BBMF3113 CASE STUDY IN FINANCE AND INVESTMENT

CASE STUDY 2 (GROUP) (15%)

EMI GROUP PLC

Instructions to Students:

Please refer to the attached case.

The assessment of the case study consists of two elements, a written report and an oral
presentation.

WRITTEN REPORT

This assignment requires the students to study the case and answer the following questions:

1. What are the central challenges facing the EMI management team? (15 marks)

2. It seems like this dividend decision is a big deal. Do shareholders generally prefer firms that
pay dividends? Why is this dividend decision so important to EMI? (30 marks)

3. What dividend policy would you recommend for EMI and why? (25 marks)

Note: Please support your answer with proper justifications, calculations, theories, empirical
evidence, etc., wherever relevant.

Points to note:

1. This is a group assignment, with 5 to 6 members in a group. To ensure participation from

every member, a Group Member Appraisal Form is attached, to be completed by every
member on other members in the group. Every member should submit this form
individually on the due date of the course work.

2. Kindly take note of the assessment criteria attached for this assignment. Your
assignment will be assessed according to these criteria. The assessment criteria form and
the coursework feedback form should be attached to your report, to be filled up by the
examiner/tutor.

3. Be mindful of the danger of plagiarism. Referencing and bibliography are expected

where any part of your assignment is borrowed from any particular source. Students are
expected to apply the Harvard Referencing System. You will be penalised for non-
referencing to the source. Please fill in the Plagiarism Declaration Form and attach it to
your report as well. You are also required to submit your Turnitin report, where the
similarity index must be less than 25%.

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4. This assignment should be type written in MS Word (Times New Roman-Font size 12),
with 1.5 spacing. Your report should comprise approximately 2,500 words (excluding
tables, footnotes, figures, references and appendices) and a margin of difference of 10%
(i.e. ± 250 words) is allowed. Please include the word count in your report.

5. Deadline for submission of this assignment is in Week 8 during tutorial class.

ORAL PRESENTATION

You are required to present your case findings during tutorial. You are given 10 minutes to
present and another 5 minutes for the question and answer session. It is compulsory for each
member to present. A copy of the power point slides and the assessment criteria for oral
presentation must be submitted during the presentation.

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BBMF3113 Case Study in Finance and Investment
Assessment Criteria for Written Report (Case Study 2)
Word Count: __________

Grading (Point)
Criteria Maximum Points Marks
Marks Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Allocated Allocated
(A)% (4) (3) (2) (1) (B) AxB %
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1. Question 1 15 Display well- Display reasonable Limited and/or Very limited and/or
grounded reflection reflection upon key lack of clarity and lack of clarity and
of key issues and issues but with practicality practicality
addressing them limited clarity and
with clarity, practicality
conciseness and
practicality

2. Question 2 30 High level of Strength shown in Some analysis but Descriptive and
critical thought some areas of a tendency lacking in analysis
shown in the critical assessment towards or critical
analysis and a of the information description rather evaluation
rigorous approach than analysis and
to the evaluation of evaluation
information

3. Question 3 25 Display well- Display reasonable Limited and/or Very limited and/or
grounded reflection reflection upon key lack of clarity and lack of clarity and
of key issues and issues but with practicality practicality
addressing them limited clarity and
with clarity, practicality
conciseness and
practicality

4. Proper referencing 5 Excellent Good Average Poor

to source of
information.

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5. Overall presentation 5 Overall very good Logical structure Reasonably clear Serious weakness
and quality of work structure and and good quality of structure with in structure with
presentation with presentation with periodic errors in inconsistent
consistently proper minimal errors in grammar, spelling grammar, spelling
grammar, spelling grammar, spelling and paragraphing and paragraphing
and paragraphing and paragraphing

TOTAL MARKS 80
AWARDED

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 BBMF3113 CASE STUDY IN FINANCE & INVESTMENT

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA – ORAL PRESENTATION (CASE STUDY 2)

Criteria Marks Marks Awarded

Allocated
Introduction 10
Contents 20
Conclusion 10
Effective use of media 10
Group cohesion 10
Ability to generate interest 10
in topic presented
Presentation skills 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

- Speech 10
- Body language 10
-Ability to answer 10
questions
Total marks (100%) 100
(C)%
Total marks (20%) 20
(C x 0.20)%

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 Group Member Appraisal Form

The bases of this evaluation are your group member’s contribution and involvement in this
assignment.

Group members should be appraised using the following bases:

100%  Group member attended all group meetings or, if unable to attend, contacted the
group in advance and came to an alternative arrangement with which the majority
of group members was happy.
 Group member contributed to group discussion.
 Group member always offered to help or volunteered for tasks.
 Group member had assigned tasks completed on time.
50%  Group member missed group meetings without making alternative arrangements
with other group members.
 Group member’s assigned tasks were poorly or only partly completed.
 Group member did not contribute to the group effort or volunteer for tasks.
0%  Group member attended few, if any, meetings and made no contribution to the
assignment.

Name of student:

Instructions:

Place the name of each member of your group in the space provided below. Appraise each person
named by circling one of the totals shown below (i.e. 100%, 50% or 0%)

Group Member
1. 100% 50% 0%
2. 100% 50% 0%
3. 100% 50% 0%
4. 100% 50% 0%
5. 100% 50% 0%

Note:

Failure to submit a Group Member Appraisal Form will result in a zero appraisal being recorded
against your name.

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Semester: _______ Course Code & Title: ____________________________

Faculty of Accountancy, Finance & Business

Declaration

We confirm that we have read and shall comply with all the terms and condition of Tunku Abdul
Rahman University College’s plagiarism policy.

We declare that this assignment is free from all forms of plagiarism and for all intents and
purposes is our own properly derived work.

We further confirm that the same work, where appropriate, has been verified by anti-plagiarism
software _______________ (please insert).

Name (Block Capitals) Regn. No. Signature

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Programme ………………………………………………

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Date ………………………………………………

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 APPENDIX 3 (Rev. 3)
FACULTY OF ACCOUNTANCY, FINANCE AND BUSINESS
COURSEWORK FEEDBACK FORM FOR WRITTEN REPORT
COURSE CODE/ COURSE TITLE:
NAME OF STUDENT(s): ID No:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
PROGRAMME:
YEAR OF STUDY: SEMESTER: ACADEMIC YEAR:
GROUP NO:
COURSEWORK NO: 1/2/3 NATURE OF COURSEWORK: MARKS ALLOCATED:
(e.g. presentation, Q& A,
individual/group assignment /100
etc)

COMMENTS:

Student’s Date: Lecturer/Tutor’s Date:

Acknowledgement: Signature:

Note: This form must be submitted together with the assessment grid/grading
criteria and Turnitin report for the coursework.