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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Bachelor of Business
Module Name
: Financial Accounting
Batch Number
Module Code
: BAB102
Given Date
Instructions
Marks will be awarded for good presentation and thoroughness in your approach.
NO marks will be awarded for the entire assignment if any part of this is found to be copied directly
from printed materials or from another student.
It is recommended that your name and your student number be included in the header or footer of every
page of the assignment.
Written assignments must be correctly referenced and written in acceptable English. Be sure you
acknowledge all sources of information in the body of your assignment and supply a reference list at the
end.
Where appropriate assignments should be prepared using a word-processing package with 12 point font
(Times New Roman/ Arial), 2 line spacing and page numbering.
Please ensure that your work has been proof read for spelling and for grammatical construction.
If you are not clear about the assignment requirements please contact the subject Lecturer/ tutor.
All assignments will be accepted before 10:30 pm on the submission date. Those assignments submitted
within 4 days after the due date, will have a 5% marks deduction per day, from the total marks for that
assignment. Thereafter, no assignments will be accepted.
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ASSIGNMENT
Background of Scenario
Bookkeeping is just a minor part of accounting in general, but it is a prodigious place to start
particularly for Small & Medium Business Enterprise (SME) entrepreneurs who aspire to sustained
business growth. Bookkeeping is all about keeping and maintaining financial recordkeeping in a proper
manner in the books of accounts. These financial books are very essential to both small and big
business existence. Bookkeeping perhaps look like a great time waster to most SME owners but it is a
silent factor that can either make or break your business. If you really want to propagate from a small
business owner to a big business owner, then you better start taking bookkeeping very seriously.
Task: You are required to write research paper on the topic Empirical Study on Prominence of
Bookkeeping for Development of SMEs: In the Context of Maldives.
Written Deliverables: The paper must be a minimum of 3,000 words (+/- 10%), 2 line-spacing (not
including cover page or reference list). Your paper will be graded on content as well as format (APA
reference style, spelling, grammar, page formatting etc.)
Use the following sub-headings in your written report:
Heading
Description
Marks
Abstract
15
25
Analysis
ASSIGNMENT
Analysis of information in alignment with theoretical concepts as
35
to evaluate Bookkeeping Practice by SMEs in Maldives and how
it effect on performance and operation of SMEs.
Limitations of the
study
10
APA style
References
Total
100
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ASSIGNMENT
Plagiarism &APA
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is passing off the work of others as your own. This constitutes academic theft and is a
serious matter which is penalized in assignment marking.
Copying or close paraphrasing with occasional acknowledgement of the source may also be deemed to
be plagiarism is the absence of quotation marks implies that the phraseology is the students own.
Plagiarised work may belong to another student or be from a published source such as a book, report,
journal or material available on the internet.
APA Referencing
Examples
Examples of book references are:
Book with Single Author:
Gore, A. (2006). An inconvenient truth: The planetary emergency of global warming and
what we can do about it. Emmaus, PA: Rodale.
In-text reference:
(Gore, 2006)
Brochure or Pamphlet:
New York State Department of Health. (2002). After a sexual assault. [Brochure].Albany,
NY: Author.
In-text reference:
An Anonymous Book:
Environmental Resource Handbook. (2001). Millerton, NY: Grey House.
In-textreference:
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ASSIGNMENT
Schneider, S. H. (2000). Greenhouse Effect. World book encyclopaedia (Millennium ed) Vol.
8, pp. 382-383). Chicago,IL: World Book.
In-text references:
(Greenhouse
effect
(Schneider, 2000)
2005)
Magazine Articles:
Allen,L.(2004, August).Will Tuvalu disappear beneath the sea? Global warming threatens to
swamp a small island nation. Smithsonian, 35(5), 44-52.
Begley, S.,& Murr, A.(2007, July2). Which of these is not causing global warming? A. Sport
utility vehicles; B. Rice fields; C. Increased solar output. Newsweek, 150(2), 48-50.
In-text references:
(Allen, 2004)
(Begley, 2007)
(CollegeOfficials,2007)
(Landler, 2007)
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ASSIGNMENT
Journal Article from a Library Subscription Service Database with a DOI (digital object
identifier):
Mora, C., &Maya, M. F.(2006).Effect of the rate of temperature increase of the dynamic
method on the heat tolerance of fishes. Journal of Thermal Biology, 31, 337-341.
doi:10.101b/jtherbio.2006.01.055
In-text reference:
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