BM Extended Essay Structure

Research Question (RQ): Suggested Structure Evaluation Can/How effective/To what extent has Action/strategy been for Company name as a Growth, Expansion, Marketing, HRM, Financial, Operational strategy? IB grade A Extended Essay RQ

RQ Break-up as per suggested RQ structure 1

Evaluation How effective

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Action/Strategy Spin-off

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Company Name Porkchop and Friends

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Strategy Growth and Marketing

Cover Page: School Name, Research Question, Candidate Name, Candidate Number, Subject, Session/Year, Word count & Supervisor s Name y Abstract: i. RQ, ii. Scope of investigation: how you approached it (type of secondary data and primary data if any) that has helped in paper analysis, what do these sources of data reveal: A summary of what you did, and what you found out. The purpose of it is to allow someone too lazy to read the whole essay to find out what you did. iii. Conclusion: Answer to the RQ, observations if any. iv. Word Count 300 words

Content Page: Road Map of the EE An Introduction: a) Introduce the Company b) Explain why you (with your existing knowledge) are interested in the research question. . I.e. why this is a subject worthy of a 4000 word essay? c) Significance of answer to you and society: Highlight the Academic context i. Describe an argument/issue/claim that an organization wants to find a solution to. A clear precisely stated research question which is in bold.

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Provide data to illustrate in a logical sequence the Need for Analysis: A paragraph on the background of the topic to put your essay in context. Comment on the worthiness of the investigation: This means that you need to write about - what you are intending or expecting to find out and to explain how you will know when you have met your goals

Methodology i. How you will approach the question: What you will do to answer/prove the question/thesis. i.e. What form will your research take, and why is this the best method. Include both secondary and primary sources. Secondary enjoying a higher ratio. To what extent have these sources been effective? Mention the positives and negatives of these along with their validity. Justify why this is the best approach to take.

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Background Research: Explain appropriate theory ( Key words mentioned in the RQ): E.g. for the organization being investigated. Analysis: Illustrate the important findings from secondary and primary sources: Investigation must be planned, diverse range of appropriate sources /data must be chosen: (This should explain what your research has told you) Do not just tell me what your data says, but interpret it. (conclusion of an analytical tool from the syllabus could be used) Apply the theory to secondary and primary data you gathered.

Conclusion/Recommendations i. ii. Conclusions : Possible solutions drawn from your analysis Recommendations (Depending upon issue) What you would actually recommend them to do and why.

Bibliography i. A list of all the published work you have used. E.g. Books, periodicals, newspapers, websites etc. in MLA format

Appendices: To contain all your raw data, information used in the thesis. (From Secondary & Primary sources)

BM EE Check List BM EE Requirements Does my titles satisfies the RQ structure and is approved by the supervisor? Introduction: Does it include the following: i. A statement to say why the topic is interesting to you or why you want to YES NO

do an EE on it. i.e. Why this is a subject worthy of a 4000 word essay? ii. A paragraph on the background of the topic to put your essay in context. iii. A clearly precisely stated research question which is in bold.

iv. A clear concluding statement of the thesis and argument. This means that students need to write about - what the y are intending or expecting to find out and to explain how they will know when they have met their goals. Methodology: Have you explained how you did your research Have you conducted Primary research Have you conducted Secondary research Have you compiled your research into a formal bibliography Have you put all your research in your Appendices Analysis y i. ii. iii. iv. v. Have you used your research to To back up all of the points/arguments Have you cited all of your research in your essay Are your findings in a logical order Have you summarised your findings

Has your interpretation of the research answered your original question Background Research Have you used your research to explain the background of your essay? Conclusions recommendations Does is it answer the original question? Does it outline the limitations of what you did? Does it propose future things to do to improve the research? Does it suggest new areas that would need investigating? Bibliography:

Have you checked that you have cited all of the listed sources? Have you correctly listed all of the sources, following the Harvard Method of Referencing and citation. Appendices: Have you referenced all of your appendices in your essay? Abstract: Is it under 300 words? Does it include the research question? Does it say what you did? Presentation: Does it have an accurate table of contents? Have you used size 12 Times New Roman font? Is text fully justified? Are bullet points etc uniformly indented Are margins equal size? Also, not too close to the edge that text will be lost if hole punched. Have all sources been referenced using the Harvard method? Is it double spaced? Is it typed? Does each page have a header with your name, candidate number, and centre number? Are all pages numbered? Do the page numbers correspond to the table of contents? Is the front page filled in correctly?

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