Assignment 1: BUSINESS LAW
QUESTION 1
Maju Jaya Supermarket (MJ Supermarket) advertises in the newspapers that there is a vacancy for the post of manager. The advertisement stated that those who are interested can come anytime to MJ Supermarket for an interview from 11th April 2014 until 21st April 2014. Ahmad who was very interested with the post came to MJ Supermarket on 20th April 2014 and was informed by the owner that the post was already filled. Ahmad was very angry as he has already tendered his resignation to his former company.
On the day that Ahmad came to the MJ Supermarket, he saw Mr Chan, his neighbour, entering the MJ Supermarket and selected some canned food, shampoo, eggs and vegetables. He put all the items into his trolley. However, while he was still looking for other items, Mr Chan received a call from his son asking him to pick him up from the train station. Mr Chan left the items in the trolley and went out from the MJ Supermarket.
Advise Ahmad and Mr Chan whether there is any contract between them and the MJ Supermarket.
QUESTION 2
"In a sale of goods contract, there are terms which exist even though they are not expressly stated in the written contract".
With reference to the Sales of Goods Act 1957 and the relevant case law, discuss the above statement. Recommend any amendment that needs to be done to the Sales of Goods Act in relating to this statement.
QUESTION 3
Your friend, Samantha is interested to buy a brand new car which amounts to $300,000. She has not enough money to pay for the car in cash. She seeks your advice on any possibility for her to own the said car, and what are her rights under the agreement.
Advise Samatha on the formation of the agreement and her rights under the said agreement.
ASSIGNMENT 2: BUSINESS RESEARCH METHOD
Assignment 2 is an extension of Assignment 1.
Prepare your Assignment 2 to include the following components:
A. PROPOSED RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1. Research Methodology
• Discuss how the research will be executed to achieve the proposed research objectives. The methodology should be based on the methods that are used in the research area to conduct the research. The methodology selected must be able to achieve the listed research objectives. Please refer to any thesis, journals and conference papers prior to choosing the appropriate methods to conduct the proposed research. Provide at least TWO (2) literatures to justify the selected methods.
• Discuss the study setting - experiment (lab or field) versus survey or case study. This should clearly explain how the research will be conducted.
2. Data Collection / Requirement Gathering Methods
• Discuss about the data collection or requirements gathering methods that will be used to conduct the research.
• Discuss about the sample selection procedure and the sampling framework (if necessary).
• Discuss about the data analysis process and what the proposed analysis methods that would be used are (if necessary).
OR
• Or how the research results will be validated and evaluated (for example the use of benchmarking, data sets, case studies and others).