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PRE-GRADUATION WORK PLACEMENT
18 weeks starting beginning second semester
ending beginning of june
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GRADUATION PROJECT THESIS
A RESEARCH USING THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
ACQUIRED AT HZ IN THIS PROVING THAT YOU HAVE
DEVELOPED CERTAIN COMPETENCIES
A RESEARCH NOT AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES YOU
CARRIED OUT DURING YOUR WORKPLACEMENT !!!
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THESIS

• 25 PAGES EXCLUDING APPENDICES
• CORRECT ENGLISH
• DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM
• THEORETICAL JUSTIFICATION
• RESEARCH (QUANTATIVE OR QUALITATIVE)
• ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE MATERIAL
  GATHERED DURING THE RESEARCH
• CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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FIRST STEP FINDING A RESEARCH TOPIC -WHAT DOES
THE COMPANY ASKS YOU -EXAMINING YOUR OWN
STRENGTHS AND INTERESTS - LOOKING AT PAST
PROJECTS TITLES - SEARCHING LITTERATURE Etc.
etc.
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SECOND STEP RESEARCH IDEA BECOMES A RESEARCH
QUESTION AN EXAMPLE RESEARCH IDEA USE OF
INTERNET BANKING RESEARCH QUESTION What effect
has the growth of internet banking had upon the
uses customers make of branch facilities
? GENERAL RESEARCH QUESTION WILL GENERATE MORE
DETAILED SUB QUESTIONS OR RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
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THIRD STEP WRITING THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL
PHASE 1A OF THE LOGBOOK

• RESEARCH PROPOSAL
• FIRST ATTEMPT AT THE TITLE
• RESEARCH QUESTION AND OBJECTIVES (problem
• formulation)
• COMPANY DETAILS
• RESEARCH STRUCTURE THEORY AND PRACTICE
• TIMETABLE
• COMPETENCIES
• SIGNED BY THE SUPERVISORY TUTOR AND THE
• STUDENT

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Graduation placement logbook (see
infonet-sudy-documents) 9 DOCUMENTS TO BE FILLED
IN AND SIGNED BY BOTH THE IN-COMPANY TUTOR AND
YOUR SUPERVISORY TUTOR AT DIFFERENTS MOMENTS OF
YOUR WORKPLACEMENT Phase 1A BEFORE STARTING
THE WORKPLACEMENT OR IN THE FIRST WEEK !!!
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• THEORETICAL JUSTIFICATION
• What is theory ???
• theory you learned concerning for example
• market studies
• Combining and analysing your data using
• them in a general way

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• RESEARCH
• QUANTATIVE - QUESTIONNAIRES
• HOW, HOW MUCH, IS IT RELIABLE
• QUALITATIVE
• INTERVIEWS, HOW ? IN DEPTH, IN GROUPS

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• THE REPORT
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• LITTERATURE REVIEW
• METHODS
• RESULTS
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• APPENDICES

Be careful a good storyline is very important,
the structure of your report should be logical
!! Start in time with writing !!!
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• IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• READ THE MANUAL (PREGRADUATION
• WORK PLACEMENT AND GRADUATION PROJECT
• MANUAL)
• KENNISBANK
• HZ-LIBRARY
• RESEARCH METHODS FOR BUSINESS STUDENTS,
• Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill

MAJA AUDENAERDE-HUIBREGTSE Room A238, Monday
and Wednesday e-mail maja.audenaerde_at_hz.nl