Dissertation Handbook

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1、DegreeDissertationHandbookDISSERTATIONHANDBOOKDIS60203:DissertationforHospitalityDIS60203:DissertationforFoodservicesDIS60203:DissertationforTourismBACHELOROFINTERNATIONALHOSPITALITYMANAGEMENT(HONS)orBACHELOROFCULINARYARTSANDFOODSERVICEMANAGEMENT(HONS)orBACHELOROFINTER

2、NATIONALTOURISMMANAGEMENT(HONS)WITHSPECIALISATIONSIN(1)TRAVELANDRECREATIONMANAGEMENT(2)EVENTSMANAGEMENTLastUpdate:4thDec2014-BernardLew15DegreeDissertationHandbookIntroductionThelearningexperiencerelatedtoresearchmethodology(RES60102)andthedissertation(DIS60203)spansma

3、inlytwosemesters:5and6.Inthe4thsemester,studentsareexposedtotheprinciplesofresearchinRES60102andaretaskedwithcompletingaresearchproposal.Thedissertationtutoringprocessbeginsoncetutorshavebeenallocatedtostudentsinthe4thsemesterandcontinuesintothe5thand6thsemesters,leadi

4、ngtothecompletionofthewrittendissertationinthe6thsemester.OverviewofDissertationDIS60203NatureandObjective:Thewritingofdissertationsinvolvesstudentsintheformulationofresearchquestionsandanin-depthexplorationofthefieldofinterest.Theaimofthedissertationistoproposeproblem

5、s;toutilizetheoryanddataforascholarlyinvestigationandtoarticulatesomesolutions/recommendations/reflectionsinresponsetoproblems.LearningOutcome:Uponsuccessfulcompletionofthedissertation,studentswillbeableto:1.Recognizethedefinitionsandprocessesinvolvedinresearch.2.Ident

6、ifytheapproachesusedtodoaliteraturereviewandtoformulateresearchquestions.3.Chooserelevantsamplingtechniquesbasedonresearchquestions.4.Makeuseofquantitativeandqualitativemethodsrelevanttohospitalityandtourismresearch.Structureofthedissertations:Thedissertationconsistsof

7、twomainparts:partIandpartII.PartIintroducestheresearchproblemsandissues.Italsoestablishestheconceptualfoundationsfortheresearch.PartIIoperationalizestheproblem,withdueemphasisoninferencesandfindingsthatarerelevanttopracticesandissuesinthefield.LastUpdate:4thDec2014-Ber

8、nardLew15DegreeDissertationHandbookGlossaryAbstract:ashortandconcisedescriptionoftheresearch,summarizingtheessenceoft