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DISSERTATION GUIDELINES

The dissertation guidelines outline the process for students to undertake a significant practical inquiry in their field of study, emphasizing the importance of topic selection, planning, and maintaining records. It details the structure of the dissertation, including required chapters and formatting rules, as well as assessment criteria for evaluation. The submission deadline is set for May 31, 2018, with specific instructions for binding and cover page requirements.

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DISSERTATION GUIDELINES

The dissertation guidelines outline the process for students to undertake a significant practical inquiry in their field of study, emphasizing the importance of topic selection, planning, and maintaining records. It details the structure of the dissertation, including required chapters and formatting rules, as well as assessment criteria for evaluation. The submission deadline is set for May 31, 2018, with specific instructions for binding and cover page requirements.

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DISSERTATION GUIDELINES (MSDS 601)

The aim of the dissertation is to provide you with an opportunity to further


your intellectual and personal development in your chosen field by
undertaking a significant practical unit of activity, having an educational
value at a level commensurate with the award of your degree

The dissertation can be defined as a scholarly inquiry into a problem or


issues, involving a systematic approach to gathering and analysis of
information / data, leading to production of a structured report.

Selecting the Dissertation Topic


It is usual to give you some discretion in the choice of topic for the
dissertation and the approach to be adopted. You will need to ensure that
your dissertation is related to your field of specialization.

Deciding this is often the most difficult part of the dissertation process, and
perhaps, you have been thinking of a topic for some time.

It is important to distinguish here between ‘dissertation topic’ and


‘dissertation title’. The topic is the specific area that you wish to investigate.
The title may not be decided until the dissertation has been written so as to
reflect its content properly.

Few restrictions are placed on the choice of the topic. Normally we would
expect it to be:
® relevant to business, defined broadly;
® related to one or more of the subjects or areas of study within the
core program and specialization stream;
® clearly focused so as to facilitate an in-depth approach, subject to the
availability of adequate sources of information and to your own
knowledge;
® of value and interest to you and your personal and professional
development.

Planning the Dissertation


This will entail following:
® Selecting a topic for investigation
® Establishing the precise focus of your study by deciding on the aims
and objectives of the dissertation, or formulating questions to be
investigated. Consider very carefully what is worth investigating and
its feasibility
® Drawing up initial dissertation outlines considering the aims and
objectives of the dissertation. Workout various stages of dissertation
® Devising a timetable to ensure that all stages of dissertation are
completed in time. The timetable should include writing of the
dissertation and regular meetings with your dissertation guide

The Dissertation plan or outline


It is recommended that you should have a dissertation plan to guide you
right from the outset. Essentially, the dissertation plan is an outline of what
you intend to do, chapter wise and therefore should reflect the aims and
objectives of your dissertation

There are several reasons for having a dissertation plan


® It provides a focus to your thoughts.
® It provides your faculty-guide with an opportunity, at an early stage of
your work, to make constructive comments and help guide the
direction of your research.
® The writing of a plan is the first formal stage of the writing process,
and therefore helps build up your confidence.
® In many ways, the plan encourages you to come to terms with the
reading, thinking and writing in a systematic and integrated way, with
plenty of time left for changes.
® Finally, the dissertation plan generally provides a revision point in the
development of your dissertation report in order to allow appropriate
changes in the scope and even direction of your work as it progresses.

Keeping records
This includes the following:
® Making a note of everything you read; including those discarded
® Ensuring that when recording sources, author’s name and initials,
date of publication, title, place of publication and publisher are
included. (You may consider starting a card index or database from
the outset). Making an accurate note of all quotations at the time you
read them
® Make clear what is a direct a direct quotation and what is your
paraphrase

Chapterisation:
Dissertation include the following:

S. No. Chapters Weightage

1 Introduction & Statement of 20%


problems
2 Review of Literature 15%

3 Methodology / Methods / Approach 15%


4 Data collection, analysis, Findings & 30%
Conclusions

5 Future Scope & Limitations Outlined 20%

Dissertation format
All students must follow the following rules in submitting their dissertation:
® A4 size Paper
® Font: Times New Roman (12 points)
® Line spacing: 1.5
® Top and bottom margins: 1 inch/ 2.5 cm; left and right margins: 1.25
inches/ 3 cm
® The dissertation report should be for approximately 40 pages as per
guidelines given above, excluding cover page, table of contents, table
of diagrams/appendices
® Front page should provide title, author, Name of degree and the date
of submission (BACHELOR OF COMMERCE JUNE 2018)
® Second page should be the table of contents giving page references
for each chapter and section.
® The next page should be the table of appendices, graphs and tables
giving titles and page references.
® Next to follow should be a synopsis or abstract of the dissertation
(approximately 500 words) titled: Executive Summary
® Next is the ‘acknowledgements’
® Chapter I should be a general introduction, giving the background to
the dissertation, the objectives of the dissertation, the rationale for
the dissertation, the plan, methodological issues and problems. The
limitations of the dissertation should also be hinted in this chapter.
® Other chapters will constitute the body of the dissertation. The
number of chapters and their sequence will usually vary depending
on, among others, on a critical review of the previous relevant work
relating to your major findings, a discussion of their implications, and
conclusions, possibly with a suggestion of the direction of future
research on the area.
® After this concluding chapter, you should give a list of all the
references you have used. These should be cross - references with
your text. For articles from journals, the following details are required
e.g.:

Draper P and Pandyal K. 1991, The Investment Trust Discount


Revisited, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol18, No6,
Nov, pp 791-832.

For books, the following details are required:


Levi, M. 1996, International Financial Management, Prentice Hall, New
York, 3rd Ed, 1996

® Finally, you should give any appendices. These should only include
relevant statistical data or material that cannot be fitted into the above
categories.

Guidelines for the assessment of the dissertation


While evaluating the dissertation, faculty guide will consider the
following aspects:

® Has the student made a clear statement of the objective or objective(s).


® If there is more than one objective, do these constitute parts of a whole?
® Has the student developed an appropriate analytical framework for
addressing the problem at hand?
® Is this based on up-to-date developments in the topic area?
® Has the student collected information / data suitable to the frameworks?
® Are the techniques employed by the student to analyse the data /
information appropriate and relevant?
® Has the student succeeded in drawing conclusion form the analysis?
® Do the conclusions relate well to the objectives of the project?
® Has the student been regular in his work?
® Layout of the written report.

® The dissertation report should be bound, a sample picture of which will


be sent to you
® SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 31 MAY 2018 (23:00hrs. on turnitin—link
will be provided)
o Spiral bound hard copy to be submitted on 01 June 17:00hrs)
® I am providing the AUDC high-resolution logo, which alone you may use
on the cover page
DISSERTATION ON

ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING

SUBMITTED IN

PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT

FOR THE DEGREE OF

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION JUNE 2017

BY

Name: SAMREEN CHOPRA

Enrolment No : AUD 4769

MBA FINANCE FASTRACK

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF:

Dr. Anita Mirchandani

DATE OF SUBMISSION: - 15th JUNE 2017

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