6FNCE005W: International corporate decisions Financial Management

The Assessment Consultancy project

In this consultancy project, you are presented with a real-life problem by a real-life company. This year, the client is a British-Chinese family office represented by BizNis International (a global trade and investment service provider). Representatives from BizNis will come and present the client’s brief in week 5 and you will have 6 weeks to work on the project (with your team) and prepare recommendations to present to the client in week 11.

You must form teams of 4-6 students within your seminar group and work on the same target country agreed with your seminar leader in week 2.

Every member of the team will be required to take part in weekly team meetings that take place during the seminars. In addition, all members of the team must attend the following meetings and contribute to each meeting. Any student who misses meetings will have the mark awarded for their project reduced by 1% for each meeting missed. The seminar leader retains the right to reduce marks further if a student does not contribute to the work of the team.

This assessment briefing must be read in conjunction with the client’s brief provided by BizNis, which includes detailed instructions as well as a full profile of the client.

Project deliverables:

For this project, students must submit (individually) three different components in their portfolio. All team members must submit a complete portfolio.

Your team must prepare an infographic presentation of the client’s exposure to foreign exchange risk in your target country (using Adobe Express or another suitable tool). Your team infographic must include:

1. Foreign exchange volatility in the target country – Present the exchange rate between the British pound (GBP) and the currency of your target country, including key determinants of recent and future movements of the FX rate. For this, you can use your analysis done for CW1 tasks 4 and 5. The information can be presented as a graph with pointers, table, news articles, etc. (10 marks)

1. Foreign exchange volatility in the client’s portfolio – Present the impact of the added foreign currency on the risk (volatility) of the client’s portfolio, highlighting any risk diversification benefits. (10 marks)

The poster will be printed in format A1 to be displayed to the client in week 11. Deadline to submit Part A:

• Thursday 13^th March 1pm

PART B. Recommendations to client presentation with slides

Your team must prepare an 8-10 minute presentation providing recommendations for the client’s international expansion strategy, i.e., should they invest in the target country, why, where (in which sector) and how (mode of entry and potential partners). Your submission must include:

1. Oral presentation of your recommendations to the client, including an executive summary (brief overview of your findings and final recommendation) and a detailed outline of recommended investment strategy options and political risk mitigation measures. (30 marks)
2. Evidence of research and data collected to support your recommendations (20 marks) – this includes:

• the slide deck (in PowerPoint/PDF) including a cover slide with name and contribution of each team member
• an exhaustive and well-formatted bibliography
• all the data collected during the seminars as well as any independent research

Deadline to submit Part B:

• Slides and all data to be submitted by Thursday 27^th March 1pm
• Team presentations to client on Monday 31^st March 10am-2pm (slots will be allocated and communicated in advance)

PART C: Personal reflection 

Individually, you must write a reflective commentary (600 words max) including:

1. Evidence of personal growth and skills developed during the project completion, including evidence of peer learning (15 marks)

1. Reflection on the team presentation and potential feedback from the client and/or their representatives (10 marks)

1. A copy of your most recent CV, or a link to your LinkedIn page, where you talk about this work experience using the STAR method: Situation, Task, Action, and Result. The attached CV (if applicable) does not count in the word limit (5 marks)

Deadline to submit Part C:

• Tuesday 8^th April 1pm

Link to the video assessment brief: CW2 video live brief

Learning Outcome Addressing:

1. Evaluate different strategies corporations may adopt relating to an international context.
2. Critically evaluate arguments and abstract concepts to make your own judgement.

Assignment Criteria

The assessment criteria and weightings show you what is important in the assessment and how marks are shared across each criterion. When you are completing your assessment remember you need to fulfil the brief and the assessment criteria below.

The University has arrangements for marking, internal moderation, and external scrutiny. Further information can be found in Section 12 of the Handbook of Academic Regulations, 

Requirement of the Assignment

Statements, assertions, and ideas made in coursework should be supported by citing relevant sources. Sources cited in the text should be listed at the end of the assignment in a reference list. Any material that you read but do not cite in the report should go into a separate bibliography. Unless explicitly stated otherwise by the module teaching team, all referencing should be in Cite Them Right referencing format. If you are not sure about this, the library provides guidance (available via the library website pages): https://libguides.westminster.ac.uk/referencing

Unless indicated otherwise, coursework is submitted via Blackboard.

The deadline for this assessment is Tuesday 8^th Aprilat 13:00 UK time. This means that your work should be fully uploaded before 13:00. The University would treat your submission as late if your work has not been fully uploaded and stored on the server before 13:00. In order to avoid your submission being marked as late, you should upload your work as soon as possible before the deadline and must not wait until or just before the deadline to start uploading your work.

At busy times the coursework submission process may run slowly. To ensure that your submission is not recorded as a late submission, avoid submitting very close to the deadline.

To submit your assignment:

1. Log on to Blackboard at http://learning.westminster.ac.uk;
2. Go to the Blackboard site for this module.
3. Click on the ‘Assessment’ area for the module.
4. Click on the link “CW2 E-portfolio submission” for the assignment to submit.
5. Follow the instructions, ensuring that you have selected the correct file to upload.

Penalties for Late Submission and Advice About Mitigating Circumstances

Any assessment submitted late online will be penalised unless you submit a claim for Mitigating Circumstances (MC) and the claim is accepted by the Registry. Check this page for more information about mitigating circumstances: https://www.westminster.ac.uk/current-students/guides-and-policies/assessment-guidelines/mitigating-circumstances-claims

If you do not submit an MC claim or if your MC claim is rejected, then your work will be penalised. If you submit your assessment late but within 24 hours or one ‘working’ day of the specified deadline, 10% of the overall marks available for that assessment will be deducted as a penalty for late submission, except for work which is marked in the marginal pass rate range 40-49%. In this case the mark will be capped at the pass mark 40%.

If you submit your coursework more than 24 hours late after the specified deadline you will be given a mark of zero for the work in question unless the Mitigating Circumstances claim has been accepted officially by the Registry. 

Difficulties in Submitting Assignments on Time

If you are having technical difficulties with submission, please email the module leader Julie Ayton on J.Ayton@westminster.ac.uk and ask for advice.

If you have difficulties for reasons beyond your control (e.g., serious illness, family problems etc.) that prevent you from submitting the assessment, make sure you apply to the Mitigating Circumstances board with evidence to support your claim as soon as possible. Further details can be found on the following URL: https://www.westminster.ac.uk/current-students/guides-and-policies/assessment-guidelines/mitigating-circumstances-claims

If you do not submit the coursework on time log a call via the IT Service Desk that can be found on this webpage: https://servicedesk.westminster.ac.uk/support/home

Please make sure that your message is very specific. The Service Desk will then email you confirmation that you will be able to use as supporting written evidence for your MC claim. You should take screenshots or make short videos that capture the issue, such as the error messages on the screen, as you may use them as supporting written evidence for your MC claim.

Academic Support & Feedback Arrangements

For this assessment, we have allocated a number of opportunities within the lecture and seminar time for you to receive weekly academic support and formative feedback. We will also provide academic support through the discussion board on Blackboard, as well as team members’ academic support hours for drop-ins and appointments. Further details are provided in the module handbook.

After submission, summative feedback will be provided online via Blackboard, where feedback takes the form of an indication of performance on the provided making grid. You will also receive a number of key points of strength, weakness, and academic skills you can improve upon. We aim to provide you with this feedback within 15 working days, and after the feedback has been released online there will be an opportunity to meet with the marker for oral feedback. If you are unsure about how to see your provisional marks and feedback, the following LINK will explain how you can do this

Academic Integrity

What you submit for assessment must be your own current work.It will automatically be scanned through a text matching system to check for possible plagiarism.

Do not reuse material from other assessments that you may have completed on other modules. Collusion with other students (except when working in groups), recycling previous assignments (unless this is explicitly allowed by the module leader) and/or plagiarism (copying) of other sources all are offences and are dealt with accordingly. If you are not sure about this, then speak to your class leader.

University of Westminster Quality & Standards statement

Plagiarism is a particular form of cheating. Plagiarism must be avoided at all costs and students who break the rules, however innocently, will be penalized. It is your responsibility to ensure that you understand correct referencing practices. As a university level student, you are expected to use appropriate references and keep carefully detailed notes of all your sources of material, including any material downloaded from the www.

Plagiarism is defined as submission for assessment of material (written, visual or oral) originally produced by another person or persons, without acknowledgement, in such a way that the work could be assumed to be your own. Plagiarism may involve the unattributed use of another person’s work, ideas, opinions, theory, facts, statistics, graphs, models, paintings, performance, computer code, drawings, quotations of another person’s actual spoken or written words, or paraphrases of another person’s spoken or written words.

Plagiarism covers both direct copying and copying or paraphrasing with only minor adjustments:

• a direct quotation from a text must be indicated by the use of quotation marks (or an indented paragraph in italics for a substantive section) and the source of the quote (title, author, page number and date of publication) provided.
• a paraphrased summary must be indicated by attribution of the author, date and source of the material including page numbers for the section(s) which have been summarized.

Generative AI in your Studies

Rapidly advancing AI technologies, notably in language and image generation, necessitate clarity on the University’s stance towards tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E. The University insists on original work from students, requiring independent thought and proper source citation. Outsourcing assignments to machines or third parties constitutes cheating, undermines critical thinking skills, hinders student development, and diminishes their potential contributions in both the academic and professional world.

The University recognises that students may legitimately use GenAI in a number of ways including for example: Assisting with grammar and spelling, utilizing it as a search tool for researching assignment topics, helping with planning, and developing the outline structure of a written assessment, generating ideas for graphics, images, and visuals, obtaining explanations of concepts, debugging code, overcoming writer’s block. These specific applications of GenAI can support students in their academic endeavours. However, it’s important to note that while these uses are permissible, students must still adhere to the principles of academic integrity and properly cite any sources or references derived from the assistance provided by GenAI. Please see the link below more details on this

Please note that some subject areas/specific taught modules will potentially have other legitimate ways for you to use GenAI and that details of this will be communicated to you by module leaders where necessary.

Brief Summary of the Assessment Requirements

The module 6FNCE005W: International Corporate Decisions (Financial Management) uses a consultancy-based assessment to evaluate students’ ability to apply international finance concepts to a real-world business problem. The assessment is centred on a live client brief provided by BizNis International, representing a British–Chinese family office seeking guidance on international expansion and foreign exchange risk exposure.

Students are required to work collaboratively in teams of 4–6 members, focusing on a single target country approved by the seminar leader. Although research and preparation are conducted as a team, each student must submit an individual e-portfolio containing all required components.

The assessment consists of three compulsory parts, each addressing specific learning outcomes related to international finance, strategic decision-making, research skills, and professional reflection.

Key Pointers Covered in the Assessment

• Analysis of foreign exchange (FX) volatility and risk

• Application of portfolio theory and diversification benefits

• Strategic international investment decision-making

• Risk mitigation and political risk analysis

• Professional communication through visual and oral presentation

• Critical reflection on learning, teamwork, and professional skill development

Academic Mentor’s Step-by-Step Approach to the Assessment

The Academic Mentor adopted a structured, phased guidance approach to ensure students clearly understood expectations, met academic standards, and delivered outputs aligned with professional consultancy practices.

Step 1: Understanding the Client Brief and Assessment Scope

The mentor began by guiding students through:

• The BizNis International client profile

• The family office’s investment objectives and risk exposure

• The relationship between the client brief and module learning outcomes

This stage ensured students understood that the task required applied financial analysis, not theoretical discussion alone.

Step 2: Team Formation and Target Country Selection

Students were supported in:

• Forming balanced teams within their seminar group

• Selecting a target country approved by the seminar leader

• Allocating responsibilities (research, data analysis, design, presentation)

The mentor emphasised collaborative accountability and consistent participation in weekly seminars.

Step 3: Research Planning and Data Collection

The mentor guided students to:

• Use credible financial and economic data sources (e.g., FX databases, central banks, international financial institutions)

• Analyse historical and recent GBP exchange rate movements against the target country’s currency

• Identify macroeconomic, political, and market determinants influencing FX volatility

Correct use of Cite Them Right referencing was reinforced at this stage.

Step 4: Development of the FX Risk Infographic (Part A)

For Part A, the mentor supported students in:

• Translating FX data into clear visual insights

• Explaining volatility trends and future expectations

• Demonstrating how adding foreign currency exposure affects the client’s portfolio risk

Students were guided to prioritise clarity, relevance, and client-focused communication, ensuring the infographic was suitable for A1 professional display.

Step 5: Strategy Formulation and Client Recommendations (Part B)

The mentor helped students:

• Evaluate whether investment in the target country was financially and strategically viable

• Identify suitable sectors for investment

• Compare entry modes and potential partners

• Develop political and financial risk mitigation strategies

The mentor ensured recommendations were evidence-based, logically structured, and directly linked to financial analysis.

Step 6: Presentation Skills and Professional Delivery

Students received formative feedback on:

• Structuring an executive summary

• Delivering a clear 8–10 minute presentation

• Designing professional slides with appropriate data visualisation

• Anticipating client-style questions

This stage focused on building consultancy-level communication and persuasion skills.

Step 7: Personal Reflection and Professional Development (Part C)

For the reflective commentary, the mentor guided students to:

• Critically reflect on skills developed (teamwork, research, communication, problem-solving)

• Demonstrate evidence of peer learning

• Evaluate the team presentation and potential client feedback

• Apply the STAR method to present consultancy experience within a CV or LinkedIn profile

The mentor ensured reflections were analytical rather than descriptive and aligned with employability outcomes.

How the Final Outcomes Were Achieved

Through structured academic mentoring:

• Students delivered a data-driven FX risk assessment

• Produced clear and realistic international investment recommendations

• Demonstrated professional consultancy conduct

• Developed reflective insights aligned with career readiness

The integration of financial theory, real-world data, teamwork, and reflection ensured that all marking criteria and assessment requirements were fully addressed.

Learning Objectives Covered

This assessment successfully addressed the following learning objectives:

• Evaluation of international corporate and investment strategies

• Critical analysis of foreign exchange risk and portfolio diversification

• Application of abstract financial concepts to real-world contexts

• Development of professional presentation and consultancy skills

• Reflective learning and personal skills development

Conclusion

The consultancy-based assessment for 6FNCE005W provided students with a comprehensive opportunity to apply international financial management theory in a real client setting. With structured guidance from the Academic Mentor, students were able to meet assessment requirements, produce professional consultancy outputs, and achieve the intended learning outcomes essential for careers in international finance and corporate decision-making.

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