Effective Mt Thesis Guidance Tips (2)

Management Thesis - Six Steps for Enhanced Effectiveness Management thesis is a very useful tool for gaining knowledge, enhancing research skills and for attractive placement opportunities. Hence effectiveness in management thesis is important. Given below are six steps towards effective and successful completion of the Management Thesis:

1. Let student take-up a topic of his/her interest: A Management Thesis aims at deepening a student's knowledge and researching skills by providing an exposure to organizational situations or to study issues of academic importance. It also enhances their employability by matching industry expectations. Hence, it is of prime importance to keep the student’s interest in mind so as to maintain the motivational levels of the students.

2. Company sponsored/interested research project: A company backed/sponsored research project is desirable as student has to deliver value for the company. It also helps in enhancing industry interface, brand building and creates a long term relationship. A well designed research project provides an opportunity for the company to benefit from the objective and unbiased perspective the student provides based on concepts and skills imbibed. For e.g., projects in the areas of strategy formulation, business process re-engineering, MIS, ERP implementation, retail/investment banking, industry analysis, new product launches, sales & distribution, market research and advertising among others can assist a company in implementing the outcomes of the project in an organizational set-up.

3. Focus on Literature Review: The main aim of literature review is to

provide a complete survey of previous work published around the chosen theme of the thesis and how it has guided or informed the present proposed research. Ensure that the relevance, reliability and validity of the citations are evaluated and related to the present work being carried out. It should provide a complete survey of previous work published around the chosen theme of the research project, identify gaps in the existing literature and justify how the present work adds value to this field of knowledge and research.

4. Pay attention to Research Methodology: The methodology section includes information on the overall research design adopted and a justification of research tools (or methods) that were selected to analyze and obtain the result. It should also describe the data collection methods and participants involved for primary data collection (how many/how they were selected/their characteristics etc). The questionnaire design should also be elaborated here. An objective reflection on the limitations of the methodology and methods used can present the study in the right perspective.

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Implement Weekly MT workshops: Each Faculty Supervisor shall schedule weekly Management Thesis Workshops for the students guided by him/her. These workshops should be aimed at giving an opportunity to the student to improvise on their thesis and bridge any gaps found during such workshops before each submission for evaluation i.e. synopsis, interim and final thesis submission. It is intended that during the workshops the students present the progress made by them in their MT and the focus of presentations changes progressively from the beginning to the end of the semester.

6. External Evaluator: An external evaluator, usually a company representative or an active researcher from a local academic institution may be roped in for evaluation from the synopsis submission stage. This will greatly help in enhancing the quality of research work done by the student and increase the objectivity of evaluation. All the Faculty Supervisors and Campus Heads are requested to follow the above steps and benefit from them by delivering good quality thesis work. ***