Research Writing

Research Writing

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  TO APRESENTATION ON PROJECT WORK & I AM R.B. EASWARAN
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  MILESTONES By 18MayActivity to be completed Topic finalized; research problem defined; research methodology finalized; team organization completed; access problems sorted; secondary data search fairly completed; initiate primary data collection
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  MILESTONES By 25May 1 June 8 June Activity to be completed Report progress on Primary Data collection; begin draft report preparation Collation, tabulation and analysis of data completed; first draft of final project report finalized Final Project Report to be submitted along with “Personal Review of Project Experience” to be submitted separately by each student
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  MILESTONES By 15Jun Activity to be completed Presentation by groups and Q&A
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  Assessment Criteria Conceptualunderstanding Showing your ability to link concepts to practice Structural development - how you develop your assignment from objectives to analysis and synthesis and finally draw conclusions and make recommendations Evidence of personal and professional self-evaluation – how you went about the assignment, including your learning processes, a critical reflection of your own views and experiences
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  Assessment Criteria Researchactivities – the actual investigation you carried out, difficulties encountered; if necessary be critical of the data or information you have gathered, state their limitations, if any. Referencing & acknowledgements Originality
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  Marking 1. Project Report - 70 Marks 2. Presentation - 20 Marks 3. Personal Review of Project Experience - 10 Marks
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  The Title QuestionOr Brief The title of the research project comes from the research objectives, the decision and research problems The title has two types of words: Process words; and Content words The Content word says what you must focus on in the report The Process word says how you must deal with the content
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  Investigate or examineby argument with reasons for and against Discuss Give a detailed account Describe Give your opinion about values, theories, practices supported with research evidence Critical/ or Criticize Look for similarities and differences Compare State your opinion about a topic with evidence Comment Make a detailed examination of something Analyze
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  Give a conciseaccount of the main points of the topic Summarize Make a survey of; critically examine the subject Review Use examples, diagrams etc to explain Illustrate Make plain, interpret, give reasons Explain Present in depth and investigate fully the implications Examine Make a judgement about value/importance/worth of something Evaluate
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  To what extent– asks you to weigh the evidence for and against something; to state how far something is valid Extent
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  A Planning TreeExample
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  24. International HRpractices – studying global recruitment practices; global compensation practices; Performance management of Transnational employees; etc. 23. Labor practices – studying difference across countries; what is best for India Inc – industry specific or general 22. Education Vs Employability – studying the Indian context; comparing against best in the world 21. Reverse brain drain – study of challenges to Indian workforce from advanced country nationals choosing to work in India 14. Service Industry – people challenges; how people practices change from traditional to service economy; studying emotional labor across service businesses 7. Performance Management – implications for employee retention, motivation across companies or industries; how has workers’ views changed regarding Performance Management in the last 25 years? 20. Work Standardization in a globalized world – challenges, what companies do; experiences of Indian companies going abroad and foreign companies coming to India 13. Changing compensation practices – across industries, professions, companies; employee and employer views; implications for business performance, employee motivation, employee retention, attrition, etc. 6. Employee as competitive advantage – what companies do to sustain the people advantage 19. Cyber Crimes & People management issues – what companies do; studying practices across companies and industries and cultures 12. Affirmative action – Indian context; study of initiatives by companies; implications for employee motivation, retention, productivity, performance; Equal Employment practices in Indian firms – comparison against firms in advanced countries 5. Employee retention – challenges, solutions 18. Small Scale Industries – people challenges; people practices; comparing against large corporations – advantages, disadvantages 11. Business ethics and Profit objectives – challenges, company performances; study of ethical codes across companies; relating ethical conduct & bottomline performance; ethical conduct and employee motivation; global practices, etc 4. Cultural challenges in cross-cultural businesses – BPOs, Call centers, etc 17. Training & Development – what companies do to make it count; studying correlations between T&D and Corporate performance, and people related issues such as attrition, motivation, loyalty, etc 10. Attrition – comparison of rates across industries, companies; long and short term implications; 3. Employee motivation – across industries, of knowledge workers 16. People CMM (Capability Maturity Model) – does it really make a difference to firms and their performance and to people 9. Mergers & Acquisitions – People issues, challenges; comparison of people practices across companies 2. 24/7 work – social implications – is there a pattern across industries or companies? Across states and cultures? 15. Technology and people management – how people practices have changed with technology across companies, industries, cultures, etc 8. Team-based organizations – challenges, opportunities; implications for performance 1. Protean Career – Indian Context; comparing traditional Vs Protean careers across industries, cultures, etc.