PIM Individual Assignment Template

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\usepackage{times}
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\usepackage{lipsum} 

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% Packages for citation and referencing in APA style
\usepackage[style=apa,backend=biber]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{bibliography.bib}  % Replace with the actual path to your .bib file

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\begin{document}

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% Title page
\begin{titlepage}
  \centering
  {\bfseries\Large Individual Assignment}\\
  \vspace{8 cm}
  {\bfseries\LARGE Being Diligent in Becoming Digital}\\  % Title
  \vspace{2cm}
  \begin{tabular}{@{}l@{\hspace{1cm}}l@{}}
  MBA/23/1234 & A.B.C.D.Wickramasinghe\\
  Sub Group No.: & A – 8\\
  \end{tabular}

  \vspace{2cm}
  \begin{tabular}{@{}l@{\hspace{0.5cm}}l@{}}
  Course & : MBA 525: Contemporary Organisations\\
  Instructor & : Prof. D. D. Dassanayake\\
  Term & : January - March 2018\\
  \end{tabular}
  \vspace{6cm}
  
  \Large{Postgraduate Institute of Management}\\
  \small{University of Sri Jayewardenepura}\\
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\flushleft{
\textbf{Declaration for Assignment}}
\vspace{18pt}

I am fully aware of the content under plagiarism stated in the PIM Student Handbook, and I hereby declare and affirm that I have strictly observed the law relating to intellectual property, copyright, and plagiarism in this exercise. (Student Handbook, 2021.)
\vspace{3cm}



………………………………\\
A.B.C.D. Wickramasinghe\\
MBA/23/1234\\

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\begin{center}
    \bfseries{\MakeUppercase{This is the Project Title of your individual assignment at postgraduate Institute of Management}}
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\section{First Level Heading}
\lipsum[1]

\subsection{Second Level Heading}
\lipsum[2]

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\begin{table}[htbp]
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    \caption{Methods of Promoting and Restricting Trade}
    \begin{tabular}{@{}ll}
        \hline
        \textbf{Trade Promotion} & \textbf{Trade Restrictions} \\
        \hline
        Subsidies & Tariffs \\
        Export financing & Quotas \\
        Foreign trade zones & Embargoes \\
        Special government agencies & Local content requirements \\
        & Administrative delays \\
        & Currency controls \\
        \hline
    \end{tabular}
    \label{tab:trade_methods}
    \par\smallskip
    \raggedright
    \textit{Source}: Wild, J. J., \& Wild K. L. (2014, p.185).
\end{table}

\begin{figure}[htbp]
    \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{Project.png}
    \captionsetup{justification=raggedright,singlelinecheck=false,font={bf,small}}
    \caption{Sales Trend over Time}
    \label{fig:sales_data}
    \par\smallskip
    \raggedright
    \textit{Source}: Armstrong, M. (2012, p.291).
\end{figure}

\paragraph{1.1.1 Third Level Heading.}
\lipsum[3]

\subparagraph{1.1.1.1 Fourth Level Heading.}
\lipsum[4]


\noindent This is the sample citation one.(\cite{clarke2001business}) This is the sample citation two.(\cite{lamport1986latex}) You can add more citations like that. 


\printbibliography  % Print the bibliography

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