MBA EMCA5103 – PROJECT COST ANALYSIS AND APPRAISAL – COURSE WORK

MBA EMCA5103 PROJECT COST ANALYSIS APPRAISAL  ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION AND ASSESSMENT

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ARAHAN KEPADA PELAJAR / INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS

MBA EMCA5103 PROJECT COST ANALYSIS APPRAISAL

  1. Tugasan ini mengandungi soalan yang disediakan dalam Bahasa Inggeris. / This assignment help Malaysia contains questions that is set in English. 
  1. Jawab dalam Bahasa Inggeris. /  Answer in English. 
  1. Anda dikehendaki menyerahkan tugasan dalam format MsWord (.docx) melainkan dinyatakan sebaliknya. Anda tidak dibenarkan untuk menukar teks/frasa tugasan tersebut kepada format grafik seperti .jpeg / .gif / print screen / dan lain-lain format berkaitan. /Learners are to submit assignment only in MsWord(.docx) format unless specified otherwise. Please refrain from converting text/phrases into picture format such as .gif / .jpeg / print screen / etc. 
  1. Muat turunkan templat tugasan daripada myINSPIRE untuk penyediaan dan penyerahan tugasan anda. Tugasan anda hendaklah ditaip dengan menggunakan saiz fon 12 Times New Roman dan langkau baris 1.5. / Download the assignment template from the myINSPIRE for preparation and submission of your assignment. Your assignment should be typed using 12 point Times New Roman font and 1.5 line spacing. 
  1. Tugasan anda hendaklah mengandungi 3500 – 5000 patah perkataan tidak termasuk

rujukan. Bilangan perkataan hendaklah ditunjukkan di hujung tugasan anda. Jangan menyalin

soalan dan arahan tugasan dalam jawapan anda. Pemeriksa tidak akan membaca jawapan

tugasan yang melebihi had patah perkataan yang dibenarkan. Jumlah perkataan hendaklah

dinyatakan di penghujung tugasan anda. / Your assignment should be between 3500 – 5000

words excluding references. Do not copy the assignment question and instructions to your

answer. Assignment submissions that exceed the word limit will not be graded. The number of

words should be shown at the end of your assignment. 

  1. Penghantaran tugasan / Submission of assignment:
  1. Pelajar Kelas Bersemuka / Face-to-face Class Student:

Anda dikehendaki menghantar tugasan secara ONLINE melalui MyINSPIRE dan 1 salinan fizikal kepada fasilitator. /You MUST submit a softcopy of your assignment online through myINSPIRE and a hardcopy to your facilitator.

  1. Pelajar atas talian / Online student:

Anda dikehendaki menghantar tugasan secara ONLINE melalui MyINSPIRE dan 1 salinan melalui e-mel fasilitator. / You MUST submit a softcopy of your assignment via myINSPIRE and another softcopy to the facilitator via e-mail.

  1. Anda hanya boleh menghantar tugasan SEKALI sahaja dalam SATU fail. / You can submit your assignment ONCE only in a SINGLE file.

 

  1. Tugasan anda hendaklah diserahkan antara 3 hingga 5 Nov 2017. / Your assignment must be submitted between 3 to 5 Nov 2017.

 

  1. Tugasan hendaklah disiapkan secara individu. Anda dilarang meniru tugasan orang lain. Anda juga dilarang sama sekali memplagiat kerja orang lain sebagai kerja sendiri. /

        Your assignment should be prepared individually. You should not copy another person’s assignment. You should also not plagiarise another person’s work as your own.

 

  1. Anda perlu memastikan RESIT yang dikeluarkan bagi penghantaran tugasan disimpan sebagai bukti penghantaran. Kegagalan mengemukakan resit dalam sebarang isu yang timbul berkaitan penghantaran tugasan akan mengakibatkan tugasan dianggap TIDAK dihantar / Please ensure that you keep the RECEIPT issued upon submisson of your assignment as proof of submission. Your assignment is considered as NOT submitted if you fail to produce the submission receipt in any dispute arises concerning assignment submission.

PENILAIAN / EVALUATION

Tugasan ini menyumbang sehingga 60% daripada jumlah markah kursus berkenaan. / This assignment accounts for 60% of the total marks for the course. 

Anda akan diberikan maklum balas tentang tugasan ini sebelum Peperiksaan Akhir Semester bermula. / You will be given feedback on the assignment before the Final Semester Examination commences.

 PLAGIARISME: POTONGAN MARKAH / PLAGIARISM: MARKS DEDUCTION 

Amaran: Tugasan yang diserahkan, secara automatik, akan disemak untuk menentukan kadar pertindihan. Jika plagiarisme dikesan, markah akan dipotong seperti berikut:  / Warning: The submitted assignment will automatically undergo a similarity check. If plagiarism is detected, marks would be deducted as follows: 

No. % Similarity Group % of Mark Deduction
1 0 – 30 0
2 30.01 – 50 5
3 50.01 – 70 10
4 70.01 – 100 100

 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION / SOALAN TUGASAN 

QUESTION 1

Caribbean Vacation Incorporated, is evaluating the purchase of a new cruise ship. The ship would cost $500 million, and would operate for 20 years. Caribbean Vacation expects annual cash flows from operating the ship to be $70 million (at the end of each year) and its cost of capital is recorded at 12%.

As planning manager in charge of new projects – you are required to address the following key issues and to present your findings in the form of a Report to the Board of Directors.

  1. Prepare a Net Present Value (NPV) profile of the purchase and estimate the Internal Rate of Return (IRR), (to the nearest 1%) from the graph.
  2. Is the ship purchase attractive based on these estimates and indicate with calculations on how far off could Caribbean Vacation’s cost of capital be (to the nearest 1%) before your purchase decision would change?

                         [50 marks] 

QUESTION 2 

‘The study of externalities is an important consideration in economic analysis, as it will have a significant impact on project cost analysis and appraisal. It is clear that externalities are evident in both public goods and common resources’.

In the context of the above statement you are required to answer the following questions:

  1. Are externalities associated with public goods generally positive or negative? Use examples in your answer. Is the free-market quantity of public goods generally greater or less than the efficient quantity?
  1. Are the externalities associated with common resources generally positive or negative? Use examples in your answer. Is the free-market use of common resources generally greater or less than the efficient use?

[ 50 marks]

 

[TOTAL : 100 MARKS] 

Assessment Criteria

Your response to each task will be graded separately based on the checklist attached. For maximum credit, be sure that your response addresses each of the tasks in the question.

 Assignment checklist

Assessment tasks Mark allocation
1.

(a)

Capital Investment Appraisal Techniques

The Discounted Cash Flow techniques of Net Present Value and the Internal Rate of Return (graphical method) need to be computed.

30
1. (b) Capital Purchase Justification

Based on the NPV and IRR computations a justification needs to be established. In addition a sensitivity analysis on a ‘what if’ scenario needs to be discussed.

20
TOTAL 50
 2.

(a)

The Concept of Externalities associated with Public Goods

To discuss and support with graphs where public goods are generally greater or less than the efficient quantity in a free market.

25
 2.

 

(b)

The Concept of Externalities associated with Common Resources

To discuss and support with graphs where public goods are generally greater or less than the efficient quantity in a free market.

25
TOTAL 50
OVERALL TOTAL 100