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1. STRUCTURE OF RESEARCH
PROPOSAL/PROJECT

2. Proposal
• Topic/Affiliation rubric
• TOC
• List of tables
• List of figures
• Abbreviation and acronyms
• Section one: introduction
• Section two: literature review
• Section three: Methodology
• References
• Appendices
• Similarity Report
Project
• Topic/affiliation rubric
• Declaration
• Dedication
• Acknowledgement
• TOC
• List of tables
• List of figures
• Abbreviation and acronyms
• Abstract (350 words)
• Chapter: Introduction
• Chapter two: Literature review
• Chapter three: Research Methodology
• Chapter four: Data analysis, results and discussion
• Chapter five: Summary, Conclusion and
Recommendation
• Appendices
• Similarity Report

3. RESEARCH PROPOSAL

4. SECTIONS
SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION
SECTION TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
SECTION THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

5. SECTION ONE: INTRODUTION
1.1 Background of the Study
3 paragraphs on introducing the background are expected here…
Paragraph on conceptual argument (show the gap)
Paragraph on theoretical argument (introduce your theories)
Paragraph on contextual argument (introduce the current
situation in your chosen location of study)

6. SECTION ONE: INTRODUTION
1.1 Background of the Study
1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, etc….
Describe concepts (from an academic approach)
Then lastly, introduce the context (i.e after describing concepts)

7. SECTION ONE: INTRODUTION
1.2 Problem Statement
Explain how similar areas of your research have been done by other
researchers and what were the findings? How do the findings differ with
your?
This section ends with a question.

8. SECTION ONE: INTRODUTION
1.3 Research Questions
Break down the research question into smaller questions.

9. SECTION ONE: INTRODUTION
1.4 Research Objectives
1.4.1 General Objective (mirrors the topic)
1.4.2 Specific Objectives (derived from research questions)

10. SECTION ONE: INTRODUTION
1.5 Justification of the Study
Explain why the relationship in your study is important.
Explain why you decided to choose the particular field (i.e ..what is
developing in that area of study which motivated you to do a study)

11. SECTION ONE: INTRODUTION
1.6 Value of the Study
Value to who:
1. policy makers
2. management practioners
3. Other researchers (theory building)

12. SECTION ONE: INTRODUTION
Others:
Scope of the Study

13. SECTION TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Theoretical Framework
2.3* Topics from here to be derived from the objectives
2.7 Summary of knowledge gap
2.8 Conceptual Framework

14. SECTION THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Research Design
3.3 Target Population
3.4 Sample Size and Sampling Techniques
3.5 Data Collection
3.6 Data Analysis
3.7 Ethical Consideration

15. RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT

16. Changes to note:
More front matter added
change tense to past tense
Add abstract (NB: Abstract is written the last)
More chapters added

17. CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS, RESULTS AND
DISCUSSION
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Response Rate
4.3 Socio-Demographic Information
4.4 Topics from this part to be based on thematic areas captured in the
questionnaire
4.8* Discussion of Findings
4.9 Comparison with Theory
4.10 Comparison with Empirical Studies

18. CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Summary of the Research Findings
5.3 Conclusion of Research Findings
5.4 Recommendations
5.5 Limitations of the Study
5.6 Suggestions for further Research

19. END