RSCH 600 Term Paper Part 1
TERM PAPER
PART 1:
INTRODUCTION, REVIEW OF LITERATURE, PROBLEM STATEMENT, RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Due at the end of
week 6 (Aug 30, Sunday at midnight)
You need to conduct some
research related to your own interests or to serve the interests of some
organization (employer/client/sponsor). Before you start writing a formal
proposal, you (or your employer/client/sponsor) would like to gather some
information about the problem as well as understand its importance.
Choose your research topic
thoughtfully, as this assignment will be part of your term paper.
HERE ARE THE KEY PARTS OF THIS
TERM PAPER (PART 1):
Title of your
research
Make it intriguing – (BUT LESS
THAN 12 CHARACTERS)
Introduction/Background
Provide a brief description of
what the proposed research topic is about, why is it important and how you came
to be interested in it.
Literature
Review
The purpose of this assignment
is to develop skills in finding and analyzing valid literary resources for your
research.
The review should be written in an integral / synthetic style, and NOT as an
annotated bibliography.
This part of your research
proposal should be roughly 7-9 pages (excluding cover page and references) and
written in paragraphs, report format. All citations and references for this
course are to be done in the APA style.
Please note: Use in-text
citations to reference all ideas, concepts, text, and data that are not your
own. If you make a statement, back it up with a reference!
·
Research a
minimum of 15 relevant business-related literature sources (focus on material
available in digital format only for this course). Carefully choose your 15
"keepers" that are clearly related to your study. (Note: you might
need to find 30 to “keep” only 15).
·
Identify major
common themes encountered in the selected literature sources. For each theme, create its own subsection
within the literature review.
·
For each theme /
subsection of the literature review, explain the opinions of the authors and
show their similarities, differences, methods of acquisition of data, methods
of data analysis and other pertinent information. State how the reviewed
research results relate to your proposed study.
·
Identify the gaps
in the literature and explain what needs to be done to move forward in your
research.
Statement of
the Problem
Detail the problem that you are
considering. Explain:
·
How are you
defining and delimiting the specific area of the research?
·
What is the gap
that will be addressed by this research?
·
What it is that
you hope to learn by conducting this research?
·
Discuss the
anticipated outcomes and benefits to the researcher, the organization, or
society.
Research
Questions
Provide
focused research questions for your planned research. Also provide a back-up
question in case the first one does not pan out. Make sure you address the
following questions:
·
What is the scope
of your research?
·
Is the scope of
your research question reasonable?
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