First name Last name Name of thesis, which may be continued in several lines if necessary Subheading

Thesis Fall 2009 Official name of the faculty e.g. Business School

2 Degree programme Specialisation

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Thesis abstract
Faculty: Degree programme: Specialisation: Author/s: Title of thesis: Supervisor(s): Year: Number of pages: Number of appendices: _________________________________________________________________

Describe the essence of your thesis.

Check technical terms with your adviser or client organisation/company. Avoid unnecessary words. Sensible maximum length is 200 words, but 50 100 words may suffice.

Keywords:

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Opinnytetyn tiivistelm
Koulutusyksikk: Koulutusohjelma: Suuntautumisvaihtoehto: Tekij: Tyn nimi: Ohjaaja: Vuosi: Sivumr: Liitteiden lukumr: _________________________________________________________________

Theses must always contain an abstract in Finnish, which is placed after the abstract written in the language of the thesis and the English abstract (if applicable). Theses in languages other than Finnish may also include a summary in Finnish (510 pages), placed at the end of the thesis before the bibliography. A Finnish summary may be beneficial if you want to reach a wider Finnish-speaking audience.

Avainsanat: Avainsanat luettelona.

TABLE OF CONTENTS THESIS ABSTRACT..............................................................................3 OPINNYTETYN TIIVISTELM.........................................................4 TABLE OF CONTENTS.........................................................................5 ABBREVIATIONS..................................................................................6 TABLES AND FIGURES........................................................................7 1 FIRST MAIN HEADING.......................................................................8
1.1 Second level sub heading.............................................................................8 1.2 Second level subheading..............................................................................9

2 SECOND MAIN HEADING................................................................12

2.1 Second level subheading............................................................................12 2.2 Second level subheading............................................................................12

BIBLIOGRAPHY..................................................................................13 APPENDICES......................................................................................14

Abbreviations
Term Write the term to the left and press tabulator one time. Then write the description without pressing enter. Second term Each term is written in bold letters.

Tables and figures FIGURE 1. DEVIATION OF CCI FROM COUNTRY AVERAGE IN EU MEMBER STATES, SEPTEMBER 2008*............................................10 TABLE 1. POPULATION BY AGE IN 1980 2007.............................11

1 FIRST MAIN HEADING

1.1 Second level sub heading This template uses the following formats. Margins and layout. Page margins should be as follows: left 4 cm, right 1.5 cm, and top and bottom edges 2.5 cm each. The text should start at the left edge, in full block style, where all lines start from the same place with no indents. Justify both edges of the text, using automatic hyphenation. Appendices do not have to follow these margin and layout settings if it is too complex. Fonts. Use the Arial font, with point size 12. Main chapter headings should be inuppercase using font size 14, with subheadings in capitalised lowercase in font size 12. Both headings and subheadings should be bolded in the text but not in the table of contents. Font sizes and bolding are defined in the styles Heading 1, Heading 2 and Heading 3. Bolding and italics can be used in the body text if they are necessary to emphasise certain parts of the content. They can lose their meaning if overused, however. Use the Strong and Highlight styles in the word processor for formatting these sections. Headings. Headings should be numbered hierarchically. There must be no more than three heading levels, e.g. 3, 3.1 and 3.1.1. There must be at least two subheadings at each sublevel; i.e. if there is a subheading numbered 2.1, there must also be a 2.2. The heading numbers are separated by a point, but there is no point at the end of the number (even after the single number of the top level). This automatic heading numbering system is pre-formatted in the templates styles Heading 1, Heading 2 and Heading 3.

9 Paragraph headings. If a chapter is especially long, paragraph headings may be used to clarify the content. Paragraph headings end in a full stop. Only the first word needs to be capitalised. Paragraph headings are not numbered nor are they included in the table of contents. Select your paragraph headings and assign it the style Bold or Strong. The text continues on the same line. Page numbering. Page numbers should be indicated in the upper right-hand corner. Logically, the page numbers should begin on the title page, where the name of the author and the title of the composition are located. Thus, the title page is the first page of the composition, but its page number is not shown. Page numbering 7 starts on page 2. These settings are pre-formatted in the template. Appendices should not have running numbering.

1.2 Second level subheading The title page contains the author(s) of the work, the title and other required information. Titles can be used for assignments and projects if necessary; theses must always have a title page. Follow SeAMKs instructions for title pages. The titles of assignments and theses should be as short and concise as possible, but descriptive enough to indicate the content. The title may be supplemented with a subtitle.

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1.2.1

Third level subheading

Figures should be consecutively numbered and given a heading. They should also be referenced unless made by the author. The template style for figure source references is Figure source reference. The publication given as a figures source must be included in the bibliography. Photographs can also be entitled Picture. The number and heading of a figure should be written under the figure. Runningnumbering of figures is easy using the word processors own functions. The word processors cross reference function may be used to refer to a figure (FIGURE 1) or a table (TABLE 1) in the text.

FIGURE 1. Deviation of CCI from country average in EU member states, September 2008*. (Consumer Survey 2008.)

11 Tables are generally used to present information in numerical form, although the information in tables may also be verbal. Tables should be consecutively numbered and given a heading. The table caption (heading and references) can be added using the word processors own functions. TABLE 1. Population by age in 1980 2007. (Population and Cause of Death Statistics.) Year 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 Population 4787778 4910664 4998478 5116826 5181115 5255580 5276955 5300484 Aged 0 - 14 965209 951532 964203 971770 936333 906904 901181 894590 Aged 15 - 64 3245187 3341398 3361310 3412639 3467584 3507511 3507057 3530663 Aged 65 577382 617734 672965 732417 777198 841165 868717 875231

1.2.2

Third level subheading

The table of contents is placed after the abstracts and the possible foreword. It is useful to use the word-processors own table of contents function, which makes it easy to create and automatically update contents. Figure and table lists can be updated in the same way as tables of contents. If there are only a handful of figures or tables, they do not have to be mentioned specifically in the contents. If there are lots of them, list them separately on the page following the table of contents. The list should mention the number and heading of the figure or table, e.g. "Figure 1. Figure name, and the page number. Abbreviations, special symbols and terms do not have to be listed separately if there are only a few.

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2 SECOND MAIN HEADING

2.1 Second level subheading Lists can be used to structure an item with many parts, making the text easier to understand at a glance. Start the list using the style Marked list, such as in the example below. The sections of a thesis are: title page abstract abstract translation table of contents body text bibliography appendices.

2.2 Second level subheading Numbered lists can be used if necessary, using the style Numbered list. Indented lists can use e.g. the style Marked list 2. That will create automatic numbering, such as that shown below. The thesis writing process begins with the following stages: 1. Drafting the main sections. 2. Gathering ideas and structuring them using e.g. mind map techniques. 3. Writing the text, in overlapping or consecutive stages. If one section is causing difficulties, move on to another one. Request feedback on the text and edit it as necessary.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Davies, M.B. 2007. Doing a Successful Research Project. Using Qualitative and Quantitative Methods. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Kumar, R. 2005. Research Methodology. A Step-By-Step Guide forBeginners. 2rd, upd. ed. London, Thousand Oaks & New Delhi: Sage.

APPENDICES
Appendix 1. Name of appendix