ASSIGNMENT/ TUGASAN

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BBPW3203
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT II
PENGURUSAN KEWANGAN II
JANUARY SEMESTER 2022

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION / ARAHAN KHUSUS

1. Answer in Malay or English. /

Jawab dalam bahasa Melayu atau bahasa Inggeris.

2. Number of words : 2500 – 3000 words excluding references. /

Jumlah patah perkataan : 2500 – 3000 patah perkataan tidak termasuk rujukan.

3. Submit your assignment ONCE only in a SINGLE file. /

Hantar tugasan SEKALI sahaja dalam SATU fail.

4. Submit your assignment ONLINE. /

Tugasan ini dihantar secara ONLINE.

5. Submission date : 14th March 2022./

Tarikh Penghantaran : 14hb Mac 2022.

6. This assignment accounts for 60% of the total marks for the course. /
Tugasan ini menyumbang sebanyak 60% dari jumlah markah kursus.

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 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

Part I (50%)

PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is to enhance learners’ ability in evaluating companies’
dividend policies.

REQUIREMENT
In recent years, corporate dividend policy has become an important decision area.
Managers need to take into account the views and expectations of shareholders and
other providers of capital when making dividend decisions. The attitude of
shareholders to changes in the level of dividend paid must be balanced against the
availability and cost of internal and external sources of finance.

Based on relevant literature, you are required to discuss and evaluate companies’
dividend policies and decisions.

[Total: 50 marks]

Part II (10%)

ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION

Discuss the following topic(s) in the forum and submit proof of your participation in the
online discussions:

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 Why a company may look to divest part of its operations?
 The economic reasons for acquisitions. Provide relevant examples (based on
real situations) to support the explanation.

[Total: 10 marks]

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 ATTACHMENT
ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS
BBPW3203 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT II /JANUARY 2022
Part I/Bahagian I (50%)

Excellent/ Good/ Fair/ Poor/ Unsatisfactory/

*QN/ Criteria/ Weight/ Cemerlang Baik Sederhana Lemah Tidak memuaskan Max
CLO
*NS Kriteria Pemberat Marks
4 3 2 1 0
Explanation of dividend policy Clear and detailed Clear explanation of Clear but brief Vague explanation No explanation was
explanation of the the types of dividend explanation of the of the types of given.
types of dividend policies. types of dividend dividend policies.
policies. policies.
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Penerangan mengenai dasar dividen Penerangan yang Penerangan yang Penerangan yang Penerangan yang Tiada penerangan
jelas dan terperinci jelas mengenai jenis- jelas tetapi ringkas kabur mengenai diberikan.
mengenai jenis-jenis jenis dasar dividen. mengenai jenis-jenis jenis-jenis dasar
dasar dividen. dasar dividen. dividen.

Discussion of factors affecting companies’ Clear and detailed Clear discussion of Clear but brief Vague discussion of No discussion was
dividend policy discussion of factors factors affecting discussion of factors factors affecting given.
affecting companies’ companies’ dividend affecting companies’ companies’
dividend policy. policy. dividend policy. dividend policy.

Perbincangan mengenai faktor-faktor yang Perbincangan yang Perbincangan yang Perbincangan yang Perbincangan yang Tiada perbincangan
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mempengaruhi dasar dividen syarikat jelas dan terperinci jelas mengenai jelas tetapi ringkas kabur mengenai diberikan.
mengenai faktor- faktor-faktor yang mengenai faktor- faktor-faktor yang
faktor yang mempengaruhi dasar faktor yang mempengaruhi
mempengaruhi dasar dividen syarikat. mempengaruhi dasar dasar dividen
dividen syarikat. dividen syarikat. syarikat.

1 3 Evaluation of stock dividend from 3.5 Clear and detailed Clear evaluation of Clear but brief Vague evaluation of No evaluation was 14
shareholder and company points of view evaluation of stock stock dividend from evaluation of stock stock dividend from given.
dividend from shareholder and dividend from shareholder and
shareholder and company points of shareholder and company points of
company points of view. company points of view.
view. view.
Penilaian dividen saham dari sudut Penilaian yang jelas Penilaian yang jelas Penilaian yang jelas Penilaian yang kabur Tiada penilaian
pandangan pemegang saham dan syarikat dan terperinci mengenai dividen tetapi ringkas mengenai dividen diberikan.

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 mengenai dividen saham dari sudut mengenai dividen saham dari sudut
saham dari sudut pandangan saham dari sudut pandangan
pandangan pemegang saham dan pandangan pemegang saham
pemegang saham dan syarikat. pemegang saham dan dan syarikat.
syarikat syarikat.

Summary All the relevant key Most of the relevant Some of the relevant Irrelevant points No summary was
points were clearly key points were key points were were highlighted. given.
highlighted and clearly highlighted highlighted, but
written in a coherent and written in a written in an
manner. coherent manner. incoherent manner.

1 1 Ringkasan 1 Semua perkara utama Kebanyakan perkara Beberapa perkara Perkara-perkara Tiada ringkasan 4
yang relevan utama yang relevan utama yang relevan yang diberikan diberikan.
diberikan penekanan diberikan penekanan diberikan penekanan, penekanan adalah
dengan jelas dan dengan jelas dan tetapi ditulis secara tidak relevan.
ditulis secara ditulis secara tidak tersusun.
tersusun. tersusun.

Use of appropriate references and All appropriate Most of the Some of the References were References were
citations references were cited appropriate appropriate cited and listed but not given.
and listed according references were cited references were cited not according to
to APA format. and listed according and listed according APA format.
to APA format. to APA format.
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Penggunaan bahan-bahan rujukan dan Semua rujukan yang Kebanyakan rujukan Beberapa rujukan Rujukan-rujukan Rujukan-rujukan
petikan yang sesuai sesuai dipetik dan yang sesuai dipetik yang sesuai dipetik dipetik dan tidak diberikan.
disenaraikan dan disenaraikan dan disenaraikan disenaraikan tetapi
mengikut format APA. mengikut format APA. mengikut format APA. tidak mengikut
format APA.

Total 12.5 50
*QN = Question Number / *NS = Nombor Soalan

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Part II/Bahagian II (10%)

Excellent/ Good/ Fair/ Poor/ Unsatisfactory/

*QN/ Criteria/ Weight/ Cemerlang Baik Sederhana Lemah Tidak memuaskan Max
CLO
*NS Kriteria Pemberat Marks
4 3 2 1 0
1 Explanation on why a company may look
to divest part of its operations
All five comments Four of the Three of the None of the No postings given as
Penerangan mengenai mengapa syarikat
are good, comments are good, comments are comments are good proof of
mungkin ingin melepaskan sebahagian
appropriate, appropriate, somewhat good, and relevant. / participation in
daripada operasi-operasinya
relevant, meaningful, relevant, meaningful, appropriate, Comments are short discussion
and respectful and respectful meaningful, and responses that are
respectful not substantial nor
meaningful.
Minimum effort
(e.g. “I agree with
2 Explanation of the economic reasons for
Tina”)
acquisitions. Provide relevant examples
3 (based on real situations) to support the 2.5 10
Kelima-lima komen Empat Tiga komen baik, Tiada komen yang Tiada postings diberi
explanation.
baik, sesuai, relevan, komen baik, sesuai, sesuai, relevan, baik dan relevan. / sebagai bukti
bermakna dan relevan, bermakna bermakna dan Komen hanya penyertaan dalam
Penerangan mengenai sebab-sebab
berhemah dan berhemah berhemah respon yang ringkas perbincangan
ekonomi untuk pemerolehan. Berikan
dan tidak meluas
contoh-contoh yang relevan (berdasarkan
dan tidak bermakna.
situasi-situasi sebenar) untuk menyokong
Usaha minimum
penerangan.
(Cth: “Saya
bersetuju dengan
Tina”)
Affective Domain (A3)

Total 2.5 10
*QN = Question Number / *NS = Nombor Soalan
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INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SUBMIT PROOF OF ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10%)
Do the following:
1. Select the best FIVE (5) postings from the forum discussion set up by your tutor.
2. Do screenshots of the postings and include them as images in your assignment.
3. The screenshots should be in image file (either in JPG or PNG format). Refer to the sample of Screen Grab below.
4. The screenshots should contain: Name, Title of the discussion, Day, Date and Time.

ARAHAN BAGI TATACARA PENGHANTARAN SEBAGAI BUKTI AKTIVITI ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10%)
Laksanakan perkara berikut:

1. Pilih LIMA (5) postings terbaik dari perbincangan dalam talian yang telah disediakan oleh tutor anda
2. Laksanakan screen shot posting dan isikan dalam tugasan anda sebagai file imej
3. Imej screen shot mesti dalam format imej (sama ada JPG atau PNG). Rujuk pada contoh screen shot di bawah.
Screen shot mesti mengandungi: Nama, Tajuk Perbincangan, Hari, Tarikh dan Masa

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