Contemporary Accounting Issues ACCT 433 2020/2021

The rubrics of the role-playing

assessment

By Dr. Hela Borgi

General information

Topic of the During this role-playing assessment, the student will act as a Chief
assessment Executive Officer (the CEO), or a Chief Financial Officer (CFO), or a
chair of the board of directors or a member of board of directors. The
board of directors and the CEO organizes a board meeting to discuss
an important decision for the company, such as a great investment in
the Research and Development, or a raise of capital, or something else
that the students choose to discuss.

The students should be able to :

- Collaborate effectively between each other,
- Well communicate in written and oral form.
Total points 10 points of your total grade
expected
Students in a group will not receive the same grade, as there are 2 marks
that will be assigned for individual performance.

The assigned leader will send the required documents (meeting

minute, the PowerPoint document) to the teacher two days before
the day of the presentation.
Group size Maximum 5 students in each group

Students have to join a group on the blackboard and they cannot

change their group after signing up.

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The assessment rubrics is as follows:
Items Excellent 100%
Collaboration between each other
First step before The students assign a
the presentation leader from the group
easily without the
help of the teacher.
Second step The students assign
before the the role of CEO,
presentation CFO, chair of board,
and members of
boards between other
easily without the
help of the teacher
Total marks assigned to collaborate between each other
Communicate in written forms
The students prepare
a clear meeting
minutes (date, time,
attendees) signed by
all group members, in
which they clarify the
decision to discuss,
Third step before
the assigned role for
the presentation
each member.
The meeting minute
includes the details of
voting (who agree and
who disagree) and the
arguments discussed
during the meeting
The students prepare
a clear PowerPoint
document in which
they explain the
important decision to
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Acceptable 50% Failed 0% Mark
s
The students faced The students fail to assign a 2
many difficulties to leader from the group, even
assign a leader from with the help of the teacher.
the group and ask
the teacher for help.
The students faced The students fail to assign 2
many difficulties to the role of CEO, CFO, chair
assign the role of of board, and members of
CEO, CFO, chair of boards, even with the help of
board, and members the teacher.
of boards and ask
the teacher for help.
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The students The students fail to deliver 1
prepare a meeting an understandable meeting
minute (that minutes signed by all group
includes many members, in which they
errors), signed by clarify the decision to
all group members,
discuss, the assigned role for
in which they
clarify the decision each member.
to discuss, the
assigned role for
each member.
The meeting minute The meeting minute do not 1
includes the details include the details of voting
of voting (who (who agree and who
agree and who disagree) and do not include
disagree) and do not the arguments discussed
include the during the meeting
arguments discussed
during the meeting
The students The students fail to deliver 1
prepare a an understandable
PowerPoint PowerPoint document (not
document (that coherent at all, many
includes many errors) in which they
errors) in which
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Fourth step discuss and its impact they explain the explain the important
before the on the company. important decision decision to discuss and its
presentation to discuss and its impact on the company.
impact on the
company.

The power point The power point The power point fail to 1
includes two clear includes only one include at least one clear
potential effects of clear potential effect potential effect of COVID
COVID 19 pandemic of COVID 19 19 pandemic on the
on the important pandemic on the important decision, subject
decision, subject of important decision, of the meeting.
subject of the
the meeting. meeting.
Total marks assigned to well communicate in written forms 4
The day of the presentation ( 2 individual marks for each role ): communicate in oral forms
The chair of the The chair of the board The chair of the board The chair of the board 1
board of opens the meeting by opens the meeting by opens the meeting by a
directors a good welcome a good welcome good welcome message,
message, and the message, and the and the purpose of the
purpose of the purpose of the meeting, but makes
meeting and speaks meeting, but seems to many errors, did not
fluently, without hesitate, or did not speak fluently and did
hesitating, uses speak fluently, or did not use simple and
simple and correct use simple and correct sentences.
sentences correct sentences.
The chair of the The chair of the board The chair of the board The chair seems to 1
board of closes the meeting by closes the meeting forget to close the
directors thanking all members and forget either meeting and do not ask
and CEO and gives thanking all members board members to vote
the decision after and CEO or the board and do not give the final
board voting. voting or giving the decision.
final decision.
The CEO The CEO starts by The CEO starts by The CEO starts by thanking 1
thanking the chair of the thanking the chair of the the chair of the board and
board and the members of board and the members of the members of the board,
the board and speaks the board, but seems to but makes many errors, did
fluently, without hesitate, or did not speak not speak fluently and did
hesitating, uses simple and fluently, or did not use not use simple and correct
correct sentences simple and correct sentences.
sentences.
The CEO The CEO presents his part The CEO presents his part The CEO presents his part 1
from the PowerPoint from the PowerPoint from the PowerPoint for all,
document for all, speaks document for all, but but makes many errors, did
fluently, without seems to hesitate, or did not speak fluently and did not
hesitating, uses simple and not speak fluently, or did use simple and correct
correct sentences. not use simple and correct sentences.

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sentences.

The CFO The CFO starts by The CFO starts by The CFO starts by thanking 1
thanking the chair of the thanking the chair of the the chair of the board, the
board, the CEO for his board, the CEO for his CEO for his support and the
support and the members support and the members members of the board, but
of the board and speaks of the board, but seems to makes many errors, did not
fluently, without hesitate, or did not speak speak fluently and did not
hesitating, uses simple and fluently, or did not use use simple and correct
correct sentences simple and correct sentences.
sentences.
The CFO The CFO presents the The CFO presents the The CFO presents the 1
financial perspective of the financial perspective of financial perspective of the
potential decision from the the potential decision potential decision from the
PowerPoint document for from the PowerPoint PowerPoint for all, but
all, speaks fluently, document for all, but makes many errors, did not
without hesitating, uses seems to hesitate, or did speak fluently and did not
simple and correct not speak fluently, or did use simple and correct
sentences. not use simple and correct sentences.
sentences.
The first board The board member The board member discusses The board member discusses 1
member discusses the important the important decision and the important decision and
decision and gives two gives only one clear gives a general opinion
clear arguments for the argument for the important without argumentation for the
important decision. decision. important decision
The first board The member speaks The member seems to The member makes many 1
member fluently, without hesitate, or did not speak errors, did not speak fluently
hesitating, uses simple and fluently, or did not use and did not use simple and
correct sentences. simple and correct correct sentences.
sentences.

The second The board member The board member discusses The board member discusses 1
member discusses the important the important decision and the important decision and
decision and gives two gives only one clear gives a general opinion
clear arguments against the argument against the without argumentation against
important decision. important decision. the important decision.
The second The member speaks The member seems to The member makes many 1
board member fluently, without hesitate, or did not speak errors, did not speak fluently
hesitating, uses simple and fluently, or did not use and did not use simple and
correct sentences. simple and correct correct sentences.
sentences.

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The third board The member makes a clear The member makes a clear The member fail to give clear 1
member if exists comment on the comment on only one type comments on the
argumentation for the of the argumentation. argumentations for and
important decision and against the important
another clear comment on decision.
the argumentation against
the important decision.
The third The member speaks
The member seems to The member makes many 1
member if exists fluently, without
hesitate, or did not speak errors, did not speak fluently
hesitating, uses simple and
fluently, or did not use and did not use simple and
correct sentences. simple and correct correct sentences.
sentences.
Total marks assigned to well communicate in oral forms (assigned individually) 2

Total 10