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Write an abstract of 400 to 600 words for both undergraduate and master’s level thesis.

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A candidate who has publications emanating from the thesis may write the references
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 Declaration of Originality
I hereby declare that this thesis has been composed by myself and has not been presented
or accepted in any previous application for a degree. The work, of which this is a record,
has been carried out by myself unless otherwise stated and where the work is mine, it
reflects personal views and values. All quotations have been distinguished by quotation
marks and all sources of information have been acknowledged by means of references
including those of the Internet.

I agree that the University has the right to submit my work to the plagiarism detection
service TurnitinUK® for originality checks.

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 Copyright Statement
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license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis,
in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I consent to the
disclosure of the thesis to anyone who consults it or requests a copy on the understanding
that its copyright rests with me and that no quotation from the thesis and no information
derived from it may be published without proper referencing and acknowledgment. I also
retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis,
dissertation, or record of study.

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 Acknowledgements

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 Table of Contents
Abstract………………………………………………………………………….mn

Published Work……………………………………………………………… …mn

Declaration of Originality……………………………………………………….mn

Copyright Statement…………………………………………………..………. .mn

Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………… mn

List of Tables........................................................................................................nn

List of Figures......................................................................................................nn

List of Illustrations (if any,)................................................................................nn

Abbreviations and Glossary..............................................................................mn

Chapter 1 Name of Chapter..............................................................................nn

Chapter n Name of Chapter..............................................................................nn

References...........................................................................................................mn

Appendix A Name of Appendix........................................................................nn

Appendix B Name of Appendix..........................................................................nn

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 List of Tables

Table 1: Title of Table:...................................................................................nn

Table 2: ...........................................................................................................nn

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 List of Figures

Figure 1: Title of Figure:..................................................................................nn

Figure 2: ...........................................................................................................nn

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 List of Illustrations
Illustration 1: Title of Illustration:………………………………………………. nn

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Abbreviations and Glossary

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 Guide to write the chapters

Chapter Description
The introduction should set out the purpose and
scope of the dissertation, clearly explaining what
Introduction Why am I doing it? it is about, how it is structured, but more
Justification importantly, why the research is necessary and to
whom. You need to ensure that the academic and
applied rationale is well explained and justified.
An academic rationale should answer the
questions “Why don’t we know this already?
Why is more study on this topic needed?” and an
applied rationale should demonstrate the
What do I hope to relevance of the topic to contemporary business
Aims find out? environments.

This section should do pretty much what it says –

What is known?
Review of What is unknown?
research 60% of the research papers
that you consult must have
Identifying gaps been published within the last
five years.
give an overview of the context and background
to the research problem. It builds on your
problem definition and aims and objective
section and so is an expansion of the concise
arguments you make there, some historical
development of the field, identification of key
thinkers, and emerging problems, etc. would
usually be included here. It is probably the
section that will give you most scope to show off
the wide range of sources you have consulted.
Although this is a predominantly descriptive
section, you should still aim to present your
material critically.

Methodology How am I going to This section evaluates the relevant research

methodology that will be used in order to obtain
find it? the necessary information to be able to respond
to research questions. It states the research
problem, discusses the operationalisation of
hypotheses, discusses the research instrument to
be used to collect the data, the method of
collecting the data and discusses the validity and
reliability of data.

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Data Analysis, What have I found? It is vital is that your dissertation contains
sufficient analytical discussion in addition to the
Results and What does it mean? more descriptive ‘scene setting’ material of the
discussion literature review sections.

Conclusions and So what? What are Here in your concluding section you need to
answer the “So what?” question. What
recommendations the possible significance do your research findings have? For
applications or whom? Why? and How? In this chapter you link
problem (Chapter 1) with literature review and
recommendations? findings; comment on managerial implications
What next? and limitations to the research; suggest further
work and better ways to resolve the problem.

Introduction
What is the topic and why is it important? State the problem(s) as simply as you
can. Remember that you have been working on this project for a few months (and
a few years in case of doctoral students), so you will be very close to it. Try to
step back mentally and take a broader view of the problem. How does it fit into
the broader world of your discipline?
Especially in the introduction, do not overestimate the reader's familiarity with
your topic. You are writing for researchers in the general area, but not all of them
need be specialists in your particular topic. It may help to imagine such a
person---think of some researcher whom you might have met at a conference for
your subject, but who was working in a different area. S/he is intelligent, has the
same general background, but knows little of the literature or tricks that apply to
your particular topic.
The introduction should be interesting. If you bore the reader here, then you are
unlikely to revive his/her interest in the materials and methods section. For the
first paragraph or two, tradition permits prose that is less dry than the scientific
norm. If want to be lyrical about your topic, here is the place to do it. Try to make
the reader want to read the heavy bundle that has arrived uninvited on his/her
desk. Go to the e-library and read several thesis introductions. Did any make you
want to read on? Which ones were boring?
This section might go through several drafts to make it read well and logically,
while keeping it short. For this section, I think that it is a good idea to ask
someone who is not a specialist to read it and to comment. Is it an adequate
introduction? Is it easy to follow? There is an argument for writing this section---
or least making a major revision of it---towards the end of the thesis writing. Your
introduction should tell where the thesis is going, and this may become clearer
during the writing.

Literature review
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 Where did the problem come from? What is already known about this problem?
What other methods have been tried to solve it?
Ideally, you will already have much of the hard work done, if you have been
keeping up with the literature as you vowed at the start of the dissertation, and if
you have made notes about important papers over the months. If you have
summarised those papers, then you have some good starting points for the review.
When you start reading about a topic, you should open a spread sheet file, or at
least a word processor file, for your literature review. Of course you write down
the title, authors, year, volume and pages. But you also write a summary (anything
from a couple of sentences to a couple of pages, depending on the relevance). In
other columns of the spread sheet, you can add key words (your own and theirs)
and comments about its importance, relevance to you and its quality.
How many papers? How relevant do they have to be before you include
them? At undergraduate level we expect students to have 30 to 35 references.
At master’s level we expect students to have 40 to 45 references. On the order
of a hundred is reasonable for doctoral studies, but this will depend on the
field. You are the expert on the (narrow) topic of your thesis: you must
demonstrate this. Around 60% of the papers must have been published
within the last five years from the day of the start of the research work for
the dissertation.
For doctoral students, it is good to note the following political point: make sure
that you do not omit relevant papers by researchers who are likely to be your
examiners, or by potential employers to whom you might be sending the thesis in
the next year or two.

Methodology
This varies enormously from thesis to thesis. It should be possible for a competent
researcher to reproduce exactly what you have done by following your
methodology. There is a good chance that this test will be applied: sometime after
you have left, another researcher will want to do a similar experiment either with
your gear, or on a new set-up in a foreign country. Please write for the benefit of
that researcher. It is vital that you state how you applied the methods rather than
copying a lot standard materials from the textbooks. For example, if you are using
stratified random sample, then after defining the method, you must the state the
steps you followed to implement it.
In some theses, particularly multi-disciplinary or developmental ones, there may
be more than one such chapter. In this case, the different disciplines should be
indicated in the chapter titles.

When you are reporting theoretical work that is not original, you will usually need
to include sufficient material to allow the reader to understand the arguments used
and their physical bases.
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 Suspense is not necessary in reporting science: you should tell the reader where
you are going before you start.

Data Analysis, Results and discussion

The results and discussion are very often combined in theses. This is sensible
because of the length of a thesis: you may have several chapters of results and, if
you wait till they are all presented before you begin discussion, the reader may
have difficulty remembering what you are talking about.
Make sure that you have described the conditions which obtained for each set of
results. What were the other relevant variables? Make sure too that you have used
appropriate statistical analyses. Use appropriate statistical tests. Verify the
assumptions.
In most cases, your results need discussion. What do they mean? How do they fit
into the existing body of knowledge? Are they consistent with current theories?
Do they give new insights? Do they suggest new theories or mechanisms?
You MUST link your analyses to the objectives and hypotheses that you stated in
the first chapter. Your analyses must also provide answers to the research
questions you raised in your research proposal.

Conclusions, Recommendations, and suggestions for further work

Your abstract should include your conclusions in very brief form, because it must
also include some other material. A summary of conclusions is usually longer
than the final section of the abstract, and you have the space to be more explicit
and more careful with qualifications.
It is often the case with scientific investigations that more questions than answers
are produced. Does your work suggest any interesting further avenues? Are there
ways in which your work could be improved by future workers? What are the
practical implications of your work? Recommendations MUST emanate from the
analyses in your thesis.

Appendices
Often misused and misunderstood, an appendix should only be used to include
supplementary (but non-essential) material which, if included, would disrupt the
flow of the text. Appendices are not marked so do not include any vital
information, eg: results of analysis, in one if you want the content to be
considered part of the assessment. Appendices do not contribute to the overall
word length.

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 Formatting

1. Cover page: same as in this document

2. Table of contents
A table of contents is absolutely required. It should have three levels:
- Chapter titles (Level 1): Times New Roman Bold, 12 point
- First sub-heading (Level 2): Times New Roman, 10 point
- Second sub-heading (Level 3): Times New Roman, 10 point

3. List of tables, figures and graphs

This list will appear after the table of contents. It will include all tables, figures
and graphs in the paper. All tables, figures and graphs must have titles and must
be numbered.
Remember to provide the sources for the table, figure or graph whenever you
use data from a source other than the primary data you have collected.
The numbering should be in the format Table 1, 2, 3, or Figure 1, 2, 3, indicating
the order of the tables, figures and graphs within the thesis.

4. List of acronyms and abbreviations

The list should include all acronyms and abbreviations used in the paper, in
alphabetical order.

5. Fonts and point size

 Chapter titles (Level 1): Times New Roman Bold, 18 point
 First sub-headings (Level 2): Times New Roman Bold , 15 point
 Second sub-headings (Level 3): Times New Roman Bold , 13 point
 Main text: Times New Roman , 12 point
 Paragraph format: justified.
 Line spacing: 1.5
 Paragraph Spacing before: 6 points
 Paragraph Spacing after: 6 points

6. Margins 
 Top (2.5 cm); Bottom (2.5 cm); Left (4 cm); Right (2 cm).

7. Page numbering
 At the bottom and centre of the page, Times New Roman 11 point
 Do not count or number the cover page and the dedication. All other pages
must have numbers.

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  The remaining preliminary pages may include a table of contents, abstract, list
of figures, tables, symbols, illustrations and acknowledgments. You must
number these preliminary pages using lower case Roman numerals
beginning with the number “i” and continue in sequence to the end of the
preliminary pages (i, ii, iii, iv, v, etc.).
 The main body of your text (starting from the first chapter) and your
references also use Arabic numerals. Start the numbering of the main body
with the number “1” and continue in sequence (1, 2, 3, etc.), numbering
consecutively throughout the rest of the text, including illustrative materials,
bibliography, and appendices.

8. Notes and note reference marks 

Note references in the text should be given as raised figures (exponent format),
placed before any punctuation marks. The notes themselves should be endnotes
placed after the main text (rather than footnotes) and before the appendices and
bibliography.

9. Numbering of chapter titles and first sub-headings 

Number chapter titles in Arabic numerals, starting with the abstract (1. Abstract;
2. Executive Summary; 3. Introduction, etc.)
First sub-headings should be numbered 1.1, 1.2, …, 2.1, 2.2, …, and so on.

10. Printing
Single-sided printing.

11. Binding
Students should submit 2 hard copies (spiral bound with a clear plastic cover)
copy of their dissertation along with 1 disc copy.

Dissertations not conforming to the above format will not be accepted for
marking.

Style: Papers in English should use UK English spelling.

Example
Chapter 1: Introduction
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1.1 Identification of barriers to successful application of PMS
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The fourth thematic priority is to identify the barriers to the application of PMS.
Several authors have identified barriers to the use of the PMS especially in the public
service (Rantanen et al., 2007a,b; Bryson, 2004; Meyer, 2002; Moullin, 2002; Pollitt,
2001). The knowledge of barriers will help to remove them. This will not only contribute
to motivate the employees but it will also contribute to have a cost-effective system that
would appeal to all the stakeholders while achieving the aim of improving performance.

It is important to unpack assumptions about productivity and performance within

governmental organisations. This research provides an investigation that would
contribute towards a result-oriented, effective, efficient, cost-conscious, value-for-money
and high quality public administration that would satisfy the needs of all Mauritians.

1.2 Aims, Objectives, Research Questions and Hypothesis

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This research focuses on performance management in the Mauritian Civil Service and
attempts to gauge the extent to which it has been successful. The importance of the
various processes of the performance management system as well as the extent to which
they are practised have also been studied. The objectives of this research are:

REFERENCING CONVENTIONS

There are different referencing styles but at the Open University of Mauritius, the
Harvard system is preferred. You must familiarise yourself with this system.

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In the literature review chapter and in other main parts of your dissertation you will write
the text obtained from the review and the reference itself. For example the chapter on
literature review may start with the following paragraph that contains text on leadership
obtained from two references namely Stogdill and Mann.
“The early work on leadership in management can be divided into three phases. At first,
leadership was viewed as a property of the person, the ‘trait theories’ being reviewed by
Stogdill (1948) and Mann (1959). The main findings were…”
Notice that in the text we should only mention the Surname and the date. The
bibliographic details about the works should be given in a separate chapter named
References or Bibliography which appears at the end of the dissertation. For example the
bibliographic details of Mann (1959) will appear as follows
Mann R D (1959) “A review of the relationship between personality and performance in
small groups”, Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 241-70.
Different sources of literature are referenced in different ways as shown in Table 1.1 and
Table 1.2. These tables have been adapted from Saunders et al. (2003). Table 1.1 refers to
the conventions we use when referencing in the text. Table 1.2 refers to the conventions
we use when writing the bibliographic details at the end of the dissertation.

Table 1.1 Using the Harvard system to reference in the text

To refer to Use the general format For example
A single author (Surname date) or (Mann 1959) or
Surname (date) Mann (1959)
Dual authors (Surname and Surname date) (Saunders and Cooper
1993)
More than two authors (Surname, Surname and Surname (Saunders, Lewis and
when referred for the date) Thornhill 2003)
first time
More than two authors (Surname et al. date) (Saunders et al. 2003)
when referred for the
second and subsequent
times
Work by different (Surname date; Surname date) in (Baker 1996; Lewis
authors generally alphabetical order 1998; Thornhill 1997)
Different authors with (Surname, Initial date) (Smith, J 1998; Smith,
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the same surname K 1999)
Different publications (Surname date; date) in ascending (Lewis 1991; 1998)
by the same author date order
Different publications (Surname date letter), make sure (Forster 1991a; Forster
by the same author the letter is consistent throughout 1991b)
from the same year
An author referred to (Surname date; cited by Surname (Granovetter 1974;
by another author date) cited by Saunders
where the original has 2003)
not been read
(secondary reference)
A corporate author (Corporate name date) (Bank of Mauritius
1990)
A newspaper article (Newspaper name date) (L’Express 2006)
with no obvious author
Another type of (Publication title date) (Labour Market
publication with no Trends 2001)
obvious author
An internet site (Site title date) (Advertising
Association 1999)
A publication for which (Surname or Corporate name nd), (Woollons nd)
the year of publication where ‘nd’ means no date
cannot be identified (Surname or Corporate name, c. (Hattersley c. 1977)
date) where ‘c’. means circa
A direct quotation (Surname or Corporate name date, “The Harvard method,
pp.number) where ‘pp.’ means which I use in this
page in the original publication on book, has a number of
which the quotation appears advantages over other
methods” (Bell 1999,
pp. 51)

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Table 1.2 Using the Harvard system to reference in the chapter
References or Bibliography at the end of the dissertation
To reference Use the general format For example
Books and Book (first Surname, Initials and Saunders, M N K and
chapters in edition) Surname, Initials (date) Cooper, S A (1993)
books Title, Publisher, Place Understanding Business
of publication Statistics, DP Publications
Ltd, London
Book (other Surname, Initials and Jankowicz, A D (2000)
than first Surname, Initials (date) Business Research Projects,
edition) Title (? edn), Publisher, (3rd edn) Thomson Learning,
Place of publication London.
Book (no Corporate name or Mintel Marketing
obvious author) Publication name (date) Intelligence (1998)
Title, Publisher, Place Designerwear: Mintel
of publication Marketing Intelligence
Report, Mintel International
Group Ltd., London
Chapter in a Surname, Initials and Robson, C (2002) Real
book Surname, Initials (date) World Research (2nd edn),
Title, Publisher, Place Blackwell, Oxford, Chapter
of publication, 3.
Chapter?
Chapter in an Surname, Initials (date) Craig, PB (1991) “Designing
edited book “Chapter title”, in and using mail
Surname, Initials (eds), questionnaires” in Smith, NC
Title, Publisher, Place and Dainty, P (eds), The
of publication, page Management Research
numbers Handbook, Routledge,
London, pp. 181-9
Journal Journal article Surname, Initials and Storey, J, Cressey, P, Morris,
articles Surname, Initials (date) T and Wilkinson, A (1997)
“Title of article”, “Changing employment
journal name, volume practices in UK banking:
number, part number, case studies”, Personnel
pages Review, Vol. 26, No.1, pp.
24-42
Journal article Corporate name or Local Government Chronicle
(no obvious Publication name (date) (1993) “Westminster poised
author) ‘Title of article’, for return to AMA fold”,
journal name, volume Local Government
number, part number, Chronicle, 5 November, pp.5
pages
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Government Parliamentary Country of origin (date) Great Britain (1994)
publications papers Title, Publisher, Place Criminal Justice and Public
including acts of publication Order Act 1994, HMSO,
and bills London
Others (with As for books As for books
authors)
Others (no Department name or Department of Trade and
obvious Committee name (date) Industry (1992) The Single
authors) Title, Publisher, Place Market: Europe Open for
of Publication Professions, UK
Implementation, HMSO,
London
Newspapers, Newspaper Surname, Initials and Roberts, D (1998) “BAe sells
including CD- article Surname, Initials (date) property wing for £301m”,
ROM “Title of article”, The Daily Telegraph,
databases Newspaper name, place London, 10 October, pp.31
of printing, day, month,
pages
Newspapers Newspaper Newspaper name (date) Guardian (1992) “Fraud trial
including CD- article (no “ Title of article”, at Britannia Theme Park”,
Rom obvious author) Newspaper name, place The Guardian, Manchester, 5
databases of printing, day, month, February, pp.4
continued pages
Newspaper Newspaper name or Financial Times (1998)
article (from surname, initials (date) “Recruitment: lessons in
CD-ROM “Title of article”, leadership: moral issues are
database) Newspaper name, place increasingly pertinent to the
of printing, day, month, military and top corporate
pages ranks”, Financial Times
(CD-ROM), London, 11
March, pp.32
Other CD- Title of CD-ROM or Encarta 98 Encyclopedia
ROM Surname, Initials (date) (1997) (CD-ROM),
publications (CD-ROM), Publisher, Microsoft, Redmond, WA
Place of publication

Unpublished Surname, Initials and Saunders, MNK, Thornhill,

conference Surname, Initials (date) A and Lewis P (2001)
papers “Title of paper”, paper “Employees’ reactions to the
presented at the management of change: an
Conference name, exploration from an
days, month, location organizational justice

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 of conference framework”, paper
presented at the Eighth
Annual International
Conference on Advances in
Management, 11-14 July,
Athens
Letters, Letter Surname, Initials and MacClelland, S (1998)
personal Surname, Initials (date) “Unpublished letter:
emails and “Unpublished letter: Reviewer’s feedback”
electronic Subject matter”
conferences/b
ulletin boards
Personal email Surname, Initials (date) MacClelland, S (1998)
“Subject matter” (email “Unpublished letter:
to the author) (online) Reviewer’s feedback” (email
to author) (online)
Electronic Surname, Initials (date) Jones, K (1999), 101 reasons
conference/Bull Subject matter, name of why we need the pound,
etin Boards electronic Britain and European
conference/bulletin Monetary Union [online]
board [online]
Internet items Journal <URL:http://www.rem <URL:http://www.stingray.i
excluding published on ainder of full Internet vision.co.uk/
emails the internet electronic Groups/emu/frindex.htm>
conference/bulletin
board>
Journal article Surname, Initials and Illingworth, N(2001) “The
published on Surname, Initials (date) Internet matters: exploring
the Internet “Title of article”, the use of the Internet as a
journal name, volume research tool”, Sociological
number, part number Research Online 6:2,
[online] (cited day [online] (cited 20 March
month year) Available 2002)
from Available from
URL:http://www.remai URL:http://www.socresonlin
nder of full internet e.org.uk/6/2/illingworth.html
address.
Internet items Internet Site title (date) “Title Chartered Institute of
excluding site/specific site of page within site Personnel and Development
emails pages where applicable” [online] (cited 7 January
continued [online] (cited day 2002) Available from
month year) Available <URL:http://www.cipd.co.uk
from >
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 <URL:http://www.rem
ainder of full internet
address>
Internet article Surname, Initials and Jones A Smith A (eds)
Surname Initials (date) (2001) “What exactly is the
“Title of article” Labour Force Survey?”
[online] (cited day [online] (cited 20 December
month year) Available 2001) Available from
from <URL:http//www.statistics.g
<URL:http://www.rem ov.uk/nsbase/downlaads.the
ainder of full internet me_labour/what_exactly_is_
address> LFS1.pdf>

Final note:

A dissertation is likely to attract good grades if

• There is a judicious use of methods

• There is a critical evaluation of the methods used

• Findings are analysed thoroughly, not merely described (remember that you are

working in the area of management and therefore you must link the statistical

results to the management issues being addressed)

• Proper use of charts and tables

• Conclusions are linked to findings and analyses

• Recommendations are practical and feasible

The following Table MUST be given in the appendix. Students must fill in the

column “No. of words”. Examiners shall fill in the “Marks allocated” column.

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 No of words
Table of contents, List of Tables,
List of Figures, Abstract,
Acknowledgement, Tables,
Figures, Diagrams and list of
references and appendices are not Marking Marks
Tasks included in the word count. Scheme allocated Criteria
No. of % of
  Minimum Maximum words marks    
  Originality and Relevance. For
example: thoroughness and
coherence of literature review;
critical examination and
Chapter 1 2400 3000 10   evaluation of the current business
situation using academic
frameworks (concepts/ business
models); identification of the
main research problem; its
Literature Review relevance and implications;
Chapter(s) 3000 3750   20   originality and creativity etc.
Critical evaluation of available
research approaches and methods;
selection of methodology
appropriate to research objectives;
selection of analytical techniques
appropriate to data collected;
quality of results obtained and
Research relevance to research questions,
Methods Chapter 1800 2250   15   etc.
  For example: critical analysis,
evaluation and application (rather
than mere description) of results;
Data analyses interpretation of results;
chapter(s) 3600 4500   30 justifiability of conclusions and
/or solutions to the problem
identified; strategic action plan
and recommendations for
implementation; implications for
Conclusion and management practice; recognition
Recommendation of limitations; suggestions for
Chapter 1200 1500   10   future research, etc.
Proof reading and
editing of thesis For example: executive summary;
(Turnitin Report)       10 style, structure and layout;
Overall appropriate use of tables,
presentation of diagrams, appendices; style of
thesis. Format.       5 referencing etc.
Total 12000 15000   100    

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 Name of Examiner Total Marks Signature
Allocated
Surname First Name Middle Name
1
2
3

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