Guidelines

for

StudentTheses

at

KrcmarLab

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TableofContents

• Area ofapplication2
• Basic requirements2
• Formal structure3

• Page layout 3
• Scope 3
• Sequence of chapters 3
• Guidelines and requirements for single chapters 4
  • Cover 4
  • Title page 4
  • Declaration 4
  • Summary 5
  • Table of contents / document structure 5
  • List of figures and list of tables 5
  • List of abbreviations 5
  • Main text 6
  • Bibliography 7
  • Appendix 7
    • Citation guidelines7
  • Citation style 7
    • Registration andSubmission8
  • Registration of final theses 8
  • Submission of final theses 8
  • Submission of seminar papers, SEP, IDP 8
  • Submission of an electronic version 9
    • References9
    • Further reading10
    • Appendix11
  • Copyright agreements 11
  • Exemplary title page 13
  • Exemplary outline 14
  • Exemplary citations 15

1Areaofapplication

All student theses written at the Krcmar Lab have to comply with the guidelines at hand. Ex- amples of student theses comprise:

1. Seminar papers: written work in proseminars, seminars, seminars belonging to the Ueberfachliche Grundlagen, and practical courses
2. Final theses: diploma theses, bachelor theses, master theses
3. Project reports (SEP, IDP, project studies TUM-BWL, Application project (Data Science))

2Basicrequirements

Itshouldbekeptinmindthatallstudentthesesareautonomousscientificthesesandrequire a scientific way of working. References from popular sources, e.g., Wikipedia, should be avoided.

Announcements and regulations of the respective examination boards, e.g., the Fachprfungsordnungen,havetobeadheredto.ForstudentsattheDepartmentofInformat- ics theseannouncements and regulations can be found on the examination boards website:

http://www.in.tum.de/fuer-studierende/pruefungen-und-formalitaeten/abschlussarbeit/

In case these regulations contradict with the guidelines at hand, contact your advisor in ad- vance.

Generalrequirements include:

• Student theses have to comply with the guidelines at hand, in particular with regard to the formal structure, the scope, and the consistent and the correct use of refer-
• The deadlines originating, g., from the Fachprfungsordnungen or from announce- ments in your seminar, are binding. In case of doubt, contact your advisor.
• Avoid spelling or grammarIf you write in German, adhere to the Neue Deutsche Rechtschreibung.
• Student theses can also be written inContact your advisor in advance.

For seminarpapers:

• Adhere to the guidelines given by your advisor during the seminar, in particular with regard to the formal structure or the scope of the paper.

Forfinalthesesandprojectreports:

• Sign the copyright agreements (see Appendix)
• Your software has to pass tests defined by your

3Formalstructure

3.1Pagelayout

Student theses have to be submitted in DIN A4, printed on one side only. Left and right page margins are 2.5 cm. Upper and lower page margins are 2.35 cm (type area 16.0 x 25.0 cm including headers and footers).Page numbers (withoutbrackets or dashes)should be placed at the lower right bottom of the page or, in case a running title is used in the header, should be integrated in the running title, aligned to the right.

3.2Scope

Seminar papers, including IDP and SEP, must not exceed 15-20 pages per author including references.Keepitshortand simple, theother seminarparticipantswillthankyou.Incaseof several authors,a singlepaperhastobe submitted withonetableof contentsand one list of references only.

Bachelors theses and application project reports should not exceed 60-80 pages, Masters theses should not exceed 80-100 pages per author including indices, references, and appen- dices.Inparticularcases,suchaspracticalorempiricaltheses,youradvisormayhavedifferent requirements.

3.3Sequence ofchapters

Thetablebelowillustratesthesequenceofthe required chaptersdependingonthetypeof student thesis.

Incaseofmultipleauthors,atablehastobeaddedtotheappendixthatdetailseachauthors contributions. Copyright agreements for final theses or project reports should not be inte- grated into the final document but rather have to be submitted as a lose sheet of paper.

3.4Guidelinesandrequirements forsinglechapters

3.4.1Cover

The cover has to follow the regulations of the examination board of the respective depart- ments. The regulations of the Department of Informatics can be found here:

http://www.in.tum.de/en/current-students/administrative-matters/thesis-guidelines-and-topics.html

If there are no regulations by the board of examination of your course of studies, adhere to the regulations of the Department of Informatics.

3.4.2Titlepage

Thetitlepagehastofollowtheregulationsoftheexaminationboardoftherespectivedepart- ments. The regulations of the Department of Informatics can be found here:

http://www.in.tum.de/en/current-students/administrative-matters/thesis-guidelines-and-topics.html

Iftherearenoregulationsbytheboardof examinationofyourcourseof studies,adhereto the regulations of the Department of Informatics. The department name and the depart- ment logo have to be adapted accordingly.

3.4.3Declaration

On the second page, final theses or project reports have to include declarations concerning the single handed composition and the resources used in the theses. The declaration has to follow the regulations of the examination board of the respective departments. The regula- tions of the Department of Informatics can be found here:

http://www.in.tum.de/en/current-students/administrative-matters/thesis-guidelines-and-topics.html

Iftherearenoregulationsbytheboardof examinationofyourcourseof studies,adhereto the regulations of the Department of Informatics. In case of multiple authors, each author has to sign a separate declaration.

Incaseyouhavetoinclude aconfidentialityclause,includeit beneaththeabovementioned declaration on the second page.

3.4.4Summary

Summariesinfinalthesesandprojectreportshavetobelistedinthetableofcontents.The content and structure of the summary should follow the guidelines provided by Emerald:

https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/how-to/authoring-editing-reviewing/write-article-abstract

TheseswritteninGermanhavetoincludeasummarywritten inEnglishinadditiontothe German summary. The summary should not exceed one page.

3.4.5Tableofcontents/documentstructure

The table of contents / document structure should follow the DIN norm1421. There haveto beatleasttwosub-itemsinordertostructurecontentintosub-items.Balanceandconsistency should be kept in mind when structuring content into sub-items.

The table of contents should include all chapters of the theses including page numbers. All chapters before the main part should use Roman numerals for page numbers. The main part and allchapters afterit should useArabicnumerals for pagenumbers.Anexemplarytableof contents can be found in the appendix.

Itemnumbering mustnotbefollowed bya period / fullstop. Itemnamesin thetableof con- tents must be identical to the headers used to structure the document. Item names must be meaningful.Sub-sectionsmustneitherbetooshort(lessthanhalfapage)nortoolong(more than two pages in case of seminar papers, more than four pages in case of final theses).

3.4.6List of figures andlist oftables

All figures and tables have to be included in the list of figures or in the list of tables, respec- tively, with their captions and their page numbers.

3.4.7List ofabbreviations

All subject-specific abbreviations, in particular abbreviations of journals, organizations, asso- ciations, and legal documents, have to be included in the list of abbreviations. The list of ab- breviations has to be ordered alphabetically.

Examples:

ACM AssociationforComputingMachinery CATeam Computer Aided Team

GDSS GroupDecisionSupportSystem

IEEE InstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineersInc. SOP Study Organization Plan

Abbreviationsmayonlybeusedafterintroducing themonce.

Symbols used in the thesis, e.g., in formulas, have to be included in the list of abbreviations. Symbols havetobe used ina consistent manner,e.g., using the samesymbol forvariousvar- iables should be avoided.

Common abbreviations, such as e.g., i.e., and so on, should not be included in the list of ab- breviations.

3.4.8Maintext

Thelinespacinginthemaintexthastobe15pt.Thelinespacinginfootnoteshastobe12pt. A proportional type font, such as Times New Roman, has to be usedthroughout the whole document. The font size has to be 12 pt. The font size in footnotes has to be 10 pt. The font size for numbering footnotes has to be 8 pt.

Themaintextshouldbejustified.Largespacesbetweenwordsshouldbeavoidedbysplitting words manually where necessary.

Emphasesshouldbemadeusingboldoritalicformatting.Otheremphases,suchasSMALLCAPS, LARGE CAPITALS,under linings, orMULTIPLE FORMATTINGhave to be avoided.

Whenusingbulletsattentiontothe correcttypesethastobepaid.Example:

The results illustrate

• the affective benefit,
• the protocol benefit,
• the information benefit

as threeessentialeffectsofusingGDSS.

Paragraphs should be separated with a new line. Additional page formatting, such as spaces between chapter headers, can be used at the authorsown discretion, but should be appliedin a consistent manner throughout the document.

Tables and figures have to be numbered and labeled in a meaningful way. Tables should in- clude meaningful row and column names. Figures often benefit from keys or explanations, respectively. Sources have to be added to all figures and tables. The caption and source of a figureortablehastobeplacedbelowthefigureortable.Figuresortablesadaptedfromother authors should be labeled with Source: Based on [Source]. Own figures should be labeled with Source: Own Analysis.

Example:

Fig. 1: Types of group support (Source:BasedonKrcmar(1988,10))

Figuresandtableshavetobereferencedandexplainedinthetext.Figuresandtablesthatare only indirectly connected with the text have to be moved to the appendix.

Figures and tables have to be translated into the language in which the thesis is written, i.e., EnglishorGerman.Exceptionsmayincludedifficultorcomplexfiguresortables.Thesefigures ortablesmaybeintegratedintheiroriginallanguage,aslongasitiseitherEnglishorGerman.

Folded figures or tables and figures or tables in landscape format should be avoided. If such figuresortablescannotbeavoided,theyshouldbearrangedinawaythatthereadercanturn the document clockwise to read these figures or tables.

Footnotes should include supplements or comments to the text. Footnotes are marked by superscripts within the text and in the footer. Footnotes have to be included in the footer of thesamepageinwhichtheyaremarkedinthetext.Ifpossiblefootnotesshouldbeseparated by a horizontal 5cm line.

3.4.9Bibliography

The bibliography has to contain all sources referenced in the text. Accordingly, sources not referenced in the text must not be included in the bibliography. The bibliography has to be ordered alphabetically by author surname. Several publications by the same author have to be listed by year in descending order. Single author publications of one author have to be listed before multiple author publications of the same author.

3.4.10Appendix

Figuresandtables andotherdocumentsthatarenotdirectlyconnectedtothetextbelongin the appendix. The appendix has to be labeled accordingly with continuing page numbers. All formal guidelines discussed in this document also apply to the appendix.

4Citationguidelines

Theuseof someoneelsesideasevenif appliedbyanalogyhastobe identifiedbyindica- tion of source. A student thesis that lacks references is deficient. Moreover, each reference has toincludetheexactpagenumber indicatingwhereyoufoundthecitation,e.g.,(Krcmar, 2010, p. 5). For citations spanning more than one page, a hyphen (e.g., pp. 5-7) or f. and ff., respectively, (e.g., pp. 5 f.) must be used.

Use direct quotes where appropriate. Direct quotes dont substitute but rather induce own explanations. Longer direct quotes (more than 2-3 sentences) have to be indented and writ- ten single-spaced. Omissions in direct quotes have to be indicated using 2 points (one word) or 3 points (more words) that are placed in brackets, e.g.,[]. For direct quotes that start or end in the middle of a sentence, the above-mentioned ellipsis points must be used, too. For quotationscontainingemphasis,youhaveto statewhether youorthe authoraddedtheem- phasis(e.g.,emphasisadded, emphasisintheoriginal).Deviationsfromtheoriginalquo- tation must be indicated (e.g., authors note). Quotations within a quotation must be en- closed in single quotation marks.

4.1Citationstyle

The Krcmar Lab adopts the citation style APA Style 6th Edition (http://apastyle.org).The correspondingmanualPublicationManualoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation,Sixth Edition can be borrowed from the university library. The reference management software Endnoteoffersacorresponding style.Intheappendix,section8.4listssomeexemplarycita- tions.

5RegistrationandSubmission

5.1Registration of finaltheses

The registration ofafinalthesisrequirestwodocuments:(1)theofficialregistrationform from the facultys examination board and (2) a proposal.

Forexample,theregistrationformfor abachelorthesisinthe courseinformationsystemsis located here:

http://www.in.tum.de/fileadmin/w00bws/in/2.Fur_Studierende/1.Bache-lor_Studiengaenge/2.Wirtschaftsinformatik/4.Abschlussarbeit/anm_ba_WiInfo.pdf

Theproposal shouldcompriseabout3-5pagesandcontain the followingelements:

• Title
• Motivation
• Objective of the thesis (three research questions must be specified here)
• Method
• Expected results
• Schedule
• References

Theofficialregistrationformandthefinalproposalshouldbesubmittedtotheadvisoratleast 14 days prior to the registration date.

5.2Submission of finaltheses

The submissionrequirementsdependonthestudentsfaculty.

Students enrolled inthefaculty ofInformaticsmust hand inone copyasofficialevidenceto theStudiensekretariat(Infopoint, room MI00.10.013) by 3 p.m.the 15^thevery monthorthe first workingdayfollowing the 15^th. Inaddition, theelectronic versionofthe thesis mustbe submitted to the KrcmarLab by the same deadline, including all materials listed in 5.4 and including the digitally or hand-signed and scanned copyright agreement (see section 5.4).It is notnecessarytohandinaprintedcopytoKrcmarLab, unlessexplicitlyrequestedbythesupervisor.

Students enrolled inother facultiesshould refer to therespective examination regulationsand/or announcements by the responsible examination board to gather the submission re- quirements.However,thedigitalversion(seesection5.4)mustalwaysbesubmittedtothe Krcmar Lab.

Acopy maybesubmittedtothefaculty librarybyyourown choice.

5.3Submissionofseminarpapers, projectreports,SEP,IDP

Onecopymustbesubmittedtothesupervisor(Prof.Krcmar)bythespecifieddeadline.Ad- ditionally, an electronic version must be submitted by the deadline, too (see section 5.4).

5.4Submission ofan electronicversion

For all student theses, an electronic version must be submitted by the deadline. The elec- tronic version must be submitted via the portal GigaMove (https://gigamove.rwth-aachen.de/de, instruction athttps://www.it.tum.de/it/faq/gigamove/).The link to the Giga- Move folder should be send via email to the supervisorandthe addresslehre.winfo@tum.de.Thefolderstructure intheGigaMovefoldermustadheretothefollow- ing guidelines:

Thefilenamesshouldadheretothefollowingformat:

_v

Ameaningfulidentifiershouldbe used.

6References

Gottsched, J.C.(1728).Grundri einervernunftmigenRedekunst.

Schneider, W. (1988):Deutsch fr Kenner(3rd ed.). Hamburg, Germany: Gruner+Jahr AG & Co.

Strunk,W.(1919):TheElementsofStyle.

7Furtherreading

Davis,G.B., &Parker,C.A.(1997).WritingtheDoctoralDissertation:A Systematicapproach

(2nded.). NewYork,NY:Barrons EducationalSeries.

Krmer,W.(1993).WieschreibeicheineSeminar-,Examens-undDiplomarbeit(2nded.). Stuttgart, Germany: Gustav Fischer.

Rckriem,G.,Stary,J.,&Frank,N.(1987).DieTechnikwissenschaftlichenArbeitens.(4thed.). Paderborn, Germany: UTB.

Scheibler, A. (1976).Technik und Methodik des wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens. Munich, Ger-many: Vahlen.

Thomas,U.(1987).EmpfehlungenzurformalenGestaltungvonDiplomarbeiten.Wirtschafts- wissenschaftliches Studium, 7, 367372.

8Appendix

8.1Copyrightagreements

Copyrightagreement

foradiplomathesis(DA),bachelorthesis(BA),masterthesis(MA),system development project (SEP), application project or an interdisciplinary pro- ject (IDP) at the Krcmar Lab at TU Mnchen.

of: oDA oBA oMA oSEP oIDP oPS oApplication Project (Mark with a cross whereapplicable)

from:

title:

Rules:

• Thethesisiscopyrighted bythe
• In advance, the author grants the university, the Krcmar Lab, and Prof. Dr. H. Krcmar the exploitation right free of charge, which excludes direct exploitation by sale.
• Incaseofanexternalinquiry,theKrcmarLabmayprovidethethesisforthirdpartiesfora tokenTheauthorisnotifiedaboutthisifhesignstheagreementaccordingly.Ifthe authorwantstodenytheprovisionofthethesis,hehastosigntheagreementaccordingly. The exploitation rights by the author remain unaffected.
• The author is obligated not to unveil the thesis prior to the assessment or to unveil the completion of the thesis. Non-disclosure provided, a thesis that is transferred by the au- thor to potential liaisons or interview partners is not considered unveiled.
• UponagreementbetweentheKrcmarLabandadvisor,top-ratedorhighlypraxis-relevant theses may be published in the series Studien zur Wirtschaftsinformatik.
• Incaseofinterestingpartialresultsanduponagreement,theproductionofaworkingpa- per of the Krcmar Lab can be suggested. The authors comprise the authors of the thesis, the advisor, and the professor.

Agreement:

• Iagree withthe above
• Thethesisomay/omaynotbeprovidedforthirdpartieswithinthemeaningof3). (Mark with a cross where applicable)
• I odo /odo notwant to be notified if the thesis is provided for third parties within the meaning of 3). (Mark with a cross where applicable)

Garching by Munich, as of

Softwarecopyrightagreement

foradiplomathesis(DA),bachelorthesis(BA),masterthesis(MA),system development project (SEP), application project or an interdisciplinary pro- ject (IDP) at the Krcmar Lab at TU Mnchen.

Rules:

of: oDAoBAoMAoSEPoIDPoApplicationProject(Markwithacrosswhereapplica-

from:

title:

• The developed software is copyrighted by the
• In advance, the author grants the university, the Krcmar Lab, and Prof. Dr. H. Krcmar any exploitation right free of charge, which excludes direct exploitation by sale.
• Incaseofanexternalinquiry,theKrcmarLabmayprovidethesoftwareforthirdparties for a token charge. The author is notified if he signs the agreement accordingly. If the author wants to deny the provision of the software, he has to sign the agreement ac- cordingly. The exploitation rights by the author remain unaffected.
• The authorisobligatednottounveilthesoftwarepriortotheassessmentortounveil thecompletion of theNon-disclosureprovided, softwarethat istransferred by the author to potential liaisons or interview partners is not considered unveiled.

Agreement:

• I agree with the above
• The software omay /omay notbeprovided forthirdpartieswithinthemeaningof

3).(Mark withacrosswhere applicable)

• Iodo/odonotwanttobenotifiedifthesoftwareisprovidedforthirdpartieswithin the meaning of 3). (Mark with a cross where applicable)

Garching byMunich,asof

8.2Exemplarytitlepage

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