Your task is to write a research plan (not a research report) that would demonstrate your level of skills relevant to gaining agreement from others, by convincing an organisation’s Board to approve the cost of employees being given time away from their normal duties to conduct the research that you are proposing ? You can use: ? the generic profession-based topic and research question ? or students who are already in employment may choose to work on a topic directly relevant to their employing organisation, after consultation with their tutor. How can functional practices within an organisation be improved? Functional practices cannot be improved without first discovering what obstacles are preventing ideal practices from being enacted, and then removing those obstacles! A common obstacle is the absence of enabling factors such as having an adequate budget, training, technology, cooperation, leadership, communication, motivation, power, authority, talent, adequate staffing levels, or helpful bureaucracy