Professional Documents
Culture Documents
(With special considerations, the project paper for this group can be either done on individual
basis or in a group of maximum five candidates only)
1: Session Content
2: Project Definition
3: Program relevance
The project could also address many different aspects such as operational, technical,
financial, human resource or strategic management issues relating to aviation. If the focus
of the project is outside the above industrial spectrum it MUST contain considerable
comparative analysis of practices in the engineering sector.
4: Requirements
Satisfy the Examiners:
o Overall
o Project Paper
5: Project Selection
Ensure that the topic allows for sufficient “intellectual analysis” of the problem
Ensure that the project timescales allow sufficient time to collect information for the
“write-up” period
6: Project Proposal
Give sufficient information to explain the problem or issue and what you intend to do
7: Project Execution
Set up a TWO way meeting with your supervisor either through email or at least one
meeting
Present your proposed approach and seek advice and guidance from supervisor or
lecturers
Keep in regular contact with your supervisors to advise on progress seek guidance
8: Planning
Define Objectives
Level resources
Re-plan
9: Why Plan?
Clear objectives
FOCUSED effort
Type the project paper overnight and hand in on the last date
Draft
Literature
Preliminary Pages:
o Title page
o Executive Summary
o Table of contents/figures
o Acknowledgements/declaration
o Definitions
Body of Report
Appendices
Glossary of Terms
References/bibliography
TITLE
by
Mohd Baharuddin Kadir Bin Abdul Mahad
20: Acknowledgements/Declaration
Those whose help you wish to acknowledge
Declaration that the work prepared and presented is your own (except where otherwise
acknowledge) has not been submitted for any award
26: Result
In a positivistic study – this is a straightforward presentation of the results
o Unit of analysis and sample taken from case studies
o Lots of tables and charts from secondary data
In a phenomenological study, may not be possible to separate from the analysis of the
results
30: Appendices
Relevant material
Would distract from main arguments
e.g Computer listing, company policy statements
Remember Quality not quantity!!
32: References/Bibliography
REFERENCES – specifically cited in text
o [1] in body followed by numeric list (ordered as first appears in body) at end – BS
or Vancouver system
o (Trelease, 1969) in body followed by alphabetic list – Harvard system
BIBLIOGRAPHY – list of sources of general information (often commented). May not
have been specifically cited in the text
33: Miscellaneous
Diagrams & Figures
o Organisational charts, histograms, pie charts, network diagrams etc
o Footnotes
o Index