Research in Business: A Proposal
Task Description
Assessment task requires the preparation of a full project proposal that should contain the following components:
- A detail statement of the problem that you would like to investigate.
- Research aim, objectives and research questions: What are the potential research objectives and questions that can address the problem?
- Justification and potential output of the research project: Why is your chosen project important both theoretically and practically? What are the potential outputs and outcomes of your research?
- Conceptual framework: An analysis of the literature relevant to the research topic that will give you the conceptual basis for conducting this research.
- Methodology: Based on the conceptual framework, research aim(s) and objectives, you need to provide a detail description of the data collection methods and tools, data sources and the methods/tools that you will use to analyse the data.
- Organisation of the study, project budget and schedule: Write the names of the chapters/sections of your research report, and briefly discuss what you will write in those chapters/sections followed by a brief description of budget for conducting this study and project schedule i.e., Gantt Chart.
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You are required to demonstrate your understanding of the relevant body of works to a real-life business research. We expect you to read and reflect on at least 20 recent refereed journal articles on your topic supported by any other evidence or information that can help refine the problem of your research, formulate conceptual framework and the methods of data collection and analysis. Please see detailed guidelines about specific research requirements You can write 2750 words maximum for this assignment.
Assessment Criteria
All the assessment criteria outlined below are equally weighted for this piece of assessment.
Assessment criteria:
- A statement of the problem, research aim, objectives and research questions (10 marks)
- Justification and potential output of the research (10 marks)
- Conceptual framework (10 marks)
- Methodology, organisation of the study, project budget and schedule (10 marks)
- Accurate referencing, use of correct English and logical sequences between sentences and paragraphs and a good introduction (10 marks)