...Writing a Research proposal and Tips for Literature Review By: Shantiram Dahal 1. Background Human being is the unique product of the nature. In comparison with the other animals, they have most developed nervous and mental system which is very helpful to produce sounds and symbols (letters and numbers) that make possible the communication and recording of their questions, observations, experiences and ideas. To satisfy the curiosity and solving problems of daily life they involve in investigation. In modern times the complexities of human beings are increasing. To reduce such complexities, they have to conduct different research activities. Research is the essential part of graduate and post graduate program. Without conducting any academic research the objectives of the course will not be fulfilled. But conducting research is not as easy as we thought. It is a systematic investigation to acquire new knowledge, information's, facts, appropriate solution to a problem, deduce theory and generalization. It helps scholars to expand the area of knowledge and further study. There are various micro steps should be followed by the teachers for effective academic research. Before conducting research, the researcher have to submit the research proposal for approvable. When the research proposal is approved by the department then the research should be conducted consultation with the research guide. 2. Research proposal The preparation of research proposal is...
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...REPORT WRITING GUIDELINES ACADEMY OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT & FACILITY MANAGEMENT NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES By Marina Brinkman (Brinkman.M@nhtv.nl) Alinda Kokkinou (Kokkinou.A@nhtv.nl) Jelmer Weijschedé (Weijschede.J@nhtv.nl) Version 1.0 08 September 2011 Summary The purpose of this document is to provide you with information on report writing and serve as an illustration of what your report should look like. The document also addresses the content and style of your report and how you should reference others’ ideas and information. Table of Contents Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. 2. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 3.6. 3.7. 3.8. 3.9. 4. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 5.5. 5.6. 5.7. 6. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Types of Reports ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 Structure of a Report .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Cover Page, Title of the Report,...
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...Laboratory Report Guidelines Ryerson University Department of Physics Writing a strong lab report is a skill that often takes significant practice. Strong reports are: • structured in a clear and organized fashion. • as concise as possible, and yet sufficiently detailed that it does not omit any of the information required to fully communicate your work and results. Ideally, a lab report leaves any reader confident in the validity of the results, and with enough information that they could repeat the experiment. The evaluation of your report will be based on your ability to understand the goal of the experiment, your understanding of the applicable physical principles, your ability to perform the experiment attentively, and your ability to clearly communicate its results in a logical and coherent fashion. Report contents: 1. Title Page 2. Objective...
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...Guidelines to final case report Students will be organized in groups of 4-5 persons to work on the final case report. Teams will be assigned to identify, analyze, discuss, report on, critique certain designated case and find solutions to recommend to the companies. Students should focus on the central management issues in each case and the alternative strategies for the firm to consider in solving the problems at hand. The final case report consists in 5 pages that include the case analysis and a solution to the problem presented in the case. The report should provide the following: • A brief summary of the relevant facts necessary to understand the case. Research on the web the company's actual situation and explain how it relates to your previous analysis. • Introduction; Include critical background, financial, economic, political and historical information about the situation. The introduction also should identify central issues. • Strategic Statements: Should reflect an understanding of the critical issues of the case; integrate the material covered in class and present concise and well reasoned analysis of the information. Remember that an intelligent analysis calls for the recognition and identification of assumptions. • Possible Solutions and evaluation of alternatives: The team description and evaluation of possible solutions or courses of action the company could take. Questions like the next ones should be responded: What is important about this decision? Do...
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...Guidelines for the Strategic Audit Report Revised Sep 2013 Adapted and revised from: Wheelen and Hunger, (2008). Concepts in Strategic Management and Business Policy, 11th Ed., Pearson Education, Inc. Purpose of the strategic audit assignment Your assignment Selecting a company for the strategic audit An effective report Required format for the strategic audit report Required sections of the strategic audit report Executive Summary Current situation Corporate governance External environment: Opportunities and threats Internal environment: Strengths and weaknesses Analysis of strategic factors (SFAS) Strategic alternatives and recommended strategy (TOWS) Implementation of recommended strategy Conclusions Evaluating mission statements Evaluating the Board of Directors Preparing the tables: EFAS, IFAS, SFAS, and TOWS Common-size statements Analyzing financial statements Analyzing financial ratios Writing guidelines Relaxed APA rules Useful resources Purpose of the strategic audit assignment A strategic audit is usually done to help the firm’s management decide how to proceed, or to support a potential investment or loan. The purpose of a strategic audit is essentially to answer the question, “What condition is this firm in?” Because the audit is focused toward answering this question, there must be a conclusion about what the audit shows. Therefore, while this is mostly an objective, informative report, there is a persuasive twist at the end. 1 The point of this assignment...
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...some major companies, such as HIH, Harris Scarfe, Ansett, and OneTel. Since the guidelines were introduced, Australia’s ASX has issued revisions and updates that were designed to improve corporate governance in Australia and help avoid further collapses of major Australian companies. In contrast, corporate governance guidelines were introduced in South Africa in 1994, with the publication of the “King Report on Corporate Governance”. The introduction of corporate governance guidelines came as a result of democracy taking hold of South Africa and the country’s readmission into the community of nations and the world economy. The King Report was designed to help align the interests of corporations and its many stakeholders, including individuals, companies, and society. The United Kingdom introduced corporate governance guidelines in 1992, with the Cadbury Report on “The Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance”. The guidelines were introduced partly because of the financial situation in Europe, which brought to light the public’s concerns over the standards for financial reporting and accountability. The Cadbury Report sought to clarify the responsibilities of key executives in corporations and introduce a code for Governance in the United Kingdom. The Most Comprehensive Governance Guidelines – One of the goals of South Africa’s King Report was to provide corporate governance guidelines that advocated the interests of a wide range of stakeholders....
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...also known as GAAS, is a rather broad topic with many guidelines to follow. An independent auditor plans, conducts, and reports the results of an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. A short definition of GAAS is the set of systematic guidelines used by auditors when conducting audits on companies' finances, ensuring the accuracy, consistency and verifiability of auditors' actions and reports (Investopedia). There are a total of 10 standards that are broke up into three main sections. These three sections include the general standards, standards of fieldwork and standards of reporting. Each section is littered with requirements that the auditor and the subject company must meet (Investopedia). In short, an auditor must adequately plan the audit in advance, be independent of the client at all times, and always obtain reliable evidence (Investopedia). The companies must present their financial statements in accordance with GAAP, remain consistent in their reporting, and explicitly disclose all pertinent information (Investopedia). Auditing procedures differ from auditing standards. Auditing procedures are acts that the auditor performs during the course of an audit to comply with auditing standards. The first section I will talk about for the Generally Accepted Auditing Standards are the general standards. This section has three guidelines that auditors must follow during their audit. The first guideline is the auditor must have adequate technical training...
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...Nov 2015 (Both softcopy and hardcopy to be submitted) Required: Based on the findings, write a report of 2000-2500 words. General guideline Your report should include a good synthesis of academic references, facts and information collected by using difference methods. Students should familiarize with APA referencing. Plagiarism is a serious offence and will be penalized if found guilty. Document guideline (25%): Font: Time New Roman, Size 12 1.5 line spacing No intend Alignment justified Oral Presentation guideline (15%): Duration: 10-15 minutes Assignment 1, Recruitment and Selection Literature review should be included to the given points 1. Good and unethical practices happens in different organization 2. Distinguish recruitment & selection process of a smaller and a larger organizations. 3. Assess each stage of the process and identify differences between both organization practices and the standard. 4. Write recommendation on both firms with Justification (apply theories for justifications) Individual Assignment Individual Assignment MODULE: Strategic Human Resource Management MODULE: Marketing Management TOTAL WEIGHTING: 40% TOTAL WEIGHTING: 1st40% 2015 (Both softcopy and hardcopy to be submitted) DATE DUE: May DATE DUE: 10th Nov 2015 (Both softcopy and hardcopy to be submitted) Required: Based on the findings, write a report of 2000-2500 words. General guideline Your report should include a good synthesis of academic references, facts and information collected by using...
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...SESSION: MARCH 2011-SEPTEMBER 2011 NIPS COLLEGE OF IT AND MANAGEMENT ALL AHABAD [Synopsis and Project Guidelines] MCA-6th Semester BCA-6th Semester PGDCA-2nd Semester And MBA-4th Semester IMPORTANT DATE S ynopsis Approval Last Date Project S ubmission Date MBA S ynopsis Approval Last Date MBA Project S ubmission Date : : : : 20/05/2011 27/07/2011 30/05/2011 10/08/2011 IMPORTANT INFORMATION MCA-6th S em Project Coordinator PGDCA-2nd S em Project Coordinator BCA-6th Sem Project Coordinator MBA- 4th S em Project Coordinator : Mrs Seema S rivastava : Mr.Gangesh Kumar :Mr.Deepak Mishra Ph:9451686685 :Mr. Jitendra Kumar Keswani Ph: 8081313153 SYNOPSIS GUIDELINE SYNOPSIS AND PROJECT GUIDELINES MCA- BCA- PGDCAMCA -6 BCA-6 & PGDCA -2 Synopsis Format 1. Introduction Of Project 2. Objective Of The Project 3. Scope Of The Project 4. Project Plan 5. The Existing System 6. Background Of The Organization 7. Current Problems 8. Areas For Improvement 9. Proposed System 10. Input/Output Requirement 11. Hardware And Software Requirement 12. Database Requirement 13. System Design 14. Tables And Fields For Database 15. Database Dictionary 16. E-R Diagram 17. ‘0’ Level DFD 18. ‘1’ Level DFD 19. Security Control 20. Future Scope Of The Project 21. Conclusion NIPS COLLEGE OF IT & MANAGEMENT ALLAHABAD Ph: 0532-3291133 th th nd 1 SYNOPSIS AND PROJECT GUIDELINES 22. Reference Or Bibliography Some Suggested Project Title 1. Bank Transactions Management 2. Hotel...
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...Introduction 1 • Reasons for sustainability report 1 • Key features of mining and metal sustainability report 3 • Evaluation of Onesteel’s sustainability report 5 • Conclusion 6 • Recommendation 6 • Reference 8 Executive summary The purpose of this paper was to explain the reasons for which companies started to produce non-financial report and figure out the key features of sustainability report, and then evaluate the sustainability report of Onesteel in relation of the key features. This essay is based on academic journals and professional business websites, as well as information sourced from company’s sustainability report for the year of 2011. The paper discussed the key features of sustainability report mainly by the global reporting initiative sustainability reporting guidelines, such as the six principles (balance, comparability, accuracy, timeliness, clarity and reliability) and the core indicators (environmental factors, human rights, labor practices and decent work, society, product responsibility and economic factors). In conclusion, the company of Onesteel is a leading one of mining industry, it had done well in sustainability report according to the key features of sustainability report. However, Onesteel should include the information about opportunities and predictions for future in order to make the sustainability report more completed, besides this, Onesteel should turn some...
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...Sustainability Reporting Guidelines & Oil and Gas Sector Supplement © 2000-2012 GRI Version 3.1/OGSS Final version The Oil and Gas Sector Supplement is based on the G3.1 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines © 2000-2012 GRI Version 3.1/OGSS Final version Oil and Gas Sector Supplement Sustainability Reporting Guidelines RG & OGSS Table of Contents Overview of the Guidance provided in this Document for the Oil and Gas Sector Human Rights Society Product Responsibility 43 47 52 Preface Sustainable Development and the Transparency Imperative General Reporting Notes Data Gathering Report Form and Frequency Assurance 10 Glossary of Terms Acknowledgments 12 12 13 14 54 54 55 56 58 Introduction Introductory Section for the Oil and Gas Sector Overview of Sustainability Reporting The Purpose of a Sustainability Report Orientation to the GRI Reporting Framework Orientation to the GRI Guidelines Applying the Guidelines Part 1 Defining Report Content, Quality, and Boundary Guidance for Defining Report Content Principles for Defining Report Content Principles for Defining Report Quality Guidance for Report Boundary Setting 16 17 22 26 Part 2 Standard Disclosures Strategy and Profile 1. Strategy and Analysis 2. Organizational Profile 3. Report Parameters 4. Governance, Commitments, and Engagement 5. Management Approach and Performance Indicators Economic Environmental Social: Labor Practices and Decent Work 40 29 29 30 30 31 33 34 36 ...
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...The Impact of Sentencing Guidelines on the Criminal Justice System Public Safety Capstone Project Our criminal justice system has an obligation to impose fair sentences. The United States Sentencing Commission is the result of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 that had laws created to ensure that sentencing was fair from state to state, and a judge provided proof of that sentencing was indeed black and white. To eliminate the possibility of being unjust, the government became involved in creating guidelines on the punishment that was rendered based on the type or types of crimes an individual committed. Sentencing guidelines were imposed to set the terms that would fit the crime some of the sentencing may be a payment of a fine, community service, incarceration, the death penalty, and or probation and parole. Throughout the years there has been a concentrated effort to standardize the sentencing especially in felony offenses, and to diminish judicial discretion in sentencing. Due to this there is a perception by lawmakers and the public that arbitrary or discriminatory practice with fair and just sentencing in certain cases and or crimes. “The Federal Government and 16 States have implemented presumptive or voluntary/advisory sentencing guidelines. Each of these states has established guidelines for different purposes and most of them were asked to meet multiple goals, including punishment, deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation...
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...Guidelines For Summer Project IMT Institute of Management Technology GHAZIABAD Guidelines, Procedures and Rules for Summer Project This manual gives guidelines, procedures and rules for the Summer Project. Objective The objective of having a Summer Project Report is to allow the students to organize and report the learning gained in the program and the summer project. The Summer Project Report should be a substantive contribution to the knowledge through integration of literature review and methodology developed pertinent to the understanding and resolution of management problems, and the empirical work done therein. The Summer Project Report should demonstrate competence in using or developing a model or a set of hypotheses, collecting and interpreting data, reaching conclusions and drawing implications for managerial practices. It should also highlight the impact of actions in one area or function, on the other area or functions in the organisation. The recommendations made in the Summer Project Report should be in both quantitative (costs and benefits) as well as qualitative terms, as far as possible. It is pertinent to note that the Summer Project Report represents a visible concrete output and would, therefore, have demonstrable potential enabling individuals to pursue further work on the theme by way of Ph.D. programme. It is also the output which may stand as testimony of the student's demonstrated skills and potential in the managerial arena. Topic...
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...P. ASSIGNMENT: GUIDELINES FOR THE FX MARKET ANALYSIS & TRADING STRATEGIES REPORT Foreign Exchange Treasury Dealing Report Task You are a foreign exchange dealing team working for a large Vietnamese bank. Your team trades major Asian and world currencies (VND, AUD, SGD, JPY, USD, EURO, GBP and HKD) and has been asked by your senior manager to provide him with a report on the following: 1. An outline and explanation of the behaviour of the at least two currency pair (e.g. VND/USD, VND/EURO, and VND/AUD, USD/JPY, USD/EUR, etc.) over the past two years. 2. An outline and explanation of your market view concerning the behaviour of these exchange rates over the next three to six months. 3. An outline and explanation of what foreign exchange trading strategies you will undertake, to achieve maximum profits for your bank, as a consequence of your market view outlined in part 2. (You should include the bank’s role both as a price maker and as a possible speculator). 4. An outline and explanation of what risks and obstacles you might encounter in attempting to implement your strategies. Note that you should not use derivatives product only currency spot. CONTENT OF THE REPORTS The following structure and guidelines are provided to assist you in writing your reports. Executive summary or synopsis Your report must include an executive summary or synopsis. Introduction What is the name of your organisation? What is the objective of the report? What are the pairs of currency your team...
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...ASIS CSO Guideline and its Impact to my Organization Our organization consists of a CEO, CFO, board of directors, and then under them are the CSO or Chief Security Officer. The CSO reports to the Board of Directors directly, hence cannot be influenced by the CEO or the CFO. According to the guideline by ASIS, this is the best model for a position that is as critical as the Chief Security Officer. Our CSO has been trying to add security to the culture of the company, and so far, it has been working. Being that the department is very new (about 1 year old), the security policies are now part of the human resources new hire packet. During their orientation, every new employee has to listen in on about 30 minutes of presentation that is security related, in addition to the normal company and culture orientation. The policies and procedures are now also embedded in the company intranet, and everyone has to sign a letter that says they read everything about the company’s security policies and procedures. This part also complies with the ASIS CSO guideline of bringing security into the company culture. According to the guideline, there is physical security that is handled by the CSO through his Facilities Director, as well as information security that is handled by the Information Security Director. They both report to the CSO (although the facilities director also reports to the Vice President of Human Resources). The company also has a Legal General Council, but this position...
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