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“Sixty-five percent of the senior managers in the company were local citizens while 35 percentwere foreigners”.Research project reports should consist of preliminaries, main text and references/appendices.6.1.1 PreliminariesThe front matter or preliminary pages of a research project should be paginated appropriatelywith small Roman numbers at the bottom center of the page.The preliminaries should abide by the following order, wherever applicable: Title PageThe title page of the project proposal shall give the following information in the order listed:o Full title of the project as approved by the Department/Faculty/Institute;o The full name of the author;o Researchers registration number;oo The qualification for which the project is submitted;o The name of the institution to which the project is submitted;o The Department Faculty/Institute in which the project is to be submitted; ando The month and year of submission. Table of ContentsThe Table of Contents shall list in sequence with page numbers all chapters, sections/headings,sub-sections/headings and other sub-divisions of the project, appendices, etc. List of Tables, Figures, Plates/SchemesSeparate lists of each, in the above order, giving number and page reference. AcknowledgementsAll persons (e.g. supervisor, technician, friends, relatives) and organization/authoritieswho/which have helped in the realization of the project shall be acknowledged. Project Declaration FormThe form should be duly filled and it should be included just after the acknowledgement in theproject. Abstract
The abstract is required with all research projects. The purpose of the abstract is to provide aclear and concise summary of the:• Objectives• Scope of the project• Methodology used• Major findings and conclusions• Major recommendations or suggestions for improvementThe abstract should be approximately 300 words. It should be prepared after the three chapters ofthe proposal or after five chapters the project report have been written but presented as frontmatter material in terms of sequence. List of AbbreviationsThis section should list in alphabetical order all abbreviations used in the project.6.1.2 Main TextResearch projects follow a five-model chapter. The major sections in the five-model chapterinclude:• Chapter 1: Introduction• Chapter 2: Literature Review• Chapter 3: Methodology• Chapter 4: Results or Findings• Chapter 5: Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations.In addition to the five major sections, a research project should include reference orbibliography, and appendix for data collection instruments and other relevant materials used inthe study.Any table, figure, plate, scheme or illustration included in the project should be clearly labeled.The caption should be placed at the top of tables but below figures/plates/schemes/illustrations.
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