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MBA HR Project Assignment - University of Wollongong, Dubai
The topic is: Employee Engagement in Blue Collar Worker (Construction)
The proposal must be:
1. Executive summary (Abstract)
2. Introduction
3. Literature review (Systematic review, add tables)
4. Methodology
5. Data Analysis and discussion of results
6. Conclusion and recommendation
8. Reference list (Harvard style) minimum of 35 references.
The idea of project is construction workers, employee engagement.
The central research question that is used in the study is:
1. What are the factors that influence blue collar workers to engage at work place?
2. What are the factors contributed to employee engagement of blue collar workers in the construction industry?
3. How blue collar worker perform better at work place? Especially gulf region (Employee discrimination).
Research Background: Why is the research that you will undertake important (in terms of practical or policy implications, contribution to research)? A simple review of the literature and a connection between existing literature and your proposal.
Research questions and objectives: State your research question and each of your objectives. Be as specific as possible.
Literature Review: What is already known? What is not known? What needs to be further developed?
Methodology: How will the research objectives be met?
Research design: Will your research take place in one organization? Will it use information from a number of companies from specific industries? Provide justification for your selections.
Data collection: Which methods are you going to use (questionnaire, interviews, secondary data) and why?
Data analysis: What analysis are you going to use to help answer your research questions.
Literature map exercise:
1. Clearly identify the few concepts that are related to topic
2. Identify the theories, that you will draw your arguments from
3. Once you have picked few concepts, DRAW
1. Core concepts
2. Related concepts
3. Related theories
4. Authors
5. Related method/frame works
4. Build your map
1. Concept
2. Content
3. Classification/Category
4. Obtain most recent journals, systematic reviews
5. Organise, critically read and develop coherent arguments in your literature.
6. Provide a nice summary to encapsulate what research gap you have identified.