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Assessment Information COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Copyright Regulations 1969 This material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of Kaplan Business School pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (‘Act’). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further reproduction or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act. Kaplan Business School is a part of Kaplan Inc., a leading global provider of educational services. Kaplan Business School Pty Ltd ABN 86 098 181 947 is a registered higher education provider CRICOS Provider Code 02426B. Assessment Information Subject Code: MBA402 Subject Name: Governance, Ethics, and Sustainability Assessment Title: Risk Assessment Weighting: 30% Total Marks: Word Limit: Due Date: 30 2,000 words Monday of Week 10, 11:55pm AEST . Assessment Description . .. You are required to read the following journal article article: 1. How Risky is Your Company? HBR. May-June 1999 https://hbr.org/1999/05/how-risky-is-your-company Ensure you click on the ‘Read More’ link to view the Risk Exposure Calculator. You are also required to read the case study below about fictional company Trading.com You must then prepare a risk assessment report on Trading.com using the Risk Exposure Calculator and specifically address: A. Pressure points due to growth i) pressure for performance ii) rate of expansion iii) inexperience of key employees B. Pressure points due to culture i) rewards for entrepreneurial risk taking ii) executive resistance to bad news iii) level of internal competition C. Pressure points due to information management i) transaction complexity and velocity ii) gaps in diagnostic performance iii) degree of decentralised decision making You will be required to include a minimum of 15 references in your Risk Assessment Report at least 5 of which must come from academic journals or textbooks. https://hbr.org/1999/05/how-risky-is-your-company Assessment Information COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Copyright Regulations 1969 This material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of Kaplan Business School pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (‘Act’). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further reproduction or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act. Kaplan Business School is a part of Kaplan Inc., a leading global provider of educational services. Kaplan Business School Pty Ltd ABN 86 098 181 947 is a registered higher education provider CRICOS Provider Code 02426B. Assessment 2 Case Study – Trading.com Background Trading.com is a company that offers ordinary people share investment courses and ongoing mentoring services. The philosophy at Trading.com is that anybody can become a successful share investor if they have the right mind set, education, and support. The company was established three years ago by successful share trader Jospe Drake. He has grown Trading.com into a medium sized business employing over 100 staff with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Adelaide. One year ago the company’s course sales increased dramatically and now its operations are expanding faster than the company’s capacity to hire and induct new staff. Jospe considers this to be a great problem to have and continues to hold the staff accountable for delivering strong financial performance. But the company’s regional managers are not as thrilled as Jospe with the organisation’s surge in growth. The rapidly increasing need for more consultants has forced the company to lower their employment standards, hiring many new people with little to no previous experience in sales. Business Model Trading.com generates leads by advertising free introductory webinars that explain how share investment can be used as a vehicle for achieving an early retirement. Webinar attendees are contacted after the introductory webinar by a consultant who invites them to a free face-to-face consultation. At this meeting the consultant attempts to sell the potential new client a share investment course priced at $10,000. The consultants are managed by regional managers in each city. The regional managers report to a senior management team that includes Jospe as the company CEO. Consultants Consultants are given aggressive sales targets that are set by the senior management team with little or no input from either the consultants themselves or the regional managers. Until recently, the consultants were paid solely on a commission basis, that is, they earned a percentage of the $10,000 course fee for each client that they signed up. Jospe recognised this remuneration structure was placing financial pressure on many consultants and so implemented a base salary of $30,000 per annum. Each month the consultants are ranked by the regional managers according to their sales performance. The highest performing consultants receive special bonuses such as expensive gifts and luxury holidays. Because the consultants are pitted against each other like this, the company culture is highly competitive to the point of ruthlessness. Assessment Information COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Copyright Regulations 1969 This material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of Kaplan Business School pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (‘Act’). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further reproduction or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act. Kaplan Business School is a part of Kaplan Inc., a leading global provider of educational services. Kaplan Business School Pty Ltd ABN 86 098 181 947 is a registered higher education provider CRICOS Provider Code 02426B. Regional Managers Regional managers act without a sense of the larger corporate strategy. There are no well-defined information channels for sharing information either between themselves or with senior management. The regional managers have also surrounded themselves with “yes” men and women, and do not hear much, if any, bad news. They tend to leave the consultants alone because they do not understand the sometimes complex language of the consultation process. Managers have limited access to performance data and spend much of their time trying to resolve flare ups or unanticipated emergencies. From the information they can access they tend to focus solely on course sales figures and their monthly performance reports to senior management are often late or not submitted at all. Senior Management Team A high percentage of Trading.com’s business is based on new courses. The courses are developed by Jospe and the senior management team: a creative, risk taking group of share investors. In this regard they do not act like a team but are given a great deal of autonomy and so develop course content independently of each other, only returning to the group once they have created something of substantial value. There is an increasing frequency in the failure of new courses. Client Satisfaction Client complaints are on the rise. Clients say they feel well respected and serviced by their consultants until they sign up for a course. At this point their consultant seems to lose interest in them and often fails to return their phone calls. Risk Exposure Calculator Be sure to include the Risk Exposure Calculator in your assessment answer. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Copyright Regulations 1969 This material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of Kaplan Business School pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (‘Act’). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further reproduction or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act. Kaplan Business School is a part of Kaplan Inc., a leading global provider of educational services. Kaplan Business School Pty Ltd ABN 86 098 181 947 is a registered higher education provider CRICOS Provider Code 02426B. Assessment Marking Rubric Criteria F (Fail) 0%-49% P (Pass) 50%-64% CR (Credit) 65%-74% D (Distinction) 75% - 84% HD (High Distinction) 85%-100% Mark Assessment Content (Subject Specific) OUT OF 24 MARKS Pressure Points Growth Risk Assessment Report does not adequately explain the kinds of pressure points due to growth or gauge the company’s level of pressure. The Risk Exposure Calculator is not used or is used in a manner that indicates its purpose has been misunderstood. Pressure points due to growth are sufficiently explained. The company’s level of pressure is gauged using the Risk Exposure Calculator but more detail is required to illustrate the link between the pressure point and the risk to the company. Risk Assessment Report includes discussion of pressure points supported by logical explanation. The Risk Exposure Calculator is accurately used to demonstrate the level of risk to the company. Pressure points due to growth are explained in detail. The company’s level of pressure is accurately gauged using the Risk Exposure Calculator with a further discussion of the overall zone of risk the company falls into. Risk Assessment Report includes comprehensive explanation of pressure points. The company’s level of pressure is accurately gauged using the Risk Exposure Calculator with a further discussion of the overall zone of risk the company falls into and measures the company could take to mitigate identified risks. /8 Pressure Points Culture Pressure points due to culture are not adequately explained. The Risk Assessment Report does not gauge the company’s level of pressure. The Risk Exposure Calculator is not used or is used in a manner that indicates its purpose has been misunderstood. Risk Assessment Report includes discussion of pressure points due to culture together with sufficient explanation. Company risk levels are gauged using the Risk Exposure Calculator but further commentary is