Reason Dissertations Samples For Students

Abstract

This report includes the example of Deutsche bank in which the bank is accused of publishing a poor audit report with false figures and inadequate material to made analysis. The paper talks about the importance of the Risk, risk management, disclosure of the risk and the ways to disclose the corporate risk to decreases the impact of it.teh report includes the way through which the display of the information in the report affects the performance of the company. There are many ways through which good reporting can be achieved with even poor digits. The importance of the discloser in the ...

For primary research, an online questionnaire was prepared that was forwarded to Chinese Students in West and Western friends and from them, it was further forwarded to their friends. This research strategy was time saving but Questionnaire was made by first analyzing how different researchers, researching in similar field, do their research. After that, they were compared with our research objectives and purposes. Highlighted differences made it clear as to how should a new questionnaire were made which could bring reliable results after analysis. Survey questions were kept as unbiased as possible. The questionnaire has three parts, first in which ...

Undergraduate Dissertation

Consumer Decision Making, in Relation to Brand Image in Today’s Airline Industry
Presented for (Business management)
This dissertation is entirely the original work of student registration number 1210025. Where material is obtained from published or unpublished works, this has been fully acknowledged by citation

Abstract

Marketing research studies reveal that companies have gone beyond offering functional attributes of a product when considering their competitive advantages in the market. Rather, companies are developing corporate brands that are associated with their products and services in the marketplace. The rationale is that companies can create special image that consumers can associate ...

Business managers in Nigeria lack understanding of the business development process needed for successful growth in quarry in Akamkpa, Nigeria.

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Introduction

A quarry is like an open pit mine from where minerals are extracted that are mostly used in the construction of buildings and civil engineering works. Quarrying is a part of mining but is slightly different as it has a close connection with the society because different builder of a region requires material that is extracted in order to complete their work. There are not many restrictions for quarrying as it is open for all the contractors. Due to this reason all the managers and developers at different levels need to ...

Executive Summary

Macau is a very attractive gaming destination in the Asia Pacific region, just across the border for Hong Kong. This city attracts a large number of tourists and international visitors. It has also seen a rapid growth in establishment of large gaming companies, ever since liberalization for gaming operators in 2002. This must have actually spurred economic growth, and boosted SMEs, which are the economic growth power engines. However, unfortunately this is not the case, primarily because of the intense pressure on manpower, which is contributing to labour turnover in Macau, so much that, almost 30% of the SMEs are facing closure ...

Selection from an 8 year-period of pulmonary valve replacement and cross sectional follow up of a commercially available biological valve, assessed with established and a new method

What This Thesis Is About

Pulmonary valve replacement is a procedure necessary in many congenital heart defects and in-valve degeneration cases. Surgical results are excellent, but the longevity of artificial valves is very limited. Our goal was to give a retrospective overview of methods and results from the year 2000 until 2008 at Rikshospital, as well as the prospective five year follow-up of a biological valve made from bovine pericardium. Follow up included clinical examination with ECG, echocardiography, spirometry, treadmill testing, echocardiography ...

Dissertation

Introduction:
Nowadays our society is shifting dramatically to a more conscious and healthier lifestyle. This has had a direct effect on a range of businesses to increase profitability and their success; businesses like gyms, specialized nutrition shops, businesses related to cosmetics, clothing brands, and a whole new range of organic and “healthy” foods products and companies. The report “Food consumption trend and drivers” mentions “Throughout the world, major shifts in dietary patterns are occurring, even in the consumption of basic staples towards more diversified diets” (Kearney, 2010). The people who are changing tend to include supplements in their diets to help them ...

- Introduction

1.1 Background developments

Traditionally, accounting standards have been developed by different countries on the basis of local legal, economical and cultural institutions frameworks (Elliott and Elliott, 2009, p. 158). As a result, the standard setting was very country specific. With the globalization process at work for the last 3-4 decades and increasing mobility of capital internationally accepted accounting standards have become necessary to facilitate cross border transactions and make financial reporting comparable between countries and companies thereby leading to a greater transparency for investors (Nobes, 2004). IASB has been set up as a private international standard setter with a mandate to create high quality accounting standards ...

Introduction

When the history of mankind is carefully considered, there are some aspects that come to mind. One of these is that man is a social creature and has always endeared to be in a kind of community. This necessitated the need for leadership practices so that the people can have a sense of guidance or responsibility. Just like many other aspects of the human life, leadership has been greatly affected by the technological advances. More so, the academic leadership has been greatly affected by the online programs. However, there are some online leadership programs which seem to have withstood the storm of ...

Introduction:

This study seeks to examine the relationship between famous athletes in television commercials and consumer behavior. The research topic is significant since celebrity endorsements are common techniques used to market products by companies. Many local and multinational brands utilize celebrities in advertising. The main reasons for this is that celebrities have large followings of fans that greatly associate with the celebrity. Therefore, the celebrity can easily sway this target market towards purchasing a specific product. Brands pay celebrities to become brand managers, brand ambassadors, brand characters, offer expert advice, and as role models of a desirable brand quality.
The ...

The trends in higher education both at undergraduate and graduate level show the increasing gap between African American male and female, whereby females are outnumbering the males in attainment of higher education. The trend needs to be analyzed for the purpose of finding out the reasons for this increasing gap by using the quantitative and qualitative methods and a mix of both. The dissertation aims at discussing the relative merits and demerits of qualitative and quantitative research along with the comparison of non-experimental, experimental and quasi-experimental research designs. The dissertation will also include the questions about the research on a given ...

ABSTRACT

The aim of the current research was to examine the impact of the wider view of CSR on operations management of any the organization. The aim was divided into four objectives i.e.
This research was based on secondary analysis. The researcher collected secondary data from internet and peer-reviewed journals to achieve the research objectives. The researcher made the following conclusion from this research. Decision-making is the core responsibility of managers. Operations managers need ensure that business decisions do not affect the society negatively. The business should not make profits at the cost of the environment. The manager should ...

Executive Summary

This research aims in understanding the role and responsibility of in-flight catering in the process of offering quality food and services. The core approach is to comprehend all those aspects that are considered to attain enough excellence and meet the expectations of the consumers. In this context, to exemplify in-flight catering company, the paper chose Emirates

Flight Catering that has already established a strong niche of being one of the popular and most preferred in-flight catering companies all over the world.
In the process of the research, it has been discovered that there are many aspects that are important for a ...

Abstract

The historic incident of the U.S attack on the Iraqi Ba’arthist troops headed by Saddam Hussein on 1991 and the annexation of the country in 2003 have generated different debates on the actual intention of the stakeholders. Critics in favor of America’s action opine that these incidents were actually moral projects undertaken by America in order to release the Iraqi civilians from the claustrophobic ambiance prevailing in the country because of the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. These critics believe that America took over the ethical duty to organize the law and order of Iraq and establish a democratic ...

ABSTRACT

The research argues that although a gas flaring stoppage is not successfully in-place in Nigeria, fitting the appropriate technology with complementary economic and institutional factors can lead to near-zero or zero gas flaring. Nigeria is a developing country with a unique culture of many tribes and one of the largest growing urban populations in the world. Infrastructural, political and economical challenges to meeting the goal are introduced. Reinjection of gas back into wells is not available as an option to gas flaring because a large region for gas production is wetlands (Buzcu-Guven et al. 2012). Wetlands ...

1.0 Introduction
The following report is based upon a continued professional development assessment (CPD). The purpose is to keep track of my progress as an organizational manager in order to meet the expectations and be accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), where my goals are to earn extended rights to practice in my profession. My position is a construction manager (CM) with an antecedent degree in engineering and business related minor programs, and gathered 28 year’s experience in the construction field. I am employed with Sharjah General Contracting (SGC), a management contracting and engineering company. SGC has personnel with ...

Introduction

This dissertations main porpoise and focus will be to address if the British armed forces will have any role in future international conflict. It will address the beginning of the British Empire all the way to the empire that we know today. After this we will look at concerns and threats that the British might face as well as the rest of the world and how this could have an impact on the British role in any future conflict. After having discussed all of the concerns we will look at the ability through advances in technology for any involvement ...

Executive Summary

An American research group has presented a latest review "Global Recruitment Market Report 2013 Edition" in its gigantic pool of research reviews. The staffing industry differs significantly from one nation state to another with the Japan, United Kingdom and United States displaying the highest level of disintegration (Rogers, 2013). The staffing industry is categorized into professional and general employment industries. General employment that contains low experienced, low salary blue collar workers has a greater share in comparison to professional employment that contains more experienced, more salary white collar workers. North America exhibited the single largest industry considered in terms of earnings ...

Black Boys and underachievement: Myth or Reality?

Introduction
Since the decade of the 1960s, the families of black Caribbean boys have been particularly concerned about the academic performance of their children. The reason for this is due to an apparent gap between these Afro-Caribbean children and other students, especially white ones (National Union of Teachers | NUT | The Teachers' Union, 2007). Today, their scholastic success at the attainment at General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) remains well below the national average. In 2006, 44.9 percent of these children gained five good GCSEs or their equal compared to 57.3 percent of white students (DfES, 2007). The figures ...

Dissertation Online Blogging

Validity and Reliability
Questionnaires are the most frequently used type of research tool and or instrument when it comes to gathering information from a target respondent population. In general it is an effective tool that helps the researchers gather information on the attitudes, knowledge, opinions, facts, behaviors, and other information regarding their target respondents. However, it is important to note that there are specific qualities of a questionnaire or a research instrument that researchers must consider and gauge if they want to produce high quality results, evidences, and findings in their research.
Naturally, the higher the level of validity and ...

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The Research Method
Introduction
The research method is an essential part of the research design as it determines the framework in what type of data is collected and how it is utilized to address the central research problem and answer the research questions (Creswell, 2013). Therefore, effort is directed to evaluate what research method should be utilized in the case study so as to understand the impact of mining and quarrying activities in the Akamkpa mining region located in Nigeria (Creswell, 2013). Research methods are practical ways for conducting research and require that the research scope, problem and questions ...

Introduction

The policy making and its environment issue are central to the governance process especially in the interactional affinity between the ruler and the ruled. Therefore it has attracted the attention of the scholars as well as the practitioners within the scholarship and world of political science, administration, among other policy sciences (Anderson, 2015). However, there has been tremendous maturation in policy making and its environment over the years. The policy makers and the society have been analyzed within different polities in the global political community. This research examines the concept of public policy controversy by incorporating the role of ...

IMPLEMENTING HOST DATA LOSS PREVENTION (HDLP) SYSTEMS TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL DATA AGAINST THEFY BY INSIDER THREAT

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Background information
Data has now become an important business tool and driver in the modern information-driven society. Business organizations and government ministries are now incorporating information systems that generate large volumes of data which is valuable, sensitive or secretive and in the event it leaks to the outside world or falls into the wrong hands, it can cause huge financial losses, weaken negotiation positions of businesses and damage strategic position of the affected business (Alneyadi, Sithirasenan and Muthukkumarasamy, 2016, p. 5). For this reason, it has become vital that companies and government organizations implement strategies ...

Introduction:

As the population of the world increases, a reduction in health care costs becomes a paramount significance. Within the last few decades, most researchers have attempted to come up with a way of reducing the costs of hospital systems that can assist in maintaining and even improving the quality of healthcare. Surgical units, for example, are a major section of hospitals cost containment for a different reason. One, the surgical units form part of the most costly and least applied units in a hospital. Second reason is that a patient who undergoes surgical operations forms a significant part of ...

Consumer Behaviour Towards 21st Century Marketing

INTRODUCTION
The consumer behaviours studies have been the major concern of marketers in all industries. Consumer decision of purchasing, consuming, and disposing of the products are the behaviours of consumers, and it is essential for marketers to explore these behaviours for improving their marketing strategies (Dudovskiy, 2012; Hoyer & Macinnis, 2008; Perner, 2016; Tallo, 2007).

Problem statement

The behaviour of consumers towards 21st century fashion marketing is a relatively new topic. Several marketing topics have been the concern of marketers since years, but this topic has been the least discussed topic. Therefore, it has been decided that the behaviour of customers towards ...

Abstract

The main objective of this dissertation is to explore the impact of technology on places where people eat. In order to encounter, the impact of technology Yoko sizzler has been chosen. The interview-based questionnaires were distributed among 100 customers who were available at Yoko Sizzlers. Therefore, the gathered data is based on 100 responses, which includes both males and females. Technology has an immense impact on restaurants and hospitality industry; it has been encountered through several researches, and this research is another effort to contribute in prior work. It has been encountered that technology advancement plays an ...

- Introduction to Relevant Literature

This chapter reviews the literature sources which provide relevant information and data for analyzing the chosen topic of applying the marketing mix in three chosen countries on the examples of three companies: Blizzard Entertainment (US), Rockstar North (UK) and Tencent (China). The main area for the collection of academic sources was marketing, as it is directly connected with the topic. Due to the reason that marketing in computer games is not extensively researched, I reviewed the literature on marketing, game industry and some sources about the three chosen ...

ABSTRACT:

This paper present the literature review related to the change in organizational culture and innovation. The paper describes the critical aspect of organizational change in culture. To evaluate the understanding of the cultural models different researches has been included and studied intensively. For better understanding the literature from the organizational behaviour, organizational culture and behaviour, human psychology, human resource, and Industry best practices, some business professionals who are expert in their field are also a part of this research. To widen the understanding of organizational culture and also how it may affect on innovation and creativity the research is conducted ...

Abstract

This study analyzes the benefits and challenges of implementing an electronic medical system in both hospital and clinic environments. The overall research problem addressed in this study is determining how to effectively manage and communicate expectations associated with perceived benefits and challenges derived from a new install of an electronic medical record. The purpose of this study is to analyze perceptions associated with both the benefits and challenges derived from installing an electronic medical record system. This problem is relevant to many such as those who ...

1. Aims of the Dissertation:
Because of the global demand by customers for excellent services in the hospitality industry business operators need to quickly recruit employees who then receive limited preparation and training. This often results in poor job performance, employee dissatisfaction and high staff turnover. The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the remote causes and outcomes of staff turnover that is endemic and a contentious issue in the hospitality industry. In this research, the author will attempt to address the operational challenges facing the hospitality business by identifying some causes in addition to those given above ...

Acknowledgement

Executive Summary
The relationship between ownership structure and firm performance has gained substantial attention of in the finance literature. The present study investigates the ownership structure of firms as a corporate mechanism and its impact on firm’s performance. An empirical analysis of the firms listed on NYSE and NASDAQ belonging to different sectors has been conducted to investigate the relationship between ownership structure and firms performance. The objective of the research is to identify how the corporate governance and corporate identity influence firm’s performance on the basis of three research questions provided in the following.

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Eighteenth century how to become an icon in the history of fashion and influence our life

Embellishment, poise, elegance are some of the adjectives that can be used to describe the trend in art and architecture of 18th century. The age witnessed the most elegant and stylish way of fashion. It can also be called as a fashionable era. 18th Century era is generally known as the Age of Enlightenment. The beginning of this century experienced a significant change in culture, art and architecture. Fashion industry also was on its peak. The fashion centre in this era shifted from Versailles to Paris. The educated Aristocratic class was called bourgeoisie class. They settled down in Paris. The new ...

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Introduction
People often associate art with beauty such that art forms appeal to the audience because of their aesthetic qualities. Nonetheless, as we explore various theories, concepts, and approaches in art design, we discover that beauty is diverse. As the famous saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which means that the standard and quality of beauty differs based on varying constructs and views of beauty. The conflict and exchange between perfection and imperfection, for instance, illustrates the variability of beauty as a construct in art design (Bailey & Peoples, 2010). Beauty is not merely a creation or ...

- Introduction

1.1 Premise
Understanding the motivations of sport consumers has become increasingly important to researchers, marketers and organizers of mega events worldwide. Because factors of motivation drive sport attendance of mega sporting events such as International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup tournaments directly, it has been suggested that they can provide insight about future attendance at these events. Mega sport events play a powerful role in projecting a desired image for the host nation that can go far beyond the event, especially in light of economic consequences and travel tourism following the sports tournament. The purpose ...

Section 1.0 Executive Summary

Previously Merchant’s Bank of Halifax, the Royal Bank of Canada was founded by 134 Halifax businessmen was founded in 1869. However, it was later changed to its present name in 1901. In 1941, RBC became the largest bank in Canada moving in parallel direct as Canada as far as the economy is concerned. With its headquarter based in Toronto, Ontario Canada, RBC is able to cater to 15 million highly diverse clienteles needing different services as indicated in the organization’s five business segments given its highly diversified and competent 79,000 workforce. At present, RBC thrives in ...

Executive Summary

China is a very attractive gaming destination in the Asia Pacific region. This city attracts a large number of tourists and international visitors. It has also seen a rapid growth in the establishment of large gaming companies, ever since liberalization for gaming operators in 2002. This must have actually spurred economic growth, and boosted SMEs, which are the economic growth power engines. This paper explores the role of SMEs in an emerging economies, the role of manpower in SMEs, as well as understanding the key success factors of the SMEs in China.

Introduction

SMEs are the growth engines for any economy in the ...

Conclusion on Pest Analysis

The political, economic, socio-cultural and technological trends significantly affects the performance as well as the strategic marketing plan of MCRI. From the research on the political trends it shows that MCRI is affected by the upcoming election in 2016. In 2012, Obama won for a re-election which supported the sustainability plan previously initiated under the same administration prior to 2012. However, in 2016 remains to be seen. It is identified as a threat because of the uncertainty in how the new sets of leaders would address the concerns of the industry where MCRI belongs. Policies, laws and stipends might be revoked, ...

How does Facebook Influence and Impact the Consumer Behavior? Analyzing Facebook’s effects on Students depending on their Age, Gender and Education Level.

Abstract:

Facebook has appeared as a new and very popular media which influences every section of the society in various different manners. There are many businesses being run or marketed through Facebook. So, it also holds an impact on consumer behavior. This paper analyzes the impact of Facebook on consumer behavior. It takes students category to analyze how within the student community the influence of Facebook varies from student level to age group and gender. The results show ...

Abstract

This dissertation formulates a research dissertation and strategy for a study into the impact of Islamic banking on the economic development of societies within which such banks operates. To this end, the research examines the major tools and impacts of Islamic banks on society by conducting a literature review. This is followed by the deduction of research questions and a hypothesis that will be used to form the parameters of the entire research. The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the relationship between the growth of Islamic banking worldwide and economic development of countries wherein this growth is ...

1.1 Topic:

What are the challenges that individuals face with the return of their at-risk children.

1.2 Research Question
What is the experience of parents when their mentally challenged, at-risk child between ages 17 to 20 years of age returns home from a long-term residential treatment center after a minimum of two years?
1.3 Proposed Dissertation Title:

Parents’ experience when a child returns home after a long-term stay at a residential treatment center

1.4 Research Topic:
Parents often face a serious challenge when they have to deal with the return of their children from treatment facilities that are associated with cases of mental disorders. In many cases, the parents experience challenges with their health, anxiety, lifestyle, and jobs because they anticipate a repeat performance from the child. The paper ...

Abstract

Pop culture of the 60s that originated in Britain and spread to US followed a string of philosophical and theoretical movement turning into mass culture. Pop culture has had many proponents in fashion, music and literature as well as numerous characteristic features. Studying the 60’s fashion design trends in ...

Introduction

American education has been reported as average when compared to other leading countries. Finland has a top ranked education system. More than half a million 15-year-olds around the world took the Program for International Student Assessment in 2012. The test is administered every three years and focuses largely on math, but includes minor sections in science and reading. It is often used as a snapshot of the global state of education. The results, published today, ...

Introduction

Roberts (2003, p.89) argued that performance appraisal is a controversial management tool that provides answers to problems within the system design and administration of organizations. Majority of the organisations have adopted appraisal systems to enable it gauge employee performance in trying to boost morale, and reward them accordingly. However, despite the importance and popularity of the performance appraisal in organisations, its implementation and effectiveness have been controversial (Liu and Dong, 2012, pp. 150). In fact, some studies revealed that there are many performance appraisal systems that have completely failed to motivate employees to do a better job (Oh and Lewis, 2009, ...

Abstract

Chinese entrepreneurship is known to be influenced by historically traditional and cultural characteristics. The concept of Chinese businesses that the family patriarch critically manages them continues to hold true, although in the modern world as opposed to two decades ago, it has slowly changed. However, much of the management is held by a male member of the family, whether they operate a business upon their property or if they lease or rent the property. The tradition of a Chinese family-run business retains its discernible mark in worldwide business.

As motivated as they may be maintaining past practices for the sake of ...

Political Implications of Sino-Saudi Relations to the US and Regional Affairs

Abstract
As the largest and most influential nations in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has been considered a valuable asset to any country wishing to have influence in the tightly-knitted Middle East. Many nations throughout the years have tried to sway the Saudi government and monarchy into entering diplomatic and economic partnerships with them in order to gain access to the region’s oil reserves and establish their partnership but only a few have been successful. One of these successful nations is the People’s Republic of China, which has strong diplomatic, economic and social partnerships with Saudi. China has been ...

face-to-face, by phone or email, etc. There are two main roles of personal selling in the promotional mix. First of all, it is used to link the company with its customers. Because salespeople represent the company, to most of customers the salesperson is the company, therefore, customers may become loyal to the salespeople and company. Meanwhile, salespeople represent the customers to the company, which means company could understand customer needs through salespeople and provide more valuable products and services to gain more advantage relationship between customer and company.

The other role of personal selling is coordinating marketing and sales. ...

Chapter # 1 Introduction

Introduction
The studies conducted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute predicted that every year about seven-hundred and eighty-five thousand and four-hundred and seventy thousand US people experience new coronary and recurrent attacks respectively . The diagnosis and treatment of chest chain are imperative because this syndrome exposes dangers to the life of an individual. The advent of overcrowding in hospitals is a significant problem and it is gaining momentum with the passage of time. The overcrowding at Emergency departments (EDs) confirms insufficient quality care and established a systematic issue pertaining to patients that have the right to quality care ...

This research identifies public relations as an essential element for nations. Under public relations, the study identifies Jordan as a potential region of study. This research identifies various avenues of image management during crises in Jordan. The study of Jordan and its practices of public relations, especially image management involve different stages. First, the study provides an overview of public relations and image management to foster the understanding of the topic. Image management is all about maintaining the reputation of a ...

Concept Paper

Graduate Faculty of the School of Education
Requirements for the Degree of

Chapter 1: Introduction 1

Statement of the Problem 2
Purpose of the Study 4
Research Questions 4
Coding and Theoretical Framework 5
Definition of Key Terms 7
Chapter 2: Literature Review 8
Summary 12

References 14

Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography 24
Introduction
One of the goals of an educational institution is the development of “warm demanding,” an educational environment in which the educational, professional exhibits a warm; but demanding presence in the classroom (Bondy et al., 2007). Current research suggests that there is a distinct overlap ...