ORIENTATION CLASS

ON
DISSERTATION WRITING

MBA 4Th SEMSTER

LUMBINI BANIJYA CAMPUS

 Research Topic
• A topic is what the thesis is all about.
• A subject or issue or event, on which
research is conducted is known as
research topic.
 Topic Selection
• Topic comes from unsolved problems like new
product development or its marketing, role of
branding in sale of goods, policy formulation
and their review, relationship of HR Practices to
performance etc.
• A researcher can select as topic to the problems
of his/her own interest. Such problems can be
raised from the past experience in business
sector, private sector and government agencies.
 Topic Selection Conti…
• Researcher finds out the research gap going through the
books and previous research reports. Such reports are
available in the different types of libraries. (Here research
gap is a research question or problem which has not been
answered appropriately or at all in a given field of study).
Such gap is considered as research topic.
• There are many articles in the newspaper and journals of
Nepal, which discuss emerging issues and ways in which
such problems can be solved. Excellent topics can be
chosen from these newspaper and journal articles.
• It is possible to develop a method to measure the opinion
about a certain product as well as the attitude about an
existing service.
 Organization of Project Work

Components of the Research

Report

3.
1. Preliminary 2. Body of the
Supplementary
Part Report
Section
 Preliminary Part
• Title Page
•  Declaration
•  Supervisor’s Recommendation
•  Endorsement
•  Acknowledgements
• Table of Contents
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Abbreviations
I have taken efforts in this project. However, it would not have been possible
without the kind support and help of many individuals and organizations. There
contribution is sincerely appreciated and gratefully acknowledged. At the very
outset, I feel deeply honored in expressing my heartfelt respect
towards Lumbini Banijya Campus which has been a platform for my career
development. I take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude and deep
regards to my supervisor (Name of the Supervisor) for his exemplary guidance
monitoring and constant encouragement throughout this project period.
Similarly, I would like to express my gratitude towards our campus chief Prof.
Dr. Ishwor Gautam sir for his kind co-operation and encouragement in
completion of this project. Moreover, I am highly indebted to all my teachers of
Lumbini Banijya Campus who has provided crucial information thorough
orientation class regarding preparation of my project work.
The experience I had with (Name of the organization) was a great chance for
learning and professional development.  I consider myself very lucky to be
provided with opportunity to be part of it.
I place a deep sense of gratitude to my family members who have
been invariable source of inspiration during the preparation of this project
work. I would also like to thank my friends for their encouragement and
LBC: Lumbini Banijya Campus
TU: Tribhuvan University
 Body of the Report
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
Background
Objectives
Rationale
Review
Methods
Limitations
 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Project Work

• It must contain a theoretical overview of study consisting of
brief discussion on project work nature.
• The discussion should confine from broad perspective to the
specific issues.
• A linkage of issue to the study is necessary with justification.
• If possible support your discussion with the empirical
evidence and the past observations on the same nature of
study.
 Objectives

• Objective is what the research seeks to

accomplish or achieve.
• Write general objective.
• Set not more than 2 specific objectives
• Use acceptable action verbs.
• Objective should focus on problem of the study.
 Objective Conti…
-To explore the employee satisfaction in the
Nepalese manufacturing industries.
-To analyze the relationship between employee
satisfaction and organization performance.
 Acceptable Action Verbs

• To identify • To estimate
• To explore • To forecast
• To examine • To predict
• To compare • To analyze
• To measure • To evaluate
association
• To measure
relationship
 Unacceptable Action Verbs

• To recommend
study
• To review
find out
• To make
explain
an overview
• To see
describe
• To look
conclude
into
• To diagnose
 Rationale

• Justify why you selected this topic

• Relevance of your study
-Show the relationship of the present study with
larger issues
-Show the importance of the study to whom and why.
-Show the benefits after the completion of the study.

•
 Review
• Study literature such as Article, Report, Book,
Thesis, Magazines, Newspaper etc. related to
your topic and mention their purpose,
methodology and findings in your report.
 Methods
•Research Design: Descriptive
•Population and Sample: all the respondent of a particular research area is
population and certain elements of respondent chosen for research which
represent total population based on convenience or formula is sample.
•Types of Data: Primary data, secondary data or both.
•Sampling procedure: For e.g.: Convenience sampling, judgmental
sampling, random sampling etc.
•Data Collection Procedure: Choose Research Instrument such as
Questionnaire, Schedule (Checklist).
•Tools and Techniques for Data Presentation and Analysis: Tables,
Charts, Mean, Median, Percentage, Standard deviation etc. Use excel or
spss if possible.
 Limitations
• They are the shortcomings, conditions or
influences that cannot be controlled by the
researcher that place restrictions on your
methodology.
• Any limitations that might influence the
results should be mentioned.
 Limitations Conti…
-Large number of sample is not taken because of
time and cost
-Data collection is made from the respondent of
large multinational companies only so its
findings may not be useful to the small
companies
 Body of the Report Conti..
CHAPTER II: RESULTS AND ANALYSIS
Data Presentation: Classify the data on some certain
basis and present such data in chart, diagram, graph
and table.
Analysis of Results: After the management of data in
certain design, researcher should analyze the data using
statistical technique and accounting technique.
Findings: Result is described from the analysis part. It
should be written bullet wise.
 Body of the Report Conti..
CHAPTER III: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
Summary: summary of previous chapter in
brief i.e. Summary of chapter 1 and chapter 2
briefly.
Conclusion: Gist of findings
 Supplementary Section
• BIBILIOGRAPHY
• APPENDICES
Bibliography
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 Appendices
• A collection of supplementary materials, usually
appearing at the end of a report, proposal, or
book.
• An appendix typically includes data and
supporting documents used by the writer to
develop the report.
 Guidelines for Research Report
• Paper: A4 size paper. Single side printing is essential.
• Chapter number: The chapter number is to be kept in centre of the page. It
is to be written in Capital Letter below the top of the page with two inches.
Following the spaces below should be the title of the chapters in capital
letter. The font for the chapter number and title of the chapter should be
Times New Roman and Size of the font should be 16.
For e.g.: CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
• Margin:
-Left: 1.5 inch
-Top: 1 inch
-Bottom: 1 inch
-Right: 1 inch
 Guidelines For Research Report…
• Spacing: The report must be 1.5 spaced. Single spacing may be
used only in the table of contents, charts, graphs, tables, quotations,
appendices and references.
• Page number from Chapter 1 to Appendix: Page number should
be placed at the upper right hand corner of the page. The page
number from Chapter 1 to Appendix should be kept in Arabic form.
For e.g.: 1, 2, 3…….35, 36…..
• Page number from Declaration to Abbreviation: The page
number from declaration should start in Roman form.
For e.g.: ii, iii, iv……ix…
• Font and Size: Times New Roman, font size is 12
• Paragraph should be indented.
• Text should be justified.
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