Professional Documents
Culture Documents
This needs to be well defined, precise and clearly written. It may well contain phrases such as;
‘An investigation into ...’
‘A critical analysis/appraisal of ...’
‘An investigation to establish/analyse the impact of ...’
‘A comparison between ...’
Academic significance of topic area, the business context where the problem resides (your
thinking so far)
1.2 The importance of the problem (what you know about the importance of your
topic, so far)
USE YOUR READING FROM ‘The Relevance Tree’ to explain what you know about the
importance of the topic so far).
Cite previously published statistics. State how many people/ businesses are affected by it, etc.
Explain the general and specific academic areas to show that you know where the problem is
situated (the context of the study) and the general significance and impact of the problem on
business operations in general.
Research aim (state the aim of the study / this is a restatement of the research problem, if you
can.
2.0 Research Objectives and Research Question(s) (2 or 3 ideas you have now)
Subsidiary questions (1-2 ideas) that help to answer your main research question - you can take
these ideas from your Relevance Tree.
KEY WORDS (if you have them) and a short summary of one or two academic articles that you
have read relating to the area of the research. A few sentences about something that have read
that is about your topic.