[maryam20]

Hanne thank you so much for helping me with all my doubts. I have submitted my project!

[maryam20]

Hanne I am not saying ”Source: Appendix” and instead using ”Source: Excel” because in the OBU submission portal there is a section to upload the Excel file and a different section to upload the appendices (for example financial statements and questionnaires). So I feel that my excel is not included within the appendices and so how can I say ”Source: Appendix” when the graph is in the excel file which was not uploaded in the appendices area in the submission portal.

Hope you understood the point. Am I wrong?

[maryam20]

Okay hanne thank you.

Hanne I read your above reply to msg4wale.

For example you said that if some one used figures from a website and created a graph on excel then that graph was used in the report. So you can reference it by saying Source: AppendixA

But what I did is that I referenced the graphs saying Source: Excel

Is that fine?

So in this way the marker will directly know that I have done the work in my excel file and she can then go and check there.

[maryam20]

Okay hanne thank you.

What about areas from Part 1 and 2 of report? Do I need to include some of those?

From part 1 I have included the following areas:
1) Reasons for choosing this topic.
2) Reasons for choosing this organisation and competitor

From part 2 I have included:
1) Sources from which I obtained relevant data
2) Limitations of information gathering

and then part 3 I will add. Still working on that

Can you please guide if I am adding any irrelevant area?

Another problem is that when I was doing the research and writing the report, at that time my mentor said ”NEVER LIMIT YOURSELF”. I know he wanted me to do the best research and write everything but now it has become a problem for me.

For part 3 the word count allowed is 4500 and mine was reaching 9500. I have managed to reduce it to 7100 words by rewriting sentences. But now I will have to start removing the important references that I added once.

I feel that for competitor also I have written more things then was required. Maybe I should remove some competitor areas.

[maryam20]

Okay thank you so much Hanne. Can you please tell me about how I should be preparing the presentation slides?

What I should be including in the ”introduction part”? and also do I need to talk about the findings from Ratio analysis only or do I need to talk about the findings of SWOT and PESTLE as well?

[maryam20]

Thank you hanne for replying.

I wrote 600 words for my conclusion and my total word count for part 3 right now is 8000. I have been successful at reducing it from 9500 to 8000. Still trying further.

I think I have written a lot on the conclusion part. How many words should I aim for the conclusion?

[maryam20]

Can anyone please tell me the characteristics of a ”good conclusion”.

I have written the conclusion but I am not satisfied with it.

[maryam20]

I have another question regarding Part 3.

So what happened was that at an earlier point in the report, I wrote the reasons for increase in net profit and referenced it to the relevant sources.

And then later in the report, I wanted to explain the reasons for increase in earnings so I said that ” earnings increased due to good performance of financial segment and gains from derivatives as explained earlier in the report”. And I didn’t put any in-text citation for it. Is that right?

[maryam20]

Actually I am aiming to complete part 2 that is why I want to be sure that I am including the right things.

I have a doubt. In Part 2, when I am explaining ratio analysis and then its limitations. Do I have to include the explanation and limitations of all the ratios that I have used for my evaluation and analysis part?

[maryam20]

Okay thank you so much for replying.

I have another confusion.

There are two sections which we have to include in Part 2:

1) The sources of information from which you have obtained relevant data

In this one I can tell about each and every source even if I have not included it in the reference list right? for example can I even mention referencing articles from open tuition?

2) A description of the methods used to collect information, including online access

Here I have to give an explanation for primary and secondary data right? but what if I have not used primary data. Does that mean that I only give an explanation for secondary data?

Thanks in advance

[maryam20]

I have another question please. When I am explaining PESTEL in Part 2, Do I have to explain each and every element i.e Political, Environmental, Social etc etc?

[maryam20]

Thank you for replying. Can you please tell me about this a bit more. Like you said that we can include limitations if there are any, in Part 3. But in Part 2 as well we have to include limitations of analysis. Why is that?

[maryam20]

Thank you so much for replying @hanne.

It is quite shocking for me because I thought that the application of SWOT and PESTEL will go in Part 2 within the 2000 words and I will be having 4500 words for Ratio analysis.

So does it mean that now I will have to do both ratio analysis and SWOT and PESTEL analysis within 4500 words? Its going to be difficult. Please give me some tips. I have calculated so many ratios and I thought I will explain all of them. For Profitability itself I calculated 5 ratios

[maryam20]

Please can someone clear my doubt. I don’t want to end up messing my word count.

My doubt is Where do I have to include the application of SWOT AND PESTEL performed? Should I include it in Part 2 within the 2000 word count or Part 3 within the 4500 word count?

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