BRE810 S216 Page 1 of 1 Assessment Item 3 Research Proposal Task/context: Option 1: You are currently an employee of a large organization which has recently implemented a new business plan. You have been asked by your boss to write a research proposal addressing how the organization might examine the attitudes of their employees and external stakeholders to the company's new business plan. Option 2: Write a research proposal based on the topic you have researched in your second assessment- the article critique. To select this option you need to have a good grasp of the subject area that you have selected for the article critiques, as you will need to identify a gap in the research area so that you can formulate your own research question. Proposal Presentation  Executive summary  Table of contents  Introduction  Literature Review  Research Question- State research questions and objectives  Methodology- What is your methodology? How do you propose to collect data to answer the question? Qualitative or Quantitative? Sample size? (Data collection, sample size, etc)  Analysis- How will your data be analysed?  Conclusion  References For each of the above sections of your proposal you need to justify your selections for the proposed research. For example- Why have you selected to choose qualitative research data collection techniques rather than quantitative or why have you selected to use both? DO NOT UNDERTAKE ANY INDEPENDENT PRIMARY RESEARCH. A PROPOSAL IS A DOCUMENT OUTLINING HOW YOU PROPOSE TO CONDUCT A SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECT. YOU DO NOT HAVE ETHICS APPROVAL TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH. Description/Focus: Research Proposal Value: 50 % Due date: Midnight Friday Week 12 Length: 3500-4000 words Task: Select one of the options below and write a research proposal. You need to justify and explain your arguments. See additional instructions below. Presentation: Submission in a word document. Include appropriate headings; font Arial 11. CDU Harvard referencing style required. Submissions via Learnline through safeassign submission point.