MSc in Management
DISSERTATION PROPOSAL

FILL THIS OUT  and take it along to your first meeting with your supervisor.
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See notes below on how to fill this form in.
 

Student Name	WEN OU
Student Number	1231911
Project Outline Title	Strategy Leadership
Supervisor	Geoff King
Your Proposed Research Question (within the project scope)	Whether and in what way do strategic leaders  need to do to contribute to the strategic company innovation.
Proposal Outline   Justification Introduction             Methodology      1.           Strategic Leadership What is the (Characteristics) (1,1)   Define what is strategy (1.2)   Define what is leadership (1.3)   The concept and history of strategic leadership   2.       Innovation (2.1)   Define innovation (2.2)   Analysis innovation’s impact to the corporation   3,  The relationship between innovation and strategic leadership (3.1)   Outcome of how strategic leadership contributes to the innovation of the global corporation. (3.2)   Outcome of in what way strategic leadership contributes to the innovation of of the global corporation.   4.  Limitation 5.  Conclusions   Methodology   Timetable     June 3th- June 17th: Research Question(Provisional Research Question, Revised Research Question, Finalised Research Question)   June 17th- June 22nd: Methodology (Initial View of Method, Refinement of Methods according to Literature Review outcomes, Development of conceptual framework, Identification of specific research questions from evaluation of literature findings)   June 19th-July 10th Literature review: (Initial Scoping of Review, Listing of texts used, Write up of review)   July 10th – August 15th: Finding and discussion of finding (First draft, modify first draft)   August 16th –August 30th : Second draft and the limitation of the finding and literature
References & Resources

 

Notes on filling out this proposal form.
 
Subject area –
Your dissertation must be focussed on Management and be within the scope of your allocated Project. It should relate to at least one of the areas that you have covered on the MSc Management course; you should not be writing a dissertation on a subject you haven’t studied.  You can, however, draw on your first degree or past work experience, but if so, please include details of your experience.


Title for the proposed research –
What is going to be researched?  This might take the form of hypotheses to be tested, or a research question or questions to be investigated.
 
Try to focus the title as much as possible. Be specific, for instance: focus on an industry or a geographical area; name a company as a case study or name a particular theoretical framework; or use a statement that you wish to challenge or a problem you want to address, etc.
 
Note that the title can (and normally does) change over the course of your research, however a clear question at the start makes the research process easier and the resulting dissertation is usually of a higher standard, normally because it is well structured.  Indeed, you will be marked on the quality and appropriateness of your research question. Your supervisor will help further with your research question and title, in your first meeting.
 
Proposal Outline -
Justification; explain why the research is important.
This should take the form of a short critique of the main themes and controversies in the relevant literature as they relate to the research problem to be investigated. Identify gaps in the literature or problems e.g. with past methods of investigation that need to be addressed. You may also include your own reasons for wanting to study the area and why the results might be useful.
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Outline the research methods you plan to use.
Briefly explain how you plan to carry out the research. How will you design any primary research? Will this overcome previous methodological weaknesses or follow examples of others in the field? What problems do you foresee and how do you plan to overcome them? You will be given further advice on methodology in the Dissertation Preparation Week after your exams, but you should begin to consider methodology here and can read about methodology in any research methods textbook. (available in the library or any good bookshop, some suggested titles are on blackboard)
 
Conclude by giving a (draft) timetable of your research. 
Include significant events (such as completion of interviews or chapters) and set deadlines for yourself. Note that draft material can only be handed into your supervisor one month before the hand in date. Indicate any time you are abroad.
 
References & resources
Provide a short provisional bibliography here, of the key authors in the field.
 
Also list where you plan to source secondary material from. Remember that as well as the University library there may be a specialist library in your area of study. Alternative sources, such as government websites, voluntary groups etc. may also be useful. Identifying these now will significantly improve your research and save you time over the summer.
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Provide a list of contacts for any primary research. If these haven’t yet been developed then list the contacts you hope to develop and how you plan to do this.