• Assignment: An individually written Report – (Value 50%)
• Student’s report will be submitted through Turnitin using a link on the Moodle subject page.
• Only ONE file final submission can be made.
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
• Your individual coursework should be written in the form of a reflective report (aim to make writing style and layout professional, formal (reflective research journal article)
• Suggested page set-up for Word documents: Calibri 12pt or Arial 10pt, 1.15 or 1.25 line spacing, 4pt to 8pts between paragraphs.
• The report should not exceed 3500 words (excluding references)
SUBMISSION LEVEL REQUIRED TO PASS THIS MSC/MBA LEVEL MODULE
• Referenced correctly, identifying your sources to add weight and validity to your work.
• Each source must be appropriately analysed for its findings rather than merely repeated or quoted.
• There is a clear structure.
• Use a clear comparative framework to link the different sources of information.
• Addresses issues of bias, consistency, validity, reliability, and generalisability.
• Has a clear introduction and a supported conclusion.
• Includes images and tables to support your arguments and findings (mandatory; and appropriately referenced)
Please remember that clear layout and presentation of your report matters. The marker is not going to ‘read between the lines’ in order to find the answer. Please use clear headings, structure and layout.
As it is research (secondary data) driven submission, quality and content is directly related to the quality of data and sources you are using. Therefore, please aim to use peer reviewed journals. Using non-academic sources (eg Wikipedia.org, private blogs or similar) should not be relied on on its own.
As it is a postgraduate level submission, you are expected to deliver a report that is characterised by:
– Critical presentation of a literature review
– Is NOT information/definitions/ other sources opinion driven only (informative character only)
– Is based on your own original manipulation and compilation of the referenced data (preferably presented in a form of tables graphs and diagrams)
– Each concept/data and graph is sufficiently critically evaluated, discussed and concluded by yourself in your own words (majority of the text)
Most importantly, the report represents your own, original reflection. Your opinions really matter. It can be very controversial (unless it is a logical outcome of thinking process presented or analysis conducted). The reflective project and concepts are yours and should reflect your thinking. Though the strength of your statements is directly related to the strength, value of the gathered supporting information. Please do not forget that all sources of information you use should always be acknowledged (in ALL chapters).
Task
Gulf Region Airports is your product case study.
‘On the Role of Gulf Region Airports: A Comparative Study of Three World Class Airports along the Gulf Coast…’ is your reflecive report title.
Over the last two decades, the Gulf region has witnessed tremendous leaps in its aviation sector. Along the coast of the Arabian Gulf, stretching from Kuwait City to Muscat, there is a number of airports that have grown to become highly competitive international hubs.
Choose three out of these airports and analyse the reasons as to why these airports have evolved into their present status and their value to their people, to their country and to the World’s Air Transport System as a whole.
Please conduct research based investigation into your topic. Aim to critically evaluate and contextualise your chosen case against design, operational, legal, social and economic considerations.
Critically evaluate organisational/management models for each airport and discuss its revenue and expenditure structure.
Support your arguments and analyses with data and graphics that reflect each airport’s comparative perfomance.
Please use given template. Given word count for each section should be used as suggestion, not a target, but please do not exceed 2500 words in total in main body (tables, references, table of contents do not count)
Appropriate referencing is a standard requirement. Not meeting the standard should be heavily penalised (accordingly with the university procedures and code of conduct).
Your submission will be weighted along five main axes (as shown below in the template):
Introduction 10 marks
Contextualisation 20 marks
Literature review 25 marks
Analysis 25 marks
Discussion and Conclusions 20 marks
. List of references and title page have no weighting (but both are required, standards).
