Help with my dissertation

[ibi]

i have completed all of my course work and exams but i have my dissertation to complete in order to gain my Bsc. The problem is i am now in full time employment and do not have the time nor motivation to carry with my dissertation. I have now begun working on it again after about 1 year but i feel lost! Can anyone help with ideas, or provide me with a copy of their dissertation or otherwise.

The proposed topic of my Dissertation is : Evaluating the success/failures of IT projects in the NHS using NPfIT as a case study.

Thanks

[Cheekystar]

can't help with content, but s a suggestion make a workplan time table where you plan to get certain bits done by, and try hard to keep to it

[Scylax]

I assume your dissertation will be c.10,000 words ? You could easily achieve this by conducting a little survey of the opinions of NHS staff on this topic.
Keep your survey local (no postage, no travelling) and limit it to N=40. Suggest you use a Likert Scale to rate the opinions.
Any friend who is computer-competant could do the 'number crunching' for you, and produce a sheaf of impressive pie-charts and histograms from the data. Then comment broadly on the results obtained, and Bob's-your uncle.
Many, many such dissertations of this type are available in the library of your nearest University. Tell the librarian what you seek and you will be surprised at the help such a person can offer. Good luck.

[Gef]

When all else fails (and you can't be bothered) just cheat.

Surely this is not a serious question.

[ibi]

Thanks cheekystar - i have now drawn up a plan! That was really helpful. I'll try to stick to it.

Scylax, thanks for the the advice, really really helpful and has helped me put things back in order and perspective.

Any more advice is welcome. And i will keep you all posted with my progress

[joko]

i cannot believe you have the cheek to come on here and ask us to provide you with a dissertation simply because you can't get motivated/bothered to do it yourself!!!

i know dissertations are hard work - but they are meant to be!
some kids come on here wanting essays done or lengthy answers written - but a dissertation!!!

un-******-believable!!!

[ibi]

No Joko, i wanted ideas and suggestions. I asked for a copy of a dissertation of any topic to have a feel for what how i need to structure it, as i work full time as well as weekends.

I also wanted ideas on my proposed topic, definitely a full dissertation!!

[Scylax]

Ibi, I have written, and marked, many dissertations for first degrees and Masters. Take my tip: keep the topic simple.
A good title would be;
'The views of users of information technology in the NHS'

This leaves it wide open for anyone to air their opinions, and virtually everyone has opinions. Forget the case study and NPT - too limiting..
Put together a questionnaire with lots of questions which can be easily answered by ticking boxes, on a 1 to 6 scale,
ranging from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree.
Personal data of your respondents, Male /Female, age group, type of job, length of service etc. can then be matched against their replies. All this, together with your comments on the graphs which are generated by computer, will be well over the 10,000 word limit. That's the real problem - editing..
Lastly, add the actual quetionnaires to your dissertation as Appendix material. so they don't overwhelm your word-count.
Have a go, Ibi, I wrote my first dissertation in 2 weeks, while working full-time. Great fun.

[ibi]

Thanks scylax, that is really helpful, and the topic seems simple enough. I know this sounds funny, but could you give me an overview of what you think the chapter 1 and 3 should be like. i.e Pointers

[Scylax]

Page 1 : List of contents, with page numbers
Page 2 : List of illustrations (if any) and diagram
wth page numbers
Page 4 : Acknowledgements. Thank everbody who
has helped eg. your supervisor, typist,
librarian, sources of info., husband/wife etc.
Page 4/5; Summary of the work. What this dissertation
is all about. Summarise each chapter in no
more than one paragraph for each
Introduction : What is the interest in this topic? What is
the background and history? Why is it interesting?
What methodology have you used? How did
you do this research ?
Chapter 1 : The replies you got, with any diagrams
Chapter 2 : Your interpretation of the results
CH. 3 : Conclusions which may be drawn
Ch. 4 ; Suggestions for further research (by someone
else)
Bibliography
Appendices

Come back for details of how to set out the Bibliography, if required.

[dropouts]

1. Cheeky don�t think like a beggar and ask for a copy of some one else�s dissertation, but think like project manager for your Research project. Don�t wait for right moods and right time and dedicate yourself for your dissertation.

You are trapped in a myth that full time employees can never complete their dissertation. It�s not true and you cannot find appropriate time for writing your dissertation. Its really easy to procrastinate and put off things under the guise that you need to read more before writing. Just start writing and you would automatically know what specifically to read about.

2. It�s not too hard to start and keep on the right track, start from any where you feel comfortable and try to complete how much you can for a topic or subtopic, start the next most comfortable topic leaving the remaining gap to be filled in the future.

3. Make steady movement to write. Writing little every day can be effective don�t wait for continuous blocks of time, writing 45 minutes daily can be effective and keeps the topic fresh into your mind.

Use self rewards to beat procrastination, and accept that writing is a time consuming task so don�t rush your self write and rewrite your content and chapters when you find yourself stuck up in further writing.

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