Assessment guidelines: Research Topic: The Impact of Remote Work on Employee Productivity and Organizational Performance Assessment guidelines: Task: You will prepare a report outlining further details of your chosen research that will form the basis of your Dissertation/Applied Business Project. Format: You should use the following structure for your Individual Applied Report – Research Proposal. You should present your applied report/proposal in a single document with an appropriate front page, contents page, headings and a correctly formatted reference list (University of East London Harvard style). The applied report/proposal should include the following: ● Section 1: Research topic, aim and objectives ○ Identify your proposed research topic and offer a clear rationale, along with aim and objectives ■ In this section you should present your research topic and explain the topic area. The section should include appropriate background information and it should explain the rationale for selecting this research topic and what is the potential contribution of the proposed research. Also, the section should clearly present the aim and objectives of the proposed research. ● Section 2: Literature review ○ The literature review should analyse and synthesise relevant academic literature, critically engaging with the field of scholarship. In the literature review, you should discuss how your research topic will fit within existing published work. You should find at least 12-15 sources of literature (mainly academic) connected to your proposed research and analyse them to show how your research will attempt to contribute to existing knowledge. You should aim to compare and contrast the sources and make appropriate links with your proposed research. Keep in mind that you should paraphrase the sources in your own words (and cite and reference the sources appropriately) and you should synthesise the potential contribution of these sources to your research. Your literature review should not be presented as a ‘list’ of articles. ● Section 3: Methodology, methods and ethical considerations ○ Identify and justify a research methodology appropriate to your proposed research ○ Identify and justify research methods and data appropriate to your proposed research ○ Identify key ethical considerations relevant to your proposed research ■ In this section you should discuss your research methodology. You should consider your epistemological approach and how this impacts your research design. Also, you should discuss your data collection methods as well as the types of data that you will collect for your research and the sources of this data. You should be able to justify your choice of methodology and methods by referring to your research aim and objectives. Also, you should comment on the feasibility of your research and your ability to access the required data. Finally, this section should outline the ethical considerations related to your research. ■ You are advised to include a secondary data collection for your proposal, and not primary. This is because for the final module of this programme (Dissertation) you are not allowed to proceed with primary data collection, but only with secondary. ● Section 4: Research schedule/plan ○ Induce a provisional project schedule/plan for your proposed research ■ In this section you should outline the key milestones for the completion of your research project and propose the length of time that each milestone will require to complete. You should try to be as realistic as you can and you should consider things like work schedule and busy periods at work as well as holidays and other breaks. It will be useful to present your schedule/plan on a table listing the milestones, the duration of each milestone as well as a brief note for each milestone that will offer a description of the role of the milestone in the process and a justification for the assigned duration, including any concerns, contingency plans, or limitations to completing the milestone. The research topic area will be based on your Week 3 Individual Written Task submission. Your Research Proposal should follow this structure: Section/Aspect Content to cover Marks available Section 1: Research topic, aim and objectives (1300 words) Section 2: Literature review (2600) ● Research topic clearly framed and presented ● Clear and consistent research aim and objectives ● The section provides relevant background information and explains the rationale for selecting the research topic ● The section is supported with relevant literature and evidence ● Outlines what the literature review will include and/or leave out (scope). ● A good range of literature been used to discuss relevant concepts, models and theories ● The sources used are up to date, and of sufficient academic weight ● The literature review offers evidence of critical evaluation of the material ● A good ability to synthesize that goes beyond just presenting arguments and ideas from the source material and demonstrates ability to link these theories together, combine them and indicate a good level of understanding 20 marks 35 ● The key themes and issues surrounding the research topic are clearly drawn from the literature Section 3: Research ● Summarise gap(s) in the literature and where the proposed research will attempt to contribute ethodology and Methodology, Methods and ethical considerations (1600 words) provides justification for the selection, on the basis of relevant evidence and support from outside sources and the nature of the research topic ● Clearly identifies research methods, data and data sources and justifies the selection, using evidence and support from outside sources ● Clearly identifies key ethical considerations relevant to your proposed research, using evidence and support from outside sources 30 marks Section 4: Research Schedule/Plan (500 words) ● Clear and consistent plan of work ● Realistic milestones ● Relevant comments explaining the milestones 5 marks Formatting and Referencing (list of references not included in word count) ality presentation of the material that conforms to emic writing and contains minimal uction, grammar and appropriate d referencing. 10 marks Your assignment should be MS Word processed (handwritten assignments are not accepted), using Times New Roman size 12 font, double spaced, with numbered pages and your student number printed as a footer on every page.
Last Completed Projects
| topic title | academic level | Writer | delivered |
|---|