COLLEGE OF BANKING AND FINANCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME B.Sc. in Business Administration ASSIGNMENT BRIEF Weightage: 30% Group Name Group leader Name Group members 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- Semester Spring 2016-17 Assignment Title Group Assignment Module Research Methodology Assessor: Dr. Omer Start Date: 29th March 2017 Internal Verifier Dr. Zaynab Due Date: 30th April 2016 Required Work, Format and Grading This is a group assignment, the Minimum size of the group is 3 students and the Maximum is 5. You must submit the following by the assignment due date:  Completed answers to each task, making sure that you fully address each of the outcome criteria.  Answer all questions separately.  Assignments without TURNITIN report will not be accepted. Resources: You need to demonstrate a confident application of the theories to the assignment task. The theoretical underpinning of your observations and deliberations should also demonstrate a good understanding of the subject by the way that your analysis is structured. You can access the Internet to research about the topic. You should demonstrate good academic practice by the appropriate use of academic texts and journals that are properly referenced. Guidelines and further information about assignment: Assignment must be submitted with the “Turnitin” report. If the report generated indicates a similarity index percentage of 20% or more, a review of your assignment is necessary to ensure the same is reduced to less than 20%. Students declaration: We certify that the work contained in this assignment was researched and prepared by us: - - - - - - Signature: ___________________________ Date: ___________________ The user ID and Password for submitting the soft copy of the report through TURNITIN is as follows: Class ID: 14935983 Enrolment Password: rmehod Submission time and date You should submit the assignment by the time and date mentioned otherwise a ‘NA’ will be awarded. Fill in the form cover and staple it with your assignment. Make sure that all the relevant details are complete. Assignments must be submitted by the due date. You may include diagrams, figures etc without word penalty. Plagiarism Writing Summary 1. Plagiarism occurs if you use somebody else’s work in an assignment or exam answer, but fail to state where you got the material from. You need to be also very careful about the amount of words you are using from somebody else’s work. 2. It can happen in any type of assessment where you are given the questions or tasks in advance. 3. If another student uses your work in his/her answer(s), both you and he/she will be punished when caught. 4. Punishments for committing plagiarism can be very severe. Details Plagiarism is a form of cheating in which students use the work of others and present it as their own. It may include all or any one of the following – 1. Copy extensively from the work of others (from sources such as books, magazines, journal, web-sites etc) and submit the work as your own. 2. Copy another students’ work and submit it for assessment under your own name. 3. Allow another student to copy your work and then submit it for assessment under their own name. What happens if you get caught? The examining body of CBFS may punish offending students in any manner that they deem fit. Typical punishments may range from reduction in grades, making students re-sit modules and even failing students on a module or an entire award. The college considers this form of cheating as a serious offence. Therefore be forewarned! Case Study You are working as a researcher with one of the leading banks in Oman The Bank aims to conduct a study to assess the customers satisfaction and their experience with the Bank services during the last 6 months. Your Director has requested you to conduct this study, to achieve this purpose you have to write a report which cover the following: 1. An explanation of the different data collection methods. 2. An assessment for each of these methods. 3. Which method you think is an appropriate for that study and why? Notes: • Your answer should be written in a report format. • The word count is 2000 (+ or -) 10%. • Your answer should demonstrate your critical writing skills while taking strategic decisions.