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The University of Northampton Northampton Business School IBO4004 Business Project Full-time students Student Guide 2007/08 Contents Page 1. Introduction 2. Support for full-time students researching and writing a project 3. Assessment Schedule – Key dates 4. Assessment Criteria and Advice 4.1 The Proposal 4.2 The Initial literature review/ Method 4.3 The Project 5. How to approach researching and writing your project 5.1. Choosing a topic - the requirements 5.2. Developing a hypothesis/ research question 5.3. Establishing your conceptual framework/ literature searches 5.4. Tips on Searching 5.5. Turning a literature search into a literature review: the ‘critical analysis’ element 5.6. Good Practice 5.7. Layout/ Presentation 6. Grade Criteria IBO4004 Business Project (Full-time students) 1. Introduction This document contains instructions and advice on how to approach the researching and writing of your Business Project. In general, the aim of writing a project is to bring theory and practice together to explore your hypothesis (or research question) and to draw conclusions from your analysis. As each individual project is, by definition, a unique piece of work, it is impossible to give a precise indication of the content of each piece of work in this study guide. You should follow the advice given below when approaching your work. Keep these points in mind during your work and make sure that you discuss your progress with your supervisor at regular intervals. The module leader for IBO4004 (Full-Time) Projects is Graham Wilkinson, room C305, phone 01604 892157, email graham.wilkinson@northampton.ac.uk . Details of his office hours may be found in the ‘Staff Information’ section of the Project’s NILE site. 2. Support for full-time students researching and writing a project Support for your work on the project is available in several ways, these include: • Material on the NILE site; • Online and printed materials from learning resources; • Learning resources staff; • The module leader; • Your supervisor (probably the most important source of help!); and • A series of lectures and workshops for the first few weeks of each term; details of these will be given on the NILE site in a separate document. 3. Assessment Schedule – Key dates There are three pieces of assessed work shown in bold below. These are the proposal worth 5% of the module grade, the intermediate literature review/ method worth 10% and the project itself worth 85% of the module marks. All three pieces of work will be marked in accordance with the assessment criteria below and the grade descriptors on the final pages of this guide. The assessment strategy aims to test both breadth and depth of reading in the chosen topic. Key dates and deadlines Task IBO4004 FT Deadline Online submission of initial topic idea via the IBO4004FT NILE site no later than 15 October 2007 First contact with supervisor (Note it is your responsibility to make contact with your supervisor) no later than 22 October 2007 Hand-in detailed 1,000-word proposal (5% of the IBO4004 mark) 29 October 2007 (referred/ deferred work: 3 December 2007) Hand-in Initial Literature Review and Method sections (4,000 words) (10% of the IBO4004 mark). 14 Jan 2008 (referred/ deferred work: 29 February 2008) Completion of primary r