Prior to beginning work on this assignment, all students are required to read Chapter 9 in the book, The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success. In addition to Chapter 9, review your assigned chapter 6 according to the first letter of your last name.
After reading your assigned chapter, create a slide presentation linking what you have read in The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success to the theories of capital allocation in the textbook, Foundations of Financial Management.
In your presentation,
- Describe the CEO and the example of the company (one to two slides).
- Examine the theoretical application of capital allocation (one slide).
- Explain how the CEO highlighted in your required chapter used the theories of capital allocation and applied them to his or her situation (two slides). You may also want to use Chapter 9 from The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success.
- Summarize three key takeaways you learned from linking the textbook theory to the real-world scenario highlighted in your required chapter 6 (one slide).
- Note: You are not required to record your presentation and will be graded on the submitted slides only.
The Outsiders presentation
- Must be five to six in length (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA Style. You need to include speaker notes for each slide.
- Must include a separate title slide with the following:
- Title of presentation in bold font
- Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
- Student’s name
- Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)
- Course name and number
- Instructor’s name
- Due date
- Title of presentation in bold font
- Must document any information used from sources in APA Style.
- Must include a separate reference slide that is formatted according to APA Style.
Reference Book:
The Outsiders
William N. Thorndike
Block, S. B., Hirt, G. A., & Danielsen, B. R. (2022). Foundations of financial management (18th ed.). McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
- The full-text version of this ebook is available through the VitalSource platform.