BUS0117 Information Systems for Business (October 2022)
Continual Assessment 2
Individual Assignment (40%)
Submission date: 7 November, 11.59am.
Total marks: 100 marks
Section A – MS Excel (30 marks)
Part 1 – Computation of Salaries using Excel (20 marks)
Gifts Connect Pte Ltd is a local company that offers a fantastic range of inspired,
stylish and unique gifts for all occasions. Gifts Connect specialised in gifts
relating to Home Décor, Gifting and Lifestyle.
All staff members of the company are paid according to their basic monthly pay plus
an incentive component based on their overall sales for the month. The performance
incentive is computed based on an additional percentage of their basic pay if they
were able to achieve the minimum amount of targeted overall sales amount indicated
in the Performance Incentives table below. You are required to develop a worksheet
to compute the monthly payroll of the staff members using MS Excel.
Staff Salary Table
Staff
ID
S01
S02
S03
S04
S05
Name
Date of Birth
Date Joined
01/07/2012
01/02/2018
01/08/2012
Basic Salary
Per Month
$3800
$2300
$3300
Overall Sales
for the month
$8000
$5000
$12000
Aaron Ang
Beverly Beh
Casmin Bte
Cassim
Duranjaya
Elisa Eng
20/01/1968
09/09/1993
02/02/1988
15/05/1960
01/12/1982
01/12/2015
01/03/2010
$2500
$3500
$6500
$10000
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Performance Incentive Table
Overall Monthly
Sales in $
0 to 3999
4000 to 5999
6000 to 7999
8000 to 9999
10000 and above
Performance Incentive
Additional 0% of basic pay for the month
Additional 2% of basic pay for the month
Additional 4% of basic pay for the month
Additional 6% of basic pay for the month
Additional 8% of basic pay for the month
(a) Add a new column to the Staff Salary Table to compute the
Performance Incentive by using the “VLOOKUP” function in Excel to
automate the search for the respective performance incentives based on
the staff member’s overall sales performance for the month.
(3 marks)
(b) Add two new columns to the Staff Salary Table. In the first
new column, find the number of years each staff member has worked for
the company based on the date he or she has joined the company. In the
second new column, use the IF function in Excel to determine the long
service bonus for each staff. A staff will be given a monthly long service
bonus of $100 if he or she has worked for the company for more than 10 years.
(4 marks)
(c) Add a new column to the Staff Salary Table to compute the
Gross Salary for each staff including the performance incentive and long
service bonus. Gross Salary is computed by adding the basic salary, monthly
performance incentives and the long service bonus.
(3 marks)
(d) Add four new columns to the Staff Salary Table for calculating
the Age of Staff, Employee’s CPF and Employer’s CPF contributions and Net
Salary. The Age of Staff can be computed by using the date of birth in relation
to current date using the ‘=Today()’ function in Excel. You will also need to
calculate the Employee’s CPF and Employer’s CPF contributions based on
the Gross Salary times the rates published by Singapore CPF Board. Go to
Singapore CPF Board website to find out the most current employee’s and
employer’s CPF contributions rates in relation to the person’s age. Compute the
required employee’s and employer’s contributions by using the “VLOOKUP”
function to dynamically determine the amount based on a table that shows
the age and the respective CPF rates you found from the CPF Board website. The
Net Salary can be computed by using the Gross Salary minus the Employee’s
CPF contribution amount.
(5 marks)
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(e) Singapore Labour Law requires all companies to generate a monthly pay slip
for the staff. Develop a Mail Merge Template in Microsoft Words linking to
your Excel table to help generate the pay slip for each staff based on the
following format:
Pay Slip
Gifts Connect Pte Ltd
Suntec City, #01-18
3 Temasek Boulevard, Singapore 038983
Staff ID:
Staff Name:
Date:
1. Staff Basic Salary
2. Performance Incentive
3. Long Service Bonus
4. Gross Pay (1+2+3)
5. Employee's Contribution to CPF
6. Employer's Contribution to CPF
7. Total CPF Contribution (5+6)
8. Net Salary (4-5)
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
(5 marks)
Part 2 - Column Chart and Other Statistics (5 marks)
(a)
Create a Column chart to show the distribution of Net Salary paid to each
staff.
(3 marks)
(b)
Use the Excel function of “SUMIF” to compute the Total Gross Salary for
staff having the age of 50 and above.
(2 marks)
Part 3 – Computation of Loans (5 marks)
The management has recently approved a 10-years study loan for one of the staff
member who wanted to pursue his post-graduate studies. The total amount of the loan
is $65,000 at a very favourable annual interest rate of 2.20%.
The management has decided to deduct the repayment of the loan by following an
affordable monthly installment plan over 120 months from the staff’s monthly salary.
You are required to demonstrate how to use the PMT function in Excel to compute
the monthly loan repayment amount to be deducted from the staff’s salary.
(5 marks)
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Section B – Ecommerce Website Development (35 marks)
Gifts Connect Pte Ltd is a local company that offers a fantastic range of inspired,
stylish and unique gifts for all occasions. Gifts Connect specialised in gifts
relating to Home Décor, Gifting and Lifestyle.
Mr. Gideon Goh, the CEO of the company, hopes to increase the company’s sales
revenue by developing an online e-commerce website. You have been appointed to
design and develop the company’s website.
The main product categories of the company may include the following:
Product Categories
Home Decor
Gifting
Lifestyle
Product Types
Photo frames, Table décor, Wall décor.
Deco cards, Gift bags and boxes, Fragrances.
Stationery, Pouches, Tote bags.
The main objective of the e-commerce website is to promote the company’s brand
name and products online by providing information pertaining to the company’s
profile, awards and product catalogues, including product photos, descriptions and
retail prices. You should also provide any other relevant information that can be
useful for attracting customers to the website.
The website should include the following pages:
Main Page (Home Page)
•
A general description of your website, special promotions that would serve as
a key attraction for the site visitors.
About Us
•
•
A general description of the company’s profile, including vision, mission and
core value statements.
Sections such as “Awards” and “Press”. It’s perfectly appropriate to mention
past achievements provided they’re relevant and significant.
Product Catalogues
•
Photos, descriptions and retail prices of all popular products currently
available to the customers.
4
Shopping Cart
•
•
•
Customers can purchase products they like online.
Customers will be able to select the various options related to the products.
Customers may be given promotional discount by keying in the promotional
code, if applicable.
Contact
•
•
•
A description and hyperlink for visitors to contact you (i.e. address, phone
number, email, opening hours).
Google Map that shows the location of the company.
Include an online form that will allow customers to make enquiries.
Logo
You are required to design a new logo for the company.
Blog
The website should include a Blog for customers to post and discuss their opinions
about the products they have purchased or to provide suggestions on the types of
products they would like the company to sell.
Section C – Ecommerce Discussions (10 marks)
(a) B2C Ecommerce Site
Discuss FIVE critical success factors for the retail B2C ecommerce start-ups.
(b) Ecommerce Security
Discuss FIVE security measures the company should implement to minimise
possible cybersecurity threats to the B2C ecommerce sites.
Section D – Presentation (25 marks)
Each student will be required to make a presentation about their assignments during
the last few lessons. Your lecturer will provide more details and the actual dates for
the presentation.
Each student will be given 5-10 minutes to present the assignments.
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Website Design Software
Students are encouraged to use the free version of online website builders such as
Wix.com or site123.com, for this assignment.
Please consult your lecturer first if you intend to use other website design
applications or web authoring tools.
Submission Guidelines
You will need to upload the following files to the Canvas (Learning Management
System) dropbox by the assignment due date:
1. MS Excel file.
2. MS Word file containing the following:
a. screenshots of the Mail Merge Template and the generated Pay Slips
b. discussions on Ecommerce for Section C
c. ecommerce website address
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BUS0117 Information Systems for Business
Continual Assessment 2
Marking Scheme
Description
Section A
Part 1 – Computation of
Salary using Excel
(a) Compute performance
incentive.
Marks
Very
Good
(5)
Good
(4)
Above
Average
(3)
Average
(2)
Below
Average
(1)
20
3
(b) Compute long service
bonus.
4
(c) Compute gross salary.
3
(d) Compute CPF contribution
and net salary.
5
(e) Construct the mail merge
template and mail merge
file for the Pay Slip.
Part 2 – Chart
Create a relevant chart to
display the Distribution of Net
Salary.
Calculation using SUMIF
Part 3 – Computation of
Loan
Computation of Loan using
PMT.
Section B
Website Design
- Concept and Content,
company profile, mission,
value statements.
- Layout and Design, Logo,
Navigation, Graphics,
Animations.
- Product catalogues,
Shopping cart.
- Contacts, Enquiry form, Map
- Blog
5
5
3
2
5
5
35
10
10
5
5
5
Section C – Ecommerce
(a) B2C site
(b) Ecommerce security
10
Section D – Presentation
25
Overall Total
100
5
5
7
Remarks