Write up an original research paper in the area of System Analyses and Design. There are two ways that your research can be original: conduct survey or observe your work environment. The original research means that your work is not in any published domain, nor you should cut and paste and make your views. The following topics are recommended, but not limited to, for your research paper:
Strategic areas
Industry areas
Service
Manufacturing
Non-profit
Functional areas
Production and operations
Materials management
Inventory control
Just-in-time manufacturing
Quality control
Productivity control
Logistics, supply chain and marketing
New product development
Business function integration
These are only the topics, and you may wish to discuss with me if you think there is (are) other topic(s) related to subjects of the course you would like to do research. Your selection of the topics should be based on your own preference, experience, and your knowledge in the area. Your research project should be practically applicable. The format of your research project should include the following:
Introduction (identify problems and purpose)
Review of Literature
Assessment of Need and Problems
Data and Information Requirement
Methodology and Analysis
Conclusion and Recommendations
References, End Notes, and Appendix
Your research project should be in digital format, with no more than 15 single spaced type written pages (2 spaces between paragraphs), including a cover page (with the title, your name, and all email address). Computer program, user’s manual, questionnaire, graphs, and data sheets (if you conduct a survey) must be submitted to the research project folder on Canvas.
Do not use MS Word to create any graph since it may be distorted. If you do need graphs, insert jpg files into the text. The data input should be in excel file with the columns for the survey questions and the rows for each of the respondents (cases). The content of your paper must be in Microsoft Word format and plain text, with one inch for all margins, and 12 new time roman font, and page number in the bottom center using footer with 0.5 inch width. All the data sheets (if you conduct a survey) and graphs must be in Microsoft Excel format. No footnotes or endnotes are permitted. If you do feel that you need to use footnotes or endnotes, you must follow the following format:
i.e. Thomas Edison was considered one of the great scientists in the past one hundred years [1].
Then they can be put in the end of the paper as endnotes
Smithsonian Museum achieves, Vol. 345, No. 678, 2000, pp. 333-334.
All the footnotes or endnotes should be put in the end of the paper under References, Endnotes, Footnotes, and Appendix. These guidelines will be strictly followed, or a 10% deduction will apply.
Your research project shall be evaluated based on the criteria outlined in this syllabus.
Keep in mind that your research must be original. An original research is not a case study, not the ones that can be found in any published domain, i.e. websites, books, periodicals, etc., not descriptions inserted your comments or your views or opinions. There are two ways for original research:
Focus on your work environment and through your own observations, so it is first hand;
Conduct a survey. Please see my published sample article.
Conducting original research is a great challenge and you can enhance your analytical skills, while a secondary research is simply a repetition of others’ work, like someone eats a regurgitated meal, you will not learn much by conducting a secondary research, or cut and paste other’s work.
However, no one’s research is built from nothing. All original researches are based on the human knowledge cumulated in the past thousands of years. You can cite or quote any in your review of literature part. Please see my sample article on Canvas.
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