MSc SBIT Research Methods Unit  Project Proposal & Assignment Template     September Cohort 2008
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Caution - Make sure that you name does not appear anywhere on this template as papers must be marked anonymously.

1. You must as part of the assessment look up suitable Workbook References as found in CN.002 Release 4.2 MSc (STU) Research Methods Workbook Pack. Failure to do this will result in a loss of marks.

2. Submit your Ethical Examination Questionnaire (EEQ) to the correct Victory drop box as soon as possible but no later than Friday 21st November 2008, 1500 hrs GMT. 

3. WARNING If you exceed the fixed maximum word counts in any question your work will NOT be marked. Please keep your work as neat as possible and make sure that any single box do NOT spill over onto the next page

4. Proposal - answer questions 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a and 6a in the boxes marked “Student Answer”, when ready submit to the correct Victory drop box, noting the instructions there, no later than Friday 7th November 2008, 1500 hrs GMT naming the file “123456 Proposal” where 123456 represents your student number. 

5. Assessment – use your proposal feedback to  answer questions 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, 6b and 7 to 10 in the boxes marked “Student Answer”, when ready submit to the correct Victory drop box, noting the instructions there, no later than Friday 19th December 2008, 1500 hrs GMT naming the file “123456 Assignment” where 123456 represents your student number. 

6. Marking Breakdown – The EEQ and each template section will be marked out of a 100 but then weighted as follows.

EEQ weighted 0.05, Basic Planning Questions 4b and 10 weighted overall at 0.25, Research Preparation Questions 1b, 2b, 3b, 5b, 6b, 7 to 9 weighted overall at 0.70Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/

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Provisional Project Title

Q1a - Give an outline of the setting, literature review area, presenting problem and target. (Max words 200)
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Student Answer My word count is 
Problem Setting –

Literature Review Area -

Presenting Problem -

Target - Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/

Assessor Feedback and Assessment () Good  Fair  Poor #p#分页标题#e#

Q1b Student revised answer after careful consideration of the feedback My word count is 
Problem Setting –

Literature Review Area -

Presenting Problem -

Target -
 
Assessor Feedback

Q2a – Discuss the most probable cause of the problem and hence name a project outcome that, when used by appropriate situation actors, may bring about change and resolve the problem situation by showing that it use leads to the Strategic deployment of Business IT assets (Max 200 words)
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Student Answer My word count is 
Probable Problem Causes -
roposed Outcome - Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/

Actors and Use Description –

Change and Strategic Business IT Deployment implications -

Assessor Feedback and Assessment () Good  Fair  Poor 

Q2b Student revised answer after careful consideration of the feedback My word count is 
Probable Problem Causes -

Proposed Outcome -

Actors and Use Description –

Change and Strategic Business IT Deployment implications -

Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/

Assessor Feedback

Q3a - Describe your primary data spotlight and activity based on the need to generate your proposed outcome and hence explain your intended research approach, style and method and finally suggested a data collection strategy and protocol. (Max 200 words)
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Student Answer My word count is 
Data Spotlight –

Data Extraction Activity –

Research Approach –

Research Style, Method and Data Collection Protocol -

Assessor Feedback and Assessment () Good  Fair  Poor 
Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/

Q3b Students revised answer after careful consideration of the feedback My word count is 
Data Spotlight –

Data Extraction Activity –

Research Approach –

Research Style, Method and Data Collection Protocol -

Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/

Assessor Feedback

Q4a – What is your single project aim and its associated project objectives (Max 200 words)
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Student Answer My word count is 
Aim -

Objectives -

Assessor Feedback and Assessment () Good  Fair  Poor 

Q4b Student revised answer after careful consideration of the feedback My word count is 
Aim -

Objectives -

Assessor Feedback

Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/

Q5a – What resources (other than trivial ones) will you need to complete this project idea (Max 200 words)
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Student Answer My word count is 
Note – this answer must be considered with care as we will assess whether what you have asked for is sufficient.  Do not just write down everything you can think of mindlessly, but carefully think through you aim and objectives and what is needed to support them and this might cover: documentary needs, tools, time, facilities, training, access permissions, security and so on. We will consider each item in relation to what you have said will be done and so the list must be fully contextualised to your research and if we feel it has been constructed with little or no though to what you have planned you will lose marks. (Delete this note before submission)

Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/
Assessor Feedback and Assessment () Good  Fair  Poor 

Q5b Student revised answer after careful consideration of the feedback My word count is 

Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/

Assessor Feedback

Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/

Q6a – How will you evaluate your project outcome (before it is used) and research practice (Max 200 words)
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Student Answer My word count is 
Evaluation Plan for testing my Outcome -

Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/

Evaluation Plan for reflecting on Project Practice -

Assessor Feedback and Assessment () Good  Fair  poor 

Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/

Q6b Student revised answer after careful consideration of the feedback My word count is #p#分页标题#e#
Evaluation Plan for testing my Outcome -

Evaluation Plan for reflecting on Project Practice -
Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/

Assessor Feedback

Optional Student Additional Comments on the proposal (Q1a to Q6a) (Max words)

Optional Additional Comments from Assessor

Assessors comment on this student’s ability to communicate in written English

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Q7: Write a concise and lucid Research Question statement that includes all 7 required features. (Max 100 words)
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Note – If any features are missing or the sentences does not make sense you will lose marks (delete this when you add in your question)

Assessor Feedback

Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/
Q8: Briefly describe how the raw primary data will be pre-processed into a structured entity and then show how that entity will be used to generate the outcome. (maximum 200 words)
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Pre-Processing - 

Post or Outcome Processing -

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Q9: Develop a plan for your Literature Review, the plan will normally make clear: the literature review area, an originality theme, a content map of about 6-10 headings, a suggested review conclusion and finally an indicative list of 5-10 primary sources. (Max 300 words)
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Student Answer My word count is 
Literature Review Library Search Areas –

Review Theme –

Content Map –

Thesis is provided by UK thesis base http://www.ukthesis.org/
Possible Review Conclusion -

Indicative Reading List 

Note – this section is all about preparation from the available literature, therefore there should be nothing here that refers to your problem setting or what you will do. If what we read ignores this note then it is likely that a fail will be recorded (delete the note before submission)

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Q10: Write a simple contextualised project plan. It will be sufficient to develop a plain list of no more than 20 clearly staged activities and approximate activity timings in weeks. The plan must be at least 18 weeks but no longer than 52 weeks in duration. (max 200 words)
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Student Answer My word count is 

Note – the plan must be contextualised. That is it should be constructed so that it is obvious you have considered your aim and objectives and worked out a plan that reflects those although there will normally be many more tasks than might be written in your objectives. In simple terms if we read this plan and it gives us no hints at all as to what it refers to you will lose a lot of marks (delete this note before submission)#p#分页标题#e#

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