Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology – North Campus

Course: Business Report Writing

Faculty: Muhammad Amin Hasan Max Duration 2 Hours
Class ID: 106455 Total Marks: 25
Examination: Mid Term (Spring - 2021) Date: 08 March 2021

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Section B Descriptive Type Questions (12.5 marks)

(2.5 marks)

Q1. You are given two passages: Both passages are correctly paraphrased but wrongly cited

because the first entire passage belongs to Mahmood’s study and the second one belongs

to Ahmed’s study. Read them carefully and answer the following questions:

A. Identify the mistake which causes plagiarism even after citing the paraphrased passages.

B. Paraphrase and correctly cite the passages as per APA style 7 th edition.

Paraphrased Passage 1:

The employee's performance directly influences the organizational effectiveness. Man and

woman should motivate equally. Eliminate the inequality and give equal importance to both. The

employee's performance increased when they involved in decision making of the organization

(Mahmood, 2011).

Paraphrased Passage 2:

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an excellent indicator to measure the economic viability of a

country. The foreign investment is very sensitive to changes in host countries’ political as well as

economic situations. When the value of FDI declines significantly, one can be sure that something is

going wrong in the host country either politically or economically. In addition, FDI also depends on

the export competitiveness of a host country (Ahmed, 2015)

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Q.2 Suppose you work in PAK-Fabric Private Limited, a textile manufacturer and exporter in

Pakistan. Mr. Khan, the Managing Director, asks you to arrange a meeting on 28 th March

2021 at 03:00 PM in room#20 on 11th floor of the head office building and to inform the

following members:

• Ms. Anjum (Marketing Director)

• Mr. Imran (Finance Director)

• Mr. Yaseen (Operations Director)

• Mr. David (HRM Director)

The main reasons for calling a meeting are as follows:

 building thoughtful work-from-home strategy in Covid-19

 to design effective marketing strategies for increasing sales

 employees training program for increasing productivity

 new operational strategies for the organization

A. Prepare a notice and agenda of the meeting using the information given above (You may

add imaginary details i.e. date, numbers, tasks etc. to make it look real).

B. Make imaginary meeting minutes following the agenda items.

Note: Credit will be given for format, organization, and language.

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Q.3 Identify the mistake in the following references and correct it using APA style 7th edition.

S.No Source Type Reference

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1 Chapter in an Tan, A. (2019). The patient race and small victories (pp.11-17). In
edited book S.A. Robinson (ed.), Narratives from mothers of children with
dyslexia: Our stories for educators. Peter Lang.
2 Print Book Behrens, L. & Rosen, L. J. (2016). Writing and reading across the
curriculum (13th Ed.). Pearson.
3 Journal Ali, M. (2021). Study of human behavior. Journal of Psychology,
Article (10)4, 35-45.
4 Newspaper Cieply, M. (2013, November 11). Gun violence in American movies is
Article rising, study finds. New York Times.
5 Magazine J., Kluger. (2010, November 1). Keeping young minds healthy. Time,
Article 176(18), 40-50.

Q.4 Kindly format the following Table 1 as per APA 7th edition. (2.5 marks)

Table 1

Descriptive Statistics

Variable Mean S.D Min Max Skewness Kurtosis

GDP 10 5 4 15 0.5 1.5
FDI 10 5 4 15 0.5 1.5
EXPORT 10 5 4 15 0.5 1.5

Note. General notes go here.

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Specific notes go here.

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Probability notes go here.

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