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MSL500 Strategic Dimensions of Business Functions - Abu Dhabi University

A. Overview

This is a ‘Group Assessment' requiring you to produce one written Group Research Project (GRP).

Example: The GRP involves students evaluating the important and significance of different leadership styles and their influence on employee motivation.

Example: The purpose of this study is to address the gap in literature as it will cover exploring all four leadership styles (Transformational leadership, Servant Leadership, Transactional Leadership, Authentic Leadership) and their relationship with employee motivation. In addition to that this research should give leaders the knowledge on their current leadership style and the level of success it has in raising the level of employee motivation among their teams.

Example: In this regard, this GRP is proposed to be conducted with the following objectives:

1) Explore the relationship between the servant leadership style and employee motivation.
2) Explore the relationship between the transformational leadership style and employee motivation.
3) Explore the relationship between the authentic leadership style and employee motivation.
4) Explore the relationship between the transactional leadership style and employee motivation
5) Explore and determine the different levels in the relationship between employee motivation and each of the leadership styles.
6) Investigate the relationship between culture and the leadership's styles.

B. Secondary Data Analysis

You must have a minimum of 15 sources, using a variety of types. You must have at least 5 resources outside of the materials you have used in this class. Outside resources may mean books and scientific articles (peer-reviewed papers in ABS indexed journals-the ABS list is provided by the instructor in BlackBoard), but is not limited to them. Resources may also mean films, interviews, artwork, as well as other things I may not have thought of. This whole sequence of assignments and activities is designed to encourage you to use writing as part of your research process, to use writing to help you learn.

You must have at least:
2 books (scholarly or trade (popular))
10 peer reviewed articles (all being a scientific articles in ABS indexed journals)

The types of references you choose will depend on the research subject and topic question you are addressing. Use the following format:

Sources should be listed in alphabetical order by last name of the author or lead author.
Begin each entry with a bibliographic reference (author, title, publication info) using APA
format. Single space please.

C. Learning Objectives

The GRP of this assessment is designed to assess your ability to:

o Demonstrate a competent understanding of research methods, and methodological and philosophical underpinnings, applicable to researching within the broad field of business, management and leadership;

o Undertake a critical review of recent and relevant research appropriate to the development of the field of leadership and management understanding;
o Plan and produce an organized and logically planned and executed desk research approach to contributing to leadership and management theory and, where appropriate, practice;
o Write a final report that presents an authoritative account of your desk research;

o Plan and design an oral presentation of your project.

D. Proposed Structure of the GRP

TITLE OF GROUP RESEARCH PROJECT (GRP)

"Example Reseach Titles"
Impact of Leadership Styles on Employees' Motivation in Emirati Companies Or
Impact of Leadership Styles on Organizational Performance Or
Role of Strategy in Organizational Performance

The GRP must contain the following components: An outline of the purpose and content of each section is provided below:

1. Introduction: The introduction should give the reader a clear idea about the central issue of concern in your research and why you thought that this was worth studying. It should also include:

1.1 Definition of terms
1.2 Statement of the problem
1.3 Need & justification of the study
1.4 Research aims & objectives

2. Literature Review: The main purposes of your literature review are to summarize the major published literature in the field of your study and to set your study within its wider context and to show the reader how your study supplements the work that has already been done on your topic. The literature review, therefore, may inform directly your research questions and any specific hypotheses that your research is designed to test. Your literature review should have the following sections and sub-sections

2.1 What is presently known about the problem?
2.2 Relevant & pertinent literature to the purpose of the study
2.2.1 Transformational Leadership
2.2.2 Servant Leadership
2.2.3 Authentic Leadership
2.2.4 Transactional Leadership
2.2.5 Motivation
2.3 Organization of review and its justification

3. Theoretical Framework: A theoretical framework is a collection of interrelated concepts, like a theory but not necessarily so well worked-out. A theoretical framework guides your research, determining what things you will measure, and what statistical relationships you will look for
4. Discussion on the Research Methodologies (Compare and Contrast Research Methodologies.)
5. Discussion of the Review Findings and Implications
5.1 What has been learned?
5.2 What are the gaps in knowledge?
5.3 Research questions, propositions or hypotheses
5.4 Limitations and any basic assumptions of the study
5.5 Ethical issues and Procedures how was consent obtained in the original studies?
6. Research Design for the Future Research:What(Topic), Why(The rationale), and How(Methodology)
7. Conclusion - This should be a conclusion to the whole project (and not just the research

Attachment:- Strategic Dimensions of Business Functions.rar