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MBA DISSERTATION TOPIC SELECTION FORM
Student nameID....
This form is designed to get you thinking about your project in
readiness for writing a fullresearch proposal. You will be given
more guidance later on about how to design your projectbut
ultimately its design will be dependent on what you want to achieve
from it and only you candecide that.
It is important that you choose a topic that really interests
you. Without this interest you will nothave the motivation to do
all that is necessary to complete your dissertation
satisfactorily.
Remember your dissertation will be a research report not an
essay. So you need to set yourselfa question for which you will
need to collect data in order to find an answer. You need a
topictitle that points you clearly in the direction of an
investigation rather than a general area to writeabout.
What is the general subject area that you want to explore in
your dissertation?(Please tick box X)
GENERAL SUBJECT AREA (X)Information Technology Management X
Organisational LearningInnovative Management
Business Process Re-Engineering
Change Management
Strategic Management
Marketing Communications
Customer Relationship Management
Supply Chain Management
Financial ReportingFinancial Resource Management
Human Resource ManagementMarketing
2. What is the particular question you want your investigation
to answer i.e. your topic title?(15 30 words)Ensure that you phrase
your title in the form of a question that your research will be
answering.Ans:To determine ICT adoption barriers in leveraging
benefits in developing countries: A CaseStudy.
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3. Why do you want to do this particular project?Thinking beyond
the aim contained in your title, what do you hope to achieve for
yourself as aresult of doing this project? E.g. Help your career;
develop your understanding of a particularmanagement or business
process; develop your ability to tackle management or
businessproblems.
Ans: This topic is of my particular interest as ICT being one of
the primary factor increasing gap(digital divide) between developed
and developing countries in this modern(electronic) era. Sothereby
this research can help me to improve my knowledge on one of the
current trends.
4. Describe briefly the main purpose of your investigation.E.g.
Is it a problem you want to find a solution for? Is there something
you have observed thatyou want to explain? Is there some behaviour
or activity that you want to evaluate?Ans: Being ICT (e-comeerce)
of my interest area I have researched to know why
developingcountries like India are not able to cherish the benefits
out of modern technologies such as e-business/e-commerce, as of
their counterparts developed countries like USA, UK. I did
finddifferent issues related to the adoption of ICT/ e-commerce but
there werent any findings that
are in common to the one another. So with my research I would
like to gather different issuesrelated to adoption and how an
organisation in a developing country with similar environment(as
that of the study in context) can overcome these barriers.
Therefore my research isexpected to serve entrepreneurs in the
developing countries to become e-ready for benefitingthrough
implementation of ICT.
5. In order to answer the question of your title, what
information do you think you will need toobtain?Consider both your
main purpose and factors related to it or likely to be affecting
it. This list ofinformation will be your starting point for
deciding your research objectives.Ans: Information on constraints,
inhibitors, environmental...... factors related to the adoption
ofICT/e-commerce.
6. Finally, what sources of data do you think you might draw on
to get your information?E.g. Observation, Newspapers, Journal
articles, Trade press Advertisements, People-usinginterviews or
questionnaires, Government statistics or other Documents.Ans: Most
of the information is expected to gathered through past researches
published in
journals, Newspapers and academic books etc.,
Official use only
Supervisor name:
Topic title:(Yes) As above Please tick:
(No) Please see suggestedtopic below
Please tick:
Comments:
Supervisor Date:
