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ECON 6810

Assignment 2
ISLAMIC BANKING SYSTEM AND OPERATION

Project Paper

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki


Head, Research Affairs
International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA)
Guidelines for
Group Assignment
(PROJECT PAPER)

Deadline: 18TH FEBRUARY 2011


Purpose
1. To promote research culture & enhance research skills
2. To inculcate critical, analytical & objective thinking
3. To stimulate interaction among group members
4. To be exposed to the topic & issues in more detail
Guidelines
• Times New Roman- size 11
• Single Spacing
• Not more than 20 pages
• Benchmark to a Journal Article
• Acknowledge the references in the
footnotes/endnotes
CONTENT
• INTRODUCTION
• BACKGROUND OF STUDY
• LITERATURE REVIEW
• FINDINGS FROM
– EMPIRICAL STUDY
– LIBRARY SEARCH
• CONCLUSION
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
Guidelines
• References should be listed in full at the end of the paper using the
following standard form:

Books
Thuraisingham, S., Pascoe, J. and Joshi, A. (ed), 2002, General Principles of
Company Law in Malaysia, Malaysia Law Journal.

Book Chapters
Bhattacharya, M. and Wong, K. N., (2001), Market Performance and the
Speed of Invisible Hand: The Case of Malaysian Manufacturing
inMalaysian Business in the New Era, 113-128, Nyland, C., Smith, W.,
Smyth, R. and Vicziany, M. (eds), Edward Elgar, UK.

Articles
Tang, T. C., (2001), Bank Lending and Economic Growth in India: An Empirical
Study, The Economic Challenger, Vol. 13 (4), pp. 59-62.
No PLAGIARISM
• Don’t COPY everything
• Rephrase the sentence
• Try giving your opinion, perception &
dissenting view (if possible) from the author
• If cannot avoid quoting the exact sentence,
acknowledge it in the footnotes
• Avoid from relying on one particular reference
– refer to other references
Content
• Explain the topic
• Include relevant sections
• Include relevant cases
• Assignment which focus on case laws:
– The latest case law
– Search in online databases in the library
– E.g. LexisNexis, CLJ, Legal Alert, etc.
PLANNING.. PLANNING.. PLANNING

DECEMBER
- JOB DELEGATION
- UNDERSTANDING THE TOPIC
- LITERATURE SEARCH
- SURVEY

JANUARY
- LITERATURE SEARCH
- WRITING-UP
- WRITING-UP
- CHECKING

FEBRUARY
- CHECKING & FINAL TOUCH
- SUBMISSION DATE
Deadline

18TH FEBRUARY 2010

** Send a HARDCOPY & SOFTCOPY (email to


asyraf@isra.my)
Assoc. Prof. Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki
Head, Research Affairs
ISRA @ INCEIF
2nd Floor, Annexe Block
Menara Tun Razak
Jalan Raja Laut
50350 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA
General Line : +603-2781 4000
Fax : +603-2691 1940

Email : info@isra.my
Website : www.isra.my

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