Assignment I: Proposal Writing (30%)

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2013 EC Academic year

ZEMEN POST GRADUATE COLLEGE


DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
Program: Masters of Business Administration
Course: Business Research Methods (MBA612)

Assignment I: Proposal Writing (30%)


General Instruction
- Identify feasible research topic and develop Research Proposal
- Make your writing clear, rigorous, critical, specific, coherent and cohesive.
- You can follow the following general contents in writing your research proposal;
I. Cover page
II. Table of contents
III. Abstract/ summary of the proposal
1. Introduction
1.1. Background of the study
1.2. Statement of the problem: State the problem and show research gap
1.3. Research Question or Research Hypothesis
1.4. Research Objectives: General and Specific Objectives
1.5. Significance of the study
1.6. Scope of the study
1.7. Definition of words and terminologies (if required)
1.8. Organization of the research report
2. Literature Review: review concepts and theories (theoretical framework), develop
conceptual framework and review previous studied related to the topics to identify
research gap
3. Research methodology
3.1. Research design
3.2. Types of data
3.3. Sources of data
3.4. Data collection approaches
3.5. Population of the study
3.6. Sampling design and sample size (if any)
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3.7. Data collection techniques
3.8. Data analysis methods
3.9. Variable definition and model specification (if required)
3.10. Data analysis tools to be employed
3.11. Limitation of the study (if any)
4. Work plan: detail schedule of activities and their timelines
5. Budget: indicate detail financial and logistic requirement for the study
6. References: (Use American Psychological Association-APA style) indicate Inside text
referencing and list references

Assignment-II (10 pts)

- Draft a suitable questionnaire for your research topic, for which you have developed research
proposal.
(Your questionnaire shall have the cover letter, the instructions, and questions section. It
should consist both closed and open-ended questions and all questions shall stick to your
research problem)

ATTENTION FOR BOTH ASSIGNMENTS:

- Submission date: May 30, 2021


- A plagiarized research proposal will be automatically unconsidered
- Submit only through an email address: tmuleye@gmail.com
- Any delay of submission will be penalized 2 points for each day of late submission
- Any confusion, you can contact your teacher via 0913504464

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