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Max. Marks: 100 |
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Submission: Week 8 |
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Objective: This is an individual assignment aimed
to give students the experience to design and implement an effective project proposal relating to business and
information systems. This will help the students to achieve all learning
outcomes while conducting own project proposal.
Learning Outcomes covered:
1.
Design
and implement an effective project proposal relating to business and
information system.
2. Critically review existing academic literature
relevant to an area of research.
3. Appraise the different research techniques and
tools.
4. Evaluate, assess and choose research methods.
1.
Instructions to students
As part of your bachelor program you are expected
to complete a “Project”. Select an appropriate project from the given below
which you will be doing as part of your final year project for XYZ organization
and submit a Project Proposal for the same. You are expected to work
individually in preparing the project proposal.
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2. Deliverables:
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Project
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o Prepare a clear and well defined working title.
Background
of the study
o Give a detailed introduction to
the project undertaken specifying the general aim of your project. Prepare your
understanding of the field of study by critically analyzing the pertinent work
of other investigators (5-7-literature review) leading up to your proposed
work.
Research
Objectives
o Prepare objectives following the
SMART. Research questions
o Prepare the research questions
that sets out to answer the research problem specific to the project chosen
Proposed
methodology
o Prepare the research methods you
intend to go about investigating the research questions. Also provide justification
of your choice.
Scope of
the Study
o Prepare the scope of the research with its
beneficiary and relevancy
Bibliography
o Prepare the referred articles
using CU Harvard referencing style. Citations should be added.
Timeline
o Prepare the timeline with respect
to the project undertaken. Timeline should provide only the requirements of
this coursework.
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Oral
Presentation: submission of task 2 will be followed by an oral presentation.
3. Project
Guide
Project title: The title of your research should explain in sufficient detail what you
are doing. Therefore the project
title should be well-defined and concise that describes the chosen project. The
abstract is supposed to be a quick summary of your project and it is generally
a paragraph or two in length. A title can also provide the reader an
understanding of the basic point of your project.
Background study:
Introduction: This provides a description of the problem that will be addressed. The
background information on the
organization / client chosen for the project (if any) can be included. Details
of specific department or functions, if required, can be provided. Also this
includes the rationale for the project (why).
Project aim: Describes what the project is all about e.g., “are you trying to build
an application / website / framework
etc.” Emphasize what is to be accomplished.
Literature: Describes the existing system /
any problem or issues faced by the organization / client, which requires this project to be undertaken. This must start with
a background of selected topic, the relevant literature identified and give
reviews of background reading. Students are expected to review/evaluate the
literature in comparison with their project tasks. The literature review must
include a clear statement of approach to be taken to solve the problem with
reference to the background reading. Keep in mind the following questions. What
kinds of research have been done before?
What relevant kinds of studies or
techniques need to be mastered to do your project?
Where is the state of the art
today?
How have
others gone about trying to solve problems you want to tackle, and in what ways
will your approach build on and vary from previous work?
Research questions: Well-thought-out and focused questions that identifies the phenomenon
to be studied.
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Research objectives: Steps you are going to take to answer your research questions or a
specific list of tasks needed to
accomplish the aim of the project
Proposed methodology: Select methodologies to answer the research
questions. The reason for
choosing the particular methodology must be justified properly. Need to mention regarding
research design, sampling
techniques, etc.
Bibliography: All citations in the literature review section
should be mentioned in bibliography,
but not all in the bibliography
is important enough to be mentioned in the literature review. In
other words, this section is a
comment on the most valuable material you have identified which
you will need to assimilate to do
your project. Please refer to the Writing Manual by Center of
Academic Writing.
Timeline: The realistic timeline (plan) of the project
helps to minimize any interruption to the
project activities. Timeline is a
step by step guide to the stages of the research over the time period.
Develop a Gantt chart to achieve
this.
4. Evaluation
Criteria:
You would be evaluated on the
following:
Originality of answer: Writing in your own words with some amount of
referenced material with correct spelling and grammar.
Oral examination: Your Assignment
marks are based on the PRESENTATION which will be conducted upon submission of
assignment. The VIVA will be based on the task given in the assignment. ZERO
mark will be awarded to the student if she / he is absent for
PRESENTATION.
Correct information analysis and presentation in document form. Adequate
referencing and citation provided
Examples provided
5. Guidelines
Follow the guidelines mentioned
below for your assignment.
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Ø Assignment documentation/report should be typed.
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Assignment documentation/report should be uploaded in Moodle and
will undergo plagiarism detection
test through Turnitin (a plagiarism detection tool)
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Handwritten assignments will not be accepted
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Assignment should have a Title Page. Title Page should contain the
following information.
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Assignment Name
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Session
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Student name
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Student ID
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Report should have Table of Contents
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Use page numbers
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Assignment should be typed in your own words using Times New Roman font size
12.
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Heading should be with Font Size
14, Bold, Underline
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Use Diagrams and Examples to explain your topic.
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Reference should be included in the last page as per CU Harvard Style. Please refer to
the Writing Manual by Center of Academic Writing.
6.
Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarized documents, in parts
or whole, submitted by the students will be rejected.
As per MEC policy, any form of violation of
academic integrity will invite severe penalty. Plagiarized documents, in part
or in whole, submitted by the students will be subject to this policy.
A. First offence of plagiarism
a. A student will be allowed to re-submit the
assignment once, within a maximum period of one week. However, a penalty of
deduction of 25% of the marks obtained for the resubmitted work will be
imposed.
b. Mark deduction: When the work is resubmitted,
the marking will be undertaken according to the marking criteria. In compliance
with this policy, the 25% deduction is then made on the marks obtained. For
example, in an assessment that carries a maximum of 50 marks, suppose a student
were to obtain 30 marks for the resubmitted work, the final marks for that
assessment will be 22.5 (after deducting 25% of the marks actually obtained for
the resubmitted work).
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c. Period of resubmission: The student will have to
resubmit the work one week from the date he or she is advised to resubmit. For
example, if the formal advice to resubmit was communicated to the student on a
Sunday (latest by 5 pm), the student will have to resubmit the work latest by
next Sunday 5 pm.
d. If the re-submitted work is also detected to be
plagiarized, then the work will be awarded a zero.
e. Resubmission of the work beyond the maximum
period of one week will not be accepted and the work will be awarded a zero.
B. Any further offence of
plagiarism
a. If any student is again caught in an act of
plagiarism during his/her course of study (either in the same module, same
semester or in any other semester), the student will directly be awarded zero
for the work in which plagiarism is detected. In such cases, the student will
not be allowed to re-submit the work.
C. Guidelines
a. Type 1: In case plagiarism is detected in any
component or part submission (submitted at different times) of one assessment
(assignment), the deduction in marks will be applicable for the whole
assessment (assignment), even if only the component or part submission alone
needs to be resubmitted.
b. Type 2: In case plagiarism is detected in a
group assessment, all students of the group will be considered as having
committed an act of plagiarism irrespective of whether plagiarism is on account
of the act of all or a few or only one member. The policy will then be applied
to all students.
c. Type 3: Combination of Type 1 and Type 2: In
case plagiarism is detected in any component or part submission (submitted at
different times) of a group assessment (assignment), the deduction in marks
will be applicable for the whole assessment (assignment), even if only the
component or part submission alone needs to be resubmitted. All students of the
group would be considered as having committed an act of plagiarism irrespective
of whether plagiarism is on account of the act of all or a few or only one
member. The policy will then be applied to all the students of the group.
d. Type 4: Variation of Type 1 and Type 2: In cases
where the assessment consists of components or part submissions that could be a
group assessment component (e.g. group assignment) and an individual assessment
component (e.g. individual reflection), the following will be applicable:
1.
If
plagiarism is detected in the group assessment component, all students of the
group will be considered as having committed an act of plagiarism, irrespective
of whether plagiarism is on account of the act of all or a few or only one
member. The policy will then be applied to all
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students of the group. In such cases the group assessment component will
be resubmitted as per the policy.
2. If plagiarism is detected in the
individual assessment component, the individual assessment component will be
resubmitted as per the policy. The policy will then be applied to that student
alone.
3.
In both
cases (a) and/or (b), the deduction in marks will be applicable for the whole
assessment (assignment).
D. Amount of similar material
a. The total amount of similar material in any form
of student work from all sources put together should not exceed 30% (including
direct quotations).
b. The total amount of quoted material (direct
quotations) in any form of student work from all sources put together should
not exceed 10%.
c. The total amount of similar material in any form
of student work from a single source should not exceed 7 percent. However,
cases having a similarity of less than 7 percent in such cases may still be
investigated by the faculty depending on the seriousness of the case.
d. If faculty member find enough merit in the case
of a student work with a similarity (with a single source) of more than 7
percent as not a case of plagiarism, the faculty member should provide detailed
comments/remarks to justify the case.
7.
Late Submission
Penalty for late submission - 5% of the maximum mark specified for the
assessment will be deducted for each working day.
Assessment documents submitted beyond a period of one week after the
last date of submission will not be accepted and will be marked as zero for
that assessment.
8.
Proposal Template
BUSS1008 Research Methods and Project Design – Proposal Form
Section One
Student
Name:
Student Number:
Supervisor
Name:
Section Two
Please note the areas shaded in
grey are mandatory fields.
Simply select the pertinent
greyed area and fill it in.
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Please
provide a short working title (click onto and write in grey box below).
The title of your research should explain in sufficient detail what you
are doing. Therefore the project title should be well-defined and concise that
describes the chosen project.
ABSTRACT
The abstract is supposed to be a quick summary of your project and it is
generally a paragraph or two in length. A good abstract will provide the reader
with enough information to understand the basic point of your project. In
short, abstract should introduce the project topic, significance, procedures
employed to carry out the project and the anticipated conclusions (or results,
application, or real world use of the project)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Introduction
Give a detailed introduction to the project
undertaken specifying the aim of your project. Prepare your understanding of
the field of study by critically analysing the pertinent work of other
investigators (5-7 literature review) leading up to your proposed work. This
provides a description of the problem that will be addressed. The background
information on the organization / client chosen for the project (if any) can be
included. Details of specific department or functions, if required, can be
provided. Also this includes the rationale for the project (why).
Research Questions
Prepare the research questions that sets out to answer the research
problem specific to the project chosen. Well-thought-out and focused questions
that identifies the phenomenon to be studied.
Project Objectives
Steps you are going to take to answer your research questions or a
specific list of tasks needed to accomplish the aim of the project. Prepare
objectives that follows SMART system.
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Proposed Methodology
Prepare the research methods you intend to go about
investigating the research questions. Also provide justification of your
choice. Select methodologies to answer the research questions. The reason for
choosing the particular methodology must be justified properly. It is important
to justify the research design as well the sampling techniques for your
research.
Scope of the Study
Prepare
the scope or area of your research and provide its relevancy and their
significance.
Bibliography
All citations in the literature review section should be mentioned in
bibliography, but not all in the bibliography is important enough to be
mentioned in the literature review. In other words, this section is a comment
on the most valuable material you have identified which you will need to
assimilate to do your project.
Timeline
The realistic timeline (plan) of the project helps to minimize any
interruption to the project activities. Timeline is a step by step guide to the
stages of the research over the time period. Develop a Gantt chart to achieve
this.
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Marking Criteria
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background |
background |
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aim and literature |
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research |
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