Reference no: EM133844855
Governance, Ethics and Sustainability
Assessment - Analysis of Corporate Governance Information
Task
Part A: You will complete a short worksheet during your Week 2 workshop. This worksheet is designed to assist with your Oral Presentation planning.
Part B: Record a video presentation in which you compare, analyse and critically evaluate the disclosed corporate governance information provided by two prominent Australian companies listed in the ASX. Place Your Order Now!
Assessment Description
Researching information provided by companies online is an important business skill.
Selecting, analysing and assessing online information displays advanced Critical Thinking skills that are highly valued in professionals.
Learning Outcome 1: Evaluate the success (or lack thereof) of an organisation's governance responsibilities
Learning Outcome 2: Analyse the legal and regulatory environment in Australia with a view to understanding its impact on business strategy
Learning Outcome 3: Analyse the role of the board in the assessment of strategy and risk, and the way in which this expertise can be better utilised
Assessment Instructions
Part A: During the Week 2 workshop, you will complete a 30 minute in-class worksheet task in preparation for your Assessment 1 video presentation. Instructions for completing the sheet will be provided on the worksheet, and in-class by your facilitator.
Your Part A worksheet should be submitted through Moodle in MyKBS at the end of your Week 2 workshop. In addition, your facilitator will ask you to provide a copy of your work at the end of the 30-minute class session.
Assessment Instructions
Part B:
Select ONE of these company pairings:
Comparison 1: Aristocrat Leisure (ASX: ALL) and TPG Telecom (ASX:TPG)
OR
Comparison 2: Dominos Pizza (ASX: DMP) and Xero (ASX: XRO)
Use the links provided to explore the disclosed corporate governance information for both companies in your comparison group. You will use this information to consider how well your case study organizations are following the ASX CGC Principles 1 and 2.
Prepare a slide deck of between 6 and 12 slides in answer to the following questions.
Assess the company's Board in terms of its composition, attending to Board compliance with ASX CGC Recommendations 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5.
Briefly discuss the disclosed Board Skills matrix (ASX 2.2) and its mix of professional and specialist director skills.
List the named Board committees for each company you are investigating. Do the Board members display an adequate range of skills, to cover the various Board committees?
What evidence (if any) could you find that your case study company is: (a) tracking attendances and performance of its Leadership Team and (b) providing professional development opportunities for Board members? (ASX 2.1 and 1.6)
Critically evaluate the user-friendliness and general accessibility of corporate governance information for each of your case companies.
Based on the above, your final slides should provide reasons to show which of your two case companies displays the better combination of Corporate Governance structure plus Corporate Governance disclosure. One slide should display the two research questions (criteria) that you developed for Part A (Week 2 workshop). This slide should help inform your overall verdict on relative corporate governance performance.
Record a Video Presentation using your slide deck as a visual aid. Your presentation should run no longer than 5-6 minutes.
Submit your completed Video Presentation via Kaltura on MyKBS by the due date.
Please refer to the assessment marking guide to assist you in addressing all the assessment criteria. Make sure you address each section above to ensure you are considered for all marks.
Note: there will be a 2 mark penalty if your video runs over 7 minutes.
There will also be a 2-mark penalty, if your face is not showing on screen during your presentation.