RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

TUESDAY, 05 JULY 2016

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Reflective Essay

Special thanks goes to Mr. Kam Kenn Jhun for lecturing us in this interesting subject. In this module, we are required to come up with a proposal as well as a literature review regarding a title which we have chosen and selected for our thesis dissertation.

We were asked to come up with a topic and a title, before we were assigned to different lecturers who were going to be our supervisor. After getting our titles and topics approved, the list of lecturers were given to us. I was assigned to Mr. Wong Chong Wei, and my topic was Preferred Type of Procurement System By Developers In Malaysia

We were required to make appointments and meet up with our supervisors once every week to discuss on our progress. The proposal took up 60% of our overall marks. For the first part of the research, we had to come up with a proposal which consisted of the background, statement of research problem, objectives, scope and limitations, importance of research findings as well as structure of the thesis. 

In preparation of the proposal, We needed to know the structure and ways to write in a proper manner, which was guided by our Research Methodology lecturer, Mr. Wong Chong Wei.

After the submisison of our proposal, we were taught the theories and basics to produce a literature review. Following that, we had to start producing our literature review by doing lots of research and readings to get findings. The preparation of literature review took us longer compared to the proposal, because we needed to source for other materials and research from other accredited researchers within the same study. The literature review took up 40% of our total marks.

I personally find this module very interesting although it requires a lot of time spent on doing researches and collecting data. I developed an awareness towards the current local and global issues in the industry, especially in terms of crane safety, which affects the infrastructure development in our country. The preparation of research has opened me to different approaches of various kinds of studies and has helped me in a systematic academic research. I look forward to the Dissertation module in Semester 6 where we would continue where we left off and complete our entire thesis dissertation.