1st Edition

How to Structure a Thesis, Report or Paper A Guide for Students

By Robert P. Ormrod Copyright 2023
130 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

130 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

130 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

How to Structure a Thesis, Report or Paper provides concise practical guidance for students to help make their writing more structured at any level. It assists students in demonstrating what they have learned in the relevant course or degree programme in a way that is accessible to the supervisor and the examiner. Drawing on almost 20 years of supervision experience, the author presents the... Read more

1. How to Structure a Thesis, Report or Paper  2. The Introduction  3. The Literature Overview  4. Methodology and Method  5. Quantitative Investigations: Results and Analysis  6. Qualitative Investigations: Findings and Discussion  7. Reflections: Implications, Limitations, and Suggested Future Research Directions  8. The Conclusion – and the Introduction Revisited  9. References and the Bibliography  10. Hygiene Factors  11. Alternative Structures and the Oral Defence  12. How to Structure a Thesis, Report or Paper  13. Finished! Sort of…  14. Epilogue

Biography

Robert P. Ormrod, Ph.D., is Associate Professor, Department of Management, School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark. He has supervised hundreds of students over the past 20 years. During this time, he developed a guide to structuring theses, reports and papers. His students found it so useful that they encouraged him to write a book about it.