Contents

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1. GENERAL STATEMENTS 5

1.1. What is a coursework? 5

1.2. Coursework preparation schedule 6

2. REQUIREMENTS TO A COURSEWORK 7

2.1. Coursework structure 7

2.2. Title page 7

2.3. Table of contents 8

2.4. Introduction 9

2.5. Text main body 10

2.6. Conclusion 10

2.7. Endnotes 11

2.8. Bibliography 11

2.9. Appendices 12

3. REQUIREMENTS TO LAYOUT AND TYPING 13

3.1. How large a coursework should be 13

3.2. Text organisation 13

3.3. Tables, graphs, schemes, drawings 14

3.4. Typing requirements 14

3.5. Coursework format 14

1. General statements

1.1. What is a coursework?

A coursework is an individual study of a topic which has a scientific and practical importance. It assumes a deeper insight into a theoretical issue and a sort of exploration of the empirical evidence. It requires a lot of additional reading, gathering and analysing statistics, systematising facts, generalising and making conclusion. Gathering information is an obligation of students, not supervisors’. A corsework gives the opportunity to show the knowledge accumulated over the years of study and to demonstrate the analitical capability and creativity in applying the knowledge to business-related topics.

1.2. Coursework preparation schedule

Students are responsible for coming and asking for guidance according to the following schedule:

Work to be done and approved by the superviser

Choosing a topic, developing Contents (draft*), making a list of Bibliography (draft)

Draft paper is to be presented to the superviser

Final paper is to be presented to the superviser

Superviser assesses the final paper and points the date of oral defence

Presentation (oral defence) of the coursework

* “Draft” means that in the course of work the document can be corrected and improved.

2. REQUIREMENTS TO A COURSEWORK

2.1. Coursework structure

A coursework paper normally includes:

• title page;

• table of contents;

• introduction;

• text main body;

• conclusions/recommendations;

• endnotes;

• bibliography;

• appendices.

2.3. Table of Contents

The coursework should be well structured according to the logic of the research and its major target. The structure is represented in the table of contents.

All the structural parts of the coursework should be titled. The titles play a very important role in a project writing. They should give the idea of the topic and support the thesis statement.

A typical mistake students make is to give the following titles:

Ch.1.Theory.

Ch.2.Case study.

Ch.3.Practical implementation.

An effective title should “work” for the topic and show how the topic is developed in the course of research.

Let us consider the examples of the effective chapter titles and their correspondence to the topic and the coursework statement.

Topic: Motivation policy in Company X.

Coursework statement: To increase the personnel involvement pecuniary methods of motivation should be supported by the nonpecuniary incentives as well.