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An integral part of your application for any of our research degrees is the initial research proposal. It should outline the nature of your proposed study and give some indication of how you will conduct your research.
Students on PhD, DBA, MPhil and MSc by Research degrees complete their work under the personal supervision of a member or member本论文由英语论文网 www.51lunwen.org整理提供 s of staff in the Business School. The success therefore of any research degree is largely dependant on the working relationship between the supervisor and the student. The selection of candidates for our research degrees programme is based on the nature of the research proposal, and whether or not we consider that the research would be of benefit to both the candidate and to the supervisor(s). Your research proposal is a major vehicle for you to communicate to us your area of research interest, and the way in which you propose to carry it out. We expect you to be able to demonstrate some understanding of the existing knowledge in your chosen area, and to show how you plan to carry-out your piece of research.
The outline proposal is not considered to be a final ‘contract’. The field and the approach to the study may well change considerably in negotiation with your supervisor if you are admitted to a programme of study. The main purpose of this proposal is for the School to identify a possible supervisor, and for you to be able to indicate to the School that you have the ideas and knowledge to begin independent research and that you can explain and discuss your ideas coherently.
These guidelines will help you produce a meaningful research proposal. However, it must be stressed that following these guidelines does not guarantee an acceptance onto any of the programmes. Acceptance depends on several issues, including the nature of the research area, the quality of the ideas that have been generated, and the effectiveness of the proposal in communicating these ideas. Although there is no set format or prescribed length for a research proposal, the following sections are considered and therefore should be addressed in your proposal:

1. The Research Topic

An introductory section, in which you discuss the general field of business administration from which your research本论文由英语论文网 www.51lunwen.org整理提供 is to be drawn, and in which you explain the particular domain on which you will focus. For example, the general field may be strategic management, and the particular domain may be managerial behavioural issues, which in turn may be narrowed down to managerial expectations. However the latter is also part of the organisational behaviour literature, so for this example you would need to explain which of these general fields you would be working from; indeed you may need to work from both. You should also give some explanation as to why it is important to do this research (for example, a general lack of knowledge in the literature), and why it is of interest to you (for example, to realise your career aspirations). If you have any experience in this area of study you should outline it here. It is important that you give these issues some attention.

2. Review of the Literature

In this section you should demonstrate that you are already familiar with some of the literature relevant to your topic. You should outline existing knowledge within the area, making reference to some of the writers who have contributed to this knowledge. This should