Asia Pacific International College
SBM2103 Financial Management
Assignment 1
Assignment title Literature review
Assignment type Group assignment (maximum of 4 members in a group)
Prescribed word limit 2500 words (with 10% PLUS or MINUS)
Referencing style American Psychological Association (APA) 6th Edition
Assignment weight 15%
Assignment due date 9 April 2015
Submission mode On line
Assignment task description
This assignment requires you (in a group of 2-4 students) to provide a literature review on one of the following topics:
• Optimal capital structure: does it exist?
• Islamic financing: can it work in Western system of financing?
• The behaviour of interest rates: does it affect financial institution's returns?
• Should government intervene in the financial markets and financial systems stability?
• Efficient market hypothesis: is it useful concept?
Assignment Instructions:
• Form a group (You will work in the same group for the duration of the semester)
• It is good idea to nominate a group leader with responsibility to coordinate and communicate
• Choose the topic of your choice from the list provided.
• Read enough materials to gain reasonable understanding of the concepts underpinning the chosen topic
• Read literature review section of research articles in finance and financial management.
• Determine the format of your literature review
• Research relevant literature (this may include journal articles, conference papers, thesis, government regulation and policies, court cases and expert commentaries.
• Carefully write up the literature review
• Complete the draft
• Get proof read or screened read by third party. Your lecturer may also help to do this.
• Revise, finalise and submit.
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Marking criteria:
Quality of the literature review 80%
Quality of presentation (articulation, logical flow etc) 10%
Quality of English expression 5%
Correct use of APA referencing and citation 5%
Individual competency recording, deliverable and submission
Individual students also need to record the task conducted for this activity in their diary and to reflect on their observations and act upon the same regularly, including the following:
o Managerial and Technical competencies: e.g. how the conduct of the tasks individually and by team are contributing to their acquisition, refinement or enhancement of the relevant competencies, etc. o Socio-cultural competencies and team dynamics: e.g. observing personality and learning styles, communication and cultural aspects, norming processes, their own behaviour and perceived responses, intervention applied and consequences, etc.
Individual Deliverables: Competency acquisition and progress monitoring in terms of both target managerial and technical as well as socio-cultural and personal competencies. Evidence regularly collected includes diarising learning and development opportunities and results, assessing competency acquisition progress, reflecting and recording the effectiveness of the activities participated in, adjusting own approach and monitoring its effectiveness etc.
Individual submission: Do not submit any individual report on your competencies; please accumulate these and include them in your Final Report as part of your evidence to substantiate your competencies acquired in this unit of study.
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