Reflect and analyse on your thoughts and feelings

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This engagement is required for creating the proposal only. the deadline for the proposal is end of April. based on proposal assistance then we can have another engagement for the actual dissertation. please recommend any topic apart from the provided list and propose the required efforts and time

PURPOSE

"to create an opportunity for the application of concepts and techniques acquired during the taught programme, in a management practitioner environment, in order to complete the formal learning experience, and to be of use to the sponsor."
A.D. Jankowicz, Business Research Projects, London, Thomson Learning, 2006, p3

What are the key points of this definition?

Must be of a strategic nature

Should be problem solving

Should incorporate acquired knowledge & skills from MBA programme

OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH

The ability for you to demonstrate:-

Acquisition of knowledge & learning

Application of this knowledge and learning to a business situation

How you have integrated knowledge from the units studied on your MBA programme.

Personal learning

How your research will contribute to your organisation

Sourcing ideas - brainstorming
Initial ideas

Check topics in the 7 modules studied

Establishing criteria and applying to ideas

Time Sensitivity Cost

Level of complexity Confidentiality

Ease of data access Level of interest

Focusing on the basic issue underlying the ideas

Efficiency / effectiveness / cause and effect etc

Determining the final research question

Does Hertzberg's 2 factor of theory of motivation apply to employees in the HR department of .....

"Does Hertzberg's 2 factor theory of motivation apply to flight operational staff in EK"

ASSESSMENT

Take responsibility for management of your project

Produce a dissertation to meet a set of agreed requirements

Conduct an in-depth investigation relating to your research question and evaluate relevant background information for the research

Reach relevant and useful conclusions in the evaluation and implementation

Evaluate / reflect on the process

Report and communicate findings effectively

YOUR RESEARCH MUST INCLUDE:-

Purpose of your research
Research approach taken (data collection)
Analysis
Evaluation
Application of reasoning & critical thinking
Conclusions & recommendations
Evaluation and reflection

TYPES OF RESEARCH PROJECT

Empirical Investigation

Based on a management practice

Relying on primary and secondary data

Related to management theory

Empirical testing

Of an existing management theory / model

Relying on primary and secondary data

Related to management theory

Problem Solving

Based on a specific issue

Relying on primary and secondary data

Related to management theory

Focus on solutions to the identified problem

Turning research ideas into dissertations

Research question needs to be:-

Complex enough for the requirements of the unit

Easy enough to get access to data

"What" questions often easier than "why"

Clough and Nutbrown (2002) use the "Goldilocks test" - should be neither too big and too hot nor too small or too cold.

"Russian Doll principle"

PURPOSE OF RESEARCH PROJECTS (According to Saunders et al(2003)

To provide findings that advance knowledge & understanding

To address business issues

To devise a process for solving management problems

Attachment:- Dissertation forms.rar

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