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Final Assignment Structure Template
Your Front page
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illustration or picture you have made)
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The table below should be the second page of your assignment, following your front page
PRESCRIBED FRONT PAGE
NAME:
(If writing in groups,
please state names of all
group members)
Danish ID-Number
(If writing in groups,
please state ID-numbers
of all group members)
Student Exam No.:
(6 digit No at your
Student ID-card called
either Kortnr. or
Eksamensnr.)
Class No.
E.g.: U02
COURSE/EXAM
TITLE:
NAME OF
SUPERVISOR:
NUMBER OF
CHARACTERS IN
YOUR ASSIGNMENT:
(eksklusive of blanks)
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Abstract
This purpose of this section is for you to give a brief overview of your entire assignment. In
typically maximum 1 page, you should summarize:
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Topic and problem statement
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Your chosen theory/theories
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Method
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The three (taxonomic) levels
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Results
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Conclusions and recommendations
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Table of contents
Abstracts ....................................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Problem statement ......................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Delimitation....................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Assignment structure..................................................................................................................................... 1
2. Method ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
2.1 Theory of science (Bachelor level only) .................................................................................................. 2
2.2 Research design (Bachelor level only) .................................................................................................... 2
2.2.1 Purpose of research................................................................................................................................................... 2
2.2.2 Time frame .................................................................................................................................................................... 2
2.2.3 Approach of research and strategy ..................................................................................................................... 2
2.2.4 Methods of research .................................................................................................................................................. 2
2.2.5 Research guide and sampling ................................................................................................................................ 2
2.3 Secondary literature ...................................................................................................................................... 3
2.4 Choice of theory and model ......................................................................................................................... 3
2.5 Source criticism................................................................................................................................................ 3
3. The descriptive level ............................................................................................................................. 4
4. The analytical level ................................................................................................................................ 5
5. The evaluative level .............................................................................................................................. 6
6. Discussion ................................................................................................................................................. 7
7. Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................ 8
8. Implications of findings ....................................................................................................................... 8
9. Bibliograpy ............................................................................................................................................... 9
10. Appendixes ......................................................................................................................................... 10
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1. Introduction
The introduction is the bridge that leads the reader into your assignment. It is the primary
purpose of this section to capture the reader’s attention and encourage him/her to read more.
An introduction with a convincing history, a fascinating quote or a good example are among
the elements you can consider to include in the introduction.
Furthermore, your introduction should include the sections: problem statement, delimitation
and assignment structure.
1.1 Problem statement
The purpose of the problem statement is to pose the specific questions you are to answer
throughout your assignment. The problem statement is key because it steers the assignment
and it is therefore paramount that it is thought-through and precise, plus well constructed.
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Begin with a brief introduction followed by an overarching question.
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After that, you should write one or more descriptive, analytical and evaluative subquestions which serve to ensure that you can answer the overarching question at the
end of your assignment.
1.2 Delimitation
Specify reservations in your assignment; in other words, which aspects (among these, theories
and models) you have chosen not to include. Remember to make your case for your choices.
1.3 Assignment structure
In this section you are to guide your reader through your assignment and explain why and
how it is constructed the way it is. Make sure that the section brings relevant information to
the table and thus is not just a repetitive of the table of contents.
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2. Method
A scientific method is a systematic procedure which can be explained so the reader will be able
to follow (and able to replicate) your research by using your procedure. The method of your
section should include the sections: theory of science, research design, secondary literature,
choice of theory and model and source criticism:
2.1 Theory of science (Bachelor level only)
Your choice of scientific theoretical approach determines how you construct knowledge in your
assignment based on your assumptions of the world (ontology) and your way of perceiving the
world (epistemology). Different approches thus result in different types of generating
knowledge, including which methods one can use to collect data and how one is to process
these data.
2.2 Research design (Bachelor level only)
The research design is the combination of procedures you use when collecting, analyzing and
interpreting data. In this section you should explain your:
2.2.1 Purpose of research
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Exploratory, descriptive or explanatory research
2.2.2 Time frame
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Cross sectional study or longitudinal study
2.2.3 Research approach and strategy
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Inductive or deductive
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Experiment, survey, case study, action research, grounded theory, ethnography
or archive research
2.2.4 Methods of research
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Interviews, questionnaire, observations or a mix
2.2.5 Research guide and sampling
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Summary of your interviewguide, questionnaire guide or observationguide
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Choice of sampling method (randomized or non-randomized sampling)
2.3 Secondary literature
Explain your choice of secondary literature. Are you using archives, multiple sources, surveys
or a mix?
2.4 Choice of theory and model
Concisely explain the theories and models you are using in your assignment. Example:
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Title of your model:
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Which model is it and who has created it?
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Why have you chosen it and in which ways is it helpful?
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Opting in/ opting out (e.g. Why PEST instead of PESTEL or the other way
around)
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Critique of the model
2.5 Source criticism
In this section you are to critize your theories, models and models used to analyze, including
the reliability and validity of your sources. Make sure to specify what the criticism is about, and
remember to argue professionally and objectively.
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3. The descriptive level
The section where you describe, explain, depict and characterize. Writing on the lowest
academic level, your goal is to introduce the reader to your assignment. Make sure to answer
the descriptive sub-question(s) from you problem statement. Additionally, you should keep in
mind that this part of your assignment should take up the least amount of space possible.
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4. The analytical level
Writing on this middle academic level you are to analyze and compare, based on your collected
data. Make sure that you answer the analytical sub-question(s) from your problem statement.
This section can take up a significant part of your assignment.
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5. The evaluative level
The highest academic level! In this section you are to discuss and evaluate. Make sure to give
the reasons for your assessments and, additionally, to take a critical view of your own
assignment and the applied theory.
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6. Discussion
In this section you are to discuss and critize your own theory, method and results. It shows
that you are able to put your assignment into perspective, which is usually rewarded gradewise!
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Which theories have you given an account of, and what are their strong and weak
sides?
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Which different perceptions and arguments do your chosen theorists have? Try to
compare them and highlight the strong and weak points.
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In which areas is your chosen method solid, and where are its limitations?
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What can you say about the results you have reached?
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7. Conclusion
In the conclusion you address the questions or the problem you put forward in the problem
statement section. As a rule of thumb, the reader should be able to read the problem
statement and jump straight to the conclusion and be able to get the answers!
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The conclusion does not have to be a final answer, since it is possible that you have not
reached one
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In other wrods, it can consist of an elucidation of the problem statement and include
diverse ascertainments and recapitulations
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Cannot introduce anything new (/any new information)! Go through your assignment
and sum up, without going to much into details, the most important points and
circumstances
8. Implications of findings
Put your results, conclusions and assessments from your assignment. Try to view your
assignment in a larger perspective and look into the future:
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What conclusions have you reached in your assignment that are particularly relevant
within your field or in society as a whole?
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Is your assignment changing a prevailing perception of e.g. your topic?
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Which areas (theories, models, tables) did you not include in your assignment that
could be relevant in future researchs? Take a look at your delimitation section for help
to write this part!
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9. Bibliography
State the literature and any other sources you may have made use of throughout your
assignment. Is always listed alphabetically with the author’s lastname first. In the list of books,
the author(s) name(s), title, year of publication, edition, place of publication and publishing
company. Example of how to list a book (note how the title is in italics):
Andersen,
Ib
(2009).
The
reality
of
science
(fourth
edition).
Frederiksberg
C:
Samfundslitteratur.
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10. Appendixes
Appendixes constitute the very last part of your assignment and consist of material that, of
practical reasons, e.g. out of regard for form and size, you have not included in the actual
assignment. The appendix pages are counted/included in the total number of characters of
your assignment.
Appendixes are only included if they help document something you have written in the
assignment.
Examples:
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Questionnaire
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Transcription of an interview or video clip
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Models and figures
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Calculations
The appendixes have to be numbered and it also have to be apparent from the title of the
appendix what it is about. Example:
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Appendix 1: Quessionnaire for employees at LEGO, 10/11/2015
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