This guide is for BUSI 534 Week 7 Integrative Learning Project, start to submission. A valuation report of at least 15 pages on a publicly traded company of your choice, following the example report in the text.
BUSI 534 is Business Valuation, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MBA. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as BUSI534; it is the same course.
| Course | BUSI 534 Business Valuation |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 7 |
| Points | 300 points |
| Length | At least 15 pages, not including the title page, executive summary and appendices |
| Sources | The company's filings, market data and Hitchner |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Valuation report following the text's example |
What BUSI 534 Week 7 Integrative Learning Project asks for
You write a valuation report of at least 15 pages, not counting the title page, executive summary and appendices, on the value of a publicly traded company of your choosing, following the example in the text. It is due in Module/Week 7 with Hitchner chapters 24 to 29. Worth 300 points, the largest assignment in the course.
Where it fits in BUSI 534
In the published schedule, Integrative Learning Project is one of 8 graded written assignments in BUSI 534. It follows Week 6 Discussion Board Forum 4 and comes before Week 8 Faith Integration Essay.
How BUSI 534 Week 7 Integrative Learning Project is graded
Liberty grades Integrative Learning Project with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 300 points in the published guide. That is about 30% of the course's 1,010 points. Read the rubric first. Each row is a criterion, and the wording of the highest column is the closest thing you have to a model answer.
Course grades in BUSI 534 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Module/Week one begins on Monday and ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) Friday. Modules/Weeks 2 - 8 begin on Saturday and end 11:59 p.m. (ET) Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The BUSI 534 Week 7 method, step by step
See where this piece sits in the project
Integrative Learning Project is one stage of a larger project. Read the full project description first so this stage feeds the final submission instead of standing alone.
Choose a subject you can research
Choose a subject with plenty of public data. Every later stage will need facts about it.
Answer the questions this stage asks
Use the stage questions as headings. Each answer should be about your subject, supported by facts about it.
Apply the course model
Use the framework from Business Valuation that this stage is built on, named and applied step by step to your subject.
Support with sources
Back the analysis with credible sources (The company's filings, market data and Hitchner): company filings, industry data, peer-reviewed research.
Format, length and teamwork
Check length (At least 15 pages, not including the title page, executive summary and appendices) and APA. For group stages, split the sections early and leave a day for one person to unify the voice.
Put detailed calculations in appendices and keep the body readable. Support every key input (growth, margins, discount rate, multiples) with a source, and include a sensitivity table on the discount rate and terminal growth.
A structure for BUSI 534 Week 7 Integrative Learning Project
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,800 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Engagement and standard | Purpose, standard and premise of value. | ~140 words |
| Company and industry | Business, economic and industry analysis. | ~290 words |
| Financial analysis | Normalized statements and ratios. | ~320 words |
| Income approach | DCF or capitalization with a supported discount rate. | ~430 words |
| Market approach | Guideline companies or transactions. | ~320 words |
| Reconciliation and conclusion | Weighting and final value. | ~290 words |
A topic angle that works
Follow the structure of Hitchner's example report: an executive summary with the conclusion, then the engagement terms, company and industry analysis, financial analysis, the valuation approaches and the reconciliation. Because the company is public, compare your conclusion with its market capitalization and explain any difference.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
The discounted cash flow method indicates an equity value of $41.2 billion and the guideline public company method $45.8 billion. We weight the DCF at 60% because the company's forecast is well supported and the guideline group differs in growth profile, giving a concluded value of about $43.0 billion, or $86 per share. The market price of $92 implies modestly higher growth than our base case.
- Two indications.
- A weighting rationale.
- Comparison with price.
Mistakes that cost points on BUSI 534 Week 7
- Not following the text's example.
- Unsupported inputs.
- Under 15 pages.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: At least 15 pages, not including the title page, executive summary and appendices
- Sources: The company's filings, market data and Hitchner
- Every question in this stage's instructions answered
- Consistent with the subject chosen in earlier stages
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
How long is the BUSI 534 valuation report?
At least 15 pages, not counting the title page, executive summary and appendices.
How many points is BUSI 534 Week 7 Integrative Learning Project worth?
300 points in Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 534, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 30% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is BUSI 534 Week 7 the same in every section of BUSI 534?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 534. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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