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This paper has been prepared with an objective to provide the official guidelines to the MBS students to write the thesis and prepare the project work assignment, and teachers to guide their students in writing the thesis and preparing the project work assignment. So, this paper has included formats of thesis and project work assignment prescribed by Office of the Dean, Faculty of Management, Tribhuvan University and necessary procedures of the submission of thesis and project work assignment.
Thesis Writing in MBS: Procedures and Practices The Journal of Nepalese Business Studies
This paper has been prepared with an objective to provide the official guidelines to the MBS students to write the thesis and prepare the project work assignment, and teachers to guide their students in writing the thesis and preparing the project work assignment. So, this paper has included formats of thesis and project work assignment prescribed by Office of the Dean, Faculty of Management, Tribhuvan University and necessary procedures of the submission of thesis and project work assignment. WRITING IS THE IMPORTANT aspect in the syllabus of all the programs in Faculty of Management (FOM). In bachelor program, Bachelor in Business Studies (BBS), students have to write a field report in their third year on the elective course in sectoral area, in all the semester programs like Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor in Information Management (BIM), Bachelor in Hotel Management (BHM) and Bachelor in Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM), the students have to write project work or term paper. The business students at master level need more orientation and more depth in their writing process so that they feel comfortable in reading as well as independent writing during their graduation from FOM. 1. Need and Objective of Thesis/Project Work The need of thesis writing or project work writing in Master of Business Studies (MBS) level in FOM is to develop the student's skill on doing independent research work in their specialization field and to enable them to present their work on a standard format of writing. The exercise that the students go through during the research process and writing process becomes practical training for them that shall be highly beneficial to them in gaining practical knowledge. Therefore, realizing the importance of writing in the master level, thesis writing, or project work writing has been made compulsory in MBS program. 2. Objective of the Paper The objective of this paper is to highlight the procedures of Thesis/Project Work Writing in MBS level of FOM and the practices being adopted in the faculty. The paper also aims to raise some practical issues based on the experience of students, guide teachers, expert teachers and the administration; both campuses and dean office. 3. Procedures of Thesis / Project Work Writing The thesis or project work writing is compulsory in master level of FOM in the respective specialization courses. MBS students who have passed all the courses of the first year program are eligible to write the thesis under the supervision of a faculty member of the campus or central department. The students who have not completed the first year, that is, failed in one or more courses are not allowed to write thesis. However, the students are allowed to write project work in such case. It has been observed that the students who
This is a report of a study designed to examine the process of thesis—a final (research-based) paper for undergrads prior to academic completion—writing of English Department students who graduated in Academic Year 2007/2008. Using a descriptive method, this case study aimed to describe the stages, to identify the problems, and to explore the techniques of solving problems used by respondents in the thesis writing by involving six students who had engaged in writing and research project course. The data concerning writing stages, problems, and coping with strategies were collected by using questionnaires, interviews, and documentation (thesis). The results showed that all participants went through the thesis writing stages determined by Faculty of Adab of UIN Sunan Gunung Djati, Bandung, namely: 1) Starting process; 2) Researching; 3) Reporting; and 4) Doing consultation. These also showed that all respondents encountered: 1) Procedural problems, which were likely to be the major problems shared by all respondents; 2) Academic problems; and 3) Non-academic problems. However, whatever problems they dealt with, each of them had his/ her own strategies to cope with. The procedural and academic problems were coped with by reading, doing consultation, and peer-collaboration. Meanwhile, non-academic problems were solved by having a rest and managing time.