Assessment Event 2 Case Study (2 of 2)
Criteria
Unit code, name and release number
BSBMGT623 Monitor Corporate governance activities (Release 1)
Qualification/Course code, name and release number
BSB61015 Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management (Release 3)
Student details
Student number
293659281
Student name
Adam Castro
Assessment Declaration
Student name and date
Adam Castro 1/10/2021
Assessment instructions
Table 1 Assessment instructions
| Assessment details | Instructions |
| Assessment overview | The objective of this assessment is to assess your knowledge and skills to review compliance with corporate governance obligations and take corrective action for non-compliances. |
| Assessment Event number | 2 of 2 |
| Instructions for this assessment | This is a written assessment and it will be assessing you on your skills and knowledge of the unit. This assessment has one part: Part 1 Case study This assessment also contains: Assessment feedback |
| Submission instructions | On completion of this assessment, you are required to upload it Moodle for marking. Ensure you have typed your name on page 1 of this document. It is important that you keep a copy of all assessments submitted to TAFE and complete the assessment declaration when submitting the assessment. |
| What do I need to do to achieve a satisfactory result? | To achieve a satisfactory result for this assessment all questions must be answered correctly. Tips to avoid plagiarism are located on the TAFE NSW Library Services page (https://tafensw.libguides.com/copyright/plagiarism). This may involve your assessor, allowing you to resubmit some of your answers. Alternatively, your teacher/assessor may ask you additional questions to confirm your understanding and knowledge of the topic area. |
| Student must provide | Access to: business technology including a computer with relevant software and internetlearner guide, training materials and other research you have completed. |
| Assessor must provide | Access to: learning materials, learner guides and online learning platforms, where applicable, with information and links to:relevant legislation, regulations, standards and codesworkplace documentation and resources including governance reports and returnscase studies and, where possible, real situationsTAFE NSW library resources. |
| Supervision | This is an unsupervised assessment. Your assessor may ask for additional evidence to verify the authenticity of your submission and confirm that the assessment task was completed by you. This may include oral questioning, comparison with in-class work samples, or observation. |
| Due date/time allowed | The assessment must be submitted by the due date noted on the Unit Assessment Guide. Students should allow a minimum of eight hours to complete this assessment. Students may need additional time for preparation, research and revision to ensure they have responded to each question satisfactorily. |
| Assessment feedback, review or appeals | In accordance with the TAFE NSW policy Manage Assessment Appeals, all students have the right to appeal an assessment decision in relation to how the assessment was conducted and the outcome of the assessment. Appeals must be lodged within 14 working days of the formal notification of the result of the assessment. If you would like to request a review of your results or if you have any concerns about your results, contact your Teacher or Head Teacher. If they are unavailable, contact the Student Administration Officer. Contact your Head Teacher for the assessment appeals procedures at your college/campus. |
Specific task instructions
The instructions and the criteria in the tasks and activities below will be used by the assessor to determine whether the tasks and activities have been satisfactorily completed. Use these instructions and criteria to ensure you demonstrate the required skills and knowledge.
Answers must include Harvard in-text referencing where appropriate, as well as a reference list at the end of the document. Information on using Harvard referencing can be found in the TAFE NSW Harvard Referencing Guide (https://share.tafensw.edu.au/share/file/316a6f1b-57d3-4a83-bfdd-4e82851e14b2/1/Harvard_Referencing_Guide.pdf).
To complete:
Submission requirements for this assessment event
Submit the following to your teacher/assessor for marking by the due date:
Part 1: Case study
In this assessment you will be reviewing a case from a regulatory authority regarding corporate governance failure/s and preparing a briefing paper for management of the organisation in the case study who have asked you to review the case to draw conclusions for corporate governance practice.
A briefing paper provides a summary of facts about a particular issue, and typically includes a suggested course of action. Briefing papers may be prepared for boards, executives or governance committees, and as such, should be written in easily understood, professional language. You may include headings.
Task 1 Briefing paper
Locate, analyse and review a non-compliance case and query and investigation from an Australian regulatory authority. You may a case from either:
Select a case for which there is enough information for you to complete each component of the assessment below and provide the link. Your response should be a minimum of 1000 words.
Write a briefing paper to the board of directors. The briefing paper must include the following:
- An evaluation and description of legislation, regulations and organisational policies and procedures relevant to the case.
- Identification of three widely agreed performance indicators/benchmarks to evaluate governance compliance against.
- Monitoring and reviewing organisational performance including the following:
- corporate governance failures
- internal control procedures that were used/not used in the case study
- performance against performance indicators.
- Analysis of the cause/s of non-compliances including personnel and IT.
Task 2 Internal control process
Implement corrective action recommended in Task 1 by establishing a high level Internal Control Process to ensure adherence to legal and statutory requirements for the organisation in the case study. Your response should be approximately 400 words.
Your process must include:
Task 3 Reporting plan
You can submit the Reporting Plan as an appendix to this document or as a separate document to Moodle, labelled: Your surname_BSBMGT623_AE2_Task3.
References
Insert references to information sources you used in preparing Event 2. Format your reference list using Harvard Referencing.
Assessment Feedback
This section is to be completed by the assessor. Once feedback has been provided by the assessor, you will be given the opportunity to respond. When the UOC’s are being assessed by multiple assessment activities, each activity will be reported as Satisfactory (S) or Not Satisfactory (NS). The final result will be reported as C (Competent) or NC (Not yet competent).
Specific task feedback
Table 2 Specific task feedback
| Task | Criteria (Y=Yes; P= Partial; N=No) | Y | P | N |
| 1 | Writes a briefing paper to the board of directors in appropriate format and language | |||
| 1.1 | Located an appropriate non-compliance case from an Australian regulatory authority, identifies the regulator and provided a link to case | |||
| 1.2 | Analysed and described the parties, incidents and processes to date | |||
| 1.3 | Evaluated and described the legislation, regulations or standards and organisational policies and procedures that apply to the case | |||
| 1.4 | Identified three widely agreed performance indicators/benchmarks to evaluate compliance against | |||
| 1.5 | Monitored and reviewed organisational performance including: | |||
| 1.6 | Analyses the cause/s of non-compliances including personnel and IT | |||
| 1.7 | Makes recommendations for senior management to support adherence to legal and statutory requirements including: a. specific strategic corrective actions b. new or modified systems and internal control procedures c. new or modified organisational policies d. new Key Performance Indicators to ensure future compliance | |||
| 1.8 | Provides a reference list with sources of information and advice in Harvard Referencing | |||
| 2 | Establishes a high level internal control process to ensure adherence to legal and statutory requirements relevant to organisation in Task 1. Control process includes: 1. Purpose statement. 2. Roles and responsibilities of personnel. 3. A governance process or procedure. 4. Consequences for breaches. 5. A plan to report compliance to senior management with deadlines. | |||
| 2.4 | Writes a reporting plan to ensure the organisation meets future compliance and reporting deadlines. Plan includes the following: 1. Name of the regulator the organisation will report to. 2. Timing for how often the organisation will report and deadlines for reporting. 3. Required content in the reporting plan (key content headings). 4. Personnel responsible for writing and approving the reporting plan. | |||
| Foundation skills | Y | P | N | |
| Sources and researches textual information in the context of organisational strategy and compliance requirements to support plans, monitoring and reporting | ||||
| Develops complex texts using specialised and detailed language to convey information, requirements and recommendations in accordance with legal and organisational requirements | ||||
| Correctly applies Harvard referencing to in-text citations and reference list | ||||
| Assessor’s recommendation on areas done well and how to improve the performance | ||||
Additional evidence for verification of assessments
Additional questions asked by the assessor
Assessors may ask additional questions to clarify student understanding. List additional questions.
Student responses to additional questions
Record the student responses to any additional questions asked during this assessment event.
Overall Assessment Event Feedback
Assessment outcome
☐ Satisfactory
☐ Resubmission
Assessor Feedback
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Choose an item. Was the assessment event successfully completed?
Choose an item. If no, was the resubmission/re-assessment successfully completed?
Choose an item. Was reasonable adjustment in place for this assessment event?
If yes, ensure it is detailed on the assessment document.
Assessor name and date:
Student acknowledgement of assessment outcome
Please submit Receipt of Assessment statement on the Moodle.
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