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Abu Dhabi University

College of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration Program


Master of Human Resource Management Program

MGT524 Research Methods in Business


Winter Semester AY2017-2018

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Please read the instructions below.


Failure to comply with the instructions will result in a penalty ranging from 5%
to 100% of the grade

Assessment type Percent / Marks Deadline


Assignment 2 15% / 15 marks 29 Jan 2018, 11.59pm

1. Use the following document as a template for the submission of Assignment 1.


Kindly extend the boxes using Enter key on your keyboard as required.
2. Students are required to form a group consisting between 3 to 5 MEMBERS. Other
than specified number of group members is NOT ALLOWED.
3. The group leaders are required to submit a SOFT COPY into Turnitin.com
according to the spe deadline using the template provided.
4. The guidelines on how to enroll your-self in the class can be retrieved at
Additional Learning Resources under Turnitin Student Quickstart in the
Blackboard. Kindly use below Class ID and Enrollment key below to create/
register an account in the Turnitin.com.
CLASS ID: 17102725
ENROLLMENT KEY: mgt524
5. Penalty
A. Late submission: There will be a 5% penalty for every day late. No
submissions will be accepted after the deadlines. Assignment MUST be
submitted before the due date. There will be NO exceptions. To ensure the
submission is submitted before the deadline, kindly submit your assignment
much earlier to avoid bottle-neck in the system. Be reminded that Turnitin will
need 24 hours to generate the similarity index for 2 nd submission and onwards
of the same assignment.

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B. Similarity index: There will be a 10% penalty for similarity index more than
30%. To ensure the similarity index can be generated on-time and kindly
submit your assignment much earlier to generate the similarity index to avoid
penalty.
6. The APA citation and referencing format must be followed strictly. Please refer to
the following link for further information and guidelines
https://blackboard.swan.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/institution/LibraryISSResources/R
eferencing%20Guides/Full%20APA%20referencing%20guide.pdf
http://www.uob.edu.bh/uob__files/APAReferencestyleguide.pdf
7. Please use Times New Roman, font size 12, line spacing 1.5 for all except for
References. For Reference use Times New Roman, font size 12, line spacing 1.0.
8. No plagiarism please [100% penalty + referral to the OAI]
 If you use text from the textbook/case study, please make sure you paraphrase it
in a way that fits with your overall discussion. Please put an appropriate citation
to make it explicit that you are using information from the sources. If you think
the text fits into your discussion without paraphrasing, please cite it in a way that
makes it clear that this is a direct quote (e.g. indent a paragraph containing text
or put a sentence in quotes)
 Do not use information from the Internet to answer any of the questions. Please
use your own thinking/writing to answer the questions.
 Students found guilty of plagiarism will be prosecuted in accordance with
the ADU Academic Integrity Policy
9. No points will be given for responses that [up to 100% penalty]
 Cannot be understood
Please make sure every paragraph conveys a coherent unit of thought. No points
will be given for paragraphs which are, in essence, a random compilation of
somewhat related ideas from various sources.
 Are not backed by evidence
Use evidence from the previous literatures to support your arguments and ideas
 Are not synchronize
All of your responses towards all the chapters in the research proposal must
have a continuity and synchronization

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A. How to develop the conceptual framework of the study?
1. Offer your own perspective.
The conceptual framework is needed for this section, allowing the
researcher to offer his own perspective and inquiries. The conceptual
framework takes the writer's ideas and uses them as a guide and map for
the proposal. A personal perspective in a proposal of this kind is
important and necessary to develop a solution to the proposed problem.
This includes an explanation of which theories and concepts are used in
the study and how they are relevant.
2. Offer a clear hypothesis.
With a hypothesis, it is important to explain why testing it will be
beneficial. It’s also important to offer information regarding the
conceptual framework and how it fits into the hypothesis.
3. The key steps for development of conceptual framework
a. Identify the key variables used in the subject are of the study
b. Draw out key variables within something that have already written
about in the subject area
c. Take one key variable and then brainstorm all the possible things
related to the key variable
d. After the variables have been defined, focus on number of
relationship they can perform with each other to determine the
interrelationships between all.

B. How to write the significant of the study?


1. The Significance of the Study describes what contribution your study will
make to the broad literature or set of broad educational problems upon
completion. You will draft your Significance of the Study by determining
what you hope will benefit others and/or how readers will benefit or learn
from your study.
 As you draft your Significance of the Study, consider the following:
Broadly, a component of the significance of the study is to illustrate
the contribution that your study will make to the existing literature on
the problem or broad problem areas of education.
 Generally, a component of the significance of the study is to elucidate
exactly how you will extend the current literature.
 Specifically, a component of the significance of the study is to
determine who benefits from the study and how that specific
audience will benefit from its findings. What contribution will your
study make to the literature or to the field?
o What do you hope others will learn from your study?
o Who benefits?

C. How to write the research questions of the study?

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A research question is the fundamental core of a research project, study, or
review of literature. It focuses the study, determines the methodology, and
guides all stages of inquiry, analysis, and reporting.

The research question begins with a research problem, an issue someone would
like to know more about or a situation that needs to be changed or addressed,
such as:
 Areas of concern
 Conditions that could be improved
 Difficulties that need to be eliminated
 Questions seeking answers

A research problem leads to a hypothesis (H) and/or research question (RQ)

Questions should in some way. . .


 Be worth investigating
 Contribute knowledge & value to the field
 Improve educational practice
 Improve the human condition

Characteristics of a good research question:


 The question is feasible.
 The question is clear.
 The question is significant.
 The question is ethical.

ROT 2
Working title:

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1. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

2. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

3. RESEARCH QUESTIONS

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