BRP Proposal Template for Business Research Project 2021-22

BRP Proposal Template
Business Research Project
LSBM300
2021-22

Index
Instructions 2
1. The Proposal Template 3
2. Ethical Review Form 7
2.1 Ethical Review Form: Part 1 8
2.2 Ethical Review Form: Part 2 9
2.3 Ethical Review Form: Part 3 10
3. Company consent 11
Appendix 1: Participant information sheet 12
Appendix 2: Participant consent form 13
Appendix 3: Company consent form 14
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Instructions
This document has three sections:
 Section 1: The Proposal Template
 Section 2: The Ethical Review Form (Parts A, B and C)
 Section 3: Company Consent Form
All students are required to complete Sections 1 and 2, and together these form the Business
Research Project Proposal.
Only students who are conducting research directly with a company need to complete Section 3.
Important: If your research involves the use of human participants, you will need to complete the
Ethics Approval Form. Failure to complete the Ethics Approval Form, when required to do so, will
result in your work being returned unmarked. No research with human participants can be undertaken
without receiving Ethics Approval and achieving a pass grade on the proposal.
Before you submit this Proposal form, please make sure that you have:
 Read the Business Research Project Handbook and follow all instructions.
 Read the lecture and seminar materials in the Business Research Project module area
in Canvas.
 Discussed your ideas with a Business Research Project seminar tutor. You can do this
face to face in the seminars or learning sets, or you can do this by email or through MS
Teams.
 Discussed with a Business Research Project seminar tutor any questions you have
about Part 3 of the Ethics Approval Form (if required).
 (If you are completing research directly with a company) Gained consent from the
company if you are conducting research on a company.
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1. The Proposal Template
AKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thank you to my superior who made has given me guidance to
complete this project in most effective manner. With help of suggestions it has become
possible to formulate the research proposal in highly precise and structured format.
Use the following sections in your proposal. Once completed, delete the text with instructions, update
your headings (see the ‘Styles’ in the tab ‘Home’) and update your table of contents.
Student number [do NOT write your name]
Please state which tutor(s) you discussed your proposal with, and the forum you used
(e.g. face to face, email, MS Teams)
Title
Topic: To assess the challenges faced in management of post COVID situation with in UK retail: A study on ASDA
Terms of Reference (approx. 400 words)
Rationale
Covid 19 is one of the adverse situation that has adversely affected the working practices of organization. It has
become difficult to manage the post COVID situation due to various challenges in turn becomes essential to give emphasis on
overcoming these issues. In the current era, retail sector is growing with rapid speed and offering different type of opportunities
to the companies. It is important for the company to pay attention on developing the significant technique overcome the
challenges such as ineffectively chain, higher government rules and regulations, etc. ASDA is one of the international
organization operating in retail sector offering groceries, clothing, etc. The current study will pay attention on assessing the
challenges faced in management of post COVID situations by ASDA. The present report will pay attention on using the
qualitative research type and thematic analysis for gaining depth understanding. With help of the particular study ASDA will
become able to ascertain the crucial challenges affecting post COVID management. The study will help in overcoming the gap
prevailing in knowledge to manage the post COVID circumstances in turn accomplishing the objectives of gaining
competitiveness can become possible to survive in the industry.
Research questions
• What is the concept of post COVID situation management and its significance?
• Which are the challenges affecting management of post COVID situation within UK retail sector?
• What is the impact of strategies adopted for overcoming challenges regarding managing post COVID situation by
ASDA?
• Which are strategies pertaining to improve management of post COVID situation management in ASDA?
Research Aim
The main aim of the current investigation is to ascertain the challenges faced by ASDA for management of post
COVID situation.
Research objectives
• To understands the concept of post COVID situation management and its significance
• To evaluate the challenges affecting management of post COVID situation within UK retail sector
• To ascertain the impact of strategies adopted for overcoming challenges regarding managing post COVID situation
by ASDA
• To recommending strategies pertaining to improve management of post COVID situation management in ASDA.
Relation to previous research
Theme 1: Concept of post COVID situation management and its significance
According to Khatib and Nour (2021) Post COVID refers to the circumstances that are arising after the
occurrence of pandemic. There are various ways in which companies are getting affected from the prevailing
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