As part of the formal assessment for the Master of Business Administration you are
required to submit a Research Methods assignment. Please refer to your Student
Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general
information on preparing and submitting assignments.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the student will be expected to:
1 Critically appraise research undertaken by others.
2 Propose and justify a report for a research project in business management that
will stand up to critical scrutiny.
3 Critically appraise the contribution primary and secondary data sources can
make to research studies, particularly with respect to sampling, statistical
analysis and data presentation techniques.
4 Synthesize research findings to improve the quality of decisions in
management.
Assignment Task
You are required to produce a research proposal for a dissertation in a management
related field. The proposal prepared may be the one which you follow for your
dissertation but this is not essential. If you eventually choose another topic for your
dissertation you will have to go through a similar process as that required for this
assessment on that topic. It would therefore be sensible to think carefully about the
topic choice and decide now what your dissertation will be about.
Your answer should include the detail below.
Format:
The format should broadly follow the plan provided below. Diagrams and charts may be added to clarify and illustrate points.
Research Questions & Objectives
Explanation of the problem/issue and justify why it is important, both from an
organisational and a personal perspective, and a series of precisely written
objectives, to include observable outcomes, that flow from this.
Literature review
Demonstrate knowledge of relevant literature by identifying key debates: concepts
and theories within the topic area and how the literature will be utilised to inform your research. PLEASE NOTE THAT IT MANDATORY TO USE BUSINESS JOURNALS REFERENCES FOR THE LITERATURE REVIEW.
Methodology
Explanation of fundamental issues in methodology followed by a full description of
the methodological approach to be adopted. This and your data collection methods
should be justified and you should explore issues of validity, reliability and
generalisability of the research proposal.
Please note I need to present the topic first. This part I will need right away. Communicate your proposed research topic in advance to the tutor for guidance before starting the paper. Do not just give a one liner – add context.
I have includes 2 PPTs on what the literature review and methodology should entail.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT MANDATORY TO USE BUSINESS JOURNALS REFERENCES FOR THE LITERATURE REVIEW.
IF YOU RECALL LAST PAPER WE HAD SOME ISSUES AND YOU GAVE ME MY PAPER LATE. PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND AND LET ME KNOW IF THAT WILL BE AN ISSUE THIS TIME. I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PAPER TO SUBMIT TO YOU TODAY BUT I HAVE A FEW EXTRA DAYS TO COMPLETE THAT ONE.








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