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This Thesis entitled {NAME OF THE STUDY/RESEARCH TITLE} By {Name of Researcher, Course} After having been recommended and approved is hereby accepted by Informatics International College, Cainta Recommended: __________________ {Name} Thesis Adviser Approved by the Panellists:

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ABSTRACT {The abstract is an abbreviated summary of the thesis which is used to help readers quickly understand the manuscripts purpose. The abstract is written in paragraph form, and contains the following sections: Introduction and background, statement of the problem, presentation of findings, conclusions and recommendations, short details of the development of the I.T. system which is the subject of the study}

TABLE OF CONTENTS THESIS APPROVAL SHEET ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .iii DEDICATION ...iv ABSTRACT ..v TABLE OF CONTENTS .vi LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES vii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..1 Background of the Study .4 Statement of the Problem 5 Scope and Limitation 6 Significance of the Study .9 Research Hypothesis .10 CHAPTER 2 EVALUATION DESIGN AND FRAMEWORK ..11 Theoretical Framework 12 Conceptual Framework 14 The Variables, their Definitions and Importance to the Study 15 Definition of Terms 17 CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ..18 Methods of research 19 Locale of the Study ..20 Participants of the Study .21 Sources of Data ..22

Procedure of the Study 24 Design Strategy 25 Statistical Treatment 26 CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 27 CHAPTER 5 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION .28 CHAPTER 6 OUTPUT 29 BIBLIOGRAPHY .130 APPENDICES .131 CURRICULUM VITAE 140

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES Figures {1. Organizational Chart of ABC Corporation 10 2. Flowchart of Sales Procedure ..25

Tables {1. Product Categories used in Sales Transactions .26 2. Data Dictionary of the Point of Sales System ..27} {Description: All figures and tables shown in the main text and appendixes must be included in these lists. The descriptive titles theses lists must match those found in the main text}

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Discussion at once follow after the chapter title, no introduction of the chapter. 2. Discussions are in paragraph form starting from macro to micro development that gives an overview of the research. 3. It includes the legal bases of the study and the personal justifications of the researcher. 4. It may also include concepts and ideas from other sources. Acknowledgment of source is done in Journal form. 5. It should have a maximum of four (4) pages.

Background of the Study 1. The discussion of the problem situation as observed and experienced by the researcher. 2. Concepts and ideas related to the problem. 3. Discussion on the existing or present conditions and what is aimed to be in the future or the gap to be filled in by the research. 4. It should have a maximum of two (2) pages.

Statement of the Problem

1. The section should have an introductory statement. 2. State the problem or problems to be addressed by the study. The problems must be presented in question form. 3. It should enlist the specific questions answered by the research (enumerated)

Scope and Limitation {In a brief and concise way, this section defines where and when the study was conducted and who the subjects were. In the course of the study, other limitations must be cited here, like the programming language and hardware used, the platform and the operations covered by the I.T. system etc.} This section discusses the parameters of the research in paragraph. It answers the basic questions: 1. What the topic of investigation and the variables included 2. Where The venue or the setting of the research 3. When The time frame by which the study was conducted 4. Why the general objectives of the research 5. Who the subject of the study, the population and sampling 6. How The methodology of the research which may include the research design, Methodology and the research instrument.

Significance of the Study {State the significance and benefits of the study. You can do this by citing the benefits for the stakeholders in the study}

Example: 1. Administrator and Managers this study will help managers and administrators process sales faster, thus increasing the sales profitability of the organization.

Hypothesis It should enlist the hypotheses tested in the research. Hypotheses are stated in null hypotheses. Example: The study will test the null hypothesis that there is no significant different between their perceptions of the two groups of respondents on the leadership styles of the company.

CHAPTER 2 EVALUATION DESIGN AND FRAMEWORK Theoretical Framework 1. This section presents a theory or theories (in a maximum of three), which served as framework of the research. 2. Discussion of the main idea of theory is first given followed by the discussion of its relations to the study. The researcher should be able to anchor the research to the theory of establish its relationship. 3. It has a maximum of three (3) pages.

Conceptual Framework 1. This framework is the researchers own conceptualization of the research using a model. 2. The conceptual model is a figurative representation of the research framework drawn in a separate whole page in the middle of its discussion. 3. In the discussion, the researcher describes and explains the model, the meaning of the figures, the contents and the processes involved. 4. All the variables involved should be written in the model.

The Variables, their Definitions and Importance to the Study 1. Theories, concepts and ideas that will explain the meaning of every variable are included.

2. This section provides for the related literature and studies for each variables included in the research. 3. Related studies for each variable are also presented without discussions on its parallelism to the present study. 4. The discussion also includes how the variables were used in the present research to explain its importance. 5. The variables are arranged based on its presentation in the model. 6. A minimum of two (2) related literature and two (2) related studies are required for each variables.

Definition of Terms 1. The section should have an introductory statement. 2. Terms or variables are enlisted and arranged an alphabetical order, written in bold capital lower case type. 3. Each variable is given a definition written immediately after each term in sentence form and on hanging indentions. Retain operational definitions are necessary.

CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Methods of Research This section has the following contents in a paragraph discussion: 1. The research design, methods or techniques used as defined from different sources. 2. A discussion of how this method(s) was/were used in the present study. 3. Indicate the type of research method used in the study (descriptive, historical, job analysis, etc.)

Locale of the Study This section provides for the description of the venue or locale of the study in paragraph discussion. 1. If it is consists of towns/province/region or any community, it may include geographical description, socio-economic descriptions or any specific description in relation to what is studied. 2. If it is an agency/institution, the description may include history, vision and mission, composition/structure, location, nature of the organization and specific descriptions in relation to what is studied. 3. Programs being conducted in the setting/locale which have relation to the research should also be mentioned. 4. In scientific and experimental researches, experimental or laboratory setting should be thoroughly discussed.

5. Indicate in detail the organization or company which is the target of the study and the participants

Participants of the Study This describes the nature or characteristics of the respondents or subjects/participants of the study. This may include: 1. The size of the population and its important characteristics in relation to what is studied. 2. The sample size and the sampling technique used. 3. The variables considered in case there are equating factors, the strata in case of stratified sampling or percentages in case of proportional sampling. 4. A distribution table for the respondents or graphical presentation may be used to describe the sample size which followed a by discussion.

Sources of Data 1. This section deals with a detailed description of the research instrument(s) used in the research (questionnaire, test, structured interview, observation, actual measurement using tools or equipment and others). Response manner to the questionnaire or test should be mentioned. 2. In case of researcher made instruments, validation process should be discussed and figures or results be presented when statistical measures were used.

Procedure of the Study This section discusses in paragraph the different activities undertaken to complete the research which follows the general procedure of the study. A Gantt chart of activities may guide the discussion. For experimental/scientific researches, an operational procedure of the experiment should be presented which can be supported by a flow chart for clarity.

Design Strategy {Describe the process of planning, writing, testing and implementation of the system you designed to address the problem of this study} Sample: 1. Planning {The researcher started the planning of the sales management system upon the completion of the survey and the analysis of its results. The result allowed the researchers to identify the features and requirements of the system to be developed. The researchers also got more insight through the interviews with staff and supervisors of the company The flow chart data flow diagrams were made to help in the planning process. These are found on Appendices C and D} 2. Writing {The writing of the program took place from August to November 2006. The researchers decided to use Microsoft Visual Basic for the interface and My

SQL as the database for the development of this system. Visual Basic was selected because the client had a license, while MySQL was chosen because it is free, since it is open source technology. Visual Basic has a wide variety of tools that allow developers to create applications, from a small utility, to a large enterprise-wide system (Microsoft 1998). My SQL offers features that are required by the client and can perform effectively like propriety software (Chigrik, 1997). The program code and data dictionary are found in Appendices E and F} 3. Testing {The researchers conducted the testing of the developed system first, among themselves, second, together with the adviser, and last, together with the staff of the client company. During the first two rounds of testing, sample data was entered to determine if the system functions properly and produces correct outputs. The adviser provide inputs to improve security and added reports, such as monthly, weekly and annual sales summary, to be included. The system was tested with the users for a day of actual operation in the store. The users were quick in learning how to use system. The researchers identified some bugs and got some suggestions from the users for improvement. The testing resulted to the following improvements: Increase the required minimum number of characters for passwords to six characters, which improves the strength of the password protection Add a logoff hotkey to increase security of the system. Allow searching of the products, database in other fields, such as product name, brand name, and year of manufacture.

Development of weekly, monthly and annual sales reports}

4. Implementation {The implementation had the following stages: 1. Installation of system on client computers The installation was done on January 8, 2007. The researchers tested the system and made some additional program revisions to fix some bugs. 2. Training of staff and supervisors the staff and supervisors were trained on January 10, 2007. They learned the security features, how to enter data and produce reports. The supervisors were trained how to backup and recover data, and reinstall the system if necessary. 3. Live run the system the system was used for two days, from January 11 to 12, 2007 during store operating hours. The researchers were present during this initial live run to troubleshoot possible errors. 4. Turnover of documentation and software the software and documentation were turned over to the supervisors of the store on January 14, 2007}

Statistical Treatment 1. Statistical tool to be used for each question in the statement of the problem is discussed under this section in paragraph form. 2. Formulas need not to be written. 3. Ranges used fro descriptive statistics should be presented.

CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 1. An introductory paragraph is provided at the start of the chapter. 2. Subtitles of sections are based on the questions in the statement of the problem, stated in declarative form, single-spaced and bold. 3. Table and Figure numbers and titles are written in capital-lower case at the center, singled-spaced. Title should come after the number, arranged in inverted pyramid. 4. Tables and figures should be in continuo s numbering. It should be presented first before the discussion. Enclosed tables with double line on top should be used. Graphs should be colored. 5. Discussion should follow the format: presentation of data analysis and interpretation then implications.

CHAPTER 5 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION The chapter should have an introductory paragraph.

Summary of Findings 1. The section is introduced first. 2. Subtitles of the summary of findings should follow the statement of the problem. Only averages or means and final values should be mentioned.

Conclusions 1. The section is introduced first. 2. Conclusions are enlisted based on the hypothesis.

Recommendations 1. The section is introduced first. 2. Recommendations are enlisted based on the important results. 3. It is suggested that concrete programs be the recommendations other than general ideas.

CHAPTER 6 OUTPUT 1.This chapter provides the technical details of the output of the research described in Chapter 2 Discussion of Expected Output and Justification. This may include plan of action, training program, schedule of activities, project proposals and the other details of the output. In case of module, workbook or work text and other instructional materials, outline may be presented here while the actual output should be submitted separately.

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December 10, 2010 Dr. John Done(Name of the Manager/Owner/CEO/Supervisor) HR Head( Position) HR Department(Address) 10th flr PSE Tower Ortigas, Pasig City

Dear Dr. Done, We, Ms. Jan Cruz, May Dee, Kaye Wee, An Information Technology students, of Informatics International College, the International School that provides a globally competitive students, would like to ask from your good office to conduct a research for the completion of our thesis subject. We have this ambition to widen our horizons through higher studies in conducting a research in your Company/School. This will help us to enhance and hone our knowledge thoroughly. This will help us to the global setting of different companies. That will give us more exposure in the field of research. We assure you that all confidential information will be kept and will never be disseminated to other people. We look forward to hear a favourable response regarding our letter to conduct study in your Company/School. Thank you. Sincerely,

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Ms. Mylene A. Alvaran

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