GUIDANCES

FOR
GROUP &
INDIVIDUAL
WORKS

Viviane Neiter
 Group work (40% final grade)

GROUP : between 3 & 5 students

Choose a listed company on the stock exchange and prepare a Powerpoint presentation (15 slides
according to the following details) & add your notes at the bottom of the slide

DEADLINE Friday, December 31th (let me know if problems)

 POTENTIEL BONUS
Your answer to the following question may provide you a bonus between 1 & 2 points
What do you think of the purpose of Engie ?
ENGIE’s purpose (“raison d’être”) is « to act to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral
economy, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions. The
purpose brings together the company, its employees, its clients and its shareholders, and reconciles
economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet. ENGIE’s actions are assessed
in their entirety and over time »
 Individual work (60% final grde)

The individual work is the same as the group work

It concerns the company in which you have your intership

Prepare a Powerpoint presentation (15 slides according to the following details) & add your notes at the
bottom of the slide

DEADLINE Saturday, April 15 th

 First names & last names
Which cohort
2023_4A4CG_GA for example if you are in
St Etienne

Slide 1
2023_4C4CG_GA if you are in Paris
 Classical presentation of the company :
Slide 2 Name, logo
which Nationality

company Sector,

do you Revenues, how many employees, how many countries

study ? Group work : listed company on which market , index

Individual work : listed or non listed

Limited company

Limited liability company or other one

 Slide 3: shareholding structure

Which shareholders ? Which % ?

Which nationalities ?
How many retail shareholders ? (%)
How many institutional investors ? (%)
Slide 4

Which model of corporate governance in

this company?

Closed Open
Shareholder’s « Entrepreneurial »
« entrepreneurial » « entrepreneurial » Executive’s leadership
leadership democraty
autocraty autocraty
 Slide 5 et 6 : executive committe or
management board

1 2 3
In a one-tier board system : In a two-tier board system : In small companies & start-
composition of the composition of the ups : who are the executives
executive committee management board ? (founders ? )
(executive power) (executive power)
 Slide 7: type of boards
One –tier board : one board
Or two-tier board : a management board & a supervisory board
Or other types de bodies
What’s the mission of this bodies of corporat governance ?
According to you, is that the best body for the company you studied ?
Why ?
 Separation of functions :

Chair and CEO

Slide 8 Chair and CEO at the same role

Which is the decider in a start-up ?

Which partner ?
separation of
functions ? What’s our feeling on this topic
 Composition of the board (one-tier board)

Composition of the supervisory board (2 –tier board)

Or in smaller non listed companies

Slide 9 If you have no board,

Composition of Composition of potential strategic committes or advisory

boards

the board In start-ups : trustworthy third-party (a person of

confidence)

(monitoring Age, gender, school, nationality, experience, independance,

non executive, …

power) According to you, is there a lack of hard skills on board ?

(cybersecurity, climate, biodiversity ? )
 Audit committee
Slide 10: (mandatory)

Composition of Compensatio, nomination

committes of committee

board CSR & strategy committee

(same criteria as
for the board) Other committees
 One–tier board : compensation of the CEO and of the
chair or the chair & CEO at the same role

Or two-tier board : compensation of the chair of the

management board

Slides Analyse the components of the variable compensation. Are

they consistent with the performance) .

11 & 12 : Which is the pay gap ratio? (spread between the lowest
wages and the highest remunerations)

compensation Is it reasonable ? What’s about the influence of the board

on the components (think of the composition of the
board)

In a small company, compensation of the decider ? This

type is generally confidential (try to explain why it is so
hard to have this information)
 Slide 13 : risks
 Build a risk map of the company !
 According to you, which are the main
risks ?
 What’s about climate & biodiversity risks ?
 What’s about cybersecurity risks?
 Is compensation consistent with the nature
of risks ?
 Slide 14 CSR & ESG

Are you sceptical about

actions in favor of
What’s about DEI What’s about climate , environnement &
(Diversity, Equity, biodiversity ? social welfare ? Have
Describe the main Inclusion) ? you any fears of
relevant actions « greenwashing » ?
Slide 15 conclusion
 Conclusion
What are the main difficulties you have experienced ? (in group and in individual
work)
Didn’t one member of the group respect the rules (lack of work, late submission of
documentation, difficulties to coordinate ,…?
Which main differences did you measure between group & individuaL work ?
What do you think of corporate governance ? Useful ? Greenwashing ? Box ticking
Thank you so much for your attention!