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Promoting small business in Brunei Darussalam through information system

Students submit an 8,000 to 10,000 word research paper. Students should expect to apply theory and applications from their degree subjects to the analysis in the paper.

Students for this module have the following assessment:

The Final Year Project (FYP) is designed to test your ability to: identify a relevant research topic, define a clear and achievable research question, identify salient issues, find information you need, evaluate the validity of any evidence you use, and present your work in a clear & cogent fashion.

Research Proposal

The research proposal is an important working document and which over the next few months becomes transformed into your final report. You will see that the main sections replicate the structure of your final report.

Write as clear and detailed a draft project proposal as you can. This will assist you in planning the project and will help your supervisor to know just what you have in mind. At this stage, your thoughts will not be fully clear, but a skeleton will be useful now. You can amend it as much as is necessary in the light of future thinking.

The research proposal should include:
a. A working title:

Your title can and probably will change but using precise wording even at this early stage will help to keep your research project properly focused.
b. An Introduction to the topic:

A brief description of the topic, the aim, the research objectives and research questions to be addressed.
c. A Preliminary Literature Review:

Describe the current state of research in your defined area, identify a gap(s) where you argue that further research is needed, and explain how you plan to attend to that particular research gap. 2

d. A Detailed Research Methodology:

Outline the methods and procedures to be followed in order to achieve the aims of the study. May include a discussion of the sources to be consulted.
e. Timetable:

Give detail of how you anticipate to complete the research by submission date.

Midterm Report
The purpose of the report is to provide a basis for a mid-term assessment of the research project. The report should contain an account of the activity up till now as well as plans for the remaining period of the project. The midterm report should include:
•Background and objectives

An introductory description (2-3 pages) of the project with respect to:
- Background and motivation
- Concrete goals and objectives

•The research of the project

A description of the research - its results so far and future plans.
- A brief description of the results of the project
- Future research plans for the remaining months of the project period up to 19 May 2019.

Structure of Final Report
Individual FYP reports can appear very different, depending upon the topic and the methodologies used. But the following structure is commonly used:
•Title page
•Abstract
•Acknowledgments
•Contents pages
•Introduction
•Literature Review
•Methodology
•Data Presentation and Analysis
•Discussion, Recommendation and Conclusion
•References
•Appendices

Attachment:- Research proposal.rar