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DISSERTATION
DEC 2015
PRESENTED BY BUI THI THUY QUYEN (MA., MBA.)
UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE, HCMC
(ADAPTED FROM PROF. ROSS THOMPSONS GUIDE - UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON)
CONTENTS
1. Topic selection
2. Proposal
3. Dissertation layout
4. Tips for writing
TOPIC SELECTION
1. The topic you like;
2. The topic you can access relevant information;
3. The topic that is relevant to your profession;
4. The topic must be something academic (e.g. motivation,
leadership, performance management, relationship marketing, job
satisfaction, etc.);
5. The topic must be narrow and manageable.
Note:
Bad topic bad proposal bad literature review bad
TIPS
FOR
TOPIC
SELECTION
List 8 modules you have studied;
Read and try to narrow down the list of modules;
Choose the areas of each module you like most;
Talk to your tutors for help, take your ideas to
FOR EXAMPLE:
MODULE: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Job satisfaction
Teachers satisfaction
Teachers satisfaction at a private
university
Teachers satisfaction at a newlyestablished private university in Vietnam
FOR EXAMPLE:
1,500 2,000
Note:
In the early stages: questions should be tentative
After doing the Literature Review: questions should be
rephrased
FOR EXAMPLE:
TOPIC: TEACHERS SATISFACTION AT A NEWLY-ESTABLISHED PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN VIETNAM
Research Questions
UEF?
What recommendations are suggested for UEF to draw and
retain instructors?
I. THE INTRODUCTION
context;
Identify the problem and/ or rationale;
State the objectives & research question(s);
Explain why the research question is
exciting, relevant, and important; and how it
fits into ongoing academic debate, theory and
thought.
THE literature;
LITERATURE
1.II.
Evaluate
REVIEW
authors;
4. Identify the gaps in the literature/ criticize the
literature;
5. Put your literature together into groups
(synthesis);
6. Divide your review into sections and each should
NOTE:
A GOOD LITERATURE REVIEW LEADS TO
A THEORETICAL/ CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORK OR FOUNDATION
The theoretical/ conceptual framework or foundation is
a group of theories/ findings that will guide and bound
your own research.
SEARCHING
1. Identify some leading and up-to-date articles on your
topics
2. Search the bibliographies of these papers for relevant
papers
3. Search the bibliographies of these newly found papers
area
finding some key references
establishing a system for recording
literature material
recording the relevant information from
each source (manually or electronically)
sorting the literature into schools by key
words: similar studies, methods, etc.
1.
2.
Paradigm (A model/ example that shows how your dissertation works/ is produced)
3.
Approach
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Ethical considerations
9.
Likely problems
method
QUALITATIVE OR
QUANTITATIVE
QUANTITATIVE
some depth;
questionnaire;
yourself.
Design the questionnaire yourself involving testing questions, piloting,
IV. FINDINGS
All findings are clear and published in tables or graphs (not the most
and put in your own format; explain each graph/ table fully
Use a qualitative method to make sure that you use enough quotations
Check that what you have presented actually answers your research
questions.
V. DISCUSSION
This must be done with equal regard/attention for the identified literature
and your own findings section. To produce a good discussion you need to ask
yourself the following questions:
1.
How do my findings compare and contrast with the past published work/
literature?
2.
If I combine some of my findings with the literature, what new points can I
raise? (synthesis)
3.
Whether or not my findings are different to the past published work why?
4.
What are the implications of your findings? For the context? For business?
For management? For academic people? For the broader environment if
applicable?
5.
Are there things you would have done differently? Criticisms of your
approach?
Conclusion
summarize them
Synthesize them by writing your discussion points on
notes and see if you can re-group them or identify new
themes
Show that you have answered the research questions
Deliver a verdict/ judgment on your research questions
RECOMMENDATIONS
Put forward your justified views on
recommendations for:
The company
Industry
Future research in academic field
APPENDICES
REFERENCES
academic journals:
web sources
Avoid unreliable references such as Wikipedia,
blogs, etc.
get feedback you act come back with the next step get
feedback you act again, etc.
them
WRITING TIPS
Write in clear unambiguous English
Avoid jargon, colloquialisms
Be precise and develop a tight writing style
Pay attention to grammar and spelling
Use connective text between sentences, passages, chapters; ensure that the
last sentence of a passage or chapter introduces the new passage/ chapter (but
impossible to always to this); reinforce your main point
laughable account.)
certainty
GOOD LUCK!