The FINAL research proposal will consist of the following NINE (9) items:

The FINAL research proposal will consist of the following NINE (9) items:

1. A business research topic.

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2. A brief literature review of the research topic

Produce 2 to 3 pages on background information on your research topic.

3. Research questions for the identified problem or opportunity

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4. Appropriate research methodologies and techniques to use for the research project

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5. A project plan using a Gantt chart and clearly defined milestones (if in a group with clearly defined individual tasks, contributions and milestones)

Use Microsoft Project or other software to produce the Gantt chart.

Your milestones for HI6008 are:

Week 6: Literature Review due.

Week 10: Data Collection and Analysis Report due.

Week 14: Final Business Research (Capstone) Thesis due.

6. Description of the research process

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7. Description of data collection and analysis methods

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8. Description of expected research outcomes

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9. A completed Ethics Checklist.

Complete and sign ethics checklist below and attach with FINAL research project proposal.

All students will need to pass the final research proposal submitted in week 12 to be able to start the capstone research proposal in HI6008 the following semester.

Submit hard copy of FINAL research report to Holmes by 4pm on Friday of Week 12.

ETHICS CHECKLIST FOR STUDENT RESEARCHERS

• This checklist is designed to alert you to your ethical obligations when you conduct research involving human subjects.

• These questions must be answered when a research project is proposed and before a research project is implemented.

• Attach the completed checklist to your final research proposal in week 12.

Please circle your answers:

1) Will the human subjects be informed of the nature of their involvement in the collection  of data and of features of the research that reasonably might be expected to influence  willingness to participate? Yes No

2) Will the human subjects be told that they can discontinue their participation at any time? Yes No

3) Will the human subjects in your study be aware that they are the targets of research? Yes No

4) If the subjects are underage, will their guardians be asked to sign the consent form? Yes No N/A

5) Is the confidentiality of the human subject’s identity positively ensured? Yes No

6) In cases where there is a possibility that the human subject's identity can be deduced by Yes No  someone other than the researcher, is the subject's right to withdraw his/her data  respected?

7) Will the researcher fulfil all the promises made to the human subjects including providing Yes No  the summary of the findings upon request?

8) Will all necessary measures be taken to protect the physical safety of Yes No  the human subjects from dangers such as faulty electrical equipment, poor  grounding, lack of oxygen, falls, traffic & industrial accidents, possibility  of hearing or vision loss etc.?

9) Will the human subject be debriefed (told the true nature of the study) after Yes No  the data has been collected?

10) In cases in which the human subject is dissatisfied or a complaint about the researcher or Yes No  procedure, will the researcher explain to the human subject that he or she may express  this complaint to the Subject Coordinator?

11) Does the study involve concealment from and/or deception of the human subject? Yes No

12) Will deception be used in order to obtain agreement to participate? Yes No

13) Will the study involve human subjects who are legally or otherwise not in a position to  give their valid consent to participate such as children, prison inmates, mental patients? Yes No

14) Will information on your human subjects be obtained from third parties? Yes No

15) Will any coercion be exerted upon subjects to participate? Yes No

16) Will the study involve physical stress to the human subjects such as might Yes No  result from heat, noise, electric shock, pain, sleep loss, deprivation of  food and drink, drugs, alcohol?

17) Will the study cause any mental discomfort to the human subjects such as fear, Yes No  anxiety, loss of self-esteem, shame, guilt, embarrassment etc.?

18) Could publication of the research results possibly interfere with strict confidentiality? Yes No

19) Could publication of the research results possibly harm the human subject -  either directly or through identification with his/her membership group? Yes No

20) Are there other aspects of the study that may interfere with the protection of the Yes No  well-being of the human subjects?