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Applied Business Research

Prepare a research proposal on topic Impact of organizational culture on management accounting information system.

Research Questions and Research Objectives

Research question and objectives revolves arround the following factors. They are as follows;
• How organisational culture affects the accounting system of an organisation ?
• What are the basis stardard of an accounting system and how it is determined for an organisation ?
• How an individual decicion making process is affected by its organisation's culture ?
• How such decisions influence the input and outputs in management accounting information system ?
• How much flexiblity of accounting system can help an organistaion ?
The research objectives where to find answers to such queries so that we can know the importance of having good organisational culture which would affect its managerial accounting system in such a way , so that , it benefit oraganisaton as a whole.

Research Aim
The main aim of this research paper is to identify the challenges faced while adopting management accounting information system as an organisational culture. How evolution in organisationalculture affects future of management accounting information system and so on.

Research Proposal

Based on the Research Question developed in Assessment 2, students should develop a research design aimed at providing insights and/or answers to the question. Students should make any recommended adjustments to the content of Assessment 2, based on feedback provided, prior to including it in Assessment 4.

This assessment requires students to choose and justify the most appropriate research design, clearly explaining WHY the chosen design will best answer the research question and is most appropriate in the specific circumstances. Students should clearly justify their recommended research and analysis methods.

Written Proposal : the proposal will contain the following information :
Title page : including research title and student's details
Abtract : A brief summary of key information about the research (the research questions, the theory used and methodology plan).
Research Background (revision version of Assessment 2)
Research Questions and Research objectives (revision version of Assesment 2)
Literature review minimum 20 peer-reviewd articles (including the four main articles used in Assessment 3)
Research Design : describe type of research, research approach, type of data, data collection methods, data analysis methods and sampling plan.
Ethical Consideration : address the five ethical consideration of human research

Title Page
Choose an interesting title for the report, the title should indicate the nature of problem/research being investigated. If client organisation is used, the name of the organisation should be part of the title.

Abstract/Executive Summary
Executive summary should provide key information of your research, 1 page is preferable. Provide summary of:
The introduction of the research
The matter being investigated
The research design and methodology

Research Background
This section should give convincing background about the research and why the topic is worth to research, by providing evidences to support your arguments. Key points to be included in this section are:
Introduce the topic of the research
Overview of client organisation (if any)
What real problem does the research seek to resolve and why is it important to research this topic
Outline the structure of this proposal.

Research Question and Research Objectives
This section should be straightforward, state the overall research problem and research objectives based on your brief research plan (A1), revised A1 if necessary.

Theoretical Background/Literature review
This section is expected to be the extended version of your A3 (structure literature review), therefore, you should not copy paste your A3 into this section, instead you need to use your A3 is a basis to do a comprehensive literature review. Around 10 extra literatures are required (on top of the four articles you used in your A3). Link your literature review back to your research problem.

Research Design and Methodology
This section should provide detail plan of research design and research methodology. It should consist information:
Inform and justify the type of research (exploratory, descriptive or causal)
Inform and justify the research approach (quantitative, qualitative or mixed approach)
Describe the type of data will be used (primary or secondary data)
Describe how data will be collected: interview, focus group or observation for qualitative research, and/or survey and experiment for quantitative research

Describe and justify the sample: sampling frame, sampling methods and technique, sampling characteristics and size.
Inform how the data will be analysed : theme-based analysis for qualitative research and statistical analysis for quantitative research, or a combination of both for mixed approach)
Explain how the methodology plan address all ethical concern.
Please note: only provide an overview of YOUR research design and methodology, do not discuss theory on research methodology.

Reference List: Formatted using Harvard (Anglia) style.
Appendix: include proposed ethical approval form and informed consent form if relevant

Attachment:- Applied Business Research.rar