Assessment of Master’s thesis – Academic Consultant
Study programme:Applied Informatics
Field of study:Information Systems Management Academic year:2021/2022
Master’s thesis Topic:How can E-commerce help organizations to build a competitive advantage over its competitors
Author’s name:Vahe Ttuyan
Ac. Consultant’s Name:Ing. Jiří Sedláček, Ph.D.
Opponent:doc. Ing. Mgr. Zdeněk Smutný, Ph.D.
Criterion Mark
(1–4)
1. Clarity and comprehensibility of the thesis topic and aims 3
2. The extent and relevance of the description of the current state of knowledge 2
3. The complexity of the thesis topic 3
4. Method adequeteness for solving the given issue, correctness of the choice and use 2
5. The extent, quality and precision of the result description 3
6. Relevance and correctness of the result discussion 3
7. Factual contribution of the thesis result 3
8. Information source relevance and citation correctness 3
9. Logical structure and cohesion among individual parts 3
10. Grammar, linguistic style, terminology and overall arrangement 3
11. Student’s initiative and cooperation with the supervisor 3
12. The use of analytical and data processing methods 3
13. Meeting the principles of ethics and sustainability 2
14. Critical and creative thinking 3
Comments and Questions:
E-commerce is quite mature nowadays, but still in rapid development, therefore there are many interesting topics and questions to investigate. For that reason, the topic of the thesis is interesting, however the whole text is quite general, and the real contribution of the author is small.
Chapters three and four do not correspond much to the content of the previous chapters. Author did some research. The survey has only 171 respondents, questions again do not correspond much to the previous text and the results are analyzed only by simple graphs. In my opinion, qualitative research (5 interviews of managers from companies in Kaliningrad area) is slightly better.
Some references are not according to the citation standard (e. g. missing obligatory field). There are some layout and typographic issues, too. Overall result of the anti-plagiaristic system is OK (4%). The reported sameness 89% for Excel file only is (in my opinion) just limitation of the anti-plagiaristic system. The sameness is in general terms in survey like scale (e. g. definitely, not sure…), male/female, mobile/wire etc. Some papers with large sameness are obviously from completely different field (e. g. medical chemistry and biochemistry).
Suggested topic for discussion
Can you clearly highlight the main results from interviews?
Conclusion: The Master’s thesis is recommended for the defence.
Suggested Grade: 3
Date: 24/01/2022 Ing. Jiří Sedláček, Ph.D.
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