MBA DISSERTATION TOPIC SELECTION FORM

Student name NASEERUDDIN MOHAMMED ID 39844

This form is designed to get you thinking about your project in readiness for writing a full
research proposal. You will be given more guidance later on about how to design your project
but ultimately its design will be dependent on what you want to achieve from it and only you can
decide that.

It is important that you choose a topic that really interests you. Without this interest you will not
have the motivation to do all that is necessary to complete your dissertation satisfactorily.

Remember your dissertation will be a research report not an essay. So you need to set yourself
a question for which you will need to collect data in order to find an answer. You need a topic
title that points you clearly in the direction of an investigation rather than a general area to write
about.

What is the general subject area that you want to explore in your dissertation?
(Please tick box X)

GENERAL SUBJECT AREA (X)

Information Technology Management
Organisational Learning
Innovative Management
Business Process Re-Engineering
Change Management
Strategic Management
Marketing Communications
Customer Relationship Management
Supply Chain Management
Financial Reporting x
Financial Resource Management x
Human Resource Management
Marketing

2. What is the particular question you want your investigation to answer – i.e. your topic title?
(15 – 30 words)
Ensure that you phrase your title in the form of a question that your research will be answering.

”An analytical study of Islamic Banking & Finance”

3. Why do you want to do this particular project?
Thinking beyond the aim contained in your title, what do you hope to achieve for yourself as a
result of doing this project? E.g. Help your career; develop your understanding of a particular
management or business process; develop your ability to tackle management or business
problems.
I really have the intention to work in the banking sector, and I want to acquire the knowledge of
Islamic banking, how it makes the profits without the interest, what are the risks, how it differs
from corporate banking.

4. Describe briefly the main purpose of your investigation.

E.g. Is it a problem you want to find a solution for? Is there something you have observed that
you want to explain? Is there some behaviour or activity that you want to evaluate?

The purpose of this study is to critically analyse Islamic banking in an interest based global
economy and to analyse the principle of shariah and how Islamic banking generate profits
without interest.

5. In order to answer the question of your title, what information do you think you will need to
obtain?
Consider both your main purpose and factors related to it or likely to be affecting it. This list of
information will be your starting point for deciding your research objectives.

This dissertation is based on extensive literature review and professional interviews with
professionals in the Islamic banking industry.

6. Finally, what sources of data do you think you might draw on to get your information?
E.g. Observation, Newspapers, Journal articles, Trade press Advertisements, People-using
interviews or questionnaires, Government statistics or other Documents.

Literature related to principles of sharia, and financing strategies in order to analyse, how the
Islamic banks generate profits without charging interest and interviews with the professionals.

Official use only

Supervisor name:
(Yes) As above Please tick: □
Topic title: (No) Please see suggested Please tick: □
topic below
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