Reference no: EM132938611 , Length: word count:3000

Topic- Impact of gender imbalance in the social and health care sector in the UK

The assessment piece for the Business Research Methods module is a 3,000 word research proposal on a topic of your choice, which is prepared semi-autonomously with help and guidance from the module tutors.

Your proposed research project will be specific and unique to you. It is you who decides the topic, the content, the method...and how much effort you want to put into it.

The structure of your proposal is likely to be as follows:

1. Introduction:

In this section, you introduce the topic, provide some background information and a rationale for your proposed study. You should also identify your research aims and objectives and your proposed specific research question(s), and the structure of the project.

2. Literature review:

In this chapter you need to demonstrate your ability to draw on previous academic literature and show you have read around your topic area.
Your ability to use the library resources is key here.

It is essential that you show critical evaluation in this chapter - what have other researchers said and why? How do they relate to your work? What strengths and weaknesses can you see?

Identify your sources of information: relevant

3. Research Design and Methodology:

This chapter indicates to the reader how you propose to design your research and how you propose to carry out your research. You should indicate which theoretical perspective you are coming from - what research paradigm do you propose to adopt? Do you intend to be an
interpretivist researcher, or a positivist? How do you intend to carry out the research? What methods do you intend to employ to collect your
data? What data analysis procedures do you intend to follow? You should indicate WHY you intend to conduct the research in the way that you
propose.

4. Ethical Issues:
You should discuss any ethical issues that your proposed research may raise - both from a theoretical and practical perspective. How do you
intend to address those ethical issues? An ethical approval form should be completed and added to the proposal as an appendix.

5. Timescale:
You should provide a realistic and achievable timescale for carrying out your research.

6. References:
This MUST follow the Harvard referencing system - if you are unsure of what this consists of then please follow the library guidance as well as
asking for assistance from the module tutor.