ACX 5903 Group Assignment – S1 2024
ACX 5903 GROUP ASSIGNMENT
Assignment Objective:
The assignment is designed for students to understand, analyse and comment on the annual report of
a publicly listed entity. Students will be assessed on their ability to analyse, critique and communicate
their understanding of the section of the annual report.
PART A: BUSINESS REPORT
Due date: By 11:55 PM, 10 May
Word limit: 1,000 words
PART B: PRESENTATION
Due date: By 11:55 PM, 17 May
Time limit: 7 minutes
IMPORTANT:
• Generative AI tools cannot be used in this assessment task. Penalties will apply.
• Students need to self-select into a group of 3 and form their group on Moodle. Students will
not be permitted to complete the assignment individually.
• Each group is required to analyse the 2023 Harvey Norman Annual Report that will be made
available on Moodle.
• Students of each group are required to demonstrate their ability to understand the assigned
Annual Report Section by conducting extensive research and presenting their understanding
through a report and presentation.
• The topic for each group is determined by adding the last digit of each group member's
student ID. For instance, if the last digits of the student IDs for three group members
are 5, 7, and 9, respectively, the sum would be 21. In this case, the group would be
assigned Topic 1.
• Each group must familiarise themselves with the whole annual report immediately after
receiving the assignment. This will involve research about current affairs that relate to Harvey
Norman.
• Students must provide the references to justify their responses and interpretations.
• Each group needs a leader. The group assignment must be submitted by the leader on behalf
of the members via the submission site on Moodle.
• The other team members shall not submit the document for Turnitin check. If two members
separately submit the same document for Turnitin check, Turnitin will assign a very high
similarity score.
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• It is the responsibility of each group member to complete the signed cover sheet which
accompanies the report submitted via Moodle.
• For Assignment 2 Part A, the group leader must submit the assignment and one signed cover
sheet as two separate files, to prevent Turnitin treating the cover sheet as part of the
assignment.
• For Assignment 2 Part B, the group leader must submit the MP4 file and the ppt slides as two
separate files.
• All group members must contribute equally to the report and participate in the presentation.
Failure to do so will result in a mark of zero for that student (unless there are exceptional
circumstances for Special Consideration approved by the Chief Examiner). It is the
responsibility of each group member to ensure everyone are participating equally and to
inform the Chief Examiner if there are any problems with your group members.

Topic # Annual Report Section
1 Corporate governance
2 Independent auditor report
3 Key business risks
4 Remuneration governance
5 Significant accounting policies- contingent liabilities
6 Significant accounting policies- intangible assets
7 Significant accounting policies- property, plant, and equipment
8 Significant accounting policies- provision for employee entitlements
9 Significant accounting policies- reserves
0 Significant accounting policies- revenues
Business Report requirements:
• Students are expected to understand the content of the annual report by researching other
websites, the official website of Harvey Norman Holdings Limited, and the notes provided in
the subject.
• Having the right skills and strategies for study, assignments, exams and research is crucial to
your success at university. The Libraries wide range of resources will help you achieve your
goals. The Research and Learning Online (RLO) site includes gems like:
o Faculty specific assessment task samples, examples, guides. Please refer to the
samples of reports that are available on these sites.
o This site provides clear guidelines on writing a business report and the standard
that is expected for your assignment.
o Tips and guides for building effective study skills
• APA referencing is required in the report and all submitted assignment must include a
reference list.
• The word limit for the report excludes graphs and tables. There is no word limit for individual
sections of the report.
• Each group must submit the written report via Moodle.
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Presentation requirements:
• All group members must participate in the presentation using Zoom to record their
presentation as an MP4 file and upload it via the submission site on Moodle. Since each group
comprises 3 members, the group leader should create a Zoom link and assign their members
as co-hosts, and then send the Zoom link to the members. All group members join the Zoom
meeting from their computers and make their presentation and record it.
• For how to use Zoom to set up a meeting and how to record zoom meetings, please refer to
https://www.monash.edu/learning-teaching/teachhq/learning-technologies/zoom
• Each group will have a maximum of seven (7) minutes to present.
• Presentations should be interesting and informative and attract the attention of the audience.
The presentation should be supported by visual aids such as PowerPoint.
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Marking Guide:
Component Marks Allocated
Definition of annual report section (General)
Detailed definition of the component of annual report discussed
(2 marks)
2
Justification for including this section
Discussion of how and why Harvey Norman includes this section in the
annual report.
(4 marks)
4
Discussion of Implications
Relevant issues with regards to the concept over the last 5 years. This will
involve research beyond the information on the annual report.
How has the use of or disclosure of this concept changed? If it has, what
sparked this change? If it has not changed what may have caused this?
(10 marks)
5
5
Impact of Climate Change
What impact do you think climate change would have on the reporting of
the topic allocated to you?
(4 marks)
4
Critique of the concept
What is the problem with this concept?
Provide justifications
(5 marks)
3
2
Presentation
Report format
Grammar / spelling / punctuation
Professional presentations
(5 marks)
2
1
2
TOTAL REPORT MARK 30
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Component Marks Allocated
Organisation/Preparation
Degree to which the presenters are prepared, coordinated and in sync with
each other so that the presentation flows smoothly throughout.
(4 marks)
Creativity
Extent to which the presentation content was delivered in a creative manner
that was interesting and entertaining while conveying the information.
(4 marks)
Relevant content
Degree to which selected report content was interesting and informative (ie.
assessing the choice of what to include/exclude in the presentation from the
report content).
(4 marks)
Visual aids
Appropriateness of visual aids in supporting the presentation, clear slide
layout, use of pictures/diagrams etc.
(4 marks)
Performance Quality
Appropriateness of visual aids in supporting the presentation, clear slide
layout, use of pictures/diagrams etc.
(4 marks)
TOTAL PRESENTATION MARK 20
TOTAL ASSIGNMENT MARK 50
Deduct penalties (if applicable)
• Late report submission (-10% per day)
• Missing individual cover sheets (deduct 2 marks): each group just need to
include one cover sheet with the three members’ signatures
• Exceeding word limit (deduct 5 marks)
• Working on the wrong section (deduct 10 marks)
• New total out of 25