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Executive Summary: Concise summary of the report, including aim, analysis, key conclusions and recommendations (comes first, written last) (Approx 250 words).

Table of Contents Page: Include page numbers.

• Introduction: Introduction to the report setting out what the aims and objectives of the report are, the context, what the report will cover, why and your method of analysis (Approx 1200 words). Must be supported by the ideas of influential contributors using in text citations.
• Literature Review: You will need to draw on a wide range of recent (2010-2020) quality academic sources, including peer-reviewed material, combined with practical examples to support your arguments. You will need to critically evaluate the sources in relation to the application of theory to practice. (Approx 3500 words).
• Analysis: You need to state and justify the method of analysis as appropriate to the aim and objectives of your project. using Systematic Review you will need to present full details of the search(es) with number of results and inclusion/exclusion criteria resulting in the final sample of evidence for review. You need to present the evidence (data) published in quality academic sources.
  You need to analyse in-depth the evidence (data) and present the findings clearly.
  For systematic review and comparative analysis methods a table is useful to illustrate the findings.
  Word count for this section will depend on the topic of your project and may vary widely between projects (Approx 2800 words).
• Discussion: In the discussion, you will need to interpret your findings with reference to theories introduced in the literature review. Apply the theory to the data, critically analyse and evaluate in-depth the effectiveness of theory in applied in practice. What is the unique insight from your research? (Approx 3500 words).
• Conclusions: This section should initially answer the report aim and objectives and draw together the main points from your analysis. It summarizes what has been learned from undertaking this project concerning the application of theory into practice. What are the main conclusions from your project? No new information should be presented in the conclusions. (Approx 500 words).
• Recommendations: Make recommendations for improvement based upon your conclusions, clearly stating how they can add value. Recommendations should be fully feasible and justified considered cost priority level, time-scale, resources, who is responsible, benefits and any further implications. Proposals should be actionable (‘immediately implementable’) not just a list of ideas. (Approx 500 words).

Reference List: A list of all sources cited directly in the text. Harvard style.

You are required to use proper in-text reference and the reference list in the end using the Harvard Referencing System.

Try to approach this research paper in a logical and systematic way. Make sure you have a logical structure, a convincing argument, clear description of the situations which ‘set the scene’, and clear explanation which relate to theories, and a conclusion that draws your argument together.