Assignment: Key Ideas for Essay Writing

Below are meant for general guideline to write the assignments (individual essays), you may take the full liberty to approach writing the assignment in otherwise manner and in your own preferred way. More importance is to show your understanding of the topic under discussion and your critical thinking that make your presentation a work of substance.

Do take note that materials from your powerpoint notes even those at supplement version are simply not good enough to write the assignment. Do conduct some other study and basic research here. Look thru your BUS 272 Unit Guide provided by Murdoch for further information, format, other requirements, submission and proper approaches here, especially that found in page 12 to 14 there.

Further, you should write your assignment in line with the marking scheme (mark sheet) that attached together with this file here (see below). In short, those areas and aspects will gain some marks as found in mark sheet, you must produce them in your writing.

Your further reading and materials should at least include those "Essential Readings" list stated at your Unit Guide and possibly even some "Recommended Reading" list there. Those materials are accessible online at your Murdoch site. You may also out of your own initiative use other materials apart from those mentioned above such as newspapers, magazines, journals and articles that are recognised at academic level. And other official and unofficial resources. Unofficial resources (usually from Internet) may help you to gain some basic understanding of some important concepts and ideas, but NOT to be quoted in your references. Sources like wikipedia, investopedia, eMBA, Tutor2u, and alike are NOT to be quoted in your references.

General Format:

-- At least 1700-2000 words
-- Cover page: (Stu name, Stu ID, class code, Topic Title presented, Lecture Name: Lee Lao Shi)
-- Content Pages (Page no for each sub-section)
-- Introduction
-- Section 1
-- Section 2 and so on
-- Conclusion
-- Appendices (like graphs, charts, statistics and references) -- not included in word count.

References, chicago style citation - at least 7 to 10 references.

Question

"If the leading Asian economies continue to achieve high rates of economic growth, the state of the environment will eventually improve." Discuss.

(Note: this topic will be covered at lecture 10, same time of your submission of assignment in week 10!!!

You are advised to do your own research and read thru the attached supplement powerpoint file on Topic 10

--- This is rather a general and broad scope essay topic to work on. Thus there may be quite a few alternatives to present your discussion and arguments.

Islam, I. and Chowdhury, A., 'Managing the environment in rapidly industrialising economies', in Islam and Chowdhury, Asia-Pacific Economies, (London, 1997).

Dixon, J. A., 'Environment and Economic Growth', ASEAN Economic Bulletin, vol., 7, no.2, 1990.

Seda, M., 'Global environmental concerns and priorities. Implications for ASEAN' in Seda, M., Environmental Management in ASEAN, Institute of South East Asian Studies, (Singapore,1993), pp. 1-54.

-- Main Content:

-- Definition and discuss on key aspects of Environmental issues and problems such as Climate Change and others.

-- Introduce some technical analysis such as Environmental Kuznet Curve

-- Illustrate on some specific countries such as Japan, China and other East Asia high growth countries on their experience of growth and also environmental issues faced.

-- Outline some possible measures being taken by these countries

-- State your position and argue if you agree on the above statement that "the state of environment will eventually improve".

-- Conclusions

-- Appendices

There is large and growing literature on this topic. Students should not face difficulty to access some relevant materials here.

The above outlines intend as guide to narrow your scope and aspects to cover in your writing. DO NOT use the exact sentences of these outlines here as your essay headings and sub-headings. Headings and Sub-headings should be short and precise.

Students should have started by reading the lecture slides and references for Topic 10 and other "essential and recommended readings" listed at Unit Guide in topic 10.

Other official and unofficial sources can be obtained at MU LMS, library or internet. Check on some sources on some key words such as pollution, climate change and alike. Unofficial resources (like internet) may help you to gain some basic understanding of some important concepts and ideas, but NOT to be quoted in your references.

Attachment:- Lecture-10.pdf