To complete this Individual Assignment:
State your research topic as clearly and concisely as possible. Use the articles that you found and which relate to your topic to put your topic in context.
Include 2-3 paragraphs on why this topic is important to you and your purpose in choosing it.
Cite research literature you have found that has helped you select or refine your topic.
To do this assignment: You should read the attached documents (02 documents) this is very important .
Creating local experience . The impact of festivals in promoting the tourism Try also to find similar articles that have done exactly the same topic Research topics selected are:
The role of festivals and cultural events in promoting the local tourism (If you see the title is not specific, feel free to present alternative topic)
You can identify management journals (3 stars - 4 stars), databases and other sources of reports and data that could help you identify how to enhance this research topic.
The more specific this topic is, the better the outcome of the research. I strongly advise you to start reading the articles identified, so that you will get a clearer idea on the methodology Bear in mind this is a research method, so this is very important to start correctly
Choosing your topic
The following criteria might help you in selecting the right topic:
- The topic needs to be within your capabilities.
Evaluate what you can do and what you cannot. Weigh both your level of knowledge and the time that you have at your disposal. Be frank about that and allow for more time than you think you need for each and every activity.
- The topic needs to interest you.
Do not force yourself to undertake a project that does not interest you just because you believe it fits with the requirements and might impress others. A research project is a lengthy undertaking and not one that you might finish and get through in a short period of time. You are likely to become bored or frustrated with a lengthy and uninteresting project, and then you might not be able to complete it.
- The topic needs to have a serious purpose.
The outcome of the project should be meaningful in that it provides a certain level of scholarly contribution to the community of readers. The readers of the study should acknowledge that they gained something by spending time reading and/or evaluating it.
- The topic needs to have a clear outcome.
A research proposal should declare what it is going to do, that is, what question it is going to answer or what hypothesis it is going to investigate. A clear presentation of results answering the research question, or confirming or refuting the hypothesis, should be given at the end of the research.
- The project needs to be related to your master's programme.
Your Management Research Project is expected to demonstrate that you can apply to your chosen topic a part of the knowledge you have learned on your master's programme. You should therefore choose a topic that is related to something you have studied and that will enable you to extend your knowledge in that area.
- The resources and access required for the project are available or can be obtained.
You should make a careful and realistic evaluation of the resources (time, locations, access to information or individuals who will contribute data) that are needed to conduct your research. Part of the assessment of your proposal is how feasible your project advisor believes your chosen topic is. Avoid choosing a project which you have little chance of completing due to lack of resources or access.
Be sure to share your ideas about research topics with your colleagues and your faculty member and ask for their feedback on the different options you are considering.
Reading and evaluating research articles
Throughout your programme, you have read many academic journal articles, primarily with the purpose of understanding their arguments and content. In preparation for your Management Research Project, you will want to focus on critically evaluating findings and arguments in the literature to determine if they provide a useful basis for your own research. Understanding the organization and structure of research articles can help you better evaluate them. This section provides a refresher on the structure of research articles and how to go about reading them critically.
Most academic research articles are organized in a consistent way. After the article title and author name(s), institutional affiliation and contact information, an abstract gives a short synopsis of the article. With the abstract there is sometimes additional indexing information in the form of Categories, General Terms and Keywords - all of which enable the reader to quickly decide if the article is of interest.
Following the abstract is an introduction, which usually supplies the background and rationale for the research. A literature reviewsummarizes the current state of knowledge in the specific field and synthesizes findings from prior research, enabling the author to connect his or her research to prior work and establish his or her contribution to that field of knowledge.
The body of the article describes the specific research problem or question that was addressed and the methodological approach, methods and tools that were employed in the research. In studies in which a hypothesis was tested, the author will spell out the hypothesis and the anticipated or predicted outcome. The methodology and methods should be described in enough detail that it is clear how the data were collected and analyzed and how the results follow logically from the methods. In experimental or survey research, there should be enough information that the study could be replicated by another researcher.
The results or findings are usually the last subsection of the body of the article. The results should clearly address the research problem or question as set forward earlier in the article and summarize what was learned from the study. Data and analyses of data may be presented in a variety of ways, depending upon the methods and methodology employed. Any hypothesis and prediction(s) must be addressed via an appropriate analysis and the hypothesis confirmed or rejected.
The next part of the article is the conclusions. Here the researcher interprets the results or findings and develops arguments concerning what the research contributed to knowledge in the field. The author should also be clear about any limitations of the study and any questions that the study was designed to address but which could not be satisfactorily answered based on the results. Finally, the author may recommend directions for future research, which can provide a valuable source of ideas for research you may want to conduct yourself.
The article should end with the references list of books, articles, reports and other sources cited in the article.
How does one read and evaluate a research article? If you focus on research articles from peer-reviewed academic journals, you can be assured that one or more knowledgeable, experienced scholars in the field have already evaluated the study for quality. Once you have found a relevant article from a peer-reviewed journal, you can proceed to carefully analyse and evaluate the article itself.
A good first step in reading an article is to skim through the whole article without taking notes or dwelling too long on any section. Even if you do not understand an argument or a formula, keep going in order to develop a mental picture of the whole article, even if it is a bit fuzzy. This is not a detective story, so you are allowed to peek at the end. View the conclusions at an early stage to decide if they will be of value for your own research.
If you believe that the article will be of value, start reading it afresh from the beginning, but now do not skim: read it for a full understanding and evaluation. Sometimes you might need to stop reading and search for supplemental information from other sources (mentioned in the References section of the article) or search for your own set of sources.
For your analysis of the article, it is recommended that you also keep a record of the answers to some or all of the following questions:
- What is the main topic of the article?
- What was/were the main issue(s) the authors said they wanted to discuss?
- Why did the authors claim the research was important?
- How did the authors claim they were going to evaluate their work and compare it to that of others?
- How does the authors' work build on the work of others or connect to other research in the field?
- What simplifying assumptions do the authors claim to be making? Did the authors specify any limitations to their research and results?
Are the limitations acceptable, or do they diminish the value of the work?
- What did the authors actually do? What were the results?
- What are the conclusions, and are they supported by the article's findings or results?
- Are the conclusions of value? To you? To others as a direction for future research?
By considering the answers to these questions for a number of research articles, you should be able to strengthen your research proposal by considering how your study will connect to or build upon the research presented in them.
Organizing relevant literature
You will soon find that the amount of reading you do is very large, and you might lose or misplace information. Therefore, it is important to be organized. Recommended strategies include the following:
- Maintaining a database of all the books and articles you read. Stored data should at least include title, author, place of publication and place where the document itself can be found. A spreadsheet (such as Microsoft Excel) can be a useful tool for such a database.
- Using a reference management system. A useful tool for collecting and arranging references in your research is reference management software such as EndNote.
Refernces
Creating Local Experiences of Cultural Tourism through sustainable Festivals by Razaq Raj and Claudio Vignali
The Impact of Festivals in promoting cultural tourism by Dr. Savita Kulkarni and Dr. Alka Bhopatkar
Attachment:- reference articles.rar