103 guideline essay

8/10/2019 103 Guideline Essay

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Module 103

Essay


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Purpose

Thisassignment is the firstexposureandonhand trainingofscientificwriting.Aqualified

scientificwritingonanissueshouldhavethefeatures:1)preciselyformedcentralquestion

concerningthe issue,2)anobjectivethatfitstothecentralquestion,3)elaborationofthe

objectivebasedonrecognizedbodyofknowledge, informationandtheauthorsevidence

based arguments, 4) logically drawn conclusion.Writing should complywith all standard

protocolsofscientificwritinganddocumentproduction.

Nature

Studenthastoproducea2022pagesstructuredwritingofscientificnature,whichwillbe

gradedas the finalgrade for Module103:NewApproachesofSMEDevelopment.This is

essay is an individual assignment. Student can generallywriteon any issueofhisorher

interest. The issue picked for the essay should complywith the purpose ofModule103

whichisdevelopmentandpromotionofSMEslargelyundertheframeworkof

i. Globalvaluechain

ii.

Innovation,

Innovation

System

and

Policy

iii.

SocialCapital

iv.

InternationalizationofSMEs

Anyessaytitleshouldfallintoanyoftheareasmentionedabove.

ProcessandSupervision

Normallystudentwilldevelopatitleforhis/heressayandnotifySEPToffice.Basedonthe

relevanceof

the

title

with

the

previously

mentioned

four

areas,

concerned

Professors/Mentorswillbeassignedas theSupervisors for theessays.Before sending the

title toSEPTOffice student canalsoavail theopportunity todiscusshis/herprimary idea

abouttheessaywithanyoftheProfessorsinvolvedinthelecturesofthismodule,.Afterthe

deadline for submissionof topics, SEPTOffice, in a reasonable, timewillnotify individual

studentsaboutthehis/herSupervisor.

During the process of writing student can avail the opportunity to get advice from the

Supervisor/Mentor. Before official submission of the essay, student may avail the

opportunityto

get

areview

of

the

full

and

final

draft

of

the

essay

by

his/her

Supervisor.


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TheSupervisorsarenormallyeagertogivethebestsupporttothestudents.Stillthisisthe

responsibilityofthestudenttoestablishcontactwiththeSupervisorallowingtheSupervisor

adequate time to respond to the students need. With all the earnest efforts from the

Supervisors,astudentmayhavetowait02workingdaystogetanemailresponse.Meetings

fordiscussionsarearrangedonanagreedupondateandtime,whichmayalwaysnotbea

date requested by the student. For the review of a full length final draft of the essay,

Supervisorhastobeallowedatleast05workingdays.

Please note that each Supervisor has individual approach of supervision. Individual

Supervisorhasthefreedomtosetsupervisoryarrangementsbeyondthisstandardprocess.

SEPTProfessorsandMentorsarealwayscommittedtostudentsneedbasedsupervisionof

thescientificprojects.Inordertomakethebestutilizationofsupervisorysupport,students

areadvised

to

plan

their

essays

and

establish

contacts

with

the

Supervisors

well

advance

of

thedeadlines.

Contents

Chapter1:Introduction(20%oftotalpages)

1.1

Ageneralintroductiontotheissueaddressedintheessay

1.2 Rationale

1.3 Centralquestionandobjective

1.4

Scopeoftheessay

Chapter2:Reviewofliteratureandconceptualframework(20%oftotalpages)

This chapter should be devoted to describe the state of the relevant knowledge (mainly

academicpointofviews)concerning the issuebeingaddressed in theessay. If theauthor

explainsthecentralissueoftheessayorpursuetheobjectiveoftheessaybasedoncertain

patternofrelationshipsbetweendifferentconcepts,suchpatternhasbedescribedhere.

2.1

2.2

Chapter3:Descriptionofthephenomenon

In this chapter authorwill describe the phenomenon he/shewill presenting in order to

addressthecentralissueorpursuetheobjectiveoftheessay.

3.1

3.2


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Chapter4:Conclusion(10%oftotalpages)

In this chapter authorwill produce a takehomemessage for the readers and scientific

community

about

the

issue

addressed

and

discussed.

This

chapter

is

expected

to

be

constitutedwithauthorsinsights,learningandlogicalcomments.

Listofreferences

Annex

Usageofmaterials

Normallystudentsareadvised toprepare theiressaysbasedonsecondary information. In

anycaseanyinput(intheformofconcept,statistics,chart,table,diagram,pictureetc.)used

intheessaythatisnotauthorsownmustbeproperlycited.Anycitationshouldbedouble

citation:1)shouldbecited immediately in short formwhere it isused in thedocument,

and then 2) short form must be duly elaborated in the list of reference. There are

differentcitationstylee.g.AmericanPsychologicalAssociation(APA),Harvard,Chicagoetc.

Anyof themcanbe followed;pleasedonotuse them inyourdocument inamixedway.

Examples of such formats are available from difference sources in the web. This is an

exampleof

Harvard

System

citation

format

http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm

Pageproductionandformatting

Essayshouldbea2022pages(excludingfrontmattersandtableofcontentsandannex).

Font:TimesNewRoman,Fontsize:1111.5,Linespace:1.5,Margin:Normal2.5top,2.0

bottom,2.5right,2.5left.Otherprotocolsofscientificwritinge.g.formattingofillustrations

andcitationsarealsoapplicableinthiscase.

Incaseofanyillustration(chart,table,diagram,pictureetc.)usedinthedocument,eachof

themshouldbeproperlyformatted.Anillustrationshouldbepresentedwithanumberand

titleonthetopandcitationofsourceonthebottom.

Anyacronymusedinthebodyofthetextshouldcomewith itsfullversiononthefirstuse

and then for further instances abbreviated version can be used, e.g.World Bank (WB)

.expectedgrowth.WBwasnot

Donot

start

any

paragraph

just

with

an

illustration

and

do

not

end

it

with

illustration.

An

illustrationshouldalwaysbeinbetweentexts.


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Ethicalrequirementandconsequences

Asamatter

of

policy,

each

of

the

final

submission

must

successfully

pass

the

machine

run

electronic check for plagiarism, before it is handed to the Supervisor for grading.

InternationalSEPTProgram iscommitted toanextremelyconservative tolerancepolicy in

thisregard.

Assessment

Essaywillbegradedonascaleof1.05.0.Gradesaregivenon10individualcontrolpoints

ofan

essay,

then

averaged.

Minimum

passing

grade

is

average

4.0.

Any

essay

graded

with

an

averagegrademorethan4.0isconsideredasafailinggrade.

Incaseofobtaininga failinggrade,studentsubject todueadministrativeprocess isgiven

further chances to repeat theessay. Incaseofeach repetition, studenthas towriteona

fresh topic. About assessment and administration of the examination process,University

Examination Policy is followed and SEPT Examination Board is responsible for its

administration;SEPTOfficeservesasthecontactandcommunicationagentinthisregard.

Submission

Final submission of the essay should bemade on the prescribed SEPT template, please

contactSEPTOffice for this.Final submission shouldbe,onorbefore thedeadline,asan

electronic submission (onepdf) viaemail toSEPTofficialemail account.Pleasenote that

finalsubmissionshouldnotbemadetotheSupervisor.

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