Dissertation with reference to any Dubai company

ASSESSMENT 2

Section 1: Topic, Research Questions, Aim and Objectives

Question 1: In the box below highlight your Title and Research Question.

Question 2: Break the research question into the main AIM and 4/5 Objectives.

Question 3: Based on the discussions in the previous workshops highlight below justification of your topic and why you think it will make a good MBA Dissertation.

Section 2: Literature Review

Based on the research done so far, answer the questions below:

Question 4: Who are the key authors within your topic area that you have noticed in your search (Highlight at least 4)

Question 5: Highlight below the key arguments and discussions coming forward in the literature you have reviewed so far.

Research Methods Assessments

Dissertation Proposal

Use the headings in the marking scheme to structure your proposal. The marking scheme is shown overleaf. Your proposal should not exceed 4500 words, excluding references. Use the headings mentioned below to structure your proposal.

Student number:
SECTION ONE (approximately 2000 words)
WorkingTitle:
Introduction including
• rationale,
• literature review,
• purpose,
• questions and
• scope:

SECTION TWO (approximately 2000 words)
Research methodology including
• research strategy,
• sampling strategy,
• data collection and analysis methods and
• validity and reliability:

Access:
Gantt Chart:
References:

Dissertation

After you have successfully completed the Research Methods module you will progress to your dissertation. Please remember that in regard to your final submission, time is needed for staff to mark, double-mark and check with the external examiner to be certain that marks are fair and consistent.

Each student should know that the dissertation forms part of their degree and as such requires thought and preparation. The student should be the driver here and initiate activity around the dissertation and be reading and investigating their topic demonstrating a genuine curiosity. The Research Methods component has been designed to help in the preparation of the dissertation and students should be able to work unaided in the main. This is an activity that is yours and for you alone to progress and be responsible for with advice from a supervisor.

You are required to attend all meetings as highlighted in the schedule. Some staff will only see their students a few times, others more often. Please do not compare as individual people work in different ways and the capable, driven student may need far less time than the one who is struggling with their ideas or is not working as they should.

If the supervisor is going to be absent for a time then try and set up a work schedule around this absence and reach agreement as to how the absence will be managed. Similarly students, needing time away for collection of data will need to arrange their work schedules and agree timescales with the supervisor.

It is very important that staff are allowed sufficient time for the reading of drafts and students MUST NOT EXPECT staff to read work instantly when a deadline is imminent. Ideally, a full draft between two weeks and a month before the deadline allows time for changes and amendments- subject of course, to the supervisor's schedule. Some supervisors may ask for drafts chapter by chapter.

Throughout the period of the course it is critical that you communicate with your supervisor by email and keep him/her informed about your progress or any difficulties you may be encountering and which may be affecting the progress of your dissertation. If your supervisor does not hear from you he/she may send you an email requesting an update. However, it is ultimately your responsibility to keep your supervisor informed. It is not their responsibility to keep chasing you.Non-engagement in the process will result in you receiving a mark of zero for non-submission.

Please note that supervisors may not be familiar with all the subjects that students study. Their role is to guide you through the process of completing the dissertation. In exceptional cases they may arrange for a colleague to provide you with specialist feedback on certain aspects of your dissertation.

Dissertation Presentation

Structure and contents
There is no best way of writing a dissertation or one model for an appropriate format. However, certain aspects are conventionally found in a dissertation and should only be varied after discussion with the supervisor for good reason. These are:

1) An opening section which should contain the following separate pages: Title page, declaration and statement, supervisor's statement, acknowledgements, abstract (a summary of 300 words, which should summarise all sections of the dissertation (THIS MUST BE INCLUDED), and table of contents.

(2) The first chapter should be an introduction to the dissertation which should state very clearly the purpose of the project on which the dissertation reports, and the results. A brief outline of the subsequent chapters of the dissertation. (Note: it is usual, somewhat paradoxically, to write the introduction after most of the dissertation is complete in order that a student has a clear idea of what is being introduced.) The student should include an aims and objectives section.

3) Chapter two should be a critical review of the relevant academic literature on which the dissertation builds, identifying the relevant theoretical ideas, concepts, debates and issues.

4) A chapter on Research Methods should state what methodologies are considered, what was selected and why. Justification for the final methods selected and the sampling techniques, sampling framework, the size and type of any appropriate survey, should be included. (If a case study method is used then the justification for the organisation used to be included).

5) One, or possibly two chapters that report on the research findings, both secondary and primary, clearly described, using as themes, what you have discovered and proposing reasons why this may be. This section should use any appropriate graphical representation that adds to the clarity of your findings.

6) Clear discussion chapter setting out the main findings of the dissertation linking your literature reviews with the research findings so that a clear theme can be identified through the whole work. On this information you can make your argument and assess. Remember to include what your findings contribute to both the general literature on the subject and the specialist field, and/or practical problems which you have covered empirically. Include those results which surprised you and which may appear, at first sight, counter-intuitive to others. Make sure that you address all the objectives of the study. Do not forget to identify further avenues of development.

7) The conclusion should refer back to aims and objectives. Clear recommendations or procedures should be identified.

8) References: There should be a complete reference list of all works used. This should be done in a standard Harvard format listing works alphabetically by author. It should be noted that one of the routine sources of presentational problems comes in mistakes in the referencing bibliography and therefore students should take considerable care in the compilation of the reference list and ensure that every work referred to in the texts is in fact listed in the references.

9) Appendices to the dissertation are legitimate but should be kept to an absolute minimum, e.g. Questionnaires used.

10) Footnotes should be avoided.

It is important that the dissertation should be your own independent work as a formal examination script. A dissertation should not merely consist of a patchwork of other people's thoughts and interpretations stitched together with a few threads of the student's own devising.
The OVERALL LENGTH of the dissertation (excluding appendices) would normally be expected to be within a range of 10,000 to 12,000 words. State the number of words at the end of your work.

Presentation:
1. All copies shall be presented in permanent and legible form in typescript or print and the characters shall be not less than 12 pt.
2. Typing shall be of even quality with clear black characters, and capable of photographic reproduction.
3. 1.5 spacing shall be used in typescript but for the Summary and indented quotations single spacing shall be used.
4. Drawings and Sketches shall be in black ink; unnecessary detail should be omitted and there should be at least 1 mm between lines.
5. Page margins for both left and right side should be set at 3cm. Copies produced by xerographic or comparable permanent processes are acceptable.

Attachment:- Literature Review Exercise.zip