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Hello Irwin
I did not manage to get a pass, I chose topic 6.These are the comments i received from the examiner.1.To do a successful RAP on this topic you need to tie your results more strongly to the theories you have discussed in Part 2.
2.There is some good work in your report. However, there is insufficient application of the models to the questionnaire results. From pages 14-18, there is some interesting material regarding the working conditions, etc of the workers in the company. None of this is referenced to sources. It might be a better idea to combine this material (but referenced to sources) with the results of your questionnaire in some way. It is not necessary to repeat the results of each question, the reader will see the results when looking at your graphs. Please make it clear in the questionnaire and results whether you mean ‘salary’, or ‘salary increments’, which I take to mean ‘pay RISES’, as a motivator. Please consider: do motivational factors change between roles and grades, do motivation factors change by gender? You state, on numbered page 32, “Most employees fall under the category of theory X. They claim that they disliked their job, had no aspirations and the only incentive that was keeping them from going was salaries they were getting.” How do you know this, where is this in your survey? The first two paragraphs of the conclusion are too general, and tend to repeat what has already been said at the beginning of the work. The rest of the conclusion, one paragraph, is too brief, and does not adequately sum up the results of your work.
3.There is no need for an ‘Abstract’ or ‘Literature Review’; these are a waste of word count.
4.There is a lack of referencing, as mentioned in section 3 of the feedback. Information taken from interviews should be referenced as such. A list of questions asked in the interview should be submitted as an appendix. Referencing is an important academic skill. Please apply Harvard referencing to your work – web addresses are not references. You also have a tendency to patch write and paraphrase others. Any direct or near direct quote should be referenced as such. You should avoid writing like this as it is poor academic practice and instead read around a topic and write in your own words.
5. A spreadsheet must be submitted, demonstrating the formulae used.
6.The results of the work should be shown on the slides: please summarize your findings more effectively. The process of completing the report is not required.
Am stuck,i dont know the way forward.
kindly help
