MGT675 – Project

‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التعليم‬
‫الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية‬

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University

MGT675: Capstone Project
Credit Hours:

3

Contact Hours:

This is a 3-credit course, offered in a 14 week format. The exact number of hours per
week that you can expect to spend on each course will vary based upon the weekly
coursework, as well as your study style and preferences. You should plan tospend 812 hours per week in each course reading material, writing papers,
completing projects, and doing research.

Faculty Information

Faculty contact information and office hours can be found on the faculty profile page.

Course Description and Outcomes

Course Description:
The course is required to be undertaken in the form of a research program in which the candidates will pursue
rigorous applied research on a self-selected topic or problem under the guidance of a faculty member. Essentially,
the project needs to be practical, relevant, and address a problem of great interest to practitioners (corporate),
local or global economy while simultaneously contributing to the body of academic literature. Therefore, while the
project helps to integrate prior MBA courses, and develop students’ research skills, it challenges students to
critically reflect, develop, implement, and analyze the business research methods appropriate to any business
setting using a sound scientific approach.

Course Learning Outcomes:
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Developing sound solutions and recommendations to business and social problems by researching, analyzing,
synthesizing, and evaluating information using qualitative and quantitative analytical reasoning.
Developing the skills to independently identify a research problem, formulate research designs, and develop
research questions, and a corresponding research strategy or general line of approach.
Developing proficiency in conducting literature review & proposing a theoretical/conceptual framework.
Developing necessary skills to gather, analyze and interpret scientific data.
Developing effective and persuasive written and oral communication skills in expressing ideas, research
findings, and recommendations etc. using a variety of communications skills and tools.

Student Anticipated Actions
The students will:
1. Strictly follow the Approved Guidelines related to preparing and filling the Research Project.
2. For formatting of the thesis, please use the suggested template provided to you at beginning of semester.
The instructions on how to use the template is available within the approved guidelines manual.
3. Develop the proposal for their research project and submit to their supervisors for approval. The approved
template for constructing a research proposal is supplied separately.
4. Perform an extensive review of pertinent literature on a particular topic using both online and offline
scientific sources of literature.
5. Once started, it is advised to timely submit the sections of your report to your designated supervisor. The
supervisor will check your progress and keep you as well as the College informed of whether you are
performing satisfactorily.
6. Check their final thesis for plagiarism by submitting to Plagiarism Software. Students have the utmost
responsibility to adhere to this principle of academic integrity and honesty by ensuring that their report is
plagiarism free. Regarding the rules on plagiarism, please refer to the approved guidelines manual.
7. Develop and present a power point presentation on the selected project to ‘Project Assessment Committee
of the Department’ at the agreed dates and stages.
8. A signed hard bound copy of final project report has to be submitted to the department/supervisor at
agreed deadlines.
9. The project work will be graded through a comprehensive assessment rubric. In order to have a prior
knowledge about the different evaluation criteria, you can review the assessment rubric within the
approved guidelines manual.
10. To know further about the course aims and objectives, course overview, rationale and the quality
requirements of the course/project work, please refer to the approved guidelines manual.

Recommended Materials
1) American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American psychological association
Washington. DC: American Psychological Association. ISBN-13: 978-1-4338-0561-5

2) Creswell J. W. (2012). Educational research: planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research (4th
ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson. ISBN: 978-0-13-136739-5.
3) Dawidowicz, P. (2010). Literature reviews made easy: A quick guide to success. IAP.
1) Bell, E., Bryman, A., & Harley, B. (2018). Business research methods. Oxford university press.

Further Recommended Online Sources

1) www.apastyle.org : The American Psychological Association publishes the APA Publication manual.
2) not-for-profit organization helping the academic community use digital technologies
to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways.
3) : A Global Publisher which actively advances the research and practice of
business and management. Log on to learn how to compose a structured abstract.
4) Writing Guide for MBA student

Weekly Course Schedule

Week
1

Activity
Intro /
Familiarization

Subject
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Topic Selection
and Proposal
Development

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Review of
Literature

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4

Literature Draft

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5

Literature
Presentation
/Discussion

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6

Research
Methodology

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7

Field
work/methods

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8

Analyze

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The week is about orientation to the course. The students will develop
contact and rapport with their corresponding supervisors.
Timetable meetings with your supervisor at the start of your
project/research.
Students need to acquaint themselves with the applied nature of the
research project, the bylaws and requirement of the course like ‘the
approved guidelines manual’, APA referencing manual, plagiarism
policy etc.
The supervisors will assist the candidates in clearing their doubts
about the bylaws and course requirements.
Students will provide a brief introduction about their field of interest
to the supervisor. The introduction must cover your educational
background, work experiences and the research area, which are of
most interest to you.
Preposition the research problem, developing the research questions,
rationale and purpose of the study.
Supervisor will assist the candidate in finalizing the research topic.
The candidates will develop the research proposal of their project.
Supervisor will assist in ensuring that the proposal contains all the
required sections as mentioned in the approved format.
The students will conduct the literature review under the supervision
of their supervisors.
The supervisor will ensure that the students adhere to the scientific
strategies of writing the literature reviews.
The students will prepare their first draft of literature review.
The supervisor will evaluate the quality of review and will advise his
comments and suggestions.
At the end of the week, the students will finalize the hypotheses of
their study.
The students will give a power point presentation on their literature
review to their supervisors.
The supervisor will critically evaluate the presentation and/or provide
constructive feedback.
The student will incorporate the comments in order to finalize his
literature review.
The students will revise the objectives and hypothesis of their work.
The supervisor and student will jointly decide upon the research
design of the study.
The students will develop the questionnaire and submit it to the
concerned supervisor for approval.
The student will prepare for collecting the primary data (if any) and
the approach of secondary data synthesis.
The supervisor will ensure that the approach of data collection is
appropriate to the nature of study.
The students will organize the collected data and decide the suitable
techniques of analysis in consultation with their supervisor.

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Analysis Drafting

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The student will create the first draft of their analysis.
The supervisor will review to finalize the results and analysis section.

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Summarizing

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Draft the chapter 5 under the predefined sections and format as per
the supplied guidelines.
The supervisor will ensure that the required sections like discussion
and conclusion as well as their contents are as per the scientific
Standard.
Check and learn with your APA reference guidance on the appropriate
referencing and citation method to use.
Plagiarism check
Drafting and re-drafting each section/chapter.
Revise your title, abstract. Are all your chapters and sections relevant?
Does each section flow into the next? Anything missing?
Correct order and numbering of tables and figures as per the approved
formatting guidelines.
Seeking comments from your supervisors on each draft section/chapter
revising each draft section/chapter in light of the supervisor’s
comments.
Preparing a complete final draft.
Supervisors need to schedule time at the end of writing to proofread the
whole document.
Final Hard Copy Submission
Power Point Presentation

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Referencing

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Final Draft

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Submission and
Presentation

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MBA Program – MGT675 Rubric
Business Administration Department

‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التعليم‬
‫الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية‬

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Business Administration Department

Evaluation Sheet- Project- MGT675

Student
Name
Student ID
CRN

Supervisor Name
Evaluator Name
Evaluation Date

Project
Title
Student’s Total Marks

/ 100

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Weight

Items

Item Weight

Criteria/Section
Excellent

Contents

Very
Good

Good

Poor

Very
Poor

(2.5)

(2)

(1.5)

(1)

(0.5)

Excellent

Very
Good

Good

Poor

Very
Poor

(4)

(3)

Feedback
Score

 The level to which the different sections of
Abstract

5

abstract are in the form of well-developed
paragraphs, which are unified, coherent, concise
and provide logical connections between materials
included?
 The level to which the abstract contains the
sections on background, purpose, research design,
major methods, major findings, implications and
directions for future research?

Contents

(5)

(2)

Score

Feedback

(1)

 The level to which the introduction provides
Introduction
and
Literature
Review

relevant background on existing knowledge gap
and the importance of bridging that gap?
20

 The level to which the review cites an extensive,
up to date, relevant and thorough body of
literature on the topic?
 The level to which the literature offers critical
review, or comparison of different approaches
which reveals any methodological flaws in research
methods, inconsistencies in theories or findings
which need further study?
 The level to which the literature review
unambiguously lead to research question(s),
hypothesis (es), and objective(s)?

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Excellent

Very
Good

Good

Poor

Very
Poor

(5)

(4)

(3)

(2)

(1)

Excellent

Very
Good

Good

Poor

Very
Poor

(2.5)

(2)

(1.5)

(1)

(0.5)

Excellent

Very
Good

Good

Poor

Very
Poor

(5)

(4)

(3)

(2)

(1)

Score

Feedback

Score

Feedback

Score

Feedback

Contents

Methodology
Outlook

10

 The level to which the methodology contains
details of what, when, where, and how the
research was performed so that other researcher
can repeat the method for similar studies?
 The level to which the methodology is relevant
to each objective, hypothesis, or research
question?

Contents

 The level to which the results of the study are
Analysis and
Results

10

clear, concise, and presented in a logical order for
each objective, hypothesis, or research question?
 The level to which the artwork (tables, figures,
pictures and images etc.) are legible, labelled,
described and referred properly in the text?
 The level to which the study establishes the
validity and robustness of the results in
synchronization with the appropriate analytical
techniques used in the study?
 The level to which the analysis of data is
adequate enough to sufficiently reveal the
significance of the study?

Contents
Discussion

10

 The level to which the discussion is logically and
sequentially presented in a concise manner for

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each objective, hypothesis and research question
or statement?
 The level to which the findings adequately linked
to relevant literature with proper citation?
Excellent

Very
Good

Good

Poor

Very
Poor

(5)

(4)

(3)

(2)

(1)

Excellent

Very
Good

Good

Poor

Very
Poor

(10)

(8)

(6)

(4)

(2)

Excellent

Very
Good

Good

Poor

Very
Poor

(10)

(8)

(6)

(4)

(2)

Contents
Conclusions
and
Implications

Score

Feedback

Score

Feedback

Score

Feedback

 The level to which the study draw reasonable
10

conclusions, which are consistent with the results
or development of the argument in the analysis?

 The level to which the study identifies and
acknowledges the limitations and does it provide
reasonable directions for future research?
10
Contents
Novelty/
Originality

 The level to which the work represents a novel
approach or findings? Also, indicate the level to
which the study have significant theoretical &
practical implications?

10
Contents
Soft Copy
Submission

 The level to which the submitted soft copy
complies the approved guidelines?

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Excellent
Contents
15
Presentation
Delivery

TOTAL GRADE

(7.5)

Very
Good

Good

(6.5)

(5.5)

Poor

(4.5)

Very
Poor

Score

Feedback

(3.5)

The Presenter
 The level to which the presenter presented the
material in a clear and structured manner,
demonstrated time management and was able to
handle the queries.
The Presentation
 The level to which the presentation was concise
& comprehensive with appropriate use of
examples, and techniques etc.
/100

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‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التعليم‬
‫الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية‬

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University

SAUDI ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY
MBA Program (MGT675-Project)
Business Administration Department
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL SCIENCES

Postgraduate Thesis Manual
(For Students and Supervisors)

[Copyright@ Saudi Electronic University]

1. Plagiarism Policy
Regarding Plagiarism, please note the following:
o Student shall submit the report online after Supervisor’s approval.
o Supervisor will check the work for possible plagiarism.
o If the report is acceptable the Anti-plagiarism report shall be generated, which
would be verified and approved that the plagiarism index 25%, the supervisor is requested to
submit the work to the college research committee for review.
o If the college research committee deemed the work to be extensively plagiarized
and violates the University’s ethical rules and regulations, the committee may
recommend the termination of the project and fail the student in the course. No
other chance will be given to the students who are found to be plagiarizing.

2. Formatting of the Project Report
Note: The approved thesis template contains all the settings as per the following guidelines.
You need to simply place your text without changing the format. However for your
reference, the same guidelines are discussed below:
a.

Length, Spacing and Font Size

The Research Project will be ideally between 60 to 80 pages; Times New Roman 1.5 line
spacing and a standard font size of 12 point size. It should be used for the text and front matter
materials except for the title page, chapter headings and tables where different line spacing and
fonts may be used. The print quality should be dark and clean.
b.

Margins

The margins throughout the report or manuscript should be at least 25mm or 1 inch on the right,
top and bottom. The left hand margin must be set to 1.2 inches to allow for binding. See template
also.
c.

Numbers and Percentages

Numbers in texts should be written in “Arabic numbers”. For instance, chapter 1, chapter 3
table 2.1 or figure 4.1.

d. Version of English
The department recommends the use of US English language. If the candidate is using a spellcheck facility he/she should ensure that it is set to “US English”. This is very important because
a number of words are spelt quite differently in US English.
e.

Research Project/Thesis Contents

Students are expected to compile their proposals to follow the format shown below:
Preliminary pages:
 Title page

Required

 Declaration Certificate
 Acknowledgement (Optional)
 Table of contents
 List of tables
 List of figures

Required

 Abstract

The text
 Chapter One: Introduction
 Chapter Two: Literature review
 Chapter Three: Methodology
 Chapter Four: Analysis and Results
 Chapter Five: Discussion and Conclusion
 References
 Bibliography
 Appendices
The discussion on what to include within each heading, section and sub-section along with an
example is mentioned in the approved thesis template. Further, you can consult your supervisor
for any clarification on formatting of your project.
3. Evaluation
The Project will be graded through a comprehensive assessment rubric. To learn about the
criteria of evaluation, you can review the rubric at annexure- 1. Therefore, the project will be

evaluated on the basis of quality of project work and its presentation given by the student in
front of a committee consisting of two members between specified dates.
1)

Project Supervisor

2)

Supervisors’ Coordinator

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