Executive Leadership and Governance CW11 Assessment Brief  | BPP

ELG CW11 Assessment Brief

You are a Management Consultant hired by BPP Consultants, who have been commissioned to provide information to a large investment firm, which is considering the following three supermarket chains for investment. For this assessment, you are to select one company from the three listed below to focus on.

• Walmart Inc.
• Tesco plc.
• Loblaw Companies Limited.

The scope of your work is to complete four sections of a report covering Executive Leadership and Corporate Governance.

Please note, you are NOT required to make recommendations or advice in your report about whether to invest. This will be solely the investor’s decision after evaluating all the information obtained from your report.

Please select only one company from the above three when attempting the tasks below.

You should use the following links to obtain company presentations and reports:

• Walmart Inc.: https://stock.walmart.com/Home/default.aspx
• Tesco plc: https://www.tescoplc.com/investors/
• Loblaw Companies Limited: https://www.loblaw.ca/en/investors-overview/

The four tasks you should include in your report are:

Task 1 – Leadership and Management (LO1)

• Critically evaluate the Leadership and management styles at the company using relevant academic models.

Conduct independent research into your chosen company and support your arguments with academic literature and the appropriate application of relevant leadership and management models.

Task 2 – Corporate Governance and Regulation (LO4)

• Discuss the different governance rules, practices, and processes (collectively known as the Corporate Governance Framework) at the company that ensure that it meets the interests of its shareholders.

Conduct independent research and refer to relevant academic literature.

Ensure that you identify the internal governance mechanisms and the external governance rules and regulations and demonstrate how the company applies and complies with them to meet shareholder interests. Depending on your company of choice, these might include some of the following:

• The FCA (Financial Conduct Authority), and The UK Corporate Governance Code.
• The SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission), the Securities and Exchange Act in the USA, and the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
• The Ontario Securities Commission, the Canadian Corporate Governance Guidelines (National Policy 58-201) and Bill 198 (Also known as C-SOX).

Please only discuss the governance rules and regulations that are relevant to your organisation of choice.

Task 3 – Risk Management (LO3)

• Analyse three significant risks that the company faces and recommend appropriate responses to each of these risks.

Conduct independent research into your company of choice and ensure that your analysis and recommendations are specific to the company.

For higher marks, use and apply relevant risk management models and frameworks such as the Three Horizon Model, Risk Heat Maps, or the 4T’s Process. Explain how you used the models to identify and analyse the risks and to offer your recommendations.

As part of your recommendations, explain what role the board of directors plays in the risk management process at the organisation.

Task 4 – Ethical Leadership (LO2)

• Discuss at least one significant ethical business challenge that the company faces and provide ethical leadership recommendations on how the company can address and manage this ethical challenge.

Conduct independent research and explain why the challenge(s) you discuss are considered ethical, by analysing their impact on the company and its stakeholders. Ensure that your recommendations are targeted at the company’s top management and leadership.

For higher marks, use and apply a relevant ethical leadership model or framework such as the Triple Bottom Line.

ELG CW11 Assessment Presentation and Structure

• Clear structure and layout
• Writing style: professional and concise
• Appropriate Harvard referencing: range and credibility of the sources used and correct application of Harvard referencing style throughout the report and appendices.

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