Choosing a Suitable Topic for the Project
为项目选择一个合适的主题
In addition to the guidance you receive during your Research Methods courses, you will be asked to compose a research proposal of 1,500 words.
除了你在收到您的研究方法课程的指导,你将被要求撰写1500字的研究建议。
Although not formally assessed, it will be reviewed by your allocated supervisor and form the basis of your early supervision meetings. You may incorporate into the proposal elements of coursework you have previously submitted for research methods units. However, we encourage you to develop your ideas where appropriate to ensure your proposal is aligned with your chosen dissertation topic.
虽然没有正式的评估,将分配给你的导师审阅,并形成初期督导会议的基础。您可能纳入课程您先前提交的研究方法单位的提议元素。然而,我们鼓励你发展你的想法,在适当的情况下,以确保您的建议与您选择的dissertation题目。
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Your proposal should be submitted to the School of Management (the Reception or the Programme Support Office (Postgraduate Office) by 14.00 on 1st March 2010. You will also be sent instructions by you Programme Administrator on how to submit the proposal electronically to Jisc-TurnitinUk nearer the time. You must keep a hard copy of all your coursework.
你的提案应于2010年3月1日14点提交管理学院(接待处或规划支持办公室(研究生处)。你的指令计划管理员也会在较近的时间将指导你如何将电子提案提交TurnitinUk,你必须保持你所有课程的硬拷贝。
Please note, your supervisor may wish you to revise your proposal and you will not be permitted to progress to the dissertation until your supervisor has approved your work.
请注意,你的导师可能希望你修改你的建议,直到你的上司已经批准后,将不会允许你进展dissertation工作。
Allocation of Dissertation Supervisors
dissertation导师分配
To assist you with your research project over the summer months, a member of the academic staff will be allocated to you as a supervisor.
协助您与您的研究项目,在夏季的几个月里,成员的教学人员将被分配到你作为一个主管。
To ensure we achieve as close a match as possible between your proposed topic and the research interests of individual academic staff we shall be inviting you to access and choose from a list of potential supervisors on your particular programme of study. The on-line list will be accessed through the Moodle Dissertation page for your Programme, and we expect this to be ready for you to make your choices during February.
为了确保实现尽可能接近的配对之间的拟题目和个别学术人员的研究兴趣,我们将邀请您访问,并从列表中选择您的特定研究方案的潜在监事。上线名单将计划通过的Moodle的dissertation页面被访问,我们希望这个为您准备好能够在2月期间做好选择。#p#分页标题#e#
I should stress that the supervisor allocation program will not permit you to allocate your own supervisor – this is ultimately an academic decision - but it will invite you to state a preference.
我要强调,导师分配方案不允许你分配你自己的导师 - 这是最终的学术决定 - 但它会邀请你表示一个优先权。
Once the list is available, you will have approximately two to three weeks to make your choices (and can update as many times as you wish within that period). It is important that you keep a print of your final choices for your own records. We shall require a further week to process the data. You will then be advised of your allocated supervisor so that you can make initial contact and discuss your dissertation ideas before the end of the Spring term.
Each student should refine his or her project topic in consultation with the personal dissertation supervisor. Note that the choice of a topic can be crucial to the success of a dissertation and warrants the expenditure of both time and energy. The key point is that the project must focus on a topic that is closely related to your Master’s degree programme; if in doubt, consult a member of teaching staff for your programme as early as possible).
每个学生都应该完善他或她的项目课题与个人dissertation导师协商。需要注意的是选择一个主题的dissertation及认股权证的时间和精力的支出是至关重要的成功。关键的一点是,该项目必须专注于一个主题,是密切相关的硕士学位课程,如有疑问,请咨询你的程序尽早)教学人员的成员。
If you have thought about the matter a great deal, but still cannot find a topic, try brainstorming. Remember the rules of brainstorming: capture and list on paper or on a board every idea (however silly, odd or way out) that comes to you. Do not stop to dissect or analyse your thoughts at this stage. When you have run out of ideas, read the list through; more ideas are likely to emerge. When you can think of no more ideas, go through the list grouping the thoughts together and testing them against the criteria outlined below.
Broadly, there are three criteria against which you should test your ideas for a topic:
从广义上讲,有三个标准,对您应该测试你的想法的话题:
a) Is it a substantial problem or opportunity?
这是一个实际问题或机会?
b) Is it realistic given the time and resources available?
是否现实给定的时间和资源可用?
c) Is it intellectually challenging?
是智力挑战吗?#p#分页标题#e#
The project should have both theoretical and practical elements; a project weighed too heavily on either side is inappropriate. Your project must be framed in such a way that you can cover it adequately in the time available and report on it fully within the word limit imposed. Most projects err initially on the side of being far too expansive. One of the first tasks your supervisor will usually set is to ask you to define your topic more tightly and precisely. This must be done at the beginning of the project if you are going to use your time effectively.
Research on previously unexplored areas can be exciting. However, one reason why a topic has been left untouched may be that the data simply do not exist to undertake any significant research. In certain cases you may, in a small way, be able to fill such a gap. Nevertheless, there are considerable advantages in selecting a topic on which there is plenty of information available.
以前未开发的地区研究是令人兴奋的。然而,可能是原因之一不变的话题已经离开的数据根本不存在承担任何重大的研究。在一条小路上,在某些情况下,您可能能够填补这种差距。不过,也有相当大的优势,在选择一个主题上有大量的信息。
Note that although copious information may exist about a topic, this information may not be accessible: access may be too costly, or it may be restricted. For instance, if your project depends on information only available within a particular company, you need the permission of that organisation to access and use this information. Before you proceed with a project, check that you can obtain the information you need.
In order to undertake some projects you may need to have particular areas of knowledge and skill. For example, you may need advanced statistical skills or knowledge of decision theory to complete a particular project. Check that you have such knowledge and skills, or the time and ability to acquire them, before commencing your research.
During your Master’s degree studies you will have had many demands on your time and learned how to manage them. Occasionally your dissertation/project will seem burdensome and you may also be bored with it, and it is then that those time management skills will be most needed. When your commitment to the research project is tested in this manner, what will help you proceed (apart from determination) is your interest in the topic; therefore, a topic should inspire enthusiasm and be motivating when you choose it.#p#分页标题#e#
硕士学位期间研究中,你将有很多时间上的要求,并学会如何管理它们。你的dissertation/项目偶尔会显得累赘,你也可能厌倦了,它是那么这些时间管理技巧将最需要的。当你的承诺的研究项目,以这种方式进行测试,有什么会帮助你进行(除确定)是你感兴趣的话题,因此,当你选择了它,主题应该振奋精神,激励。
Here are some reasons for NOT choosing a topic:
这有一些不能选择主题的原因:
a) ‘Because I can't think of anything else.’
“因为我不能想别的。
b) ‘Because my company told me to do it.’
“因为我的公司告诉我这样做。”
c) ‘Because it looks easy.’
因为它看起来很容易。
d) ‘Because I've undertaken a similar project previously.’
因为我已经开展了以前类似的项目
e) ‘Because I left it too late to do anything else!’
“因为我离开了,来不及做别的!”
Finally, here is a helpful checklist for the selection of a research project/dissertation topic:
最后一个研究项目/dissertation主题的选择,这里是一个有用的清单:
a) Is this a topic closely related to my Master’s programme and with an academic orientation?
这是密切相关的话题,我的硕士课程和学术取向?
b) Does it have both empirical and theoretical elements?
该行为的实证研究和理论要素?
c) Is it the right size – neither too broad nor too narrow?
为正确的大小 - 既不太宽,也不太窄?
d) Is there enough information available?
是否有足够可用的信息吗?
e) Can I get ac cess to that information?
我能否得到这些信息的访问?
f) Do I have the necessary knowledge and skills?
我是否具备必要的知识和技能?
g) Is the topic sufficiently interesting to motivate me?
是否有足够有趣的话题激励我?
You should be able to answer “yes” to each question. If not, go back and think again about that aspect of the project.
你应该能够对每个问题回答“是”。如果没有,回去重新思考这方面的项目。
The dissertation topic will finally be approved by your supervisor.
dissertation题目最终会由你的导师批准。
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