Choosing your
topic is probably the hardest thing you will do. The choice of topic is up
to you, with guidance from your supervisor, but, he/ she is not there to make
the decision for you. To a large extent, your ideas will be influenced by
your situation. If you are in employment
you may be able to research into a real life problem or, if you are not employed,
you may choose a more general business issue. In either case, initial ideas are
likely to originate in a vague form and may lack a clear focus. These then need
to be developed into something manageable and practical by consideration of
available literature/ texts and discussion with your project supervisors once
allocated.
Most Project ideas come
from:
- Personal experience of employment: this is an obvious starting point for the project because in every organisation there would be some issue that can be researched into. An example of a project originating from this way could be an evaluation of the Training Department of your organisation or an evaluation of the performance appraisal systems used for salesmen in your organisation.
- Observation of events: Personal observation of events in the organisation/ environment can serve as a starting point for a project idea. An example of this could be that as an employee you observe that the employee turnover in your organisation is very high and as your project you could research into the reasons for this and make suitable recommendations.
- Issues of current interest: Reviewing key issues of broader relevance may be another useful indicator for a project idea. Specific consideration of the aspects of the effect of a government policy or a phenomenon on the performance of an organisation/segment/system may provide suitable ideas for a Project. You need to take care when dealing with issues such as these. It may be necessary to confine yourself to an aspect of the issue or you could find yourself tackling something that is too big to handle effectively and gives you a very wide project area, which inevitably lacks depth of analysis.
Whatever the
source of your project idea, familiarity with the area is imperative for the
successful completion of the project.
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