Sustainable construction is popular in emerging countries. Sustainability is crucial for conserving resources, however other factors may take precedence in these regions. Critical discussion of the benefits and drawbacks of prioritizing sustainable construction in emerging countries.
Important EXTRAS:
-Write proposal (4-8 pages) as soon as possible (ideally a week) as I would like to try and see if my professor likes it. Proposal is what you plan to do so it goes well along with the work.
Proposal:
1) Short Introduction (Relevance);
2) Goal and research question (what yoyou plan to do);
3) Methodology (How you plan to answer questions you have);
4) Literature Review (overview of most relavent litrature thats already there but you can use in actual thesis a lot more sources);
5) Outline:
a. Structure of the Thesis chapters (sentance or two what you plan to do) Table of contents
6) Bibliography
– I would like quick dynamic updates on what is being written when you work on this thesis (NO EXTRA WORK, just send me file of what you got at the end of the ech work sessions/day on this, messy or not) as I plan to work on it as well at the same time. This way I might be able to provide some feedback earlier on in case something is wrong as/and I will be trying my best to work on it as well
NOTE:
– I included at least 12+8 extra pages to the work in my details as well as the add on Abstract hoping this would cover the extra effort needed and time situtation however if needed we can discuss extra payment… But please try to do as excellent of a work as you can under such conditions.
– Unfortunately I dont have much time for the thesis before I have to submit. Thus if you need help from me let me know I will try to help as much as I can
Thesis INFO:
You can choose what you plan to do. Can be thesis more of like literature review basis, thesis where they make more case comparison, and there are thesis where you can make surveys and analize that. For topic of Sustainable Construction it probably makes more sense to analize cases or several markets.
Pages: 50-60;
Text main body: Arial 12; Spacing 1.3
Text footnotes: Arial 10, Spacing 1.0
Title of tables/ figures: Arial 12, italic, bold. Sources for tables/figures: Arial 11, italic
Page margins: left 3 cm, right 2 cm, top 2.5 cm, bottom 2 cm
Interview/ Survey questionaire summery has to be included in Apendix.
Numbered sections (1., 1.1.-1.3., 2. etc.)
Subsections (2.1.1. and 2.1.2.).
Numbering: Pages preceding the main text should be numbered using Roman numerals, while the main text and subsequent sections should use Arabic numerals for page numbering.
All tables and figures used must be reffered to in the text: “as figure 1 shows…” (below example of figure).
Figure 1: Cooperation of organizations
[Figure]
Source: Poter 1995, p. 177
(Extra- own’s creativity figure citation: “Own illustration from…”, “Adapted from…”)
Abreviations: “SME” (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) must be introduced in text and included in list of abbreviations.
All raw data (Excel etc.) must be presented seperatly (if any)
Thesis Structure (for all Thesis possibilities):
Front page, Table of contents, List of Abreviations, Text body, Bibliography, List of Interview partners, Appendix
SOURCES:
Note on Sources: When using Academic Journals preferably More credible journals and in general try to find as credible of sources as possible. Can use also White papers (e.g. of consulting firms)
Citetations In-text: (example guidelines):
Indirect Quotation: In their case study, Porter/Christian (1990, p. 177)…. but others didnt manage to replicate the results (Koner/Ghemawat 1995, p. 12; Koheman/Brinkins 1998, pp. 23-26)
Direct Quotation: “A construction process is always carried out according to set of safety regulations” (Poter 1993, p. 128)
When authors, or a specific group of authors, release multiple references within the same year, it is necessary to distinguish these publications by appending a lowercase letter (beginning with “a”) after the publication year (Poter/
Christian 1990a, p. 152)
Secondary Quotation (Only if you cant find primary source): Some local government officials demanded companies to employ locals (Bredson 1999, as cited in
Porter/Christian (1990, p. 65).
In such case Bibliography should include addditional info:
Brandson, L. (1999): Government officials should stop harassing organizations, Interview with Louis Brandson, Chief Fanacial Officer, Brandson AG, as cited in:
Porter , M.;
Christian , C. (1990): International Business, 4th Edition, Franklin Lakes, NJ
Statements from Interviews:
If quoted, The interviewee’s name and the date of the interview must be specified. “We love what we do” (Crumble, 18.03.2002)
Referances + List of types of sources (guidelines):
-Books: Author(s) (Year): Title of the Book, Edition, Publication Location.
-Chapters in eddited books: Author(s) (Year): Title of the Chapter, in: Name of Editor (Ed.): Title of the Edited Book, Publication Location, pp. XX-XX.
-Journal Article: Author(s) (Year): Title of the Article, in: Name of the Journal, Vol. X, No. X, pp. XX-XX.
-Internet pages/ Web-based articles/ other online sources (e.g.: The Guardian): Author(s) (Year): Title of the Article, in: Name of the Journal, Vol. X, No. X, pp. XX-XX.
-Studies/ Working papers/ internal company documents: Author (Year): Title of the Document, Type of Document, Publication Location.
If internal company documents, specify type of the document and year/ date.
