A Tale of Two Businesses

Principle of Economics: Assignment

This project is about comparing two similar businesses. We are supposed to visit and interview the two businesses, one within Klang Valley and the other outside of it. After the interview we have to produce a business report and then analyse the information to be evaluated for the recommendation.

The learning outcomes of this project is for the students to be familiar with the economical data, and also to compare and analyse the type of market competition of the business.

My group had chosen the topic of Food and Beverages, and had focused on noodle shops. These are the two noodle shops we had chosen:

Yee Kee Beef Noodles

SRK Noodle House

These are the videos of the project:

Brief Bio of the Business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0SQZfn9Ufc&feature=youtube

Comparative Analysis of the Businesses' Competitive Traits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vMCVZFe6OU

Conclusion Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n21w3Xmcik

Taylor's Graduate Capabilities:

Communication Skills

Discipline Specific Knowledge

Thinking and Problem Solving Skills

Citizenship and Global Perspective

Video Presentation and Research Report

Social Psychology: Assignment Three

The first part of this assignment we were supposed to include at least 5 social psychology concepts into a video, could be a sketch or a social experiment, and then make a report from according to that video. We have to relate the concepts with a situation or in our practical environment. We have to also film a video of our scenes ideas or social experiment.

For the second part of the assignment we are required to compile all information into a slideshow, and then using the slides for presentation length of 20 minutes.

Our story is about the comparison between lecturers and students, for example how are the social psychology concepts applied in their daily lives. Hence, the title of the video below.

Part One: Video Clip and Report

Video Link

Lecturer and Student S.Psy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBD6VJ12pBw

Report

Part Two: Group Presentation

Presentation Slides

Reflection: 
From this project I learned the right way to apply social psychology concepts into the daily lives of people we are surrounded everyday, which is in the campus. It requires critical thinking to come up with examples of how the concepts are actually used in the real world. I also learned that in this group project, it is really important for a good teamwork spirit because of the requirement that all the group members have to be included in the video, everyone have to participate in the discussion for ideas and that everyone have to learn to accept each other's ideas.

Taylor's Graduate Capabilities:

Discipline Specific Knowledge

Thinking and Problem Solving Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Comic Strip

Social Psychology: Assignment Two


For this assignment, we were to work in groups of 5. The task is to draw a single comic strip with one story line, and in the comic we have to incorporate 5 different social psychology concepts from 5 different chapters. During the submission day we then have to present the story of our comic and also the social psychology concepts used in the comic.

For my group, we had drawn about a boy name Lee, who participate in a sprint competition and was aiming to get the first place but got the second instead:

Reflection: 
From this project I learned to incorporate social psychology concepts into the comic appropriately, and using the concepts to develop the comic story. Also, I found that it is important that the whole group agree on one story and the concepts so that the comic can be done without obstacles. Other than that, I also learned that it is important to communicate well to convey the concepts during the presentation properly, and to organize the information tidily and well in the presentation slides.

Taylor's Graduate Capabilities:

Discipline Specific Knowledge

Thinking and Problem Solving Skills

Communication Skills

Business Report Presentation

Effective Public Communication: Assignment Three

This project incorporates with other two subjects, English II and Principle of Economics. Even so, all three subjects have different contents as submission. For this project, we were supposed to work in groups of 4 to interview two different businesses of the similar types of business, one within Klang Valley and the other outside of it. 

For Effective Public Communication, we were supposed to make a present based on the information from the information gathered in the report for the two other subjects. In the slides we had included background of the businesses, competitors and challenges of the business, recommendation for the business and more. After compiling all the information in the slides, we then have to present the information and record a video of 20 minutes.

Our group had chosen the businesses of Food and Beverages (F&B), we focused on noodle shops. The first business of ours is called Yee Kee Beef Noodles, and our second one is SRK Noodle House.

Yee Kee Beef Noodles

SRK Noodle House

Presentation Video

Reflection: 
From this project I learned to communicate well during the interviews with the businesses, and also to listen well to the interviewee's words, as sometimes not only the words matter, but the way they speak matters too. I also learned to organize and summarise information for the slides, and to present the information in a clear and logical manner. I think the right attitude to go with these outcomes is to be more sociable and polite because it involves interviewing with the business. At the end of the module, I learned to be evaluate information from a business and also to be good in presenting the information founded. But one of my weakness is that I tend to get nervous during presentation, but my strength is to be making the slides more informative. I also realized by the end of the module I get better at presenting.

Taylor's Graduate Capabilities:

Communication Skills

Discipline Specific Knowledge

Citizenship and Global Perspective

Mural Painting Presentation

Effective Public Communication: Assignment Two

In this project in groups of 5-7, we are supposed to visit an area with mural paintings (or steel artwork), choose three to four of them, to introduce the artist of the painting, the painting's description and the concepts of effective public communication applied in the painting, compiling them into slides. After then, we have prepare an oral presentation presenting all the information.

Since we are a group of 7, we have to present 4 mural arts. To be fair, 3 of us visited the arts in penang and the rest of us visited the arts in Laman Seni, Shah Alam, and we chose 2 arts from each places. They were all nice and meaningful, so the process of choosing which art to present was fairly difficult.

This is a picture of the artist for the two arts in Penang, Ernest Zacharevic:

These are the two pictures from Penang:

Reaching Up

Little Children on Bicycle

These are the two arts from Laman Seni, Shah Alam:

Bumiku

Tree of Life

Reflection: 
Through this assignment I learned to observe the arts as they seemed to be simple at first sight but after some research, it actually brings more meaning to the art. Other than that, I also learned to apply effective public communication concepts into the mural arts and to explain the concepts during the presentation in a clear and detailed way. I'm also aware about the cultural differences messages they have in the arts and to respect each intercultural races. I think the right type of attitude to go with those learning outcomes is to be determined and to be observant. After completing the module I realized that my weakness is to elaborate during presentations, but after a few more presentations, I think I get better at it. I think the amount of presentations are important, as each of them are counted as a training.

Taylor's Graduate Capabilities:

Communication Skills

Citizenship and Global Perspectives

Digital Literacy

Discipline Specific Knowledge

Business Report

English II: Assignment Two

This project incorporates with other two subjects, Effective Public Communication and Principle of Economics. Even so, all three subjects have different contents as submission. For this project, we were supposed to work in groups of 4 to interview two different businesses of the similar types of business, one within Klang Valley and the other outside of it. 

For English II, we were supposed to prepare a business report 2500 to 3000 words based on the interview with the two businesses, with the given questions and also some that we came up with. We were to include informations like the brief bio of the businesses, comparative analysis of the businesses, recommendation and so on. We have to use proper and adequate language and grammar to convey the information in the report, and also learn to apply proper APA citing style for references. We have to also present the information gathered clearly and formally.

Our group had chosen the businesses of Food and Beverages (F&B), we focused on noodle shops. The first business of ours is called Yee Kee Beef Noodles, and our second one is SRK Noodle House.

Yee Kee Beef Noodle

SRK Noodle House

Presentation Video

Reflection: 
From this project I learned that it is important to watch the words and language in a formal report writing. It is always important to try to convey the information clearly and logically. I also learned to organize and analyse the scattered information into a tidy report, like which part belongs to which. Lastly, I also learned to present properly for a formal presentation, as speaking wise is really important, like the volume and nervousness, and also to be prepared to be questioned by the lecturer.

Taylor's Graduate Capabilities:

Communication Skills

Discipline Specific Knowledge

Citizenship and Global Perspective

Lifelong Learning

Photo Blog

Effective Public Communication: Assignment One

In this assignment we in a group of 7 were supposed to make a photo blog after visiting a place and explore the little areas we were required to mention in the blog. For this project, not only do we have to test our academic skills, but we have to also be tested of the way we present the photo blog. We should include some researched information regarding things that we included in the blog.

The topic of the blog is Food, Culture and Architecture, and our group had chosen to visit Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. There are a few fields we have to look into, that is the,

• People: ethnic background, gender, age, description
• Food: types of food available or food from hawker stall or restaurants
• Activities: kinds of activities found in the surrounding of the suggested location
• Cultural Conservation on Buildings: interior and exterior design the of building

Link of Photo Blog

http://epcproject1jackgroup.blogspot.com/

People - Two Kadazan Dusun dancing their tradisional dance

People - Morning market

Food - Special Yee Fung Laksa

Food - Kolok Mee with Laksa

Activities - Man playing erhu by the roadside

Activities - Atmosphere in the morning market

Buildings - Atkinson Clock

Buildings - Saban Tourism Board

Reflection: 
The learning outcomes for this project is leaning to apply the correct effective public communication concepts into situations to be included into the photo blog, and also to learn to present well during the presentation with proper English language. I think the right kind of attitude to achieve the learning outcomes is to respect the different cultural attitudes from outside of our state. I learned to use more appropriate academic writings on the blog as it is more of a tourism like blog and that they have to be detailed, logical and clear. Other than that I also learned to use the appropriate and relevant pictures be to included in the blog as to be shown under the category in a more suitable way. Lastly I also learn to communicate properly with the citizens from Kota Kinabalu as each of us have a different culture and it is important to know the intercultural aspects. After finishing the module, I learned that The weakness I identified is trying to write down good descriptions in the blog, and I learned to work with my team mates to come up with a more creative way to convey messages on the blog.

Taylor's Graduate Capabilities:

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Citizenship and Global Perspective

Digital Literacy

Individual Journal

Social Psychology: Assignment One

This project requires us to write 5 journals of 10 entries relating our daily lives and experience with the Social Psychology concepts. For each journal we should incorporate 2 concepts from each chapter, so that both the entries from one journal can relate more to each other. In each of the journal other than giving examples of our life experience we should also explain the concepts. We were to type out the entries instead of hand writing.

Reflection: 
From this project I learned to relate social psychology concepts with my life that I was totally unaware of. By relating my life experience with the psychological concepts, I understood that the experience I had was based on a psychological concept and that many people were experiencing the same feeling or attitude, as to compare how I used to think I was the only one thinking that way. Not only that, I learned to gain awareness of how people react or behave to certain matters more deeply.

Taylor's Graduate Capabilities:

Discipline Specific Knowledge

Lifelong Learning

Intrapersonal Skills

Financial Ratio Analysis

Basic Accounting: Assignment 

This assignment is about relating accounting calculations with a chosen business's financial states, where the company provides goods rather than services, for two years, 2012 and 2013. This is a group work of 2 to 3 members, and our group had chosen McDonald's Corporation.

We have to first research about McDonald's Corp's history, background and recent development. Then from the accurate accounting reports from official financial information websites (like Yahoo! Finance) we have to search for the three accounting reports: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement. We have to come up with calculations regarding the accounting's financial ratio analysis. Using the results, we then need to find the price/earning ratio (P/E ratio), and then interpret the investment recommendation at the end of the report.

Reflection: 
What I learned from this project is to understand and summarize the information of a company's background. I also learned to interpret information found from the other websites and using the information in calculations for the ratio analysis. This way I could easily assess the company's states at the moment and try to provide investment decision for the company. And last of all, I learned to communicate well with my group mates to provide information for the company that we all agreed on.

Taylor's Graduate Capabilities: 

Discipline Specific Knowledge

Digital Literacy

Thinking and Problem Solving Skills

Interpersonal Skills