This page outlines the content of the proposed DBA thesis. It is taken the reference from the article

"A Structured Approach to Presenting Thesis" by Professor Chad Perry.

        Basic Framework of the DBA thesis

 

 

Chapters Outline

Chapter	Description	Outline
1	Introduction and Development of Theory	Introduces the core research porblem and then sets the scene and outlines the path that the examiner will travel towards the thesis' conclusion.
2	Literature Review	Outlines the research problem and hypotheses arising from the body of knowledge developed during previous research
3	Methodology and Exploratory Analysis	Describes the methods used in the research to collect data about the hypotheses
4	General Research Findings	Explains the results of applying those methods in the research
5	Conclusion and Limitations	Conclusions about the hypotheses and research problem based on the results including their place in the body of knowledge outlined previously
Appendix	References	Research materials

 

Sequence of a Structured Thesis

Title Page

Abstract (with keywords)

Table of contents

List of tables

List of figures

Abbreviations

Statement of original authorship

Acknowledgements

1      Introduction

1.1   Background to the research

1.2   Research problem, hypotheses/          research issues and contributions

1.3   Justification for the research

1.4   Methodology

1.5   Outline of the report

1.6   Defintions

1.7   Delimitations of scope and key assumptions

1.8   Conclusion

2      Literature Review (Research issues)

2.1   Introduction

2.2   Parent disciplines / fields and classification models

2.3   Immediate disciplines:         analytical, theoretical frameworks

2.4   Related research issues or hypotheses

2.5   Conclusion

3      Methodology

3.1   Introduction

3.2   Justification for the paradigm and methodology

3.3   Research procedures

3.4   Ethical considerations

3.5   Conclusion

4      Analysis of data

4.1   Introduction

4.2   Subjects

4.3   Patterns of data for each research issue          or hypothesis

4.4   Conclusion

5      Conclusions and implications

5.1   Introduction

5.2   Conclusions about each research issue          or hypothesis

5.3   Conclusions about the research problem

5.4   Implications for theory

5.5   Implications for policy and practice

5.6   Limitations

5.7   Implications for theory

5.8   Further research

Bibliography

Appendices