Structured Class Presentation – Group Exercise (20%):  4 x student group exercises with specialised scenarios based on structured set questions to be completed on each day of intensive classes. This is a group exercise and the exercise question will be posted on Canvas before the class.

The assessment includes both your individual work and your group work as a whole mark in terms of your contribution to the group and your group’s collaboration. Your assessment mark will be the same for each group member to reflect the level of collaboration and individual effort against all the Learning Outcomes.  

Your final mark will be the best mark you achieve of the Exercises you attempt in that you will have 4 opportunities to achieve the best possible mark overall.

This task will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 1 by requiring students to demonstrate an understanding of the central role of the board of directors in corporate governance. It will achieve the Unit Learning Outcome 2 by requiring students to demonstrate appropriate knowledge and understanding of the key themes and theories of contemporary corporate governance as discussed in the classes and prescribed readings. It will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 3 by requiring students to demonstrate a high level of understanding of the role of shareholders, and shareholder activism, in corporate governance. It will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 4 by requiring students to apply different approaches to stakeholder protection in corporate governance. It will satisfy Unit Learning Outcome 5 by requiring students to show their understanding of the unit of study material through high level synthesis and evaluation of the legal principles and policy that are relevant for the task.  

Discussion Board Submissions (20%):  4 x 500 words individual student Discussion Submissions on the Unit Discussion Board at the conclusion of each day (due Day 1, 2, 3 and 4 of intensive classes). This is an individual exercise in posting a thoughtful comment, observation or reflection on the material covered in the 3 lecture sessions for that day. Alternatively, you may post a thoughtful response or added comment, observation or reflection to another student’s post of their thoughtful comment, observation or reflection. The posts to the Discussion Board are to be no longer than 500 words (maximum).

Guidance on what constitutes a thoughtful comment other than the marking criteria also includes a critical analysis of the key themes of the day’s topics, based and connected to the day’s readings, on contentious matters of law/policy/and reform issues.

The 4 Discussion Board Posts (1 per day) are based on the Exercises (presented by fellow students), the lectures and required readings for that day. The lecture/s will focus on certain key areas of the readings.

Each post on the Discussion Board will be assessed and general feedback given the following day in class, with the highest mark being weighted to the assessment.

The Discussion Board posts task is a continuous assessment task to allow you to demonstrate an ongoing engagement with the unit materials and with your peers’ perspectives.

The posts are to be respectful and adhere to the University’s on-line etiquette, policy and guidelines.

TIME: You are to post to the Discussion Board (as set out above) during the one hour allocated at the end of each day, late post submissions will not be marked.

This task will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 2 by requiring students to demonstrate appropriate knowledge and understanding of the key themes and theories of contemporary corporate governance as discussed in the classes and prescribed readings. It will satisfy Unit Learning Outcome 5 by requiring students to show their understanding of the unit of study material through high level synthesis and evaluation of the legal principles and policy that are relevant for the task.

Take Home Exam (60%):  The online exam will be a duration of 3 hours writing plus 30 minutes reading time with a maximum word length of 4,000 words and will be based on one or more hypothetical scenarios. The exam will be conducted on Saturday 5 November from 12noon. 

The outcome of a successful Special Consideration application is a replacement examination. The outcome of a successful Special Consideration application for a replacement examination is another replacement examination or alternate assessment at the discretion of the lecturer (such as a viva voce oral exam).  

This task will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 1 by requiring students to demonstrate an understanding of the central role of the board of directors in corporate governance. It will achieve the Unit Learning Outcome 2 by requiring students to demonstrate appropriate knowledge and understanding of the key themes and theories of contemporary corporate governance as discussed in the classes and prescribed readings. It will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 3 by requiring students to demonstrate a high level of understanding of the role of shareholders, and shareholder activism, in corporate governance. It will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 4 by requiring students to apply different approaches to stakeholder protection in corporate governance. It will satisfy Unit Learning Outcome 5 by requiring students to show their understanding of the unit of study material through high level synthesis and evaluation of the legal principles and policy that are relevant for the task.

Assessment requirement to pass a unit of study

A student must make a genuine attempt at all assessment tasks set out in this Unit of Study in order to obtain a Pass mark and grade (or above); otherwise an Absent Fail grade will be recorded as the student’s result for this Unit of Study.