OUM BUSINESS SCHOOL

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION AND ASSESSMENT

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BMAC5203
ACCOUNTING FOR BUSINESS DECISION MAKING
MAY 2016
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INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS

1. This assignment contains question that is set in English.

2. Answer in English only.

3. Your assignment should be typed using 12 point Times New Roman font and 1.5 line spacing.

4. You must submit your hardcopy assignment to your Facilitator according to the due date.

5. Your assignment should be prepared individually. You should not copy another person’s assignment.
You should also not plagiarise another person’s work as your own.

EVALUATION
This assignment accounts for 60% of the total marks for the course.
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

This assignment calls for critical thinking and analysis of the small business management
process.

ASSIGNMENT OBJECTIVES:

The assignment is intended to foster the following objectives:

• Improving your critical thinking and application skills.
• Identifying innovation and organizational management opportunities and applying them
strategically as needed to grow and sustain small businesses.
• Combining knowledge from other courses with the new material presented in the course
to develop sophisticated analyses and solutions to improve small business
management.

ASSIGNMENT QUESTION (80 marks)

You are required to visit a local small business (as defined by SME Corp) that has had
reasonable growth over the last three to five years. Your assignment is to assess that business
holistically. Key questions that you need to pose will include:
1. What are the specific problems the small business owner faced due to the organizations
growth? And how did the owner handle those problems?
2. What process does the owner use to hire new employees?
3. How does the owner organize the jobs in his small business?
4. Do they have a management succession plan?
5. What is the owners overall business strategy for the future?

Having gained sufficient information and knowledge about the small business and its industry
you are required to critically assess the viability of the business. This would include the
competitive environment, the benefits and risks, available technology, availability of resources,
manpower and other relevant factors. In hindsight what would you do differently if you were the
small business owner? You will need to provide realistic recommendations and options based
on sound principles taking into account the challenges for small businesses in Yemen.
Note: The grade for this assignment will be substantially influenced by the originality and overall
ability of the student to compare, evaluate and analyze the challenges in small business
management. Any form of plagiarism and / or lack of proper referencing will result in a
substantial mark down or fail result.

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION:

All assignments must be handed in at the stated time and in the stated form or they will
automatically receive a grade zero. It is your responsibility to retain a copy of your assignments
should any questions arise later concerning the said assignments.

PRESENTATION (20 marks)

You will deliver an oral presentation (Power Point slide between 5 -10 minutes) at the end of the
semester (Seminar 5) highlighting the salient points of your investigation and recommendations.
Online students are exempted.

ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES / ASSIGNMENT FORMAT:

• Your assignment should be typed on A4 paper using 12-point Times New Roman and 1.5
spacing.
• Your assignment should NOT exceed 3000 words, not including the appendix and
reference.
• Your must provide references. References should use the American Psychological
Association (APA) format.
• References should include the latest journal/book publication (year 2005 and onwards).
• Plagiarism is not acceptable. If you are not sure what is meant by plagiarism, refer to the
various websites which discuss this matter, e.g. owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts.
Plagiarized assignments will receive a ‘Fail’ mark.