Islamic Banking and Insurance

Islamic Banking and Insurance

FORM 34: HOME ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET
Quality Manual Version 4.2 Dec 20, 2013
Date: 5th May 2014
Course Code and Title: BMFS N470_ Islamic Banking and Insurance
Section: CLE
Assessment Title: Learning by doing_ Assessment 3
Assessment Weight: 20%
Submission Deadline: 20th May 2014
Please note that late submission results in losing grades. For every working day delay the maximum grade decreases by 3%. Also note, not following the formatting guidelines an additional 10% may be lost.
Student’s Name:
Student’s ID:
Marker’s Name:
Dr Mohamad AlSakka Student’s Score:
Post-Moderator’s Name:
Student’s Score:
Pre-Moderation has been performed
This Assessment and the related Marking Scheme have been pre-moderated and approved by the Course Team Leader/Academic Coordinator of the Business Department according to the following criteria
• The learning outcomes are covered as indicated in the assessment strategy.
• The questions are clearly constructed and at an appropriate academic level.
• The possible marks for each question are clearly stated.
• The amount of time for the exam is properly allocated.
• The level of English language is clear and suitable for the course.
• The marking scheme is clear and detailed.
Name of the Course Team Leader /Academic Coordinator (Moderator):
Academic Format
Reports/Essays submitted must follow the
• Years 1-2: MLA (Modern Language Association) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
resource/747/01/, or the
• Years 3-4 +: APA (American Psychological Association) the http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Note: Formatting and Style Guides. Formatting and language contribute exactly ten percentage points to the overall grade.
Warning to Students!
Students must submit their own works as assignments, and they cannot copy anybody’s ideas into their work as their own. Direct reference must be made for every paragraph, even if it is only a summary of ideas from somewhere else. By not directly referencing (or providing only non-specific references) a Student commits plagiarism, i.e. submitting somebody else’s work as his own, and faces the possibility of immediate dismissal from ADMC and from all other Colleges of HCT according to the Academic Honesty Policy of HCT that all Students signed at the beginning of the semester. All assignments must be submitted via LMS, where they are tested by anti-plagiarism software, Safe Assign.
Declaration of the Student
At the moment of submission I confirm that this home assignment is my original work, and I had fully understood my tasks and assessment criteria before submitting this assessment described below.
Detailed Description of the Tasks:
Step 1 Select three Islamic financial institutions. These institutions mainly come from two industries: banks and insurance (i.e International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, Dow Jones Islamic Market Index, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Qatar Islamic Bank,…etc). Provide a summary of historical development of each selected institution.
Step 2 Make the relevant research to provide a benchmarking competitive analysis between these companies. (competitive analysis may include: Market share last three years, Gross Sales last three years, Net income last three years, Number of products, Current Stock Price, and the last three years average growth)
Step 3 Make the relevant research to measure the innovative Islamic products, solutions and services provided by selected companies. Explain the impact of such innovative products on their clients’ satisfactions.

The written report (approx. 3500 words) must contain at least the following:
• A cover page clearly showing the topic, group member names and their ID numbers.
• A contents page showing clearly the page numbers and contents of each page of the project.
• An executive summary showing the most important findings and research which was covered in the discussion, where a reader can express opinion on the findings without having to read the rest of the project.
• An introduction to your topic and how you have carried out your research.
• The discussion to your topic and a conclusion page summarizing all your findings clearly.
• A bibliography showing all the books, websites, banks you may have visited and other sources of research that you may have used in your project.
Grading Criteria/Marking Scheme

Max% Allocated%
Cover page 5
Contents page 5
Executive summary 10
Introduction 5
Discussion. Did the report cover all the aspects as mentioned in assignment brief? Level of communication (clarity & variety of subtopics researched), organization (terminology & business language), depth of analysis, graphics (tables & charts), grammar, spelling and referencing. 50
Conclusion. Does the conclusion correlate with the discussion on the previous pages? Are there any conflicting ideas in the conclusion which is contrary to the discussion? 20
Bibliography. Are all websites, articles in newspapers or books used being acknowledged? 5
Total 100.

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