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27/4/00 (C) T. Love 2000 A structured approach to writing a successful thesis and completing your PhD within time: the 5 chapter thesis Dr. Terence Love Curtin Research FellowVisiting Professor IADE/UNIDCOM Visiting Fellow, IEED t.love@.au .au Key Benefits Approved by reviewers / examiners Written in shortest time Uses minimum content Describes your research to others Demonstrate skill at epistemological analysis (PhD) Parts suitable for publication (thesis) High Quality - Minimum Time For researchers and postgraduates to undertake and report high quality, well-targeted research in minimum time and approved with least correction. For PhD research, the target is for a thesis of around 70,000 words, and a total time taken for research and thesis of 2.5 to 2.8 years. The structure was originally developed by Perry for research in management, marketing and similar disciplines. Research Structure Define research problem Find cutting-edge of information about solving the problem. Create models of this edge of literature, concepts, theories, analyses, and data in chosen parent disciplines Identify specific research questions that if answered will resolve the problem Choose theoretical perspectives and data collection methods to gather information to answer the research questions Report Results of data collection Explain how new data answers the research questions Explain how the research problem is resolved Five Chapter Model Ch 1 - Introduction Ch 2 - Literature Review Ch 3 - Theoretical Perspective Ch 4 - Report of Data Collection Ch 5 - Conclusions Implications References Appendices Note: the research itself is reported from Ch 2 onwards Ch 1 - Introduction The Executive Summary with sections on: Background to research Research problem and questions Justification for research Theoretical perspective(s) Document outline Definitions Delimitations and key assumptions Conclusions Ch 2 - Literature Review Identify research questions that address research problem