FACULTY OF ACCOUNTANCY, FINANCE AND BUSINESS

BBDM1023
BUSINESS ORGANISATION & MANAGEMENT
COURSEWORK SPECIFICATION

COURSEWORK ASSESSMENT
Assessment:
Coursework:
Examination:

50%
50%

Students are required to achieve a threshold of 50 marks (50/100) in order to pass the coursework
requirements.
Marks are allocated based on:
Coursework

Marks

1. Mid-term Test

20

2. Group Written Report

- Company research

50

3. Presentation
- Individual presentation
- Relevant topics based on group report
TOTAL
Percentage of Coursework

30

100
50%

Please note the above mentioned assessment method and marks allocation are subject to change by
the TAR University College without prior notice and assigning any reason thereof.

Course work 1: Mid-Term Test (20 marks)

The test consists of two sections, Section A, 10 compulsory objectives questions and Section B,
4 compulsory short answer questions. The duration of the exam is 45 minutes and the topic cover from
Lecture 1- 5. The test will be held in Week 6 (during tutorial session).

Course work 2: Group Assignment (50 marks)

Guidelines for team formation
1.Students are to organise among themselves into teams of 3-4 members (please note that project
submitted by team less than 3 or more than 4 students must have approval from respective Tutors). All
teams should be formed and names of team members be submitted to Tutor by Week 3. Students who
are not members of any team shall be assigned to any team by the Tutors.
2.Changing of team member is NOT allowed after the submission of team members names.
REQUIREMENTS
1. Students are required to work in a team of 3-4 members.
2. Assignment must be typed written in Arial or Times New Roman font, sized 12, and at 1.5 line
spacing.
3. Word count (excluding the references and appendices) should not be more than 3000 words and
should not be less than 2500 words. Word count must be stated at the end of the report.
4. Please indicate on the cover page the project title, tutorial group, team members names, index
no, course code & title and the date of submission.
5. Every page must be paginated commencing from Table of Content and in numeric. Page
numbering to be placed on the bottom centre of the page.
6. Mode of Referencing: Harvard Referencing System approved by Tunku Abdul Rahman
University College Department of Quality Assurance.(Refer the website)
7. Plagiarism involves copying materials from other sources without acknowledging the original
authors. TAR University College treats plagiarism as a serious offence. Strict disciplinary action
will be taken against students, which may result in failure of coursework.
8. Prior to submission, students are required to upload the soft copy of the written report to
SafeAssign in CEL to check for plagiarism and attach together the first page of plagiarism report
together with your written assignment.
9. Written assignment without the SafeAssign report will NOT be accepted. Plagiarism threshold is
15%. Students are also required to sign the Plagiarism Statement and submit together with the
written assignment.
10. Date of submission: Week 10.
11. The coursework marks and feedback will be released in Week 13.

Penalty for Late Submission

Late submission will be imposed a penalty of 10% per day late from the written report marks on daily
basis.
Report layout
1. Cover page
2. Plagiarism Statement
3. Assessment Matrix for group assignment
4. Table of contents
5. Content of report
6. References
7. Appendices
Assessment Criteria
Written assignment is assessed on the criteria listed in Assessment Matrix in Appendix III.
WARNING!
Students who are caught for plagiarism will have to re-do the entire assignment within a week. The
mark of the second submission is capped at 50 marks.
Group Written Report Instructions
You are required to choose a company and conduct a research based on the area listed in the question
below. The company chosen must be a Malaysian based company from any industry background.
This assignment will provide you an opportunity to examine the impact of effective management on the
overall success of an organisation.
a) Students are required to identify the organisation mission/vision and type of business ownership of the
organisation. Students are also required to identify the type of industry the organisation are attached
with and include organization chart, CEO of the organisation and the history of company.
b) Students needs to identify the overall measurements of success for the company, example what are
the strategies seem to be guiding the overall direction or success of the company.
c) From the research, students are required to identify what are the most important ways in which
managing (planning, leading, organising, controlling) has contributed to this companys success?
d) Identify the organisation working culture which would help to motivate the employees to perform
better in their work.
e) Students need to identify the leadership style used by the leader of the organisation and identify at
least ONE (1) Leadership Model/Theory that have been learned.

Course work 3: Individual presentation (30 marks)

Students are required to present their final group assignment. Assessment will be held on week 10 during
tutorial session. Group work will be presented and marks awarded based on individual performance.
Power point presentation slides are the fundamental requirement for all students.
Power point slides limit to maximum 20 slides with the presentation time of 20-25 minutes for each group
including Q&A session. Presentation is assessed using the Presentation Assessment matrix as per
Appendix IV.

Group assessment: written report (50%)

Criteria /
Peformance
Contents

Analysis

Written
presentation

Written layout
and design
-Citation
-Appendixes
-Reference

Excellent
(15-13)
High level of
understanding
about the questions
and able to provide
indepth answer

Good
(12-10)
Understood most
of the questions
and be able to
deliver correct
answer, but with
minor
amendment

Average
(9-7)
Understood
questions fairly
and answer all
questions

Poor
(6-1)
Limited
understanding about
questions and
unable to answer
questions

( 15, 14, 13 )
In-depth analysis
of information and
critically interpret
all information,
explore further in
the context of
study. Ability to
justify and
compare the
information from
different point of
view

( 12, 11, 10 )
Accurate analysis
of the data and be
able to transform
it into
information for
the context of
study

( 9, 8, 7 )
Offer only
average of or
minimal of
understanding the
whole concept

( 6 ,5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
Limited in offering
any analysis and
interpretation of the
information
regarding the study.
Somehow fail to
convert the facts
into the context of
study

( 15, 14, 13 )
Assignment
reflects clarity of
justification,
excellent in
framework through
adequate format
and referencing

( 12, 11, 10 )
Coherent
structure in
quality of works,
proper
presentation of
information.

( 9, 8, 7 )
Structure with
satisfactory
presentation of
information

( 6 ,5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
Poor writing report
with massiveness,
unstructured of
framework such as
spelling error and
inconsistent of
format

( 15, 14, 13 )
Excellent in
neatness, visibility
clarity, correctness

( 12, 11, 10 )
Good in
neatness,
visibility clarity,
correctness

( 9, 8, 7 )
Average neatness,
visibility clarity,
correctness
(3)

( 6 ,5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
Poor in neatness,
visibility clarity,
correctness

(5)

(2,1)
(4)
Total

Comments:

Total

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PRESENTATION ASSESSMENT (30%): Appendix IV.
Name of student
Power point Communicatio Adequate of
presentation
n skill
concept and
(6 marks)
(6 marks)
example
(6 marks)
1.

Mode of
delivery
(6 marks)

Language
fluency
(6 marks)

Total
(30
marks)

2.
3.
4.
5.
Criteria
Power point
presentation
(6 marks)

Communicatio
n skill
(6 marks)
Adequate of
concept and
example
(6 marks)
Mode of
delivery
(6 marks)

Language

Excellent
(6 marks)
Excellent. Very clear
explanation with
supportive
elaboration. Display
of data indicated high
level of details

Good
(5-4 marks)
Displays are relevant
to the knowledge at
certain level with
minor error in
explanation.

Clearly communicated
desires, ideas,
personal needs and
feeling
Clearly presented
concept correctly and
provide adequate
example.

Usually shared
feeling and thoughts
with other partners

Was engaging
proactive and captured
the interest of the
audience maintained
this throughout the
entire presentation,
great visuals and
multimedia visuals
were shown
Students excel in

Be able to provide
correctly concepts
and express example
to address the area
of presentation
Was well done and
interesting to
audiences; was
presented in a
unique manner and
was very well
organised

Students were able

Average
(3-2 marks)
Fair explanation.
Limited in
explanation of the
answer. Briefly go
through which lack
of interaction with
the concept and
relations to
theories.
Rarely expressed
feeling preferences

Poor
( 1 marks)
Lack of explanation
and unclear of
answer. Failed to
show the
interaction and
poor application of
theories.

Provide either
concept or example
accurately

Unable to express
the concept and fail
in provide any
example

Was at times
interesting and was
presented clearly
and precisely; was
cleaver at time and
was organised in
logical manner;
limited visual aids
provided
Students voice is

Was not organized

effectively, was not
easy to follow; did
not keep with the
audience interested;
fail to use any
visual aids

Never spoke up to
express excitement
and/or frustration

Students mumbles,

fluency
(6 marks)

pronounces words
to pronounce terms
clear but mostly
incorrectly
correctly and be able
or words correctly
read through the
pronounce terms
to attract interest of
and be able to
presentation
and speak too
audiences. Smooth
conduct the flow of
softly
presentation with
presentation.
good example and
concept provided.
General comments:
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PLAGIARISM STATEMENT

Semester: _____________________ Course Code & Title: _________________________

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plagiarism policy.
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my/our own properly derived work.
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