The Endangered Species

Research question: Can Endangered Species Be Saved by Developing Alternative Economies and Innovative Technologies? (make research on topic, find alternative economies and innovative technologies in business sector. e.g. Ecotourism) Module Title: Business Research Methods Minimum 15 different references. (also in text citation) Individual Business Research Proposal The End of Module Assignment requires you to engage with the Business and Management Research Methods tools typically employed to plan for a proposed piece of original research. You should select your own research topic and prepare an individual Business Research Proposal. Research proposal should follow this structure: 1. Research Proposal Title The title should reflect as accurately as possible the content of your chosen topic. 2. Abstract This is a brief statement of what you are intending to research. It should be no more than 1- 2 paragraphs. This needs to concisely summarise the proposal’s key content. 3. Introduction • Relevance of the proposed research to business research • Justification of the chosen topic • Value of this research 4. Research Question(s) and Research Objectives • • • The research question(s) can be one overall question or a number of questions that the research process will address. Research objectives must be clear statements that identify what the research process seeks to achieve. Both research questions and research objectives must relate to the literature review. 1 5. Literature Review This chapter should provide a synthesized overview of the existing body of knowledge in your chosen topic area. Please carefully select the literature included in this chapter – only those which are directly related and most relevant to your research topic should be reviewed. 6. Methodology This section should relate to your research questions and research objectives and shows how you will achieve them. Your method consists of two parts: • Research design – relates to the research opinion (philosophies, approaches, strategies, choices, time horizon). You are expected to make strong justifications in support of your chosen research design. • Data collection – relates to the last phase of the research onion (techniques and procedures). Identify how specifically the data will be collected (i.e. questionnaire, interview, focus group, etc...). You are expected to provide the advantages and disadvantages of the various data collection methods and select the most appropriate data collection method(s). 7. Preliminary Findings • You are required to conduct a pilot research for your proposed research. You will use the research instrument(s) you designed and the proposed research methods to collect a small sample of primary data. • This chapter should present the preliminary findings from the pilot research. 8. Research Ethics A brief, critical evaluation of potential ethical issues and risks associated with your proposed research. 9. Timescale Present a feasible and realistic timescale, showing the planning of the preliminary research stages of your proposed research. 10. References A complete reference list using the Harvard Referencing Style is required. 11. Appendix The research instruments, i.e. the proposed questionnaire or semi/unstructured interview questions should be presented as part of the appendices. A covering letter to explain the purpose of the questionnaire and the research ethics form should also be presented. Presenting Assignments for Marking Your assignment should include in-text citations and be supported with a full List of References. You are expected to use the Harvard Referencing Style. Assignments are suggested to be presented in the following format: • Word-processed in Arial font, 12 pitch and double-spaced. • Margins must be as follows: Top; 1.0 inch (2.5cm), Bottom; 1.0 inch (2.5 cm), Left; 1.25 inches (3.2 cm), Right; 1.25 inches (3.2 cm). • All pages must be numbered. • All tables and figures must be labelled. • Make sure you have cover page with the following information: u¨ Your full name u¨ Your student ID number u¨ The module title and code u¨ Your tutor’s name u¨ Your research topic u¨ Date of submission u¨ Word count Please also remember that your submission can be enhanced or damaged through layout, for example placing all tables and drawings in Appendices can hamper the flow of discussion. Decisions therefore need to be made about the most appropriate place to use tables etc to support your case. Word Limit: 2,500 words, using the standard format described above. Please note that you will lose marks if you exceed this word limit by more than 10%. The specified word count refers to the main body of the report and does not include front cover, title page, contents page, abstract, tables and figures, references, or appendices (however no more than four pages of appendices). Instructions for Submission Students must submit their work via Turnitin on the module webpage by the deadline as shown on the submission page as one Word document. Assessment Criteria A detailed GradeMark scheme is available on grading rubric. Mark on your assignment will be given on the basis of this scheme. Any work submitted after the deadline will receive a mark of 0%. Use of Turnitin 1. Whenever requested by your module leader, you should upload a WORD copy of your work onto the relevant icon on your module web for plagiarism checking. If you do not do this then your work will not be marked. 2. Drafts of assessed work for any particular module should only be uploaded onto the draft icon on that module web, as this draft icon will be configured so that the final submission will not flag up overlaps with the draft submission. If you submit a draft onto any other module web then Turnitin will identify any overlaps with your final submission as plagiarised. 3. You should never submit anyone else's work onto Turnitin under your own name and you should never ask anyone else to submit your work onto Turnitin under their name. 4. Normally students are only allowed to submit one draft of an assessment via Turnitin. If the guidance on plagiarism has been followed, and the student has written the work themselves, this should be sufficient. IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ THIS WARNING REGARDING PLAGIARISM Assessments must be all your own work and must not have been copied in part or in whole from any other source, such as books or the internet, or from other students’ work. If you wish to use another author’s exact words in a short quotation this must be clearly marked up in inverted commas with the exact source given, including page number, so that the reader can clearly see which words have been copied and are not your own. Just quoting references used at the end is not sufficient. Please see your course handbook or the Faculty website for more information on referencing and university regulations on plagiarism.