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 4
2.1 Ethical Review Form: Part 1 5
2.2 Ethical Review Form: Part 2 6
2.3 Ethical Review Form: Part 3 7
3. Company consent 8
Appendix 1: Participant information sheet 9
Appendix 2: Participant consent form 10
Appendix 3: Company consent form 11
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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
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 (maximum 20 words)
To analyse the challenges and opportunities available for new venture while starting
their business in Sheerness : A study on Delicious Pies
Terms of Reference (approx. 400 words)
Research Aim
To analyze the challenges and opportunities available for new venture while starting their
business in Sheerness : A study on Delicious Pies
Research Objectives
To identify the opportunities available for Delicious Pies while starting their bakery business in
Sheerness
To determine the challenges for starting new bakery business in Sheerness for Delicious Pies
To examine the ways that would be used by Delicious Pies while overcoming challenges associated
with business start-up in Sheerness.
Rationale
Sheerness is a town and civil parish beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner
of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. It has population of 12,000, which is the largest town
on the island. This is visiting place where number of people comes to visit and spending their
holidays. To start a business in this town will be good opportunity to influence people and develop the
organizational sales. The main reason of conducting research is to analyse opportunities and weakness
that rises while opening a bakery at such place (Al-Slehat, Zaher, Fattah and Box, 2020). This also
helps to know how to overcome the challenges and develop a business in changing environment. This
can help to maintain higher performance and productivity by managing all functions and activities.
This report improves personal and professional content knowledge by establishing a business in
Sheerness that support to study and maintain higher performance.
Project Scope
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