Ciri Keusahawanan Rasulullah - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Guidelines
on the Student’s
MASTERS DISSERTATION
Semester 1, 2010/11
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The guidelines should be used with:
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Calender for Graduate Project: Faculty
website
Thesis manual: SPS website
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General Contents for the
DISSERTATION
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Introduction
Literature Review
Research Methodology
Data Collection Analysis
Conclusion & Recommendations
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INTRODUCTION
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Introductions provide a detailed account of the focus, objectives,
background material and structure of the dissertation. Think of
your introduction as a map that shows the reader where they are
going, what it will be like and what they are going to get from the
journey. The Introduction chapter should include :-
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Background of the core issue to be studied from the technical
aspect, current issue and history, must be supported by facts.,
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Problem Statement
 Brief statement on the problems surrounding the research
topic/scope that need to be studied.
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Aim, Objectives and Scope
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Importance of the Study
 Importance/Contribution to the core area of the study
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LITERATURE REVIEW
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Must be relevant with the title/topic and concept of the research .
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Theories discussed must be current. However, classic theories
that are suitable with the topic of the research could be discussed.
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Student should present  3 theories/models on the topic
understudy.
Should have  50 reference articles from the refereed journals.
Students are not allowed to cite from any Bachelor’s Degree
Project.
Literature review would make sure that the topic is significant. It
will be a synthesis of different research papers related to your
topic. The main goal is to make sure the readers appreciate the
topic because other researchers have already done their
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knowledge seeking in the past.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Methods to be used in order to achieve the research
objectives.
 It consists of:
 research design
 type of information/data to be used
 methods of data collection
 methods of data analysis
Here you are expected to outline the ways you
collected your empirical data (questionnaires,
interview etc) and substantiate your argument for
why you have approached your research topic in a
particular way.
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DATA ANALYSIS
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This is where you present the data that you
have collected, and highlight the main issues
that emerged from the research.
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You may well use graphs and diagrams in
this section, but should not draw
conclusions or give your interpretations
here. The idea is to set out the findings in a
clear way such that they could be used
independent of your interpretation
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This part provides the information related to the
calculations made and the relationship of the thesis
statement hypothesis to the numerical results. You
should make sure that you used appropriate
statistics methods for the results to be reliable.
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The methods used to analyse data must be
appropriate with the purpose of the study .
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Quantitative or qualitative form.
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Quantitative analysis – Student must use at least
bivariate analysis (2 variables)
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DISCUSSION
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In many dissertations, students chose
to discuss their findings and present
their argument in a separate chapter.
Here you combine your findings from
the literature, from your empirical work
(for example your company project or
interviews), develop your analysis and
present your main findings.
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CONCLUSION &
RECOMMENDATIONS
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This is the last part of the dissertation paper. It
should contain the overall assumption of answers
to the problem statement. Make sure that you
support your final answer with the appropriate
research results coming from the data analysis
chapter.
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Relate with the aim and objectives of the study,
and supported by the literature review.
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Show the fitness/agreeable of the findings with the
research model/theory
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Your conclusion is the place to summarise
what you have said. If there is a
conclusion which can be drawn from what
you have said it needs to be stated
clearly. You could also include an
assessment of how firm or tenuous that
conclusion is and perhaps an indication of
what further details would be necessary to
make it more firm.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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You must give an alphabetical list of all
the sources you have used, whether
quoted from or not. The bibliography
should include author, title, and place of
publication, publisher and date.
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APPENDICES
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These save the main dissertation being
cluttered, but allows you to give full
information that may be important to the
reader. For example you might include
things like an interview transcript, or a
blank questionnair
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For Office Use:
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Dissertation (Proposal) or (Write-up)
MHD/MHR 1280 or 2180
Presentation Date: ____________
Time: ___________
Venue:
Assessor 1: ___________________
Assessor 2: ___________________
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Organizational Innovativeness Among Public Universities
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Prepared by
Ahmad bin Mokhtar
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Approved by (Supervisor)
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Dr. Rozeyta Omar
Department of Human Resource Development
FPPSM, UTM
Sem I 2006/07
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Abstract
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It is a compressed summary of the entire
research paper. It should give your
readers an outlook on what to expect in
your research paper results. It can be in a
form of a small essay. You can write the
abstract in about 300 to 500 words total.
Do not divulge all the critical information
about your research paper. Reserve all of
them in for the other chapters.
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Contents page
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List the major sections and possibly
subsections with page numbers.
Preferably no more than one page.
Drafting your contents page in your initial
planning will help you to structure your
draft.
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STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Arrange schedule of appointment with his/her supervisor.
Advisable to have  15 contact hours with the supervisor for
each semester. Student who does not contact his/her
supervisor until the middle of the semester will be asked to
withdraw (TD) from the master project.
Take the initiative to solve any problem/personal problem
during the research period.
Abide to the schedule with regard to the date of submission for
the project report, presentation, etc.
Discuss the progress of the project proposal/writing-up with
his/her supervisor. Ask for the supervisor’s advise or consult
with the department’s lecturers for assistance in the project
progress.
Observe the minimum requirements of the master project
(write-up) which is 80 pages and maximum of 180 pages.
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DO NOT
PLAGIARISE!
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PLAGIARISM
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Student found to plagiarise can be expelled
from the program/university.
Plagiarism includes:
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the act of taking an idea, write-up, data or
invention of other people and claiming that the
idea, write-up, data or invention is the product
obtained or invented by him or herself, or
any attempt to project or an action of projecting,
in any way, that he or she is the real source or
inventor of the idea, write-up, data or invention
which actually was reproduced from other various
sources.
Source: Buku Peraturan Pelajar, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Cetakan Pertama
(2003), Bahagian Perkhidmatan dan Kemudahan Pelajar, m.s 9-10
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Issues
Student appointment time with supervisor
Presentation Session
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Student should honour the date/time of
appointment.
Student should understand what need to be
amended.
Student should respect the evaluators’
comments.
Student should complete the required
amendments.
2% deduction for each day of late
submission of proposal/full report
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Q&A
Thank you
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