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ASA University Bangladesh (ASAUB) Faculty of Business: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Chapter One

The document outlines the guidelines for organizing and formatting a dissertation for the BBA/MBA program at ASA University Bangladesh. It specifies that the dissertation should follow a standard structure consisting of 18 sections, including an introduction, literature review, methodology, findings, discussion, and conclusion chapters. Key requirements include using Times New Roman 12-point font, double line spacing, and 1-inch margins on A4 size paper. The main body of the dissertation should be between 40-70 pages and follow the Harvard referencing style.

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ASA University Bangladesh (ASAUB) Faculty of Business: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Chapter One

The document outlines the guidelines for organizing and formatting a dissertation for the BBA/MBA program at ASA University Bangladesh. It specifies that the dissertation should follow a standard structure consisting of 18 sections, including an introduction, literature review, methodology, findings, discussion, and conclusion chapters. Key requirements include using Times New Roman 12-point font, double line spacing, and 1-inch margins on A4 size paper. The main body of the dissertation should be between 40-70 pages and follow the Harvard referencing style.

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ASA University Bangladesh (ASAUB)

Faculty of Business
Department of Business Administration
BBA / MBA Dissertation Guidelines

ORGANIZATION OF THE FINAL DISSERTATIOON REPORT IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER:

1. Title Page

2. Declaration / Preface

3. Certificate from guide

4. Table of Contents

5. List of Tables

6. List of Figures

7. Abbreviation

8. Acknowledgements

9. Abstract

10. Chapter One


 Introduction
 Justification / Rationale
 Research Question
 Objectives of the study
 General objective
 Specific objectives
 Conceptual Frame work (If applicable)
 List of Key variables
 Operational definitions
 Limitations of the study

11. Chapter Two


Literature Review

12. Chapter Three


o Methodology
o Study Design
o Study Place
o Study Period
o Study Population
o Sample size determination (Only for final draft report)
o Sampling Technique
o Data collection Technique
o Data Processing and Analysis
o Ethical Considerations

13. Chapter Four


 Findings of the study

14. Chapter Five


 Discussion

15. Chapter Six


 Conclusion and Recommendations

16. References

17. Annexure
 Informed Consent
 Questionnaire (Bangla & English)
 Time frame

N.B. The main body of the thesis report should be between 40-70 pages. Title & Year
are to be written on the left border of the black book. Each student will use Bangla/
English questionnaire during data collection. The student has to submit all Bangla/
English questionnaire and copies of literature review along with final draft report.
18. References (Harvard Style of Referencing Revised 3rd edition, September 2011)
A reference must be appended to the dissertation. e. g. Harvard Style. It must list
(alphabetically by author*) all references that were consulted for the dissertation.

Harvard Style:
Author, Initials. Year. Title of article. Full Title of Journal, Volume number (Issue/Part
number) page numbers.
 In-text Citation: (Redman,2006,p.22)
 More than one author in same article: ( Smith and Jone,1946……. Up to six)
 More than one author in different article or different year: Smith (1946) and Jone,
(1948).
 More than two writers: ( Robinson et el, 2008)
 Exampl-1: Momsen, J.H. 2004 Gender and Development,Routledge,London.
 Example-2: Momsen, J.H. (ed)2004 Gender and Development,Routledge,London.
 Example -3: Wilson,B.,2004,’’ Gender and Urbanization,’’ in Momsen,J.H.(ED.)
Gender and Development,Routledge,London.
 Example-4:Wilson,B.,1995,’’GoodCitations,’’Style Quarterly”,Volume IX, number
3,page 102-130
 Web Page:-
 Example5:Wilson,B.,1995,’’GoodCitations,’http://www.domain.com/style.html,
March 4, 2009.
 Example-6: Kotler, Philip,”1965 Behavioral Models for Analyzing Buyers’’, Journal of
Marketing October,pp.37-45

 Example-7:GaryHameland,PrahaladC.K.,”1991Corporate Imagination and


Expeditionary Marketing,” Harvard Business Review, July-August ,p.85

 Example-8: Frey C.J. and Kinnear T.C.”1979 Legal Constraints in Marketing: Research:
Review and Call to Action,’’ Journal of Marketing Research(August ),p.259
 Example-9:Philip J, Runkel and Joseph, E.McGrath1972,Research on Human behavior: A
Systemetic Guide to Method (Holt,Rinehart and Winston New York,),p.95
 Example-10: Bezilla Robert, B Haynes Joel,and Elliot Clifford,”Ethics in Marketing
Research”, Business Horizons (April 1976),pp.83-86

19. FORMAT OF THE DISSERTATION REPORT


Form and condition of paper for original manuscript:
The original manuscript must be printed on 8.25’’ x 11.5’’ (popularly known as A4
size) white, unlined paper. Printing must appear on only one side of each sheet.

Type style:
Ideally any legible 12-poinjt font can be acceptable but`` Times New Roman’’ is
recommended, because they normally have greater legibility.

Margins:
The original (and all copies) must have these uniform margins.
 Left margins must be one inch (1.5’’) throughout.
 Right margins must be one inch throughout.
 Top margins: First pages of all chapters must have two-inch (2’’) margins at
the top. All other pages must have one- inch (1’’) margins at the top & bottom

Line spacing:
The spacing of the text of the original manuscript (and all copies) must be double.

Pagination:
For the original manuscript, lower case roman are to be used to number the
introductory pages ( From contents page to abstract and References to annexure)
Usual English numerals are to be used to number remaining pages of the text
( Introduction to Conclusion).Placement of pages numbers must be consistent at
bottom centre.

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