Writing Research ProposalWriting Research Proposal

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What is research proposal?What is research proposal?

Research proposal is a research plan, Research proposal is a research plan, prospectus, outline, statement of prospectus, outline, statement of intent or draft research plan.intent or draft research plan.

The research proposal tells us what, The research proposal tells us what, why, how, where and to whom the why, how, where and to whom the research will be done.research will be done.

The purposes of research proposalThe purposes of research proposal

To present the management To present the management question to be researched and its question to be researched and its important.important.

To explain the research efforts of To explain the research efforts of others who have worked on related others who have worked on related management questions.management questions.

To suggest the data necessary for To suggest the data necessary for solving the management question solving the management question and how the data will be gathered, and how the data will be gathered, treated and interpreted.treated and interpreted.

The Content of Research ProposalThe Content of Research Proposal Topic of the studyTopic of the study Executive summaryExecutive summary Problem statementProblem statement Research questionsResearch questions Research objectiveResearch objective Literature reviewLiterature review Research hypothesesResearch hypotheses Research design/methodologyResearch design/methodology Data analysisData analysis The expected findingsThe expected findings The benefits of studyThe benefits of study BudgetBudget Researcher ProfileResearcher Profile Research schedule/planResearch schedule/plan List of referencesList of references

The Structure of Research The Structure of Research ProposalProposal

Executive summaryExecutive summary – A brief – A brief statement of the research issue and statement of the research issue and management question, the research management question, the research aim and the benefits of the research.aim and the benefits of the research.

Problem statementProblem statement – stating the – stating the management dilemma/issue, its management dilemma/issue, its background and consequences, and background and consequences, and the resulting management questions.the resulting management questions.

Research questionsResearch questions – the specific – the specific issues that need to be investigated issues that need to be investigated or study. What are the major or study. What are the major questions that attract the interest of questions that attract the interest of the researcher to conduct the study.the researcher to conduct the study.

Research objectiveResearch objective – address the – address the main aim and detail purposes of the main aim and detail purposes of the investigation and lay out exactly investigation and lay out exactly what is being planned by the what is being planned by the proposed research.proposed research.

Literature reviewLiterature review – Describing the – Describing the research issue. Examining the issue research issue. Examining the issue based on various information based on various information published in company report, news published in company report, news paper, journals, books, and internet paper, journals, books, and internet web sites.web sites.

Research hypothesesResearch hypotheses – the – the researcher assumptions on the issue. researcher assumptions on the issue. The phenomena need to be proved The phenomena need to be proved through the study.through the study.

Research designResearch design – plan of – plan of investigating the research issue in investigating the research issue in technical terms. What sort of data technical terms. What sort of data needed. How to collect the data and needed. How to collect the data and the research methodology is going to the research methodology is going to be employed. The instrument used to be employed. The instrument used to collect the data and the sampling collect the data and the sampling procedures applied.procedures applied.

Data analysisData analysis – Describes your – Describes your proposed technical methods of proposed technical methods of transforming the collected data. transforming the collected data. What statistical package and what What statistical package and what level of statistical analysis is going to level of statistical analysis is going to be employed.be employed.

Nature and forms of the resultNature and forms of the result – the – the likely expected outcome of the likely expected outcome of the research. The findings and research. The findings and recommendations of the research.recommendations of the research.

Benefits of the studyBenefits of the study – the benefits – the benefits from the study to the interested from the study to the interested partyparty

BudgetBudget – cost of conducting of the – cost of conducting of the study in financial terms.study in financial terms.

The researcher profileThe researcher profile – – qualifications, experiences and qualifications, experiences and expertise.expertise.

Research scheduleResearch schedule – time frame of – time frame of conducting the research. conducting the research.

ReferencesReferences – List of bibliographies. – List of bibliographies.