The document provides instructions for an individual assignment for an audit and corporate governance course. Students must submit a report-based presentation of no more than 1500 words discussing suggestions to narrow the audit expectations gap. The presentation should include an introduction providing background on the topic, discussion of key issues in the topic for the auditing profession, and how the situation may develop in the next year. Students will present at a conference for senior managers and finance directors. The assignment will be evaluated based on the range of sources used, logic and persuasiveness of arguments, and quality of written presentation.

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AUDIT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
MARCH SEMESTER 2017 INDIVIDUAL RESIT ASSIGNMENT
(40% weighting)
Due Date: 2pm, 28 August 2017
You are to submit a soft copy of your individual assignment in MS Word
Document format to the Digital Drop Box and Turnitin in TIMeS, and a
hardcopy of your assignment to the designated collection box outside
Academic Services (Business and Law) by the due date indicated above.
Assignments submitted via alternative modes will not be accepted.
Only one assignment should be submitted. Please ensure that the assignment
is submitted together with the assignment cover sheet (with the correct
student ID and name) on the assignment cover sheet.
Required:
You have accepted an invitation to present at a well-respected conference of
senior managers and finance directors. The overall theme of the conference
is on current auditing issues. Your report-based presentation will lead to a
discussion on the following:
“The review and evaluation of selected suggestions put forward as a
means of narrowing the audit expectations gap ”
This report should include:
• an introduction to the topic, incorporating history/background as
appropriate
• the key issues for the auditing profession within this topic; and
• how the situation might develop or be resolved within the next year or so.
You are not expected to come to any definitive conclusions about the
topic. You should, however, produce a sufficient amount of material such that
it could lead to an informed discussion by the participants of the conference.
Remember that your audience are qualified accountants and auditors. You
can assume the audience has a good knowledge of auditing.
Your paper should:
• Be supported by a range of sources (academic, professional and
regulatory)
• Be limited to a maximum of 1500 words (+/- 10%) excluding the cover
sheet with no index, no executive summary, and no appendices except
references in strict Harvard style.

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Marks awarded are partly based on:
• Range of sources.
• Logic, freshness and persuasiveness of arguments, synthesising the
various views.
• Exhibiting the skill to critically analyse the issue (a critical review of
your sources is NOT required).
• Quality of written presentation and structure of the paper.

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GUIDANCE ON MARKING - INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT
Student name: S/ID:
Criteria Marks
awarded
Maximum
marks
The substantive report/conference paper should
include:
• A logical exploration of the current
situation, the issues arising, and the
potential future implications.
• Clear argument/analysis (critically)
evaluating the theoretical and practical pros
and cons of that situation.
• Evidence of a reasonable search for
information sources appropriate to the scale
of the assignment.
20 Marks
40 Marks
10 Marks
• Attempts at Wider/imaginative thinking.
(At markers discretion for stepping outside the
‘obvious’. Attempts should be rewarded
escalating the mark on merit and
thoughtfulness unless they are spurious or
ridiculous.)
10 Marks
Good presentation:
• Clarity and ease of assimilation and
understanding. Good structure and logical
flow of arguments that carries the reader
through.
• Clear referencing – Harvard style
• Adherence to the brief – eg adhering the
word limit; on-time submission, cleanliness,
good English etc)
5 Marks
5 Marks
10 Marks
Marks awarded 100 Marks