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Management Research Proposal Writing: Challenges and Strategies

Dr. Nancy Agens, Head,

Technical Operations, Tutorsindia

info@ tutorsindia.com

In Brief

Writing A Research Proposal is the

foremost and the most vital step of a

research project. The researcher should

have skills and should be able to deal

with the issues strategically. There are

many challenges also encountered by

candidates while Writing Management

Research Proposal.

I. INTRODUCTION

Formulating and planning a

Research Proposal is vital for any graduate

or post-graduate student as it is the

primary document that can be used to

estimate their ability. Thus it is decided on

the basis of the quality of a research

proposal that the candidate will get the

permission or approval to carry on the

research or not.

A research proposal can be defined

as a document that describes the plan of

the candidate towards pursuing the

research and is submitted to others for the

purpose of evaluation. In order to avoid

any circumstances that could lead to

rejection of proposal some candidates avail

dissertation writing services. Also some

candidates avail Dissertation Topic

Selection Help service. These service

providers ensure that they provide proper

guidance and dissertation writing help.

They select suitable, recent and relevant

dissertation topics in management and

perform statistical analysis to ensure the

success of candidate.

Since writing a research proposal is

the first step of any research process it is

essential that it includes all the points that

are necessary and self-explanatory for

anyone to understand the research. It is

through the proposal that one gets an idea

of the research being conducted and helps

the researcher to get recognition and

funding for the accomplishment of project.

A proposal puts forward the ideas of the

researcher in step-by-step manner

crystallizing the complete project. Thus

considering the vitality of proposal it is of

paramount significance that researcher gets

it approved successfully. Consequently to

achieve success many candidates take help

from master dissertation writing service

providers who design the different

components of proposal such as

introduction etc. These chapters can be

further used by the researcher in his thesis

also.

Though there are available

different dissertation services but in order

to make a research proposal success there

need to be followed certain strategies.

Additionally one also has to deal with

certain challenges. Thus in this section a

snippet of the strategies to be followed for

making a research proposal success is

presented and also some challenges are

discussed.

It is imperative here to mention that

research proposal can be categorised into

two primary models. They are preliminary

model and standard model. A preliminary

model can be described as the one that is

generally written before the standard one.

It is a brief description of the standard

model i.e. it generally includes the similar

information as the standard one.

II. STRATEGIES FOR A SUCCESSFUL

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

For a successful research proposal

it is necessary that the methodology part of

the proposal is framed well enough. A

methodology describes the work plan or

procedure that is followed for

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accomplishing the research project. It also

gives a brief idea of the activities that are

planned for the research project. This

section of the research proposal includes

different constructs such as study design,

location of research, sample size, type of

sampling method etc. Also the chapter

includes data analysis and interpretation

which validates the research and hence

makes the chapter more significant.

Besides framing the methodology part

of the research proposal it is also necessary

that emphasizes on other skills

strategically such as writing, language etc

to make the document precise and clear.

There are few other strategies that should

be followed while writing a journal article.

Some of these are:

Write the journal articles regularly so

that there is no long gap and there is no

loss of track

Include photography, auto

photography and music

Refer Wikipedia

Create a blog daily so that your writing

skills are updated

Some other strategies that have been

considered significant are developing the

feeling of competition among the students,

motivate them and allocate them research

mentors who are supportive. Also in order

to write well the students should also

inculcate habit of reading and writing

academic texts, journals etc. It has also

been identified that due to low level of

English language proficiency some

students are unable to write their

dissertations etc and thus should focus on

improving their language proficiency.

III. CHALLENGES IN WRITING

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Though there are several strategies that

can make a research proposal success but

there are some challenges too that hinder

the path of research scholars. One of the

most important challenges that have been

faced by the scholars is proficiency in

English language and hence writing in

proper English language can bring success

to many scholars. Besides writing skills

some scholars do not manage their time

properly causing failure of their proposals.

Similarly some scholars choose such a

vague topic for their projects that they are

unable to gather relevant data and conduct

research. Choosing such topics does not

allow the students to express their ideas or

views properly. Some other challenges that

have been faced by scholars while writing

research proposals are:

Poor relationship between students and

supervisors

Ethical and malpractice issues

(dishonesty and untrustworthiness)

Supervisor/candidate change

Failure to adhere and respect the

institutional house style

Differing expectations among

supervisors.

IV. CONCLUSION

It has been described by the

researchers that writing a research

proposal is foremost and one of the most

difficult tasks. Failure of research proposal

can cause loss of interest for the student

and hence to avoid such situation it is

necessary that the scholars follow certain

strategies and ensure the success of their

project. Also the scholars should follow

the guidance of their mentors and plan

their research projects in a strategic

manner to ensure timely completion.

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