Appendix 1: Project outline form

GROUP FINAL YEAR PROJECT OUTLINE

SUBMISSION

To be submitted to School Office on ________________ (Refer to LMS).

This form is required to be completed by students who wish to have their Final year Project
work supervised by a staff from within the School of Management and IT. Failure to submit
the form by the date indicated will delay the allocation of an appropriate supervisor.

NGUYEN TRAN KIM NGAN ID NO: 1002165192

STUDENT (1) NAME: ………………………………..…… ………………………………
NGUYEN DUC HUY
STUDENT (2) NAME: ……………………………………… 1002165178
ID NO: …………………………….
SUBJECT CODE: (E.g. BA309, BB303, BM309) ……………………………………….

RESEARCH CLUSTER Accounting/ Finance

(Please tick) Marketing

Economic

Human Resource Management

Management

POSSIBLE TITLE

Influential factors on E-commerce purchase intention of university students in Ho Chi Minh City
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT YOU AIM TO ACHIEVE BY YOUR STUDY
Our aim is to find out the factors that affect on purchase intention of university
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students in Ho Chi Minh City, and examine to what extent these factors affected on
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purchase intention of university students in Ho Chi Minh City.

LIST OF AT LEAST 3 RELEVANT BOOKS and ONE JOURNAL ARTICLE which you deem
to be relevant to your initial stages of secondary research in the topic area
"Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" by Robert B. Cialdini
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Consumer Behavior: Buying, Having, and Being" by Michael R. Solomon
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Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy" by Martin Lindstrom
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RESEARCH METHODS CONSIDERED

Quantitative research method is used in this study.

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JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE RESEARCH

We only found out factors that affect on purchase intention of university students
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in Ho Chi Minh City.

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STAFF CONSULTED FOR PROJECT TITLE (IF ANY)

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NAME OF THE STAFF SIGNATURE OF THE STAFF DATE

This section to be filled by the FYP Coordinator ONLY:

MAIN SUPERVISOR _________________________________

2ND MARKER _________________________________

Remarks:
 Appendix 3.1: Group Final Year Project (A) assessment form

GROUP FINAL YEAR PROJECT (A) ASSESSMENT REPORT

Name of Student (1) NGUYEN TRAN KIM NGAN (2) NGUYEN DUC HUY
Student ID Number (1) 1002165192 (2) 1002165178
Programme Business Administration
Title of Project Influential factors on E-commerce purchase intention of university students
in Ho Chi Minh City
Main Supervisor MS. HOANG THU THAO
2nd Marker

Semester/Year December 2023

Maximum First Second

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Marks Supervisor Marker
1. Introduction
Information gathering for background of the study, with problem
statement included the research questions, research objectives and/or
Hypotheses. Significance of study should also be discussed.
30
2. Literature Review
Literature Review is relevant to the important variables of study and
reviews express the comparison/contrasting views/outcomes of currently
published knowledge on the topic. Present conceptual Framework and/or
selected relevant theory/ theoretical framework
35
3. Methodology
The appropriateness of research design, sampling and location, variable
measurement, data collection, data analysis method to carry the study
35

TOTAL 100
COMMENTS

Please make any comments regarding the dissertation, i.e. good points, weaknesses, how
the work could have been improved etc.

MAIN SUPERVISOR’S COMMENTS:

SECOND MARKER’S COMMENTS:

Name & Signed:

MAIN SUPERVISOR…………………………………………. Date ……………………

SECOND MARKER .…………………………………………. Date ……………………

 Appendix 2: Progress report form

GROUP FINAL YEAR PROJECT

PROGRESS REPORT

19 September 2023
Date: _____________
Student (1) NAME: NGUYEN
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TRAN KIM NGAN ID NO: 1002165192
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Student (2) NAME: _______________________
NGUYEN DUC HUY ID NO: ________________
1002165178
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Name of Supervisor (Main/2 ):_____________________________________
MS. HOANG THU THAO

WORK DONE SINCE LAST MEETING

We had to choose a specific topic that different with each group in class in order to vary
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our research. Then, we had to name our topic correctly with Ms. Thao's direction.
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PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED & SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS

There are many previous studies that we have to read, it always makes us confuse while
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choosing a suitable topic and name for it. Ms. Thao suggested us should read academic
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articles on Google Scholar to make our study more reliable.
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PEOPLE MET/CONTACTS ESTABLISHED
We had an online meeting with Ms. Thao on Ms Team.
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ACTION REQUIRED
Read and prepare 10 to 15 academic articles relating to our topic, and find out some
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Theory that can be used in our research. After reading, we had to choose the most
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suitable Theory framework for our group.
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22 September 2023
Date of Next Meeting: ………………………………………………………

Supervisor

Signed ……………………… Date: ………………...

Students

Signed (1) …………….…… (2) …………..……. Date: ……………...

Note:

Original Copy – Students; Photocopy - Supervisor

 Appendix 2: Progress report form

GROUP FINAL YEAR PROJECT

PROGRESS REPORT

Date: 22
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September 2023

Student (1) NAME: NGUYEN

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TRAN KIM NGAN ID NO: ________________
1002165192
Student (2) NAME: NGUYEN
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DUC HUY ID NO: ________________
1002165178
nd
Name of Supervisor (Main/2 ):_____________________________________
MS. HOANG THU THAO

WORK DONE SINCE LAST MEETING

We had to list articles or previous research that we have read, and some Theory frameworks
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that we could choose to use in our research.
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PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED & SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS

This task was easy for us to read and find out what Ms. Thao required us to do.
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But it took much time to read and find the suitable one.
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PEOPLE MET/CONTACTS ESTABLISHED
We had an online meeting with Ms. Thao on Ms Team.
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ACTION REQUIRED
We had to read academic articles and research to find some extra factors to make our
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research more reliable and more details to analyze.
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28 September 2023
Date of Next Meeting: ………………………………………………………

Supervisor

Signed ……………………… Date: ………………...

Students

Signed (1) …………….…… (2) …………..……. Date: ……………...

Note:

Original Copy – Students; Photocopy - Supervisor

 Appendix 2: Progress report form

GROUP FINAL YEAR PROJECT

PROGRESS REPORT

Date: _____________
28 September 2023

Student (1) NAME: _______________________

NGUYEN TRAN KIM NGAN ID NO: ________________
1002165192
Student (2) NAME: _______________________
NGUYEN DUC HUY ID NO: ________________
1002165178
nd
Name of Supervisor (Main/2 ):_____________________________________
MS. HOANG THU THAO

WORK DONE SINCE LAST MEETING

We found out three extra factors that can be used in our research.
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PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED & SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS

It was about a specific topic so it was easy for us to find extra factors to use
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PEOPLE MET/CONTACTS ESTABLISHED
We had an online meeting with Ms. Thao on Ms Team.
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ACTION REQUIRED
After having enough information for our research, we had to give Ms. Thao a draft.
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A draft is about what we are going to to in this research, what we will write in Introduction,
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Literature review, Research methodology.
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23 November 2023
Date of Next Meeting: ………………………………………………………

Supervisor

Signed ……………………… Date: ………………...

Students

Signed (1) …………….…… (2) …………..……. Date: ……………...

Note:

Original Copy – Students; Photocopy - Supervisor

 Appendix 2: Progress report form

GROUP FINAL YEAR PROJECT

PROGRESS REPORT

Date: _____________
23 November 2023

Student (1) NAME: _______________________

NGUYEN TRAN KIM NGAN ID NO: ________________
1002165192
Student (2) NAME: _______________________
NGUYEN DUC HUY ID NO: ________________
1002165178
nd
Name of Supervisor (Main/2 ):_____________________________________
MS. HOANG THU THAO

WORK DONE SINCE LAST MEETING

After being accepted by Ms. Thao, we should write Introduction section first,
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then Literature review and Research Methodology, respectively.
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PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED & SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS

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We chose Vietnam as a target location, we had to find articles relating to Vietnam,

but in Google Scholar, there was fewew sources for us to find, so this stage made up
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about one month to write Introduction section.
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PEOPLE MET/CONTACTS ESTABLISHED
We had an online meeting with Ms. Thao on Ms Team.
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ACTION REQUIRED

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We had to fix some points that were not suitable for this section. Then, send new draft to

Ms Thao and write Literature Review.

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14 December 2023
Date of Next Meeting: ………………………………………………………

Supervisor

Signed ……………………… Date: ………………...

Students

Signed (1) …………….…… (2) …………..……. Date: ……………...

Note:

Original Copy – Students; Photocopy - Supervisor

 Appendix 2: Progress report form

GROUP FINAL YEAR PROJECT

PROGRESS REPORT

Date: _____________
14 December 2023

Student (1) NAME: _______________________

NGUYEN TRAN KIM NGAN ID NO: ________________
1002165192
Student (2) NAME: _______________________
NGUYEN DUC HUY ID NO: ________________
1002165178
nd MS. HOANG THU THAO
Name of Supervisor (Main/2 ):_____________________________________

WORK DONE SINCE LAST MEETING

We had to let Ms. Thao check our Introduction and Literature review totally after doing
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Research methodology section.
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PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED & SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS

Our writing was confusing us because we have to give definition for "E-commerce" and
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"E-commerce shopping", it were quite silimar with each other.
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PEOPLE MET/CONTACTS ESTABLISHED
We had an online meeting with Ms. Thao on Ms Team.
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ACTION REQUIRED
We had to fix all incorrect points that Ms. Thao listed in our draft. Then, we could move
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to the last section is Research methodology.
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18 December 2023
Date of Next Meeting: ………………………………………………………

Supervisor

Signed ……………………… Date: ………………...

Students

Signed (1) …………….…… (2) …………..……. Date: ……………...

Note:

Original Copy – Students; Photocopy - Supervisor