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Prepare a research proposal on the following topic - Evolving financial planning and analysis: Should the budget be abandoned?
You are expected to write a report that constitutes a research proposal.
Structuring the research proposal
1. Introduction
Explain the issue you are examining and why it is significant.
Describe the general area to be studied
Explain why this area is important to the general area under study (e.g., psychology of language, second language acquisition, teaching methods)
2. Background/Review of the Literature
A description of what has already known about this area and short discussion of why the background studies are not sufficient.
Summarise what is already known about the field. Include a summary of the basic background information on the topic gleaned from your literature review
Discuss several critical studies that have already been done in this area (cite according to Harvard style).
Point out why these background studies are insufficient. In other words, what question(s) do they leave unresolved that you would like to study?
3. Research Objective
A contextualisation and description of the questions you are examining and an exploration of the claims.
Outline the methodological position you will take (ontology and epistemology) Outline the overarching research aim, objective or hypothesis that you will explore. List the specific question(s) that you are exploring.
Explain how these research questions are related to the larger issues raised in the introduction.
4. Method and Design
A description of how you would go about collecting data and test the questions your are exploring. (You are not required to come up with a new or original method!).
Describe the general method you choose for your study, in order to explore your research objective or test your hypothesis(es).
Explain why this method is the best for your purposes.
Explain any potential difficulties in collecting data and how these will be overcome Explain the design features that ensure acceptability for ethical purposes
Describe the participants (if any) and explain how you selected the sample
Explain how you will present the collected data and how it will be able to be analysed the results to explore the research aim or to test the research hypothesis
5. Significance and Conclusion
Discuss, in general, how your proposed research would lead to a significant improvement over the original studies, and how it would benefit the field. (In other words, why should someone care?
6. References (not in word count) Include all references in Harvard style.
Appendix: (not in word count) Dissertation structure in chapters Gantt Chart or timeline
Attachment:- Evolving FPA Should the Budget be Abandoned.rar