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University of Technology and Applied Sciences – Ibri
Sultanate of Oman
Business Studies Department
Academic Year: 2020 – 2021
Semester: II
Student Assignment
Guidelines to the students:
1. Students should upload the assignments in Moodle through the link (Turnitin) provided
by your course lecturer on or before the deadline.
2. Students should submit their assignments in typed format which is accepted by Turnitin.
Hand written assignments are not be accepted.
3. The assignment file should be in a Word format and the file name should be: Student
ID, Student First Name and Course Name.
4. The submitted assignment should comply with the academic integrity and honesty of
UTAS (Academic Integrity and Honesty Policy).
Sanctions for high plagiarism (above 25%) are:
First offence: Written warning and repeat the work
Second offence: Zero mark and suspension for one semester
Third offence: Dismissal from the college
5. If a student is found violating rules and instructions or has used tricks to reduce the
plagiarism percentage, a disciplinary action will be taken by the Department Council
(DC).
6. Student is responsible for the consequences of submitting a wrong file in Moodle.
7. Submission of assignment after the deadline is treated as a late submission and penalties
are applied.
Below are the penalties for a late submission:
Late submission by
1 day
2 days
3 days
Reduction in Marks
15%
25%
30%
8. Students are advised to follow Harvard referencing style. A sample of referencing is
shown below:
➢ For Books:
Schneider, Z, Whitehead, D & Elliott, D 2007, Find them correct: The right steps for good handwriting, 3rd
edn, Elsevier New Zealand, Marrickville, Auckland
➢ For Websites:
Health Council 2019, Causes of bad health, Health
2019, .
Council,
viewed
2
January
➢ For Journals
Khan I, P 2004, ‘Role of infrastructure in economic development’, Business Standard, vol. 19, no. 6, pp.
46-52.
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➢ For Newspaper Articles
Norvic, N 2012, ‘Education in pandemic: new mode of education’, The Arabic Education, 30 March, p. 5.
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Structured Assignment
Course Name: Introduction to Business
Course Code:
BAMG1100
Date & Time
of Issue:
23-02-2021
Level:
Diploma
Deadline (Date & Time):
Section No.:
1,2&3
31-03-2021
Learning Outcomes Covered in the Assignment:
Outcome No. 1 Discuss the meaning of a business and its goals, describe the
different types and forms of business organizations, identify the
stakeholders in business organizations, and understand the
different external factors that affect the business.
Outcome No. 2 Discuss the meaning of management and its functions, describe
the organizational structure of a business and its functional
departments and committees, and explain the concept of
corporate governance and social responsibility.
Outcome No. 3 Discuss the meaning of marketing and its functions, describe
marketing strategy and understand the behavior of customers
and consumers.
Outcome No. 4 Differentiate between accounting, finance and banking, and
discuss their roles and functions in a business organization.
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Assignment Question(s)
(Allotted Marks: 15)
Q1. Select any one business organization from Oman and collect the following information.
• Collect the basic of information of the organization as (Each point carries 0.5 Mark)
o When it started its operation in Oman?
o Who are the directors\Partners\Owner of the company?
o What type of organization it is (Private, Government, joint sector)?
o What type of business organization it is like (Sole Proprietorship, Partnership,
Corporate, and Nonprofit)?
o Location of headquarters or addresses of the organization)
o Prepare the organization Chart with all the departments of the firm.
o How many employees in the company currently?
o What is the sales turnover of the company?
• What are the products they deal or services they provide? (1 Mark)
(4 +1 = 5 Marks)
Q2. Do the SWOT analysis of above company and explain any 1 point from each area.
(4 x 1 = 4 Marks)
Q3. Discuss any 2 Corporate Social Responsibility programs carried out by this company.
(2 x 1 = 2 Marks)
Q4. Choose any one of the banks operated in your place and explain any 4 roles of that bank
undertaking in business sector. (4 Marks)
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University of Technology and Applied Science – Ibri
Business Studies Department
AY 2020-2021
Rubrics for Assignments
RUBRICS – INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT
Unsatisfactor
y
55%
None of the
relevant
assignment
tasks were
included.
Criterion
Discussio
n&
Analysis
Creativity
Structure
/
Organizin
g content
Satisfactory
67%
Incomplete or
excessive
discussion of
assignment
tasks and no
significant
errors in
content.
Good
79%
Insufficient
discussion and
analysis. Slight
evidences of
tasks required
were
introduced but
with minor
errors in
content.
Unable to
understand the
links between
concepts in the
given tasks and
lack of
evidences of
reflective and
independent
thinking.
Able to
understand the
links between
concepts and
shows less
evidences of
reflective and
independent
thinking.
Understand the
concepts
clearly and
demonstrate
reflective and
independent
thinking
moderately.
Very weak
organisation of
the report and
logical
structuring of
the report is
completely
missing.
Minor
problems with
logical
organization
and structuring
of the report.
The report is
logically
organized with
heading,
numbering,
sections,
subsections
and
paragraphing
generally.
70
%
10
%
10
%
Very Good
89%
Sufficient
details are
provided to
support
assertions;
answer focuses
only on issues
related to the
question;
factually
correct, deals
fully with the
question.
Demonstrates
evidence of
analytical skill
and argue the
concepts with
reason but
lacks original
thinking.
The report
follows logical
organization
and accepted
report layout
with proper
heading,
numbering,
sections,
subsections
and
paragraphing
in line with the
requirements
of the course.
Excellent
100%
Accurate
details are
provided with
clear
evaluation of
all facts and
data and
exchanged
ideas
objectively.
Demonstrates
clear analytical
skill and
evaluates the
underlying
concepts to
form an
independent
judgement
with a new
perspective.
The report is
clearly and
logically
organised with
correct
academic
layout with
proper
heading,
numbering,
sections,
subsections
and
paragraphing
in line with the
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requirements
of the course.
Bibliogra
phy /
Reference
s
Writing
Quality
5
%
5
%
References are
completely
missing and
excessive
materials from
internet
sources.
Major
problems with
Grammatical
/spelling/punct
uation and
language
mechanics,
rambling
sentences,
repeated ideas,
and the focus
is substantially
detracted from
the given
tasks.
Reference
errors are there
but evidences
of own
thinking are
present, even
though there
are some
uncited
sentences.
Grammatical
/spelling/punct
uation errors
with language
mechanics, but
do not interfere
the readability
significantly
and ideas are
focused on the
given tasks
moderately.
References are
there but there
are some errors
in following
the specified
referencing
style.
All references
are correctly
written but not
properly
aligned.
All references
are correctly
written and no
errors in the
specified
referencing
style.
Minor errors of
Grammatical/s
pelling/punctu
ation but do
not interfere
with
readability and
ideas are
substantially
focused on the
given tasks.
Grammatical
errors/spelling/
punctuation
errors are rare
and ideas do
not detract
from the] focus
on the given
tasks.
The work is
free of
grammatical/
spelling
/punctuation
errors, clarity
in purpose and
easy
readability
with clear
focus on given
tasks.
10
0
%
General comments on the assignment:
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Please ensure to remove the above contents before you submit your
assignment in Moodle.
University of Technology and Applied Sciences -Ibri
Sultanate of Oman
Business Studies Department
Academic Year: 20XX – 20XX
Semester: X
Assignment submitted for the below mentioned course:
“Course Code & Course Name”
Student ID
:
Student Name
:
Section No.
:
Submitted to:
“Name of the Course Lecturer”
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Student Declaration
I am/we hereby declare that my submission of this assignment is a result of my own original
work except for source materials explicitly acknowledged by proper citations. I understand that
plagiarism is an offense that can lead to a disciplinary action depending on the seriousness of the
case.
I am also aware of all the instructions and rules related to the submission of the course
assignment provided by the course lecturer. I understand that violation of these rules will result
in disciplinary actions.
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