BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (HONS)

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (HONS)

(INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS)

BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONS)(BUSINESS AND HOSPITALITY

MANAGEMENT)

ASSIGNMENT

OCTOBER 2019

Course: EC3162 (Essentials of Information Skills)

Lecturer: Wan Nor Al-Ashekin Binti Wan Husin

Instructions:

Answer ALL questions.

Weighting: 20% of the total assessment for the course

This question paper consists of 3 printed pages

(Excluding front cover)
Due Date: 22/11/19 (Week 7)
Feedback Date: 29/11/19 (Week 8)

Instruction:
This is an individual assignment. Answer all questions and kindly submit
all the components as stated below.

You are required to select ONE (1) journal article that meets the following criteria:
1. It is an evaluation and latest journal article (at least within 2016-2019).
2. It must be accessed from the e-resources of https://www.nilai.edu.my/library
3. It has something to do with the Information Systems and Its Trends in Business.
4. The article should be at least 10-20 pages in length.
5. You have to fulfill the following requirements and submission (Table 1)
Table 1
Num Submiss
Review
ion Tasks
Date
Date
1 4/11/19 Submit the hardcopy of the journal article for approval 4/11/19
(Lecture before proceed to the next phase.
class)
2 5/11/19 – Prepare a review of the chosen journal article.
14/11/19
You may refer to the following guideline in your writing:
 Write an introduction paragraph that informs the reader that you
intend to review an article or other document. Tell the reader the
reason why you selected that particular articles to review. The
purpose of the introduction paragraph is to prepare the reader for
what is to follow in your review.

o Make an effort to cover the following points. It

may require more than one paragraph to cover
them:
o State the overall purpose of the article. What
was the main theme of the article?
o What new ideas or information were
communicated in the article?
o Why was it important to publish these ideas?

 Writing about the research methodology and

results is critical to your review. These questions
are to hone your skills in critical thinking about
research methodology.
o What methods did the authors use to reach
conclusions?
o If this is an experiment or survey, how were the
data collected and analyzed?
o Who were the subjects?
o Briefly describe the research
methodology.
o What were the basic results or findings
from the research?
 If this is an opinion article, where did the author
get the information to formulate his or her

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 opinions or results? Are the opinions
trustworthy?
 If this is a technical article, how do you know
that the material is accurate?

 Give your impressions of the usefulness of the

article. Give your reasons for your opinions. Write
about your opinions of the strengths and
weaknesses of the article in separate
paragraphs.
 In your opinion, what were the strengths and
weaknesses of the article? Be sure to think
about your impressions and the reasons for
them. Listing what the author wrote as
limitations is not the same thing as forming your
own opinions and justifying them to the reader.
o Be advised that challenging statistical
arguments are not considered to be a
weakness of a research article. It is
understood that readers of the literature will
come prepared. If you have trouble with the
statistics, note that as something you need
to learn.
 Make an effort to go beyond commenting only
about the organization and layout of the article.
 Were the findings important to a reader?
 Were the conclusions valid? Do you agree with
the conclusions?
 If the material was technical, was the technical
material innovative?

 Write a conclusion paragraph that briefly informs the reader

what you wrote about in your review and your overall findings. A
conclusion paragraph provides intellectual closure for the reader.
Don't leave it out. There is some redundancy in a conclusion
paragraph, but it still is essential to provide closure in a skillfully
written review.

 You may also refer to

https://www.aresearchguide.com/write-an-article-review.html and
https://www.wikihow.com/Write-an-Article-Review for
additional reference on article review

3 15/11/19 Submission of your draft (hardcopy). 18/11/19

(by (during
4.30pm) lecture
class)
4 22/11/19 Submission of your final documentation (after 29/11/19
(by comment)
4.30pm)

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Submission:
You are required to submit your final documentation as following:
1. Official assignment cover page (fill up with your name, ID number, course code,
course name, lecturer’s name, due date and date submitted)
2. Referencing & citation: use Harvard writing style.
3. Abstract:
There is no fixed format for preparing an abstract. In general, the abstract of a
reading is to be no longer than one page, and it should present a reasonable
summary of the material in your own words.
4. Introduction
5. Body Content:
a. Objective - One or two sentences describe the context and intention of the
review.
b. Methodology and result
c. Opinion
6. Conclusion
7. References
8. Appendices – the journal article, the draft document.
9. Formatting:
 Font type: Myriad Pro
 Font size: 11pt
 Line spacing: 1.5
 Alignment: 1” top, bottom, left and right.
 Pagination on the right.
 Word Count: Not more than 5000 words

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Assignment
Marking Sheet

Student ID : _________________________________

Student Name: _________________________________

Marking Criteria Allocated Student

Mark Mark
Article Selection 1
Draft Submission 10
Final Submission:
Official assignment cover page 1
Referencing & citation: use Harvard 1
writing style
Abstract 5
Introduction 15
Body Content:
a. Objective 5
b. Methodology and result 20
c. Opinion 20
Conclusion 15
References 1
Appendices 1
Formatting 5

Total Marks 100

(20%)
Comments :