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Dhaval Doshi
Hey Guys,
I have been there and done that. I had my project on Turnaround Management and I got an O on it.
I just thought I will post some tips that might help you with your project...
Select a good topic
Selecting a good topic is the most important thing. Select a topic which is broad enough to give you enough resources for research, but at the same time see to it that you have a niche. Let this niche be in the topic itself. For example, instead of Retail, you can go for Retail in Rural Areas or maybe Retail of Ready-made Clothings. This will narrow your focus to research on stuff and also help you with amazing examples. Like in this case, the example would be Pantaloons.
Read, Document, Learn, Index
The best thing to start off is to pick a good topic and start researching on it randomly. All problems start when you get entangled with loads of information that you find from the internet. To make the most of all this information, it's best to categorize the information into 2 parts - Concepts and Case Studies. More importantly, put all the information into tags. Document the concept titles and dig into company documents to collect facts relevant to a particular concept. Essentially, create an Index (Table of Contents) for your project before you dig deep into the project. This gives you a map of the whole project and will get rid of the confusion.
At least have 2 books that you have a reference to
No matter which subject you choose, there will at least be 2 books closely related to the project. Look for books related to the case studies of companies. Look for books related to a single concept of your project and put that book name in the bibliography without fail.
Meet at least someone from the industry
Meeting people in the industry is NOT ESSENTIAL, but it does add weight age to your project. Don't forget to get a proof of your meeting by way of an appointment letter or something similar.
Spend more time on Research and document simultaneously as per the table of contents you made
This is the tough part. You will have to dig for detailed information and statistics from websites, books, magazines, people and whichever other resources. But if you have already made the map of your project with the table of contents, you will know most of the places (links of websites from where you will get the info; ) where you need to look for the content. All you have to do then is read and understand it thoroughly, edit, illustrate, collect pictures for the project, compile into rough documents.
Final Compilation, finishing touches, proof reading of your project
All you need to do now is compile all the documents to format and do the compilation of the whole project as per the table of contents with page numbers etc. You know the works!!!
You are prepared for your Viva as soon as you are done with the project in print
If you have thoroughly gone through this whole process of creating the project, trust me you need not worry about the VIVAs. Just be confident and be a li'l proactive in telling the external moderator about your project. Tell them what inspired you to take up the project (You can also make that up ;-) ). But if you really haven't worked on it, then it's a different story altogether.
Hope this helps!
I have been there and done that. I had my project on Turnaround Management and I got an O on it.
I just thought I will post some tips that might help you with your project...
Select a good topic
Selecting a good topic is the most important thing. Select a topic which is broad enough to give you enough resources for research, but at the same time see to it that you have a niche. Let this niche be in the topic itself. For example, instead of Retail, you can go for Retail in Rural Areas or maybe Retail of Ready-made Clothings. This will narrow your focus to research on stuff and also help you with amazing examples. Like in this case, the example would be Pantaloons.
Read, Document, Learn, Index
The best thing to start off is to pick a good topic and start researching on it randomly. All problems start when you get entangled with loads of information that you find from the internet. To make the most of all this information, it's best to categorize the information into 2 parts - Concepts and Case Studies. More importantly, put all the information into tags. Document the concept titles and dig into company documents to collect facts relevant to a particular concept. Essentially, create an Index (Table of Contents) for your project before you dig deep into the project. This gives you a map of the whole project and will get rid of the confusion.
At least have 2 books that you have a reference to
No matter which subject you choose, there will at least be 2 books closely related to the project. Look for books related to the case studies of companies. Look for books related to a single concept of your project and put that book name in the bibliography without fail.
Meet at least someone from the industry
Meeting people in the industry is NOT ESSENTIAL, but it does add weight age to your project. Don't forget to get a proof of your meeting by way of an appointment letter or something similar.
Spend more time on Research and document simultaneously as per the table of contents you made
This is the tough part. You will have to dig for detailed information and statistics from websites, books, magazines, people and whichever other resources. But if you have already made the map of your project with the table of contents, you will know most of the places (links of websites from where you will get the info; ) where you need to look for the content. All you have to do then is read and understand it thoroughly, edit, illustrate, collect pictures for the project, compile into rough documents.
Final Compilation, finishing touches, proof reading of your project
All you need to do now is compile all the documents to format and do the compilation of the whole project as per the table of contents with page numbers etc. You know the works!!!
You are prepared for your Viva as soon as you are done with the project in print
If you have thoroughly gone through this whole process of creating the project, trust me you need not worry about the VIVAs. Just be confident and be a li'l proactive in telling the external moderator about your project. Tell them what inspired you to take up the project (You can also make that up ;-) ). But if you really haven't worked on it, then it's a different story altogether.
Hope this helps!
