Individual Assignment-1 (25 Marks)

Try to read concepts regarding the following issues from different sources you could access
and let you have your brief understanding, then after prepare a comprehensive note of your
own which will not be more than 20 pages.
1) Risk and Return
a. Introduction to risk and return
b. Standalone risk and return
c. Risk and return of a portfolio
2) Long-term Financing and capital structure
a. Long-term Financing
b. The concept of capital structure
c. Theories of capital structure
3) Investment Decisions (Capital Budgeting decisions)
a. The concept of capital budgeting
b. Investment appraisal techniques
c. Non-Discounting Cash Flow Techniques
d. Discounted Cash Flow Techniques
e. Comparison of IRR and NPV
4) Dividend Policy
a. Concepts of dividend
b. Dividend theories
Individual Assignment-2 (25 Marks)
Try to download an article (which should be in the area of finance) and do your own review
using the following article review guideline
Article Review Guideline
Instruction:
 Download one article
 Review and prepare a report according to the following points listed in the table.
 The report should not exceed 5 pages without its cover page.
Article Review Cover Page
i Article Review headline  Title of the article
 Author (s)
 Publisher
 Place of Publication
 Date of Publication
 Number of pages
ii Name of Article Reviewed By:
Reviewer  Reviewer’s name
 Your ID number
 Section
Set of Criteria’s To Be Used To Review The Selected Research Article
1. Research Title and Items For Discussion /Checklist
Reporting Format
 Appropriateness of the Research topic with respect to the content of the
article
 The research report is written and organized based on accepted format
2. Quality of Abstract Items For Discussion/Checklist
 A brief theme sentence to orient the reader about the overall issues used,
 Clarity of objective
 Research methodology used,
 major findings of the study ,
 Contribution of the study.
 Indication of future area of investigation
 identification of key words and the
 Is the number of words in the abstract within acceptable range?
3. Problem Statement Items For Discussion/Checklist
 clarity of the statement of the problem /research gap to be bridged
 Clarity of Research questions articulated
4. Research Objectives Items For Discussion/Checklist
 General objectives
 Specific objectives
5. Propositions/Hypothesis of Items For Discussion/Checklist
the study (if any )
 Clarity of hypothesis formulated to be tested
 Background/ Theoretical support for the set hypothesis
6. Review of Related Items For Discussion/Checklist
Literature
 Critical evaluation of the theoretical literature
 Critical evaluation of the empirical literature
 Organization of the literature review -broad to specific, logical division
 Conceptual /Theoretical frame work to guide the study
 Overall Quality and relevance of reviewed literature
7. Research Methodology Items For Discussion/Checklist
 Description of and justification of the chosen research design, /approach
 population and sampling techniques/sample size determination, sampling
procedures followed
 Quality of research instruments
 Reliability and validity issues
 Procedures followed for ensuring ethical research.
8. Data Presentation, Analysis Items For Discussion/Checklist
& Interpretation
 Presentation of data analysis in line with the research question/research problem
 Appropriateness of statistical tools used to analyze the data
 Discussion of findings –reliability, limitation, extent to which it is generalizable
 Discussion linked with prior research works for possible consistency or
inconsistency
 Overall Quality of analysis focus, accuracy, interpretation inferences
9. Conclusion and Items For Discussion/Checklist
Recommendation
 Theoretical and practical Contribution
 Quality of recommendations-relevance, practicality, importance
 Area of further investigation/research identified
10. Referencing Items For Discussion/Checklist
 Citation appropriateness & consistency
 Recency of citations
 Citation source mixes –journals, websites and books