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Writing a Thesis

Writing a Thesis. Karen M. Olsen January 31 , 2014. Agenda. Finding a topic Requirements of a master thesis Be prepared – take Methodology for master thesis STR402/405! What to put on the application for supervisor Writing a master thesis in FOCUS (Fall 2014).

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Writing a Thesis

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  1. Writing a Thesis Karen M. Olsen January 31, 2014

  2. Agenda • Finding a topic • Requirements of a master thesis • Be prepared – take Methodology for master thesis STR402/405! • What to put on the application for supervisor • Writing a master thesis in FOCUS (Fall 2014)

  3. Master thesis: relevant for your job? «Peacekeeping machine»

  4. Finding a topic • Look in textbooks, DN, the Economist, Financial Times, etc • Look for on-going research projects, examples.. • FOCUS – Future-Oriented Corporate Solutions (STR, INB, FIE) and Beyond Budgeting (BUS) • CSI – Center for Service Innovation (MBM, STR) • Crisis, restructuring, growth (Krise, omstilling, vekst) (SAM, ECO and STR)

  5. Requirements of a master thesis • A larger unified piece of work • 30 ECTS credits (workload 1 semester) • Ca. 50-80 pages • You have to write in groups of 2 students http://www.nhh.no/en/student-pages/thesis/guidelines-related-to-theses-in-the-msc-programme.aspx

  6. How to write a master thesis? STR402/405 • Basic methodological preparations • What does a master thesis look like? • What are the requirements to conduct a scientific piece of work? • What is methods? • What does a methods chapter in your thesis contain? • How will you learn about this? • Read about methods and analyze examples • Practical experience through exercises • Develop a project description Mainly students in STR and MBM, but also ENE, BUS, SAM and INB

  7. The process of writing the thesis Research question Theory Model Design Data collection Data analysis Reporting

  8. Collect your own or use existing data? • Collect own data • Experiments, surveys, qualitative interviews, observation, etc • Use existing data - possible sources • Official registers (SSB, stock exchange, Brønnøysund, etc) • Surveys collected by a firm; ex. employees or customers • Data collected in research projects • Norwegian Social Science Data Service www.nsd.no

  9. What to put on the application for supervisor (March15th) • Try to explain as accurately as possible what you intend to do • Your choice of words will decide which supervisors are relevant • Talk to potential supervisors • Topic is not ‘cut in stone’

  10. Master’s thesis: FOCUS – Future-Oriented Corporate Solutions • Topics • Management challenges in flexible work arrangements (STR) • Team leadership and relationships in teams (STR) • Leadership of knowledge workers (STR) • Internationalization and integration (STR/INB) • Change capacity (STR) • Dynamic control systems/Beyond Budgeting (BUS) • No specific topics - apply to department (Finance) • Conditions • Thesis advisor from the research project • NOK 10.000 per thesis for travelling and other expenses • Qualifications • Average grade B • Deadline: March 15, 2014 • For full text, see: http://blogg.nhh.no/focus/ or http://www.nhh.no/en/student-pages/thesis/master-topics.aspx

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