Assessment task 1.
The big idea In this assignment you will critically interrogate the nature and quality of a company’s performance reporting on the key elements of organizational health and organizational performance – the things that drive and shape sustainable value creation – as outlined in the PWC Value Framework (below). The objective is for you to learn from measurement and reporting practice while developing and applying technical, analytical, problem solving and communication skills.
2. The PWC model
3. The assignment report From your allocated company’s reporting: for each of the 17 elements in the PWC Value Framework concerning organisational health (the elements in the strategy and resources & relationships dimensions) and concerning organisational performance (the elements on the performance dimension); and for the additional concept of ‘materiality’: Identify one example of how that element is ‘measured’ (qualitatively or quantitatively) and reported. Note: if the report does not contain anything about a particular element or materiality, state that fact and briefly explain why the missing information might be relevant to decision makers like investors or creditors. Insert that example into your assignment report (using a function like snipping tool on a PC or shift-command-4 on a MAC) Critique the quality of that piece of performance information as something that can inform your decision making about the company’s current performance and future prospects – i.e. how well does the content of the example tell the aspects of story in terms of: comprehensiveness (what is in it – how comprehensive/complete is the content? are any connectivity’s between the element and others particular element explicitly noted? can you identify things/aspects that should be added or deleted?); and accessibility (how easy is the information to find in the report and how well is it formatted for understanding? - can you identify ways in which accessibility could be improved? come to an overall conclusion as to whether the quality of performance information for that element in the Value Framework is good, bad or ugly (‘ugly’ being missing entirely)
4. Structure Your report should be about 19 pages long assuming: an introductory page one one page each of the 17 elements for organisational health and organisational performance in the PWC Value Framework taking one page (about ½ the page for the insertion of the item and ½ page for discussion of the comprehensiveness and accessibility) one page on materiality (here note what materiality is in a paragraph, and insert an example from the report if the company is explicit about materiality) Note: your report may be more than 19 pages if the insertion of an item takes up more than ½ page in order to make it legible. The structure of your assignment report should be: Page 1 Your name, student ID and assessment title Name of company interrogated Executive summary (sub heading) – what you were doing, why, and the essence what you found and your overall conclusion about the quality(comprehensiveness and accessibility) - 1/2 page Each of the next 17 pages (headings in each page) Dimension & element (the main page heading e.g. Resources & relationships – customers) Example (under this subheading insert your chosen example: figure/table/paragraph etc.) Comprehensiveness (under this subheading critically discuss the comprehensiveness) Accessibility (under this subheading critically discuss the accessibility) The final page on materiality One paragraph explaining the nature of materiality and how it is connected with decision making Insertion of an example from the company report – if the organisation discusses materiality 5. Submission Electronically into the relevant Dropbox assessment folder in the unit’s collaborate website by the due date listed in the teaching schedule. The folder for submission will close at midnight on the due date – you will not be able to submit after that time; and any delayed submissions will incur a penalty of 20% of total marks per day. No cover page is required. Your submission will be automatically checked by Turnitin for originality. 6. Mark allocation Marked out of 100 as follows: (factored in final results to a mark out of 25) Executive summary: What 2; why 2; conclusions 6 10 Critical discussion about comprehensiveness for 17 elements or materiality 17X3 = 51 Critical discussion about accessibility for 17 elements or materiality 17X2 = 34 Critical discussion about materiality 5 100 my company name: PHILIPS
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