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Capstone: Accounting and Governance
Assessment - Business Report and Presentation
Task
Analyse the corporate governance practices of a given organisation and identify challenges in terms of sustainability and risk. Interpret and critically analyse organisational risk and sustainability practice, prepare a report, and deliver a presentation that addresses challenges and opportunities.
Assessment Description
As the capstone unit, this subject requires students to bring together their accounting and governance knowledge and techniques developed within prior subjects and throughout this course and apply these to the interpretation, analysis and critique of present-day business and governance practices to identify problems and to propose solutions. Building on students' in-depth understanding of relevant theories and practices already developed in accounting and governance and their proficiency in the tools and techniques, this assessment further develops research, analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills demanded by the accounting profession in the 21st Century.
Specifically for this assessment, using a given case study, students will analyse the corporate governance practices of an organisation, identify, and explain stakeholder concerns, and recommend appropriate actions to address the issues and contribute to the business strategy and goals. Students will be required to continue with the same case study assigned for Assessment 1.
Assessment Instructions
Critically analyse and evaluate the policies, sustainability, risk and remuneration practises of an assigned company case.
Based on your analysis and evaluation, prepare a written business report of 1,500 words (+/-10%) to those responsible for governance. In your report:
Identify any problems/issues of concern facing stakeholders.
Provide advice and recommend good corporate governance practices which will resolve these issues and positively contribute to the business strategy and goals of your company.
Provide a summary of the significance, benefits, and challenges of producing sustainability reports for your company and the specific industry within which it operates.
Support your advice and recommendations with intext referencing. Use a variety of sources including accounting standards, ASX corporate governance principles and recommendations, academic journal articles, textbooks and any other sources relating to "best practice corporate governance," "sustainability," and "risk management practices."
Using the report findings, prepare a 5-minute PowerPoint presentation to the stakeholders. This will be presented in the class of Week 11.
Assume the audience to be stakeholders who may not have the same level of accounting and governance knowledge as you.
Use in text references and provide a reference list (last PP slide). You must reference each source as per KBS referencing guidelines.
This is an individual assessment that requires an out of class preparation of a report for submission by Turnitin Sunday, Week 10 and the subsequent delivery of a 5-minute summary presentation of the report in-class Week 11.