DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROPOSAL
COURSE/ UNIT INFORMATION
Course	Doctorate in Management – UCAM
Course Level	Doctoral
Module Name	Doctoral Research Proposal
Module Code	DMUCAM106

Module Description

The participants in this course will develop a 3000-word research proposal in Management. The participants will be guided to identify a researchable knowledge gap of their interest and analyze and synthesize the knowledge gap into a problem statement. Participants will receive guidance on specific aspects of doing research including literature searching and conducting critical appraisal; referencing and application of relevant computer software in reference management; framing research questions and research objectives; and application of ethical issues in Research. Participants will be able to build capacity to develop competence in assessing and appraising evidence in published literature, determining the gaps in the evidence and developing a feasible and valid study design that they can apply in their research. Participants will further be guided to develop a full research proposal.

Learning outcomes

LO1: Identifying a relevant and suitable knowledge gap in Leadership and Business Management and develop structured research questions to address the knowledge gap.

LO2: Write a literature review to identify existing evidence and knowledge gaps associated with the research problem of interest.

LO3: Develop a well-structured research protocol/proposal with clear timelines and relevant study methods that comply with the universal principles research ethics principles.

Expectations

1. Materials Access

All learning materials are provided in the form of a module kit and can be accessed from the Learning Management system (LMS)

2. Learning Hours

Students need to be aware of their commitment requirements in regard to study time. In order to give you an indication of that, we have based the following information on the United Kingdom (UK) Higher Education Quality Assurance Agency guidelines. “The notional learning hours associated with qualifications, programmes and individual units of study are based on a broad agreement across institutions that students can expect to spend 10 hours learning on average in order to gain one academic credit unit” (QAA 2006).

3. Re-sit

If you do not secure a pass, please read closely the feedback and speak with your Course leader(s) or faculty. After consulting the feedback, close attention is essential to rework on the areas of weakness, and then resubmit the work at the next opportunity. As per the QAA requirements, only one REDO is allowed where the marks will be capped at a Pass.

4. Plagiarism

All forms of plagiarism are taken seriously, and any suspected cases will be investigated thoroughly. If a case is found proven, then the work will be graded as a fail and the case will be reviewed by the academic committee.

5. Student appeals

There are no re-evaluations as the marks are graded and internally verified before release. However, as per our appeals policy, a student can make an appeal to the course leader which will be then reviewed by the academic committee (please check our academic policies and procedures manual for more information)

6. Assignment submission extensions

Students can apply for extensions via the LMS based on extenuating circumstances (if any) with evidence (proof) as per our extensions policy.

General Guidelines

1. Complete the ‘To be filled by the student section’ in the cover page.
2. All assignments must be submitted as an electronic document in MS word via the LMS (Use 12 Times New Roman script with 1.5 spacing between lines)
3. The results are declared only if the student has met the mandatory attendance requirement of 75% and/or minimum 50 % under extenuating circumstances approved and ratified by the academic committee and the examination board.
4. The assignment should not contain any contents with references cited from websites such as ukessays.com, styudymode.com, slideshare.net, scribd.com, Wikipedia but should contain references/citations from credible academic journal and articles.
5. Submit the assignment in MS word document with the file name being:

First Name Last Name _ Module Code

Example: John Smith_GM701

Checklist

	I have filled the student Information columns below.
	The contents of my assignment have been submitted to Turnitin and I have attached the Turnitin report
	I have strictly followed Harvard Referencing Style and Citations.

Assessment tasks

The Doctoral Research Proposal will be the foundation of the thesis research work being undertaken by the student. The proposal will be written of maximum 2500 words. There will be an individual presentation of maximum 10 slides.

Please note that the presentation is not to be submitted with assignment, there will be a defense date given where the presentation will be utilized.

The guided word count is provided for each section. The research timeline and the references are not included in the word count.

Given below are the sections with the guided notes and the guided word count.

1. Project Title (Research Topic)

Provide a concise and clear title of the research thesis to be undertaken by you.

2. Introduction (700 Words)

This is a critical part of the thesis proposal and is probably the most-read part of the thesis by the reader. Add some interesting facts about the topic chosen. You can give some overview of the core subject matter, the business, industry, and the problems prevalent within.

• Background of the Study

Mention some background of the study by providing so basic information about the topic and the area of interest. Further to the introduction add details about the industry and the chosen company where the research will make contributions.

• Problem Statement

Write your problem statement here. The problem may be a gap in the knowledge, or there is a need to improve something or solve a particular problem. Whatever the problem is, it should be significant enough to warrant investigations in your study through focused research.

• Research Objectives

Start with a statement mentioning the aim of the study and what is being expected from the work. Followed by the aim, mention the 3-4 objectives of the research. Ensure that the objectives are SMART.

• Research Questions

You are required to write the 3-4 specific research questions under this head.

• Research Hypotheses

Formulate and provide research hypotheses. Try to limit the hypotheses to maximum of 3.

• Significance of the study

A doctoral research work is always significant in various areas. Hence here you will be providing the details about the importance this research work will have in the field of research, and practically in the industry.

• Theoretical Significance
• Practical Significance

3. Literature Review (1000 Words)

• Here you are required to refer to at least 10-15 articles, all from recognized journals. Review the articles and provide an insight about the gaps in them and how your study might fill in the gaps.
• Provide a summarized view of the articles using the table and highlight the gap Sn. Title Summary Methodology Observations Gap 1.
  
  
  
  
  
• Provide a general research gap that has been identified and is to be covered up by the research being proposed.

4. Research Methodology (500 Words)

• Theoretical Framework

You are required to provide a brief framework of your study here mentioning in brief the dependent and independent variables of the study.

• Research Philosophy

Give the details of the philosophy that the research is meeting.

• Research Approach
• Give the details of the approaches (inductive/deductive) that the research is opting.
• Research Design

Give the details of the research design (Mono-mixed method).

• Sampling Methodology

In detail talk about the sampling methodology including the universe, sample, sampling techniques and sample size of the study.

• Data Collection

Give a brief overview of the methods through which the data will be collected. Additionally, you can mention about the tools and techniques that will be used for analyzing and interpreting the data.

• Time Horizon

Give details about the time-horizon which will be in focus in this study.

5. Research Plan (300 Words) and Timelines

• Research Plan

Please Provide a plan of various stages of the research development and thesis writing with the timeline of proposed goals.

• Timelines

You can make use of a table or a Gantt chart to show various timelines that the research will follow.

6. References

Ensure to provide a list of references in Harvard Referencing Style. Add good books and research articles in the same.

7. Appendices

As an optional part, you can add a draft questionnaire, sampling formula or other information that helped with formulation of the proposal.

START WRITING YOUR PROPOSAL HERE……. GOOD LUCK!

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