Instructions on Assessment:
Select a real world company of your choice which satisfies the following criteria 1) is a minimum of 20 years old, 2) has more than 10,000 employees, 3) has an operational presence in more than five countries, 4) is listed on a stock exchange(s) and 5) has paid dividends.
Prepare, record and upload the link to an individual oral video presentation of 15 minutes in length. The discussions in the recorded video should be supported by presentation of PowerPoint slides. Your recorded video and presentation slides should cover requirements (1-4) as detailed below.
Required (1-3, 75% Total: 56.25 marks)
Your presentation should discuss the effectiveness of the company’s practices and structures regarding the three following themes:
1.
Analysis and evaluation of investments for value creation (25%, 18.75 marks )
2.
The role of board of directors in corporate governance and competitiveness (25 %, 18.75 marks)
3.
Performance of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) stocks (25%, 18.75 marks)
(Indicative length for the oral video presentation for requirements 1-3 above: 12 minutes)
4.
Having analysed the above three themes for your selected company, as a finance professional discuss how you will help the company take business expansion related strategic decisions in a competitive environment where responsible business practices may have a price. (25%, 18.75 marks)Please note that your oral discussion must be critical; you should therefore compare the company’s practices and structures with other (similar) company or companies in relation to the above requirements and provide your assessment of findings. You are also required to utilise relevant theoretical frameworks, models and literature in your discussion on the effectiveness of the company’s practices and structures regarding the themes above. The recommendations you provide for the company need to be actionable and rigorously justified by relevant literature or calculations. Additionally, in your recorded presentation, you should evidence your communication skills, both interpersonal and intrapersonal, to capture postgraduate programme goals (goal 1.2 outlined at the end of this document). For these reasons, you should be visible in the presentation video.
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You should upload the link of your video-recorded presentation through the assessment submission folder in blackboard. The PowerPoint file submitted in Turnitin MUST include the following elements:
1.
The link to your recorded video presentation added to the title slide of your presentation
2.
The PowerPoint slides addressing all four requirements (required items 1-3 and item 4) above
3.
The reference list citing all references used in your presentation
4.
Appendix that you have prepared to support your presentation, added after the references slide(s)For coursework submitted up to 1 working day (24 hours) after the published hand-in deadline without approval, 10% of the total marks available for the assessment (i.e.100%) shall be deducted from the assessment mark.
For clarity: a late piece of work that would have scored 65%, 55% or 45% had it been handed in on time will be awarded 55%, 45% or 35% respectively as 10% of the total available marks will have been deducted.
Coursework submitted more than 1 working day (24 hours) after the published hand-in deadline without approval will be regarded as not having been completed. A mark of zero will be awarded for the assessment and the module will be failed, irrespective of the overall module mark.
These provisions apply to all assessments, including those assessed on a Pass/Fail basis.
Select a real world company of your choice which satisfies the following criteria 1) is a minimum of 20 years old, 2) has more than 10,000 employees, 3) has an operational presence in more than five countries, 4) is listed on a stock exchang