• The referencing system you are required to use is the Harvard System. It is important you show evidence of research for the assignment beyond the prescribed textbook and the suggested articles. Ensure these are referenced appropriately in your bibliography. Assignments not using the Harvard system, showing no evidence of research for information or are obviously plagiarised will be returned unmarked.

Other instructions Special Requirements for the assignment that need to be adhered to: • Need to RESEARCH the topic in depth to gain a favorable mark (Remember there is no one correct answer). • Hand in one assignment per group and read drafts of each other’s work to ensure quality and consistency. • Do not use plastic covers or folders for your assignment. Simply staple it together. • Ensure that the front page contains the title, the group number, names of group members, your ID numbers, and importantly, your tutorial day and time. Ensure that all assignment partners read the assessment declarations and sign.

• Drop your completed hard-copy to Mail Box No 33 (Lalith Seelanatha) in Level 10 lobby at City Campus. • Use double sided print for your hard copy • The soft copy should be in Ms-Word (PDF files are not accepted) and should be submitted via TURNITIN. The similarity index page must be attached to your printed copy. The Excel file is not required to TURNITIN. • Assignments submitted without the similarity index will incur a 20% penalty of the marks earned. Late assignment will cost one (01) mark per day. • Your assignment should not exceed 35% limit of the similarity index. For each 10% over the limit will result 2 points of your earned marks (Marks will be deducted proportionately). • You will lose all marks allocated to the group assignment if you did not submit the assignment as required.

Further Instructions for Submission Word limit: 2,500 Maximum (excluding statistical data) • Your findings should be presented as a report. Word soft copy should be submitted through the assessment drop box. • All sources of information which you used to prepare your report (such as company annual reports, text books, websites, etc.) should be cited appropriately (i.e., Harvard style). • You must include the assignment front cover sheet that is available on the VU Collaborate under ‘Assessment Section’. • Please write down your group number in the cover sheet of your assignment. • The soft copy and the printed copy of the completed report should be submitted on or before Week 9-Friday.

• If you accidentally enroll into a group which you do not want to be a part of, please inform me and I will remove you from that group. • If you are not able to join a group, you must contact your tutor prior to the week five (05) tutorial. • Each group is required to maintain a record of group meetings which should be attached with their final report. Inability to submit this record will incur a 10% penalty of your earned marks on the assignment. • Group listings can be found under the communication tag in VU-Collaborate. Please write down your group number in the assignment cover sheet. • The coversheet of the assignment should include, names and the student ID numbers of all group members and the Group Number.

Coverage of the assignment: The main aspects of the assignment will be covered in lecture weeks 2, 3, 4, and 5, and correspond to learning outcomes 2, 3 and 4. Learning Method: Self and Group Study Instructions for group formation: • Group size: Maximum 4 and Minimum 2 (Any group which exceeds the maximum limit will be allocated proportional marks eg: maximum final marks for group with five (05) members will be [20×4]/5=16) • Select your group members (i.e., choose wisely as you are ultimately responsible for the suitability of the other members in your group). • Enroll into a group via VU Collaborate. Please remember the group number you enrolled and ensure all of your group members enroll in to the same group number. • Do NOT enroll into a group number which another group has already enrolled into. Any such enrolment will be subsequently cancelled