The topic of the project is the factors that affect capital budgeting in decision making

among management students. The study will be carried out in Fakulti Pengurusan dan
Pembangunan Sumber Manusia (FPPSM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai Johor.
There are three objectives to be studied by the researcher which is;
1) the factors that affect capital budgeting of university undergraduates.
2) the level of relationship between perception of university undergraduates and capital
budgeting.
3) how the perception of university undergraduates influence decision making.

In the course of the study, there are numerous expenses that need to incur by the
researcher. Since the researcher is a student, these expenses are beyond the ability and cannot be
borne by the researcher. There are several types of expenses the researcher have to meet. Table
below shows the particular of expenses and the amount of money needed by the researcher.

No. Particular of Expenses Amount (RM)
1. Literature Search 2,000
2. Instruments 2,000
3. Data Analysis 2,000
4. Expenses for the Researcher 3,000
5. Final Report 1,000
Total Expenses 10,000


Gantt chart
The graph below illustrates a Gantt chart of a simplified task description for doing undergraduate
project.












*In first semester of 2011, the researcher has to submit the chapter 1, 2 and 3 at the end of
December 2011. There will be final examination until the end of month January 2012. Semester
holiday is fall on end of month January 2012 until end of month February 2012. Therefore the
researcher continues doing the chapter 4 at the beginning of month March 2012.

Chapter 1
This chapter consists of background of the study, statement of problem, research
questions, purpose of the study, objective of the study, significance of the study, scope of the
study and limitation of the study. The researcher will begin his chapter 1 at the first week of
month August 2011. The researcher requires 1 month to completing the chapter 1 due to
correction on unexpected errors. The chapter seems to be complete at the end of the month after
review and approval of supervisor.
Month
Month
Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Aug Oct Dec Feb Jun Aug
2011 2012
Task
Apr

Chapter 2
Chapter 2 will be in progress at the beginning of month September 2011. This chapter is
about literature review. Since the literature search takes a considerable time, the researcher
expects to complete the chapter at the end of month October 2011.
Chapter 3
Chapter 3 is about Methodology. Elements that are discussed in this chapter are,
theoretical framework, sampling studies, methods of data collection in term of primary data and
secondary data. Researcher has to submit this chapter at the end of month December 2011.
Chapter 4
This chapter covers analysis of the study. The researcher starts doing the task at the
beginning of month March 2012 and anticipates to completing at the end of the month April
2012. Duration of two months is taken to distribute questionnaire forms and analyze the data.
Chapter 5
Chapter 5 begins in the early of month May 2012 after finishing chapter 4. The subtopics
that covered in chapter 5 are discussion, conclusion and recommendation. The researcher will
submit the chapter at the end of month June 2012.


















Task
Start
(Month)
Duration
(Month)
Chapter
1 9 1
Chapter
2 10 1
Chapter
3 11 1





Task
Start
(Month)
Duration
(Month)
Chapter
4 3 2
Chapter
5 5 2