Research Plan; Short Response
This assessment is designed to allow students to develop the expertise necessary to formulate practical and usable research questions to resolve business problems and add to business knowledge, taking into consideration existing literature and any ethical considerations. It is the essential start to constructing and justifying a proposal for conducting independent research question. This assessment relates to Learning Outcomes a, c and d
Based on the problem identified, you should identify relevant sub-problems, research questions, and provide a brief background to the research question, why it is an issue, and what outcomes the research may produce. Literature review plan & data collection plan. A brief discussion of any ethical considerations should be included.
This research plan has a template, students are ADVISED to follow the format of the template and provide all necessary information in the template.
RESEARCH TOPIC: "INNOVATION IN ACCOUNTING AND ITS IMPACT TO BUSINESS"
The research plan should address the following information:
1. Suggested research title
2. Partner organisation (if applicable)
3. Underlying research problem
4. Research Objectives
5. Research Questions
6. Literature (source and keywords)
7. Data collection plan
8. Ethical Consideration
NB: This research plan is expected to" FIND PROBLEMS" & "DEVISE METHODS TO RESEARCH THE PROBLEMS TO INFORM ABOUT A SOLUTION"
Guide to complete the Research Plan Template
Proposed research title:
What is the title of your report'
Client Organisation (if applicable)
Who is your client organisation
Note : you don't need to mention the organisastion's name if you want to keep it confidential just provide an overview of the organisatioal background (the industry, number of employees, your connection to the organisation, if any)
Research Background
- What specific problem does your client organisation face ?
- OR if you don't use client organisation : what specific problem will your research project resolve and try to resolve
Why is it important to solve this problem
Research Problem / Research Question
- Based on the underlying problem addressed above, what research questions will guide your research ?
- Formulate more specific research questions
Research Aim and Objective
What does your research aim to explore/investigate/do ?
Keywords for Literature Review
- Keywords : what keywords will you use in your search for relevant literature, which will then be the foundation of your literature review.
Publication details of relevant articles for literature review
- Relevant articles : list down publication details of four relevant articles you will use as the main references in your literature review (assessment 3)
Please note, for the main articles you must only use academic (peer-reviewed) journal articles.
Data Collection Plan
Type of data needed (primary or secondary data), how will you collect your data ?
Note : no need for details, just provide general overview of what kind of data you want to collect/analyse i.e surveys, in-depth interview, focus groups, document analysis
Ethical Consideration
List down the principal ethical consideration of your research in relation to participants (confidentiality, communiation, integrity)