Assessment Criteria: Demonstration of knowledge of the issues High quality

Assessment Criteria: Demonstration of knowledge of the issues High quality

Assessment Task 1
Length: 250 words total (+/- 10%) Reference list and cover sheet details are
Assessment Criteria: Demonstration of knowledge of the issues High quality written communication of corporate governance concepts Structure and professional presentation of the report Required: Assume you are employed in a management consulting firm and have expertise as a
corporate governance specialist. Your client is a public company listed on the
Australian Stock Exchange that has requested a one page brief (maximum 250 words)
specifying the essential criteria for a non-executive director to be appointed to the
company’s board. The client has said; ‘Make it brief, I’m too busy to read a long document. You should
follow the ideas of former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill who stated:
‘To do our work, we all have to read a mass of papers. Nearly all of them are
far too long. This wastes time, while energy has to be spent in looking for the
essential points. I ask my colleagues and their staff to see to it that their reports
are shorter. The aim should be reports which set out the main points in a series
of short, crisp paragraphs…’ Winston Churchill, Memo to UK War Cabinet, 9 August 1940, During the Battle of
Britain