UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS
BPME 2043 (BIZ IDEA)
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT (15%)
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this assignment is to provide an opportunity for students to gather information to develop
new business ideas or opportunities. In addition, this assignment will convince students that through
interaction and communication among entrepreneurs and the public as well as reading through social
media can help entrepreneurs obtain information to generate new business ideas so that entrepreneurial
business is more competitive in the industry.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS, FORMATS AND GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS
1. You are required to gather information through discussions with entrepreneurs and the publics
through telephone lines or social media (without face-to-face) as well as reading to identify a
new business idea or new business opportunity that can be marketed.
2. You are also required to prepare a report of the new business idea that can be marketed and
able to make a profit.
3. Descriptions and discussions of the new business idea should contain and comply with the
following;
FORMAT
- Assignment topic
- List of contents
- Introduction – (buiness idea development and the importance of business idea).
- Describes the products or sevices – (name of products, drawings or pictures etc).
- Materials used - (materials, costs, pictures etc).
- Product development process - (using flow charts, descriptions and pictures).
- Target Market (Who will be the customer? Jusitfy).
- Marketing Strategy (4 P’s). Why choose that strategy? Justify).
- Potential Profits (simple-budget on profit-loss statement)
- Conclusion / Closing
- References
- Attachments - photos and related documents
UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA
FIRST SEMESTER SESSION 2020/2021 (A201)
RUBRIC/MARK SCHEME
BIZ IDEA ASSIGNMENT (INDIVIDUAL)
Name & Metric Number: _____________________________________________________________
Number Assessment Allocated Mark
Marks Obtained
1 Pengenalan: Penerangan yang menyeluruh tentang tugasan 5
(subject matter)
Introduction: A comprehensive description of the subject matter
2 Perbincangan yang menarik tentang pembangunan idea dan 4
proses pembangunan produk
Interesting discussion about idea development and product
development process
2 Keberkesanan perbincangan strategi yang digunakan (produk, 12
promosi, harga dan pengedaran)
Effectiveness of discussion on strategies used (product,
promotion, price and distribution)
3 Keunikan Produk (2), potensi pasaran (2) dan keuntungan (5) 9
Product uniqueness (2), market potential (2) and profit (5)
4 Kesimpulan yang berkesan. 2
Effective conclusion
5 Kualiti penulisan yang cemerlang-tiada kesalahan ejaan, bahasa, 3
format
Excellent writing quality-no spelling, language, formatting errors
6 Rujukan / Lampiran yang terbaru dan menarik 5
References / Latest and interesting attachments
Total Marks 40 marks
Comments:
Rosli Mohd Saad, Ph.D
11/10/2020