BEEB1013

PRINCIPLE OF ECONOMICS
SEMESTER A201

A. DETAILS FOR WRITTEN REPORT ASSIGNMENT (20%)

i) Assignment topic

GROUP ASSIGNMENT TITLE

1. Affordable Housing: Issues and Challenges

2. Graduate Unemployment: Issues and Challenges
3. Global impact of Coronavirus disease
4. Rising Cost of Living in Malaysia
6. Household Indebtedness in Malaysia: Issues and Challenges
8. National Debt: Issues and Challenges
9. Trade War between US and China: Impact on Malaysian Economics
10. Covid 19 in Malaysia: Economic and Social Impact

ii) Format and dateline of the assignment

 Minimum 20 pages (excluding attachments and content), double spacing, justified.

 Any facts, theories and data must be accompanied by CITATION.
 Reference is according to the APA style 5th Ed. At least 15 references include books,
journal articles or research reports, news reports, official website of the Statistics
Department and others.
 Contains 4 Chapter as follows:
 Chapter One: Introduction, research background, research questions, research
objectives and importance of the study.
 Chapter Two: Definition, concept and literature review.
 Chapter Three: Analytical review.
 Discussion touched on various economic aspects, for example
policy/issues related to the topics.
 Make detailed analysis of related topics / issues.
 Need to be supported by relevant data or statistics (include tables and
graphs and specify sources).
 Chapter Four: Summary and Recommendations
 Give your recommendations to existing policies/issues (existing or add a
new policy) and give your justification.
 iii) Rubric:

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-Citations and references must consist of at least 15 journal articles.

-The study should include selected economic data and statistics along with data sources

-The reference given must be relevant to the topic / study

-References must consist of various types of references

iv) Submission dateline:

1) Assignment content/framework : 2nd meeting

2) 1st draft : 8th week
3) Final draft : 11th week
 v) Examples of Assignment Content / Assignment Framework

GRADUATES UNEMPLOYMENT: ISSUES AND HOW TO OVERCOME

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Introduction
1.2 Background of the Studies and Problem Statement
1.3 Research Questions
1.4 Research Objectives
1.4.1 Identify Unemployment Trends in Malaysia
1.4.2 Identify Undergraduates Unemployment Trends
1.4.3 Identify the Factors that Led to Unemployment Among Undergraduates
1.4.4 Identify Impact of Unemployment Among Undergraduates
1.5 Importance of the Study

CHAPTER TWO: THE THEORY AND LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Definition and Concept
2.1.1 Definitions and Measurements of Unemployment
2.1.2 Types of Unemployment
2.1.3 Effects of Unemployment
2.2 Literature Review
2.2.1 Unemployment in General
2.2.2 Research about Graduates Unemployment in Other Countries
2.2.3 Research About Graduates Unemployment in Malaysia

CHAPTER THREE: ANALYSIS OF THE STUDY

3.1 Unemployment Trends in Malaysia
3.2 Unemployment Trends among Undergraduates
3.3 Factors Influencing Unemployment among Graduates
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.3.3
3.3.4
3.4 Effect of Graduates Unemployment
3.4.1
3.4.2
3.4.3
3.4.4
3.5 Steps to Overcome Unemployment among Graduates
3.5.1
3.5.2
3.5.3
3.5.4

CHAPTER FOUR: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

4.1 Conclusion
4.2 Suggestions
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.2.4