Week 5 – Discussion 1Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the.next.ecollege.com/(NEXT(e48ecb4cd3))/Main/CourseMode/Thread/ListThreadsView.ed?courseItemSubID=680014857&courseItemType=CourseContentItem&TopicID=0&#”>Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.Factors in Capital Budgeting DecisionsImagine you are a representative of management in the company you have selected for your Week Six assignment and you must make a capital budgeting decision. The decision is to implement a new computer network system to decrease the time between customer order and delivery. The cost will be 10% of last years profits. You are charged with describing the important considerations in the decision-making process to upper management. In your response, be sure to include the following:A description of the important factors, in addition to quantitative factors, that were considered when making this capital budgeting decision.An explanation of how these factors are significant to the company.A summary of how you will determine the criteria to rank capital budgeting decisions and whether some criteria are more important than others.A calculation of the proposed return on investment based on criteria you select and justification for that ROI.Develop a 200 250 word explanation supporting your recommendations.Tip: For help with reading an annual report access this handy guide from.moneychimp.com/articles/financials/fundamentals.htm”>Moneychimp (http://www.moneychimp.com/articles/financials/fundamentals.htm)Guided Response: Review several of your classmates postings. Respond to at least two of your classmates by adding additional factors to consider in the decision-making process that they may have missed or would add positively to the results of the budgeting decision.

Be sure to include evidence to support your position.Week 5 – Discussion 2Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the.next.ecollege.com/(NEXT(e48ecb4cd3))/Main/CourseMode/Thread/ListThreadsView.ed?courseItemSubID=680014862&courseItemType=CourseContentItem&TopicID=0&#”>Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.Assessing Dividend PolicyRevisit the company you chose for your Week Six Final Project. Using the annual report and other sources such as a 10k or 10qs, discuss the dividend policy of your company.Answer the following questions as part of your response:How would you describe your chosen companys dividend policy?Why do you believe this company chose the dividend policy they have in place?Do you agree or disagree that they have selected the best dividend policy for the company?How might this dividend policy function in both perfect and imperfect capital markets?Calculate the dividend rate over the past 5 years. Define why you believe that it has or has not changed over the last 5 years.Support your position with evidence from the text or external sources. Your post should be 200-250 words in length.Guided Response: Review several of your classmates postings. Respond to at least two classmates by commenting on whether you agree or disagree with your classmates reasoning for the selection of dividend policy. Provide other reasons why that particular company may have chosen that dividend policy.Imagine you are a representative of management in the company you have selected for your Week Six assignment and you must make a capital budgeting decision. The decision is to implement a new computer network system to decrease the time between customer order and delivery. The cost will be 10% of last years profits. You are charged with describing the important considerations in the decision-making process to upper management. In your response, be sure to include the following:Develop a 200 250 word explanation supporting your recommendations.Tip: For help with reading an annual report access this handy guide from.moneychimp.com/articles/financials/fundamentals.htm”>Moneychimp (http://www.moneychimp.com/articles/financials/fundamentals.htm)Guided Response: Review several of your classmates postings. Respond to at least two of your classmates by adding additional factors to consider in the decision-making process that they may have missed or would add positively to the results of the budgeting decision. Be sure to include evidence to support your position.Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the.next.ecollege.com/(NEXT(e48ecb4cd3))/Main/CourseMode/Thread/ListThreadsView.ed?courseItemSubID=680014862&courseItemType=CourseContentItem&TopicID=0&#”>Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.Revisit the company you chose for your Week Six Final Project. Using the annual report and other sources such as a 10k or 10qs, discuss the dividend policy of your company.Answer the following questions as part of your response:Support your position with evidence from the text or external sources. Your post should be 200-250 words in length.Guided Response: Review several of your classmates postings. Respond to at least two classmates by commenting on whether you agree or disagree with your classmates reasoning for the selection of dividend policy. Provide other reasons why that particular company may have chosen that dividend policy.