MGT 666

Guidelines for MGT 675: Research Project

1. Students are required to choose their supervisors immediately; get the enclosed Supervisor Consent Form signed from the supervisor and send to me latest by 5 October 2017. After the said deadline no supervisor consent form will be accepted and College will assign the supervisor then. After selecting the supervisor, finalize the topic of the project in consultation with the supervisor at the earliest.

2. Students have to prepare a project proposal and submit it to their supervisors latest by 10 October 2017. If the supervisor is satisfy with the project proposal, they can start the work.

3. The supervisors will have to update the College about the development of the project near 15 November 2017.

4. The deadline for students to submit the final project, 3 hard copies, to their supervisors is 21 December 2017.

5. The Project will be graded on basis of quality of project work and its presentation given by the student in front of a committee consisting of two members between 24 to 27 December, 2017:

i. Project Supervisor

ii. Supervisors’ Coordinator

6. The supervisors will submit the final grades of Research Project as well as its presentation up to 28 December 2017 to the Supervisors’ Coordinator after getting approval from the College. And the Supervisors’ Coordinator are requested to upload the grades on the banner.

7. Regarding Plagiarism, please note the following:

a. Student shall submit the report online after Supervisor’s approval.

b. Supervisor will check the work for possible plagiarism.

c. If the report is acceptable the Anti-plagiarism report shall be generated, which would be verified and approved that the plagiarism index <=25%.

d. If the report indicates plagiarism index >25%, the supervisor is requested to submit the work to the college research committee for review.

e. If the college research committee deemed the work to be extensively plagiarized and violates the University’s ethical rules and regulations, the committee may recommend the termination of the project and fail the student in the course. No other chance will be given to the students who are found to be plagiarizing.

Formatting of the Project Report The Research Project will be between 60 to 80 pages; 12 point size; Times New Roman Font consisting three main parts - preliminaries, text and supplementary pages. Each part is be organized as shown below: 1. Preliminaries:

• Title page (required) • Abstract (required) only one abstract allowed • Acknowledgments (optional) only one acknowledgments page allowed • Preface (optional) • Table of Contents (required) • List of Tables (optional) • List of Figures (optional) • List of Symbols (optional) • List of Keywords (optional) • Other Preliminaries (optional) such as Definition of Terms

2. Text

The text of the dissertation features an introduction, review of literature, hypothesis, research methodology and several chapters, sections and subsections. Text may also include parenthetical references, footnotes, or references to the bibliography or endnotes.

3. Supplementary

• References or bibliography • Appendices (optional) • Glossary (optional) • List of Abbreviations (optional)