The document discusses the structure of a thesis and the importance of the literature review chapter. It explains that the literature review should be divided into three parts: literature survey, literature comprehension, and literature review. The literature survey involves collecting relevant literature, literature comprehension requires understanding the literature, and the literature review entails analyzing and discussing the literature. It also provides examples of how to structure the breadth and depth of the literature review for topics in knowledge management and information technology.

1. Literature Survey, Literature Comprehension, & Literature Review

2. Thesis Structure Chapter 1. Introduction

3. Thesis Structure Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Literature Review

4. Thesis Structure Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Literature Review Chapter 3. Design

5. Thesis Structure Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Literature Review Chapter 3. Design Chapter 4. Development

6. Thesis Structure Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Literature Review Chapter 3. Design Chapter 4. Development Chapter 5. Evaluation

7. Thesis Structure Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Literature Review Chapter 3. Design Chapter 4. Development Chapter 5. Evaluation Chapter 6. Conclusions and Future Work

8. Thesis Structure Consider these as “logical chapters”, that is to say they might represent a number of physical chapters or a single section For example, “Chapter 2”, the Literature Review chapter might consist of a chapter on Knowledge Management , a separate chapter on Knowledge Elicitation Or for example, “Chapter 5”, the Evaluation Chapter might just exist as a section in the Conclusions and Future Work chapter.

9. Thesis Structure Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Literature Review Chapter 3. Design Chapter 4. Development Chapter 5. Evaluation Chapter 6. Conclusions and Future Work

10. Mirroring of Chapters Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Literature Review Chapter 3. Design Chapter 4. Development Chapter 5. Evaluation Chapter 6. Conclusions and Future Work

11. Mirroring of Chapters All of the main points raised in the Introduction chapter should be addressed in the Conclusions chapter. All of the main sections in the Research Method (or Design ) chapter should appear in the Data Analysis (or Experiment ) chapter. All of the main sections in the Literature Review chapter should be re-discussed in the Data Findings (or Reflections ) chapter.

12. Introduction to Literature

13. Introduction Finding out what is happening in your area of research is a vital step along your journey to discovery, to find and understand how leading researchers in your field have tackled similar problems and the results they obtained, shortcomings they observed and methodologies they employed are the goals of the literature review process.

14. Introduction Additionally the literature reviews serves other purposes; It shares the reader with other studies closely related to your work It relates your work to the larger, ongoing dialogue in the literature It shows how your study is filling in gaps and extending prior studies. It provides a framework for establishing the importance of your study It provides a benchmark for comparing the results of your study with other findings

15. Introduction ...in other words...

16. Introduction ...the literature review...

17. Introduction ...is really, really important.

18. 2D Analysis The objective of this process is to systematically analyse the existing research and classify it in one of two dimensions. The breadth of the review is concerned with ‘ setting the scene ’, in terms of describing the foundational research in this particular domain, there will be research mentioned from each of the areas you have included in your spider diagram. The depth of the research concerns itself with the particular topic work that your research will be built upon. There should be approximately the same number of research papers covered in the depth and breath of the research review.

19. Examples Let’s look at two examples Knowledge Management Information Technology

20. 2D Analysis Breadth of Research Depth of Research

21. 2D Analysis Breadth of Research

22. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management

23. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management Web 2.0 Knowledge Sharing Agile Methods Elicitation Knowledge Maps Decision Support

24. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management Web 2.0 Knowledge Sharing Agile Methods Elicitation Knowledge Maps Decision Support Breadth of Domain

25. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management Web 2.0 Knowledge Sharing Agile Methods Elicitation Knowledge Maps Decision Support Breadth of Domain Indicate your awareness of the broader field, and you know where your specific topic fits into the domain

26. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management Wiig Probst Davenport Nonaka Eppler Ruggles Prusak Bhatt Gurteen

27. 2D Analysis Breadth of Research Depth of Research

28. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management Web 2.0

29. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management Web 2.0 Wiig Probst Davenport Nonaka Eppler Ruggles Prusak Bhatt Gurteen

30. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management Web 2.0 Wiig Probst Davenport Nonaka Eppler Ruggles Prusak Bhatt Gurteen O’Reilly McAfee Miller Eggers Knorr Grossman

31. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management Web 2.0

32. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management Knowledge Sharing

33. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management Knowledge Maps

34. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management Elicitation

35. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management Agile Methods

36. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management Decision Support

37. Knowledge Management Example Knowledge Management Web 2.0 Knowledge Sharing Agile Methods Elicitation Knowledge Maps Decision Support

38. 2D Analysis Breadth of Research

39. Information Technology Example Information Technology

40. Information Technology Example Information Technology Databases Computer Architecture Networks Assistive Technology Image Synthesis Agent Development

41. Information Technology Example Information Technology Databases Computer Architecture Networks Assistive Technology Image Synthesis Agent Development Breadth of Domain

42. Information Technology Example Information Technology Databases Computer Architecture Networks Assistive Technology Image Synthesis Agent Development Breadth of Domain Indicate your awareness of the broader field, and you know where your specific topic fits into the domain

43. Information Technology Example Information Technology Turing Knuth von Neumann Wirth Dijkstra Hoare Moore Naur Boehm

44. Information Technology Example Information Technology Databases

45. Information Technology Example Information Technology Databases Turing Knuth von Neumann Wirth Dijkstra Hoare Moore Naur Boehm

46. Information Technology Example Databases Date Codd Gray Boyce Pipes Epstein Information Technology Turing Knuth von Neumann Wirth Dijkstra Hoare Moore Naur Boehm

47. Information Technology Example Information Technology Databases

48. Information Technology Example Information Technology Image Synthesis

49. Information Technology Example Information Technology Networks

50. Information Technology Example Information Technology Agent Development

51. Information Technology Example Information Technology Comp Architecture

52. Information Technology Example Information Technology Assistive Tech

53. Information Technology Example Information Technology Databases Comp Architecture Networks Assistive Tech Image Synthesis Agent Development

54. The Literature Review To made things clear, we divide the Literature Review into three parts:

55. The Literature Review To made things clear, we divide the Literature Review into three parts: Literature Survey

56. The Literature Review To made things clear, we divide the Literature Review into three parts: Literature Comprehension Literature Survey

57. The Literature Review To made things clear, we divide the Literature Review into three parts: Literature Review Literature Comprehension Literature Survey

58. The Literature Review To made things clear, we divide the Literature Review into three parts: Literature Review Literature Comprehension Literature Survey Collecting the literature

59. The Literature Review To made things clear, we divide the Literature Review into three parts: Literature Review Literature Comprehension Literature Survey Collecting the literature Understanding the literature

60. The Literature Review To made things clear, we divide the Literature Review into three parts: Literature Review Literature Comprehension Literature Survey Collecting the literature Understanding the literature Reviewing the literature