2. Important dates
• Deadline for Term paper application submission – November 15, 2014
– signature of the supervisor
– signature of the head of the program
• The title and the supervisor may be changed not later than February 24,
2015
• Deadline for the final full text of the Term paper presentation to the
supervisor – March 24, 2015
• Deadline for completed Term paper submission – April 24, 2015
– Submission is made by uploading the file into the system in your personal
cabinet at http://www.wehse.ru
• Term paper defense – during the period from the third Thursday of May
2015 to the first Thursday of June 2015
3. Important facts
• Size of the Term paper – 1,5 author’s sheets (1 author’s sheet = 40000
typographical units with spaces) ------- 30 pages
• The Term paper will be evaluated in the Term paper Review form, filled
out by the supervisor
• The Term paper will be checked by the Anti-Plagiarism program
• Bibliography (different standards)
– Campbell, W.C. & Ballou, S.V. (1990). Form and Style: Theses, Reports,
Term Papers
– Porter M.E. The Competitive Advantage of Nations. N.Y.: Longman, 1990.
246 p.
4. Design
• Font – Times New Roman, size 14
• Interval – 1,5
• Margins:
• Left – 35 mm
• Top & bottom – 20 mm
• Right – no less than 10 mm
5. Tips to follow
• Cover less material very well rather then more material only
moderately well. Less is the new more.
6. Title
• Pick a title as early as possible and revise it as you go; try to be
focused even with the title
• Be specific: title should give the reader a good idea of what they
will find in the paper
• Put most important words at the beginning
• Find balance between length (too long is clumsy) and specific
information (too vague is not effective)
7. Contents
• Introduction
• Theoretical Aspects: Theory and Previous Research on the
Topic
• Analytical part: Method and data analysis / Case Study
• Results and ways of problem solving
• Summary and Conclusion
• References
• Appendices
8. Structure: Intro
• Indicate some context and motivation (why is this topic interesting to
you)
• Relevance, timeliness, significance of the topic
• Touch briefly the missing pieces of the state of knowledge
• Object, subject and main goals
• Tasks / activities
• Methodology
• Summarize what the rest of the paper will discuss and bottom-line
conclusion
• Not more that 3 pages
9. Theory and Previous Research
• Describe the existing studies on the topic (background)
• Identify weaknesses or omissions in the studies
12. Citing references
• (1) If a citation in your text refers to a whole study, it should give
the author's name and the year of publication. (Hofstede 1989)
• (2) If a citation in your text refers to a particular idea or statement
in a study, it should give the author's name, the year of
publication and the page number(s) where this idea can be found.
(Hofstede 1989:15-17)
13. Citation in the Text
• Single author
– Kirby (2003) has explored the metaphor of managing diversity....
– In a study (Kirby 2003) the metaphor of managing diversity coping was
investigated....
• Organization as author
– The National Research Council (NRC) (1989) has found that...
– ... premature death ... is diet-related (National Research Council 1989).
• Two authors
– In Write for business by Johnson and Swift (2000) ...
– High levels of job performance and job satisfaction occur when … (Goris and
Johnson 2000:348).
• Three to six authors
– (Putnam, Phillips and Chapman 1996:35-40) the first time the study is referred to
– ... (Putnam et al. 1996:41) in subsequent references
• More than six authors
– Warner et al. (1995:5) define design as … the name of the first author followed by et al.
• No author
– ...(Enlarging the EU 2002:28) two or three first words of the title
14. Plagiarism
• Copying a paragraph as it is from the source without any
acknowledgement. (Plagiarism)
• Copying a paragraph making only small changes, such as replacing a
few verbs and adjectives with synonyms. (Plagiarism)
• Cutting and pasting a paragraph by using the sentences of the original
but leaving one and two out, or by putting one or two sentences in a
different order. (Plagiarism)
• Composing a paragraph by taking short standard phrases from a
number of sources and putting them together with some words of your
own. (Plagiarism?)
• Paraphrasing a paragraph by rewriting with substantial changes in
language and organization, amount of detail, and examples.
(Acceptable practice)
• Quoting a paragraph by placing it in block format with the source cited.
(Acceptable practice)
