Term Paper
Jashore University of Science and Technology
Department of Accounting and Information Systems
Course Code: AIS 5203
Course Title: Advanced Performance Management
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Assignment Type:
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Course Teacher &:
and assessor
Graduate (Master level)
Term Paper (Individual)
20% of total marks
3000 portfolio of evidence
15 July 2022. You must submit a hard copy and soft copy of
your work. Computer composing is mandatory. The report/task
will be checked by the software to assess the level of
plagiarism and similarities.
Dr Mohammad Kamal Hossain, Assistant Professor,
Department of Accounting and Information Systems
Jashore University of Science and Technology.
AIM OF THE TERM PAPER
To provide students with knowledge of the changing role of management accountants in the
changing business environment and to provide an understanding of their role in increasing
societal benefit.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of this assignment, students will be able to:
1. Understand the Altman Z-score that produces a score by performing a credit-strength
test that gauges a company’s likelihood of bankruptcy.
2. Critically assess the risk of collapse of a particular company in the challenging
business environment.
ESSENTIAL RESOURCES AND READINGS
Students are required use and read the following relevant resources.
1. Strategic/Advanced Management Accounting, any writer (weight 10%).
2. Relevant academic research articles (weight 90%).
STUDENTS’ TASK
Students will produce a 3,000-word portfolio of evidence, which critically assesses the risk of
bankruptcy of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd and Agrani Bank Ltd by performing the Altman
Z-score test.
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GUIDELINES ON FORMAT OF TERM PAPER (FOR STUDENTS)
A) Your term paper must be organised according to the guidelines provided below.
(i)
Cover page/title page of the assignment (which contains the title of the assignment,
your name and ID, name of the course teacher, and date of submission).
(ii)
An abstract which should be written in a way so that readers can rapidly become
acquainted with the large body of material without reading the whole report. It usually
contains a brief or concise statement of the assignment (Words limit: 250-300).
(iii)
Table of contents
(iv)
List of figures and charts (if any)
(v)
The main body of the assignment
1) Introduction: This part contains introductory writing about the topic, including the
aim of the term paper, and a brief description of the term paper structure.
2) Discussion and analysis (main body): This section concentrates on assessing the risk
of bankruptcy of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd and Agrani Bank Ltd by performing the
Altman Z-score test.
3) Conclusion: Restate your work and summarise the main point of evidence for the
reader. Do not put or add any information or evidence that were absent in the
main body of your work.
4) References: Use the APA reference.
5) Appendix (if any)
B) Other Guidelines on Format
You must follow the following guidelines once you write your paper or assignment.
1)
Type your assignment in 1.5 line-spacing; do not use single or double spacing. Typing your
assignment in a different line-spacing may result in a deduction of marks.
2) Your assignment should be typed in Arial/Times New Roman font, size 12. Typing your
assignment in a different font or font size may result in a deduction of marks.
3) Use proper margins in your assignment. Avoid large indentations that waste a lot of space. The
correct page settings are as follows:
Top margin:
2.5 cm or 1 inch
Bottom margin:
2.5 cm or 1 inch
Right margin:
2.5 cm or 1 inch
Left margin:
3.75 cm or 1.5 inches
Gutter:
0 cm or 0 inch
Header:
1.25 cm or ½ inch
Footer:
1.25 cm or ½ inch
4) Number all your pages at the right bottom of the page. Do not put the page numbers manually;
use your word processor’s page-numbering function.
C) Review and Re-write
Getting your writing perfect from the first attempt is not really easy even if you are a PhD holder.
Make sure you have enough time to revise and make minor changes to the text before submitting the
paper for grading. A good strategy is first to address the high order concerns, rather than the low order
concerns (i.e. sentence structure, punctuation, word choice, and spelling). High order concerns pertain
to the paper and focus, audience and purpose, organization, and development of the paper. Ask
yourself:
1) Did I answer all questions fully?
2) Does my paper have all the required sub-sections?
3) Is there any irrelevant concept, idea or theory in my paper?
4) Has my paper written with logical sequence and coherently?
If your answers to the above questions is: NOT, now, move to the polishing stage and address the low
order concerns (sentence structure, grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, word choice and usage,
spelling, etc.).
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GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS TO ENSURE QUALITY OF WRITING TERM PAPER
a) Level of Content/Knowledge and Understanding of Subject
Your work must demonstrate the growing extent of your knowledge and understanding of
concepts and underlying principles associated with the subject area. Knowledge relates to the
facts, information, and skills you have acquired through your learning. You demonstrate your
understanding by interpreting the meaning of the facts and information (knowledge). This
means that you should select and include in your work the concepts, techniques, models,
theories, etc. appropriate to the task(s) set. You should be able to explain the theories,
concepts, etc. meaningfully to show your understanding. Your mark/grade will also depend
upon the extent to which you demonstrate your knowledge and understanding; ideally,
each should be complete and detailed, with comprehensive coverage.
b) Analysis
Your work must contain evidence of logical, analytical thinking, evaluation and synthesis.
For example, to examine and break information down into parts, make inferences, compile,
compare and contrast information. This means not describing what? However, also
justifying Why? How? When? Who? Where? At all times, you must provide a justification
for your arguments and judgements. Evidence that you have reflected upon the ideas of
others within the subject area is crucial to you providing a reasoned and informed debate
within your work. Furthermore, you should provide evidence that you can make sound
judgements and convincing arguments using data and concepts. Sound, valid conclusions
are necessary and must be derived from the content of your work. There should be no
new information presented within your conclusion, rather relevant, alternative solutions
and recommendations may be proposed.
c) Logical Sequence and Coherency of the Paper/Assignment
When you have coherence in your assignment, it means that the parts fit together well. Flow
refers to the way that the words and ideas making up the different parts of your assignment,
are linked together. Therefore, when you have coherence and flow in your assignment,
you move in a logical order or sequence from one topic or idea to another, starting with
the argument in the introduction and developing it in each subsequent section until you
reach your conclusion. Your line of thought must be clear and accessible throughout the
assignment. Therefore, your sentences must each be clear and concise with no unnecessary or
superfluous words or thoughts that have no connection to the main idea or that do not help
with the development of the argument or idea.
Without coherence your argument cannot develop and the ideas cannot flow. The reader will
get the idea that your whole assignment consists of unrelated ideas or thoughts strung
together. To ensure that there are coherence and flow in your assignment, you must
plan, plan and plan.
d) Language and Grammar
Your work should be free from errors of spelling, punctuation, and other grammatical
mistakes. There should be absent of fragments, comma splice, and run-ons in the sentences.
The sentences should be written in the active mode; however, you can use the passive
mode wherever you feel better to use it compared to the active mode of the sentence.
The sentences should be smaller in length. Also, you should be aware once you use any
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synonym and antonym as every synonym and antonym does not represent the exact
meaning of the principal word.
e) Format
You must meet all formal and assignment requirements and evidence attention to detail;
ensure that all margins, spacing, and indentations are correct; assignment is neat and
correctly assembled with the professional look.
f) Citation/Reference
You must acknowledge others for their ideas/concepts/knowledge used in your
paper/assignment in the following way.
a) You must use references if you quote or add someone’s concept in your
assignment to avoid plagiarism. That is, whenever you borrow an idea from
someone else, you must give credit to your source. If you use a source for your
ideas and do not acknowledge it, you are guilty of plagiarism — even if you put
the idea in your own words. Avoid plagiarism by citing all the sources you use.
Please check the document on plagiarism procedure. The assignments submitted
without citation or bibliography due to accident, ignorance or carelessness should
still be graded with appropriate deductions according to the plagiarism procedure.
b) The APA Referencing System must be used.
c) Use in-text citations to acknowledge all your sources within the text of your
assignment. Your citations must be formatted in keeping with APA Referencing
System requirements.
d) A reference list must be attached after the conclusion. The list should be arranged
alphabetically (i.e. A to Z order).
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GRADING CRITERIA AND STUDENT FEEDBACK (FOR ASSESSOR)
This section details the assessment criteria. The extent to which these are demonstrated by
students determines their grade. The weightings available for each criterion are shown below.
Assessors will use the space provided to comment on the achievement of the task(s),
including those areas in which students have performed well and areas that would benefit
from development/improvement.
Comments
Criteria Weight/ Marks
awarded
allotted
marks
1. Level of content/Knowledge and
20
Understanding of Subject: Extent of
knowledge and understanding of
concepts and underlying principles
associated with the discipline.
2. Analysis: Analysis, evaluation, and
20
synthesis; logic, argument and
judgement; analytical reflection; the
organisation of ideas and evidence.
3.
Logical
sequence
and
20
coherency of the paper/assignment:
Writing the paper clearly with logical
sequence and coherency.
4. Language and Grammar: Correct
20
spelling, grammar, punctuation and
sentence
5. Format: Formatting the paper using
20
margins, spacing, and indentations;
overall outfit of the paper.
6. Citation/References: Recognising
20
others for their concepts, ideas, which
have been hired for the term paper.
Total
120
Mark: The term paper
Late Submission Penalty
Converted marks into 20
will be evaluated on the
(Tick in appropriate box)
Marks awarded Marks awarded
30% max
basis of 120 marks. Up to two days late
without penalty with penalty
Subsequently,
marks
Over two-four days late 50% max
obtained by the students
will be converted into 20 Over four days late
Outright
Common
Applied
Assessment
Fail
[Assessor shall evaluate the paper based on the rubrics stated in the following page and put
the obtained mark on the marks awarded column. Assessor shall also justify briefly the marks
awarded against each common assessment and grading criteria (see in the following page) by
commenting on the achievement of the task(s), including those areas in which student have
performed well and areas in which student needs to improve. For example, one student is
awarded 10 out of 20 or 17 out of 20, a brief comment should be made on why the student is
awarded that marks.]
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COMMON ASSESSMENT AND GRADING CRITERIA (RUBRICS)
Assessment Criteria/
Marks allocated
OUTRIGHT FAIL
UN-SATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY
GOOD
Excellent
EXCELLENT
(<8)
Clearly shows that the
student does not have a
clear idea about the
topic
(8 to <10)
Shows that the student a
high
degree
of
misunderstanding about
the knowledge of the
topic
(12 to <14)
Content
indicates
thinking and reasoning
applied with original
thought on a few ideas.
(14 to <16)
Content
indicates
original thinking and
develops ideas with
sufficient and firm
evidence.
Analysis
Unsubstantiated
generalisations, made
without the use of any
credible evidence. The
lack of logic, leading
to
unsupportable/
missing conclusions.
The lack of any
attempt to analyse,
synthesise or evaluate.
Some evidence of
analytical intellectual
skills, but for the most
part descriptive.
(10 to<12)
Shows
some
thinking
and
reasoning but most
ideas
are
underdeveloped and
unoriginal.
Evidence of some
logical,
analytical
thinking and some
attempts
to
synthesise,
albeit
with
some
weaknesses.
Evidence
of
some
logical,
analytical
thinking and synthesis.
Can analyse new and
abstract
data
and
situations
without
guidance.
Sound,
logical,
analytical
thinking;
synthesis
and
evaluation. Ability to
devise
and
sustain
persuasive arguments,
and to review the
reliability, validity &
significance
of
evidence.
(16 to 20)
Content
indicates
synthesis of ideas, indepth analysis and
evidence
original
thought and support for
the topic.
Thoroughly
logical
work, supported by
evaluated
evidence.
High-quality analysis,
developed
independently
or
through
effective
collaboration.
Logical sequence and
coherency
of
the
paper/assignment
Writing clearly shows
no logical organisation
and coherency, and
unity.
Writing shows a high
degree of lack of
logical
organisation
and coherency, unity
and error.
Writing
lacks
logical organisation.
It
has
some
coherence, but ideas
lack unity. Serious
errors.
Writing is coherent and
logically organised with
transitions used between
ideas and paragraphs to
create
coherence.
Overall unity of ideas is
present.
Language and
Grammar
Indicates student does
not have minimum
idea about the spelling,
punctuation
and
sentence structure
Shows a high degree
of error in spelling,
punctuation
and
sentence structure.
Spelling,
punctuation,
and
grammatical errors
create a distraction,
making
reading
difficult; fragments,
comma splices, runons evident. Errors
are frequent.
Writing is coherent and
logically
organised.
Some Points remain
misplaced and stray
from
the
topic.
Transitions evident, but
not used throughout the
essay.
Most
spelling,
punctuation,
and
grammar
correct
allowing
reader
to
progress though essay.
Some errors remain.
Level of Content/
Knowledge
and
Understanding
of
Subject
Essay has few spelling,
punctuation,
and
grammatical
errors,
allowing the reader to
follow ideas clearly.
Very few fragments or
run-ons.
Writing shows a high
degree of attention to
logic and reasoning of
points. Unity clearly
leads the reader to the
conclusion and stirs
thought regarding the
topic.
Essay is free of
distracting
spelling,
punctuation,
and
grammatical
errors;
absent of fragments,
comma splices, and
run-ons.
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Format
fails to follow format
and
assignment
requirements; incorrect
margins, spacing, and
indentation; neatness
of
essay
needs
attention.
Citation/References Referencing
conventions
largely/fully ignored.
Fails to meet format
and
assignment
requirements in most;
mostly
incorrect
margins, spacing, and
indentations; essay is
not neat and has many
assembly errors.
Meets format and
assignment
requirements in part
not full;
partly
correct
margins,
spacing,
and
indentations; essay
is neat but may have
some
assembly
errors.
Meets
format
and
assignment
requirements;
correct
margins, spacing, and
indentations; essay is
neat but may have some
assembly errors.
Meets
format
and
assignment
requirements; margins,
spacing,
and
indentations are correct;
essay is neatly and
correctly assembled.
Referencing
conventions
inconsistently.
Referencing
conventions evident
though not always
applied consistently.
Referencing
conventions
mostly
consistently applied.
Excellent
use
of
referencing
conventions,
consistently applied.
used
Meets all formal and
assignment
requirements
and
evidence attention to
detail; all margins,
spacing,
and
indentations
are
correct; essay is neat
and
correctly
assembled with the
professional look.
High-level referencing
skills,
consistently
applied.
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