Research Analysis

The thesis proposal serves as a starting and anchor point for the master thesis. The proposal gives the coach and co-reader an initial idea of what to expect from the student.
It should identify a research question (already part of my statement uploaded here) and project design. More specifically, the proposal should:
• set the scene and briefly describe the context;
• describe the research objective: what will the research contribute to theory and management practice? In practice-oriented research, is the contribution aimed at finding a problem, diagnosis, design, implementation or evaluation?
• formulate a research question or questions which should be answered in order to achieve the objective (part of my upload here);
• explain why the study is important and to whom;
• formulate a provisional conceptual model: what are the main concepts and how are they related in
theory?
• describe and explain the research design, for example measurement of concepts; detailed fieldwork plan; and the plan for analysis of data;
• make a provisional literature list.