such as posters or electronic presentations displayed via projectors. These sessions provide an opportunity to share one’s research in an intimate setting with a small group gathered around who share a similar interest. The seminar format of this course is very similar to this academic exchange. During one set of paired weeks, you will be appointed as a Group Leader. If you are one of the Group Leaders for this week, you are to prepare an academic presentation, much like a poster session.
Your presentation should offer analysis and synthesis of prior research and will begin the interaction with your colleagues. You will prepare an academic paper of 5–7 pages in APA format, as well as a PowerPoint presentation of 7–10 slides. This analysis will be an open-ended introduction to explaining how alternatives to conventional finance theories can be modeled and implemented for financial analysis and planning. Your goal as the presenter should be to persuade your discussants that the approach(es) you have analyzed and synthesized are a sound means for challenging conventional finance theories. You should acknowledge that there are other models or means to study financial analysis and planning, but you should strive to be as persuasive as possible that the specific concepts and operationalizations you have reviewed are exciting research avenues. In addition, you should depict that they are potentially breakthrough areas in understanding how alternatives to conventional finance theories can be modeled and implemented to contribute to organizational effectiveness and the wealth maximization of shareholders.
Your paper and presentation should contain the following elements:
An incorporation and analysis of at least five of the Required Resources from this pair of weeks
The incorporation and analysis of five additional resources from the Walden Library
An identification of principal schools of thought, tendencies in the academic literature, or commonalities that define the academic scholarship regarding your topic
An evaluation of the main concepts with a focus on their application to management practice and their impact on positive social change
Direct evidence of addressing the Learning Outcomes from this pair of weeks
In addition to the above elements, the Group Leader(s) for this week will focus thematically on:
Differentiating between economic value added (EVA) and accounting net income as measures of performance
Articulating the effect of EVA on a company’s market value and shareholders’ wealth
Reviewing the literature to articulate ways of discovering earnings management, as well as focusing on models of earnings management related to companies’ financial statements
Selecting an aspect of earnings management and evaluating the ethical implications for practicing managers
Providing examples of how Fortune 500 financial managers apply EVA in the modeling of their profit targets
When encountered, the number of pages required for a student paper or report does not include the reference pages. For example, if an 8 page paper is requested, that is before the reference page(s) are added.
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