1.
Come up with a topic and send to me so that we agree
2. The assignment should have a cover page with all the details of the students
3. Then prepare an abstract/executive summary which should be about a page
4. Prepare preliminary pages to cover – content, tables, graphs – that is where / page they are
found
5. Introduction – to cover some key definitions and why you are carrying out this project
6. Background to the study – about two or three paragraphs – highlighting the problem areas
and what has prompted you to carry out this project. It is not background to the company
you are studying but background to the actual problem
7. Research objectives – start with main research objective and the three or four sub objectives
– list these
8. Research questions – start with main research question which is the topic turned into a
question and sub 3-5 sub questions
9. Significance of the study
10. Delimitations – start by defining and cite sources
11. Limitations – start by defining and cite sources
12. Definition of key terms
13. Brief literature review – what has been done by others in the past around the topic
14. Research methodology – start by defining include the instruments you are using to collect
data discussing about why you chose those instruments
15. Data analysis and interpretation – from your findings
16. Summary of major research findings
17. Conclusion
18. Recommendations
19. Areas for further research
20. List of references
In all it must be about 15 pages