Individual report on ‘The Measurement and Management of Risks faced By Microsoft
Financial Aspects of International Business – Report Assignment – Guidance on Report Structure
Report Structure/Format: Prepare a Management Report, suitable for presentation to the Board of microsoft
company: Microsoft
Assume you work in the Finance department of a publicly quoted multinational company.
The Board of Directors of the firm want to understand more about the company’s international exposures.
You have been asked to write a report to the Board explaining the main financial and operational risks to which the company is exposed directly as a result of its activities overseas and evaluating the ways in which they can be both measured and managed.
You should explore the public disclosures made by your chosen multi-national company, together with any other reliable sources of information, and integrate relevant data or examples into your report, to illustrate your answer.
Risks to talk about:
The Management Of Political Risk Microsoft
Measurement Of Foreign Exchange Risk
Trade Sanctions Risk
Translation Risk In Foreign Exchange
Commodity Price Risk
Your report should include: Face-sheet and Table of Contents (required), Table of Figures/Charts (if any), Executive Summary (required), Introduction (required), Content/Findings/Critical Evaluation (main body of the report where you answer the questions posed) (required), Conclusion (required), Reference List (required) and Appendices (if any). Any reports that do not contain the required sections will be penalised.
12 Harvard References
Involve Microsoft Latest Annual Financial Report Accounts And Any Late Financial Information
Content/Findings/Critical Evaluation (Main Content of the Report) (Required)
The word-count for the report relates to this section only.
This is where you answer all parts of the question.
Suggested approach: for each risk;
• name the specific risk
• define the risk and describe how this risk affects multinational companies in general
• explain how companies can manage and measure this risk
• evaluate the management and measurement approaches you have discussed (e.g., consider advantages and disadvantages of their use)
• illustrate a part of your discussion with reference to your chosen multinational company.
The word-count excludes:
Face-sheet and Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
Tables of Figures / Charts (if any)
Conclusion
References and Reference List
Appendices (if any).