This assignment MUST BE ON WALT DISNEY COMAPNY

Working Capital Management Analysis

This course project assignment gives you the opportunity to conduct a working capital management analysis of your chosen company and compare it to the industry. Specifically, we will work with the Cash Conversion Cycle for this analysis.

1. Conceptual Explanation of CCC

1. Define the CCC and explain its use and importance.

2. Calculating the CCC

Calculate the CCC for your selected company and for one of your company’s competitors. (Note: You can find a list of competitors to choose from in the “Competitors” tab within Yahoo! Finance.) Use the most recent fiscal year financial statements to calculate the different components of the CCC and its overall value. The components of the CCC are:

1. Days Payable Outstanding (DPO)
2. Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
3. Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO)

Present your findings in a table in Excel comparing your selected company to the competitors. Show a side-by-side comparison of the DPO, DSO, DIO, and overall CCC.

3. Interpret your findings.

1. Interpret the results of your analysis for you selected company. How do they compare to the competitor? Are any of the components noticeably better or worse? How could your company improve its CCC?

4. Paper Mechanics should be as follows:

1. You should submit both a Word document and an Excel spreadsheet
2. The organization and structure should be professional in nature. Use section headers, appropriate formatting, and make your paper flow logically and visually so the details are easy to follow and identify.

NOTE: THE ATTACHMENTS BELOW ARE THE 2 ARTICLES THAT NEEDS TO BE READ TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT.  YOU MAY DO MORE RESEARCH TO COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT AS WELL. 

INSTRUCTIONS: 

Write a four (4) page paper in which you:

1. Identify at least three (3) benefits or key knowledge points that could be derived from using cyber-attack simulator systems and research, and suggest how this insight could assist in defining the needs for security within an organization.
2. Analyze and determine which sector, public or private, has greater insight on the potential of cyberattacks. Justify your answer by citing at least three (3) examples.
3. Suggest at least four (4) best practices that should be implemented when developing a cybersecurity strategy within a security enterprise. Then, evaluate the required roles and functions of Information Technology (IT) personnel that would be required to sustain these best practices.
4. Describe the role of planning when developing a cybersecurity strategy and what key deliverables would ensure an effective implementation and transition. 
5. Suggest how public-private partnerships can strengthen cybersecurity efforts and effectiveness in a:

          a. Corporate environment
          b. Regional level
          c. National level 

     6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality 

         resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. 

Bernier, M., Chapman, I., Leblanc, S. P., & Partington, A. (2011). An overview of cyber-attack and computer network operations simulation. Proceedings from MMS ’11: Military Modeling & Simulation Symposium. Boston, MA.Maughan, D. (2010, February). The need for a national cybersecurity research and development agenda. Communications of the ACM, 53(2), 29-31.