Select a public company by the end of the first two weeks of the course.
Within teams, consider the project scope (below) and begin to discuss, plan, and develop over the next several weeks.
Deliverables for this project will include both a written report and a presentation to the class on what they have discovered with the report.
For this project, gather and analyze the financial health of an organization you have collectively selected. You and your team will develop and include recommendations for the improvement of the financial health of the company. To accomplish this:
Explore your chosen organization’s financial statements for the last five years.
Use ratio analysis and other forms of analyses like trend analysis to identify 2-3 financial opportunities or challenges.
Investigate news and press releases focused on the organization to better understand the underlying factors influencing those issues.
Explore actionable solutions to tap the opportunity or mitigate the challenge.
Deliverables for the Project:
Financial Health Analysis Dashboard
Financial Health Analysis Commentary
Actionable Recommendation Memorandum
Aside from the legislations and policies put in place, the attitude of the host society, but also the immigrants themselves, is a major contributing factor that affected and controlled the formation of the Chinese community. The way in which the host society perceives Chinese immigrants affects the way they treat them – whether they are accepted into society or discriminated against, is determined by members of the host society. The latter often deemed to be the case as the Chinese were considered “undesirable aliens”. In order to settle and fit in to the New Zealand society, the Chinese were cautious and careful so as not to offend “mainstream sensitivity” but were also “humble, menial and not in direct competition” with New Zealanders in regards to trade and business; they ‘knew their place’.
There were more obstacles Chinese immigrants encountered: they were the only people in New Zealand subjected to a poll tax. In addition to this, “tonnage ratios, literacy tests and thumb printing” challenged them further, as well as the blanket permit system that was imposed in order to prevent Chinese and other coloured migrants from entering and living in New Zealand. They did not receive the right to be supported for unemployment or pensions despite their naturalised New Zealand citizenship. In this way, Chinese immigrants were forced to overcome the hardships and hurdles that were unfairly thrust upon them.
The evolution of the Chinese New Zealand identity over the years displayed a transition from a state of isolation and alienation as a result of discrimination, to New Zealand’s comparatively more tolerant attitude and treatment towards the Chinese post World War Two. In more recent years, Chinese immigrants were more welcomed as valued citizens by the New Zealand government; the positiv