Assignment Brief 1 (RQF)

Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Business

Student Name/ID
Number:

Unit Number and Title: Unit 11 – Research Project

Academic Year: 2020-2021

Unit Assessor:

Assignment Title: ASSIGNMENT 1 – Research Proposal

Issue Date:

Submission Date:

Internal Verifier Name:

Date:

Submission Format:

Format:

 This assignment is an Individual report and specifically including 2 main documents (1)
Research proposal, and (2) Research Ethics form. You are required to follow the
format by Pearson-set assignment
 You must use font Calibri size 12, set number of the pages and use multiple line
spacing at 1.5. Margins must be: left: 1.25 cm; right: 1 cm; top: 1 cm and bottom: 1
cm.
 You should use in text references and a list of all cited sources at the end of the essay
by applying Harvard referencing style.
 The recommended word limit is 2000-2500 words (+/-10%), excluding the tables,
graphs, diagrams, appendixes and references. You will not be penalized for exceeding
the total word limit.
 The cover page of the report has to be the Assignment front sheet 1 (to be attached
with this assignment brief).

Submission

 Students are compulsory to submit the assignment in due date and in a way

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 The form of submission will be a soft copy posted on http://cms.greenwich.edu.vn/.
 Remember to convert the word file into PDF file before the submission on CMS.

Note:

 The individual Assignment must be your own work, and not copied by or from another
student.
 If you use ideas, quotes or data (such as diagrams) from books, journals or other
sources, you must reference your sources, using the Harvard style.
 Make sure that you understand and follow the guidelines to avoid plagiarism. Failure
to comply this requirement will result in a failed assignment.

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO1. Examine appropriate research methodologies and approaches as part of the research
process.

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

Assignment scenario.

You are a HR director for a multinational corporation operating in Vietnam. You plan to
develop a talent development and management strategy for the company. Notably, the
problem of talent management is a difficult issue that your company is facing. Your research
will help the company build Talent Networks and solve the shortage of high-quality labour.
Under the theme “Talent Management”, your research will cover one of the topics as below:
 The role of line managers and leaders in employee development and well-being;
 Talent management being used as a lever for culture change;
 The importance of contextualising approaches to talent management;
 The need for new and innovative ways of working to achieve a strategic approach to
talent management;
 Barriers for the development of a strategic approach caused by economic and day- to-
day operational pressures.

You can choose ONLY ONE topic among the mentioned ones.

Structure of the Report: Research proposal and Research ethics Form

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 The templates for research proposal and research ethics form could be found in the

CMS-BTEC Materials-522-Research Project

(1) Research proposal: please refer to the form of a research proposal attached with this
assignment brief. It contains FIVE key sections:

Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities

 Title or working title of research project (in the form of a question, objective or
hypothesis)
 Research project objectives (e.g. what is the question you want to answer?
What do you want to learn how to do? What do you want to find out?)

Section Two: Reasons for choosing this research project

 Reasons for choosing the project (e.g. links to other subjects you are studying,
personal interest, future plans, knowledge/skills you want to improve, why the
topic is important)

Section Three: Literature sources searched

 Use of key literature sources to support your research question, objective or

hypothesis.

Section Four: Activities and timescales

 Activities to be carried out during the research project (e.g. research,

development and analysis of ideas, writing, data collection, numerical analysis,
tutor meetings, production of final outcome, evaluation, writing the report)

Section Five: Research approach and methodologies

 What type of research approach and methodologies are you likely to use and
why?

(2) Research Ethics: please refer to the form of a research ethics attached with this
assignment brief. It contains the following SIX sections:

Section 1: Project details

 What is the project title? Student Name? Research Period?

Section 2: Project Summary

 What is the main research method for your project?

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 Section 3: Participants

 Make sure that participants understand their rights when participating your
research.

Section 4: Data Storage and Security

 Do you keep data confidential?

Section 5: Other ethical issues

 Are there any particular features of your proposed work, which may raise
ethical concerns? If so, please outline how you will deal with these.

Section 6: Declaration

 You declare that your research comply with ethical issues in general.

Unit assessment criteria

LO1: Examine appropriate research methodologies and approaches as part of the

research process
P1: Produce a research proposal that
clearly defines a research question or
M1: Evaluate different research approaches and
hypothesis supported by a literature
methodologies and make justification for the
review
choice of methods selected based on
P2: Examine appropriate research
philosophical/theoretical frameworks
methods and approaches to primary
and secondary research

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