MN0490BOQ01 Sustainable Strategic Decisions

MN0490BOQ01 Sustainable Strategic Decisions

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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 and 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 power point slides. Your recorded video and presentation slides should cover requirements (1-4) as detailed below. Required (1-3): Your presentation should discuss the effectiveness of the company’s practices and structures regarding the three following themes: 1. The role of board of directors in corporate governance and competitiveness 2. Performance of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) stocks 3. Analysis and evaluation of investments for value creation (Indicative length for the oral video presentation for requirements 1-3 above: 12 minutes) Required (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. (Indicative length for the oral video presentation for requirement 4 above: 3 minutes) Please note that your oral discussion must be critical; you should therefore compare the company’s practices and structures with other (similar) company (ies) in relation to the above requirements and provide your assessment of findings. You are also required to utilise relevant theoretical frameworks, models and Assessment Brief – Newcastle Business School 2021/22 Page 2 of 8 literature in your discussion on the effectiveness of the company’s practices and structures regarding the three themes above. Additionally, in your recorded presentation, you should evidence your communication skills, both interpersonal and intrapersonal in order to capture postgraduate programme goals (goal 1.2 outlined at the end of this document). . You should upload the link of your video-recorded presentation through the assessment submission folder in blackboard. The PowerPoint file (maximum 19 slides including appendix) 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 (15 slides maximum including the title slide and reference list slide) 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) Total number of slides for the appendix part must not be more than four slides. Note: Bloomberg tool can be used to identify the real world and comparable companies that meet the criteria mentioned above and also to access information and data as required. Recording the video can be done using Panopto or YouTube, but in both cases you MUST provide the link as per the instructions above. It is your responsibility to ensure that the link is valid and the video recording is available. Failure to follow the instructions above means there is no submission made and no marks will be awarde