Skills for Business &Management Students inDissertation

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Introduction

Skills for business and management dissertations

Fundamental skills for business and management dissertations

Planning skills

Research skills

Organizing skills

Problem-solving skills

Drafting skills

Writing skills

The process-oriented approach

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Today's Discussion

INTRODUCTIONIn this globalized and digitalized businessworld, management students need toimprove many skills to have a successfulcareer.

And the best way to develop it is by writingexcellent dissertations on many businessand management topics.

It is the reason that managementinstitutions worldwide want their students towrite dissertations.

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But for students, it is a challenging task to write dissertationsbecause of the vast scope of business and management studies ortoo much academic work and others.

However, writing dissertations is mandatory for students to getgood grades to develop skills for business and management forhaving a fantastic future career.

Only with the right skills, students can excel both in the academicperformance and in applying it for the real-time business world tobe successful.

SKILLS FOR BUSINESS ANDMANAGEMENT DISSERTATIONS

Until writing the dissertation, students must have experiencein writing essays and other small project work.

But the dissertation is the first most substantial piece ofindependent work by students running into many pages,which needs a lot of skills.

The dissertation's sole aim is to write an original researchwork on any topic in the subject.

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It will be making it more challenging for thestudents in business and management but alsothe most rewarding work.

It could lay a solid foundation for their futurecareer by developing many skills for businessand management.

FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS FORBUSINESS AND MANAGEMENTDISSERTATIONS

Unlike writing essays where students only need to evaluateothers' ideas critically, it is a different ball game for thedissertation.

Although student study a wide range of topics during thecourse (e.g., Business transformation, digital economy,finance and accounting, marketing and retail management,people and organization and strategy andentrepreneurship) but dissertation would certain yourchoice.

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You can choose any topics that you’re strong and linked to yourfuture career need a range of planning and research skills.

It is to form a theoretical framework from others' ideas and byoffering opinions and interpretations for their own research.

Only then the students can write on the many theories, concepts,definition like Theories X & Y, Systems, beureacratic, Scientificmanagement, among other theories.

Concepts like planning, organizing, directing and controlling amongothers hence the student must develop some fundamental skills forbusiness and management dissertations that include.

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As per Benjamin Franklin's words, "by failing to prepare,you prepare to fail,", planning skills are 56pthe fundamentalneed for any business and management student.

It is the primary cognitive skill that forms part of anyexecutive function.

Planning is the ability to think about the future for mentallyexpecting the right way to achieve a specific goal.

It is one of the essential skills for business andmanagement dissertations and future career.

PLANNING SKILLS

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The research and dissertation report writing effortcan be divided into a number of phases separatedby milestone events where products from theprevious phase are reviewed and approved beforecontinuing on to the next phase.

The Research Milestone Schedule indicated inFigure 1 depicts the recommended phases andhow the review milestones (in blue and red)separate them.

The Milestone Deliverables Matrix indicated in Table 1 also indicates the phases and milestones forpreparing a dissertation report, but also lists the work products that should be reviewed at each

milestone event, and the participants at each event.

Using the Research Breakdown Structure (RBS)to Manage Information The recommendedmanagement approach contained in this paperincludes the use of a new concept referred to asa Research Breakdown Structure (RBS). Asindicated in Figure 2, the top of the RBSdiagram contains business areas the researcheris interested in pursuing.

One thing common for business and managementdissertation and work is research skills.

Only with in-depth research on the topic and itsrelevant information, students can write excellentdissertations.

The skills include ability to search for and selectrelevant qualitative and quantitative data, analyzeand interpret data, and transform data into usefulinformation to conduct research on business issues.

RESEARCH SKILLS

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For instance, Gephart and Saylors (2020) revealthat case study research is used and studied indifferent management areas such as operationsmanagement management (Barratt,Choi andLi,2011), industrial marketing(Piekkari andWelch,2011) information systems(Johnson,Adkins and Chauvin,2020) and finallysupply chain management (Flynn, 2008).

Organizing time and the work to complete achieving theaim applies for writing dissertations in business andmanagement and its working environment.

Planning, Communication, Decision making, delegation andproblem solving are few organizing skills to tackle amanagement.

Lacking organizing skills will devastate for time and work tocomplete it to get good grades or have a prosperous career.

ORGANIZING SKILLS

Writing dissertations will have challenges that the studentsneed to overcome for completing them successfully in time.

Hence, they need to develop problem-solving skills thatwill make the students more adaptable and initiative.

Cause and effect analysis, Root cause analysis, activelistening, dependability, creativity and team-building are thefew skills of problem solving.

These skills will also be crucial for their future business andmanagement career wherein they have to deal with real-time issues daily.

PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS

To write dissertations, students must develop drafting skillsto structure them properly, as per the specifications to avoidrejections.

From the first paragraph of the introduction until theconclusion, they need to draft each word to be in place tomake it easy for the readers to understand.

Also, redrafting the written dissertation draft to polish itwithout errors is vital for submitting the final dissertation.

DRAFTING SKILLS

Many of the problems faced by students when attempting tocommunicate complex ideas in a language other than theirmother tongue are predictable.

Having a limited vocabulary, needing a longer time to write,and being restricted to a simplistic writing style can impairstudents’ ability to express themselves adequately and mayhave a negative effect on their self-efficacy.

Majority of the students, lacked confidence in their academicwriting ability due to limited familiarity with terminology,referencing, and understanding how to organize ideasaccording to the formalized structure that is typically requiredby English-language academic journals.

WRITING SKILLS

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Focusing on these issues, Connor (2002) stresses that, while writing requirementsfor journals typically lean heavily toward English norms in terms of clarity, linearity,and straightforward language.

Developing writing skills is to write an excellent dissertation and write letters,reports, and other communications.

One should: Clearly state the purpose of dissertation, use concise language,organize the ideas thoughtfully, use active voice and write the content that is free oferrors. Hence students have to build the following writing skills.

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Follow the basic rules of good written English to do thedissertation with accurate spelling and correct grammarand punctuation.

Write in the active voice to show the expertise on the topicand the field to appreciate the supervisors.

Avoid using long sentences and difficult words tounderstand while writing with the proper sentence andparagraph structure.

Keep the readers' need to write excellent dissertations to reachfar from the approving authorities like the journals.

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Write the dissertation critically to demonstratethe ability to confidently refusing to accept theconclusions of other writers without evaluatingtheir arguments and evidence.

Write the arguments clearly with evidence to leadto the readers' finding in conclusion to understandeasily.

Prewriting, in which students conceptualize their topics,take notes and collect data,

Drafting, which involves structuring their ideas and creatingan initial composition,

Although there is no standardized model for the process-oriented approach, four basic stages can generally beidentified, namely:

THE PROCESS-ORIENTEDAPPROACH

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Revising, or re-working the content and organizationbased on feedback from peers or instructors, and

Editing, or making final corrections concerning theform, layout and mechanics of the writing (Flower &Hayes, 1981; Hyland, 2003).

The above skills for business and managementdissertation writing will not only help to get goodgrades but will also help for future career.

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