Research Methods for Business
Management:
Introduction
Does the introduction to the topic clarify the significance of what the research
is meant to present?
Does it hold the following information?
– Research aims
– Research objectives
– Research questions
Literature review
Does this section demonstrate your knowledge of the literature and make a
critical link with the research question to be investigated?
Have at least 6 sources to underpin the study been critically evaluated?
Has the critical activity produced a conceptual framework?
Research Design and Methodology
Does this section provide a detailed rationale of how the research objectives
are meant to be achieved?
Have the following areas been addressed?
– Type of investigation: i. Exploratory
ii. Descriptive
iii. Hypothesis testing study
– Data collection method:
i. Data collection method (e.g. postal questionnaire, telephone
interview, focus group, etc) and why this fits the purpose of
research.
– Sampling method:
Probability or non-probability
Specific sampling technique.
– Accessibility issues:
i. What accessibility issues that are likely to be encountered when
you collect the data?
ii. How will they be managed?
– Ethical issues:
Have the ethical issues relevant to the research topic, participants,
and method been discussed?
How will they be dealt with?
– Data analysis plan:
Does the introduction to the topic clarify the significance of what the research
is meant to present?
Does it hold the following information?
– Research aims
– Research objectives
– Research questions
Literature review
Does this section demonstrate your knowledge of the literature and make a
critical link with the research question to be investigated?
Have at least 6 sources to underpin the study been critically evaluated?
Has the critical activity produced a conceptual framework?
Research Design and Methodology
Does this section provide a detailed rationale of how the research objectives
are meant to be achieved?
Have the following areas been addressed?
– Type of investigation: i. Exploratory
ii. Descriptive
iii. Hypothesis testing study
– Data collection method:
i. Data collection method (e.g. postal questionnaire, telephone
interview, focus group, etc) and why this fits the purpose of
research.
– Sampling method:
Probability or non-probability
Specific sampling technique.
– Accessibility issues:
i. What accessibility issues that are likely to be encountered when
you collect the data?
ii. How will they be managed?
– Ethical issues:
Have the ethical issues relevant to the research topic, participants,
and method been discussed?
How will they be dealt with?
– Data analysis plan:
How will the data be analysed? – Research limitations:
i. Have limitations been defined?
4. Timetable and References
Has the timeline been illustrated? (e.g. through a Gantt chart or any other
method to show the use of available time to complete the proposed research)
Has the plan been justified?
Has a reference list been included with all the sources that were cited and
consulted in writing the research proposal?
Has the Harvard Style of referencing been adhered to?
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