Writing the (final draft) thesis
The formal
arrangement, length, font type and size, chapter structure, manner of printing
and binding, submission, etc.; are governed by DIRECTIVE No 9/2019 which refers to the norm
regulating the bibliographic references (ČN ISO 690).
A standard has been developed to clarify the
expected structure of a bachelor thesis:
The
author comments on the context of the topic, the theoretical definition of the
topic and sets the goal/s of the work. The author argues their importance,
justifies the benefits of work. The author then introduces the logic of
interpretation and the structure of the text, briefly acquaints the reader with
the goal and the main research questions and lists methods which will be used
in the work. The author introduces the structure of the work.
Review/Theoretical
background
Students
encounter the requirements of a well-processed, comprehensive literary research
in several subjects. The aim of this part (and the change of its title) is
therefore to create a mental connection between such knowledge and the writing
of the final thesis. Literary research does not include generalities and
transcripts of textbooks/guidelines/manuals. Quality research should define the
terms, describe the current state of knowledge in terms of theory and empirical
knowledge and mainly in the diploma thesis critically reflect on it. From the
literature review arise the research questions. In some types of DT also
justified and in the existing knowledge established hypotheses arise from the
literature research.
Methods
Regardless
of the type of work and its focus, the student must describe used methods
(including sources these methods were gained from) and state reasons for their
choice. The student is likewise obliged to describe and justify the methods of
data collection to evaluate the reliability and validity of results. Therefore,
no final work can be done without the methodological part. The methodology also
includes a description of the sample, acquisition and analysis of secondary
data (including the study of documents from any source).
Results/Analysis
Presentation
of results will of course vary depending on the focus of the work. The results
should be coherent and consistent with the literature research and data. The
results should be presented in accordance with the usual standards for the
relevant research strategy or approach. Furthermore, the student must provide
all necessary information for the reader to make his or her own conclusions about
the answer to the research question/s or about the support of established
hypotheses.
Alternatively, according to the type and focus of the work
follow separate chapters discussion, for application work also proposals. The
order, structure and scope of these chapters must correspond to the type and
results of the work.
Discussion
In
this part, the author discusses and reflects the degree of fulfilment of the
goal and the form and procedure for solving the selected problem and the
outputs of the work with detailed solutions and outputs. The author will in the
discussion comment on limits of their work and the chosen procedure. For
research-oriented works, the author comments on the implementation of the
research and suggests further research directions.
Proposals
The
chapter is mandatory for application works that should benefit a specific
company/companies. It contains specific and variant proposals evaluated in
terms of benefits and costs, which are based on performed analyses and are
feasible in a particular company and under the described market conditions.
Conclusion
The
author states the level of fulfilment of the goal, briefly summarizes the
achieved results and proposals, comments on research questions and hypotheses.
List
of sources
Attachments
Students are required to use the presented
template do develop their final draft thesis: