UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

ACADEMIC SESSION: 202001

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Civil Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Chemical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Electronics (Computer Networking)
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Electronic and Communication Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechatronics Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Biomedical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
Bachelor of Science (Hons) Software Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Electronic Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Petrochemical Engineering
Bachelor of Technology (Hons) Electronic Systems

UKMM 1043 BASIC ECONOMICS, ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT

GROUP ASSIGNMENT

METHODOLOGY
This project is designed to provide a student-centered approach to learning, where the students
take the initiative to research and learn on a topic that is relevant to the unit.

Students will acquire the relevant and in-depth knowledge of the assigned topics.

OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the assignment are as follow:

1) To connect and engage students to the digital commerce opportunities in Malaysia.

2) To familiarize students with the technological business practices that are being adopted at
SMEs in managing and growing its business.

SOFT SKILLS LEARNING OBJECTIVE

Students will learn the following:
• Team work and team spirit
• Group coordination
• Leadership and task delegation
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• Simple research, writing skills and referencing skills
• Reading skill
• Critical and analytical thinking skills
• Group dynamics
• Individual responsibility and accountability

ASSIGNMENT WEIGHTAGE
This assignment carries 20% of the total assessment for this unit.

SUBMISSION DATE
Please submit your assignment latest by Week 9, Friday 13 March 2020 before 12 noon. Late
submission will be penalized through deduction of marks.

GUIDELINE
The written assignment is to be prepared on a group basis, i.e. not more than 5 members in a
group. The selection of the group members MUST be from the same tutorial group that the students
attend. After the formation of groups, each group leader shall submit the names of the group
members to their respective tutors before end of WEEK 2. IT IS THE STUDENT’S
RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND A GROUP AND THIS RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT
TRANSFERABLE. All members in each group are expected to contribute in producing the group
assignment.

- The report should be word-processed, font-size 12, font Times New Romans, 1.5 spacing.
- Adhere closely to APA referencing style.
- Color printing is NOT required.
- Use tape binding style and punch two holes on the left-hand side of the written report.
Please do not use comb binding and plastic cover sheets when binding your assignments.
- Late submission will be penalized through deduction of marks.

Submission of report should include the following documents in this order:

- Cover page with title of project [Appendix 1]
- Grading Rubric for Assignment [Appendix II]
- Written report
- References (source of information)
- Appendix (if any, e.g. diagram, charts, tables, matrices, etc)

GROUP ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

This assignment is a group assignment and must be done in group.

Title:
SMEs play an important role in the economic growth of Malaysia.

Describe what are the E-Commerce strategies adopted by SMEs in managing and growing its
business.

Task:
Write the report of about 5,000 words only (number of words should be stated at the end of the
project paper). In any event, the report should not exceed 10% of 5,000 words. The number of
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words is in reference to the content of the report and referencing, but does not include tables,
charts, pictures, etc., appendices or attachments (if any).

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Each report will be judged on the following areas:

Areas of evaluation Marks allocated

Abstract 5
Introduction 10
Literature review 10
Findings and Discussion 20
Conclusion 5
Citation of references and source of information 5
Quality of the report 5
TOTAL 60

Marks will be deducted for failure in complying with the instructions provided.

REFERENCE
For referencing, use APA (6th edition) referencing system.

COVER PAGE (REFER TO APPENDIX BELOW)

The cover page followed by the mark sheet is to be placed at the front of the project report.
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[Appendix I]

ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGE

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

Jan 2020 Trimester
(Academic session: 202001)
Course Details

Tutorial Group:

Tutor’s Name:

Student Details

Name Student ID

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Total Marks
(60 marks)

Total Assessment (20%):

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[Appendix II]

Grading Rubric for Assignment

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Marks

awarded
Abstract (5 marks) 5 marks 3 - 4 marks 2 marks 0 - 1 mark

- Excellent in - Good in - Satisfactory in - Poor in

understanding overall understanding understanding understanding
topic of project. overall topic of overall topic of overall topic of
- Excellent terms and project. project. project.
grammar used. - Good terms and - Satisfactory - Poor terms and
grammar used. terms and grammar used.
grammar used.

Introduction (10 marks) 8 - 10 marks 5 - 7 marks 2 - 4 marks 0-1 marks

- Evidence of very detail - Evidence of good - Evidence of - Evidence of little

and thorough introduction introduction on the satisfactory introduction on the
on the statements with very statements with some introduction on the statements with little
good journal/articles to journal/articles to statements with a journal/articles to
support the arguments. support the arguments. few journal/articles support the
to support the arguments.
arguments.
Literature review (10 marks) 8 - 10 marks 5 - 7 marks 2 - 4 marks 0-1 marks

- Evidence of very detail - Evidence of good - Evidence of - Evidence of little

and thorough literature literature reviews on satisfactory literature reviews on
reviews on the statements the statements with literature reviews on the statements with
with very good some journal/articles the statements with a little journal/articles
journal/articles to support to support the few journal/articles to support the
the arguments. arguments. to support the arguments.
arguments.
Findings and discussion 15 – 20 marks 11 - 14 marks 6 – 10 marks 0 – 5 marks
(20 marks)
- Highly competent with - Competent with - Satisfactory - Lack of ability
very detail and thorough detail and thorough discussion on /Little discussion
discussion showing discussion on crowd-funding. on crowd-
understanding on crowd- crowd-funding. funding.
funding.

Conclusion (5 marks) 5 marks 3 - 4 marks 2 marks 0 - 1 mark

- Excellent in - Good in - Poor in

understanding overall understanding - Satisfactory in understanding
topic of project and able overall topic of understanding overall topic of
to make conclusion. project and able to overall topic of project and not
make conclusion. project and able able to make
to make conclusion.
conclusion.

Citation of references 5 marks 3 - 4 marks 2 marks 0 - 1 mark

(5 marks)
- Very good reference list - Good reference list - Satisfactory - Poor reference list
following the APA following the APA reference list - Not following the
format. format. following the APA format.
APA format.
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Quality of the project (5 marks) 5 marks 3 - 4 marks 2 marks 0 - 1 mark

- Excellent terms and - Good terms and - Satisfactory - Poor terms and
grammar used. grammar used. terms and grammar used.
- Interesting and coherent - Good format, grammar used. - Poor format,
format, structure and structure and layout - Satisfactory structure and
layout. - Effective use of format, structure layout.
- Very effective use of diagrams/tables. and layout. - No
diagrams/tables. - Satisfactory use diagrams/tables.
of
diagrams/tables.

Comments by Marker: TOTAL MARKS

(60 marks)
Signature of Marker:

Date: