Final Year Projects 1 Organisation of materials

Final Year Projects 1: Organisation of materials

Final Year Projects Hopes and fears exercise…. Take a minute or so to write down: (a) Your three hopes (b) Your three fears in doing a FYP…

Final Year Projects To help you, we need to consider each of the following: A Tutorial help B Workshops C Documents D Websites E Books F Forms

Final Year Projects Tutorial Help (a) Your tutor will help you to project manage (not necessarily an expert – you are!) (b) ‘To advise, to encourage and to warn’ (c) Shape your ideas, suggest avenues to explore, advise on empirical work… (d) Can see you for about 30 mins x several times a term

Final Year Projects Workshops § Mostly in the Autumn term – approx. each fortnight § Opportunity to ask questions § Various staff members (but mainly Prof. Mike Hart)

Final Year Projects Documents you need: (a) FYP Project guide (being updated!) (b) How to write a successful FYP – a practical guide (c) Workshops (d) Forms (see http: //fyp. org. uk)

Final Year Projects Websites to help you: § http: //final-year-projects. com § http: //fyp. org. uk § http: //business. ucw. org. uk § http: //www. winchester. ac. uk/bm

Final Year Projects Books v Saunders, M. , Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A (2003) Research Methods for Business Students (3 rd ed) FT Prentice Hall v Maylor, H. and Blackmon, K. (2005) Researching Business and Management Palgrave Macmillan v Collis, J. and Hussey, R. (2003) Business Research, Macmillan

Final Year Projects Forms § FYP Grading Form § Ethics Forms § FYP Meeting Log Forms § FYP Supervision Meeting Record

Final Year Projects What do I need to do NOW…. (a) See your tutor for an initial meeting armed with one page with suggested chapter headings (and a paragraph under each heading) (b) Submit your FYP Meeting Log Form http: //fyp. org. uk (c) Start/continue your literature search (d) Buy a good book (perhaps in pairs to defray cost)

And finally…. Any questions?