You are a Management Consultant hired by BPP Consultants, who has been commissioned to provide information to a large investment firm, which is considering the following three payment processing companies

Assessment Brief

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

• Master card Incorporated.
• Paytm (One97CommunicationLimited).
• Adyen N.V.

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 give 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 link to obtain company presentations and reports, but you are encouraged to do your own further research into your chosen company:

• Master card Incorporated
• Paytm
• Adyen N.V.

The four tasks you should include in your report are:

Task1–Leadership and Management

• 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.

Task2– Corporate Governance and Regulation

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

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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 SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Act, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
• AFM (Dutch Authority for Financial Markets), the 2022 Dutch Corporate Governance Code, and Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code.
• SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) and the Listing Agreement of the Indian Stock Exchange.

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

Task3 –Risk Management

• 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 one or more relevant risk management models and frameworks, such as the Three Horizons 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.

Task4 –Ethical Leadership

• 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 is considered ethical, and analyse its 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.

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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

Do NOT include an executive summary, introduction, or conclusion.

Your report structure should include the following sections:

• Cover page (University cover sheet)
• Table of Contents
• List of Abbreviations (if appropriate)

· Task 1 – Leadership and Management (LO1)

· Task 2 – Corporate Governance and Regulation (LO4)

· Task 3 – Risk Management (LO3)

· Task 4 – Ethical Leadership (LO2)

References Appendix (if appropriate)

Suggested Word Count Guide

The word count applies to the main body of the report only, i.e., the cover page, table of contents, list of abbreviations, references, and appendices are NOT part of the 5,000-word count.

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