ECON 103: Firms Strategies To Stay Competitive In The Market (3190 Words)

ECON 103 PROJECT GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS

Introduction:
Students for ECON 103 course will conduct a project. This project will be done
individually by each student. The project marks are 10 points. These marks will be
distributed in categories. The below rubrics will be used to grade the project. Each
student is required to read this rubric and do the project where the marks are valid.

RUBRIC FOR EVALUATING THE PROJECT

Criteria Points Total points
Intellectual skills
 Inquiry and Analysis

1

10 points

 Critical thinking 1
 Creative thinking 1
 Written communication 1
 Data and its analysis 1
Applied Learning 1

Punctuality in submitting
the project

.5
Content and Knowledge 1
Use of Research
Methodology

1

Organization and format of
the project

1

Spelling and Grammar
usage

.5

Project topics:
 Students can choose one topic from below to conduct the project.
 Once the topics is chosen it is the responsibility of the student to start the project,
time the project and complete & submit the project on time to the teacher
 The deadline to submit the project is 28 November 2013. late projects
submissions will not be graded by the teacher and the project will earn a zero.
 Plagiarism within the project will be monitored and is unacceptable and if 2 projects
are similar in copy and paste than both projects will earn a zero

TOPICS:

1. Market and its impact on the business
2. Firms strategies to stay competitive in the market
3. Comparison of economic growth between any 2 countries.
4. Employment and its impact on the economic growth of the
country
5. Comparison of Industries and wealth of the economy

Project Organization:

The project is in 2 formats and each student is required to have this format.
1. Project Report

1. Project Report
 The report should be 15 pages in total ( including cover page and
References page)
 Cover page: Student name, ID, Course name, Course Code, Section ( if the
section is not placed teacher will deduct .2 marks), Project Title, Instructor
name and the be creative with the cover page.
 Table of Content page: Place all the Title with page numbers on this page
 Body of the paper: 13 pages.
 References: page 15
 Each page is to be numbered from Table of content till References page
 The font should be only times new roman or Calibri with 12 size
 Sentences should be properly aligned with ZERO spelling and grammar
errors
Important information:
This project guideline is very clear and well explained. I highly advice to all students to
read this document very carefully and follow the steps I have mentioned in this
document to conduct a successful project. Your hardwork and effort will always be
appreciated and graded. No Drafts will be reviewed