PRE-GRADUATION WORK PLACEMENT 18 weeks starting beginning second semester ending beginning of june GRADUATION PROJECT THESIS A RESEARCH USING THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED AT HZ IN THIS PROVING THAT YOU HAVE DEVELOPED CERTAIN COMPETENCIES A RESEARCH NOT AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES YOU CARRIED OUT DURING YOUR WORKPLACEMENT !!! THESIS 25 PAGES EXCLUDING APPENDICES CORRECT ENGLISH DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM THEORETICAL JUSTIFICATION RESEARCH (QUANTATIVE OR QUALITATIVE) ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE MATERIAL GATHERED DURING THE RESEARCH CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FIRST STEP: FINDING A RESEARCH TOPIC -WHAT DOES THE COMPANY ASKS YOU -EXAMINING YOUR OWN STRENGTHS AND INTERESTS - LOOKING AT PAST PROJECTS TITLES - SEARCHING LITTERATURE Etc. etc. SECOND STEP: RESEARCH IDEA BECOMES A RESEARCH QUESTION AN EXAMPLE : RESEARCH IDEA: USE OF INTERNET BANKING RESEARCH QUESTION: What effect has the growth of internet banking had upon the uses customers make of branch facilities ? GENERAL RESEARCH QUESTION WILL GENERATE MORE DETAILED SUB QUESTIONS OR RESEARCH OBJECTIVES THIRD STEP: WRITING THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL PHASE 1A OF THE LOGBOOK RESEARCH PROPOSAL FIRST ATTEMPT AT THE TITLE RESEARCH QUESTION AND OBJECTIVES (problem formulation) COMPANY DETAILS RESEARCH STRUCTURE: THEORY AND PRACTICE TIMETABLE COMPETENCIES SIGNED BY THE SUPERVISORY TUTOR AND THE STUDENT Graduation placement logbook (see infonet-sudy-documents) 9 DOCUMENTS TO BE FILLED IN AND SIGNED BY BOTH THE IN-COMPANY TUTOR AND YOUR SUPERVISORY TUTOR AT DIFFERENTS MOMENTS OF YOUR WORKPLACEMENT Phase 1A : BEFORE STARTING THE WORKPLACEMENT OR IN THE FIRST WEEK !!! THEORETICAL JUSTIFICATION What is theory ??? -theory you learned concerning for example market studies -Combining and analysing your data using them in a general way RESEARCH -QUANTATIVE - QUESTIONNAIRES HOW, HOW MUCH, IS IT RELIABLE -QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS, HOW ? IN DEPTH, IN GROUPS THE REPORT ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION LITTERATURE REVIEW METHODS RESULTS CONCLUSION REFERENCES APPENDICES Be careful a good storyline is very important, the structure of your report should be logical !! Start in time with writing !!! IMPORTANT INFORMATION - READ THE MANUAL (PREGRADUATION WORK PLACEMENT AND GRADUATION PROJECT MANUAL) - KENNISBANK - HZ-LIBRARY - RESEARCH METHODS FOR BUSINESS STUDENTS, Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill MAJA AUDENAERDE-HUIBREGTSE Room A238, Monday and Wednesday