Cardiff Metropolitan University Ethics Approval Application

This document is an application form for ethics approval at Cardiff Metropolitan University. It provides guidance on completing the form and explains the importance of ethics approval for research projects. The form is divided into two parts, with Part One determining if external approval is required and Part Two focusing on the research design. The document also includes a declaration section and information on potential risks and how to deal with them.

CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
APPLICATION FOR ETHICS APPROVAL
When undertaking a research or enterprise project, Cardiff Met staff and students are obliged to complete this form
in order that the ethics implications of that project may be considered.
If the project requires ethics approval from an external agency (e,g., NHS), you will not need to seek additional
ethics approval from Cardiff Met. You should however complete Part One of this form and attach a copy of your
ethics letter(s) of approval in order that your School has a record of the project.
The document Ethics application guidance notes will help you complete this form. It is available from the Cardiff
Met website. The School or Unit in which you are based may also have produced some guidance documents, please
consult your supervisor or School Ethics Coordinator.
Once you have completed the form, sign the declaration and forward to the appropriate person(s) in your School or
Unit.
PLEASE NOTE:
Participant recruitment or data collection MUST NOT commence until ethics approval has been obtained.
PART ONE
Project Title: To Evaluate how and what extend follow up leads to
successful acquisition of construction projects within
Hospitality sector in UAE – A Case study on ASSA ABLOY
Hospitality.
Does your project fall entirely within one of the following categories:
Paper based, involving only documents in
the public domain
Yes
Laboratory based, not involving human No

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Practice based not involving human
participants (eg curatorial, practice audit)
No
Compulsory projects in professional practice
(eg Initial Teacher Education)
No
A project for which external approval has
been obtained (e.g., NHS)
No
If you have answered YES to any of these questions, expand on your answer in the non-technical
summary. No further information regarding your project is required.
If you have answered NO to all of these questions, you must complete Part 2 of this form
In no more than 150 words, give a non-technical summary of the project
Aim is to study and explore measure and to evaluate How and to what extent follow up leads to
successful Acquisition of Construction projects within the Hospitality sector in UAE and how that
can be sustained. This are important steps of any successful sales, there are times when we lose
jobs if not a proper follow up has been done and if do a proper follow up, we can even win the lost
job. This also identify the tools and techniques we require besides what we are doing today and to
be more successful with follow up and closing deals. I trust that this will be a good MBA
Dissertation topic as it will reflect a real life experience as I am intending to study “To Evaluate
How And To What Extent Follow-up Leads to Successful Acquisition Of Construction Projects
within Hospitality Sector in UAE “ which would be a case study of ASSA ABLOY Hospitality, the
leading Manufacturer of electronic security systems and has been a leader in door opening
solutions since 1994 and our team work on various levels so that sales get easier in both locally
and globally.
Objectives:
 How to develop a strategic sale?
 How all the departments to be involved and to the follow up on customers for payment,
completion and delivery, etc.?
 What are the consequences in case of no proper follow ups?
DECLARATION:
I confirm that this project conforms with the Cardiff Met Research Governance Framework
I confirm that I will abide by the Cardiff Met requirements regarding confidentiality and
anonymity when conducting this project.
STUDENTS: I confirm that I will not disclose any information about this project without the prior
approval of my supervisor.
Research Ethics Committee use only
Decision reached: Project approved
Project approved in principle

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Decision deferred
Project not approved
Project rejected
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Signature:
Details of any conditions upon which approval is dependant:
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PART TWO
A RESEARCH DESIGN
A1 Will you be using an approved protocol in your project? No
A2 If yes, please state the name and code of the approved protocol to be used1
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A3 Describe the research design to be used in your project
A research design specifies the overall blueprint of the study where it further direct the investigator to
carry out a well-defined study to attain the formulated aims and objectives. It is hereby in context to the
present undertaken study that will reflect a combined research approach on considering a mix of
descriptive and evaluation research type. The descriptive design has been chosen to carry out an in
depth research work to properly address the framed set of objectives. However, an evaluation research
will depict a quite widespread study that will assist in evaluating the effectiveness of the acquired results.
This is for instance on considering the present chosen study to assess the efficiency of following up the
leads to acquire construction projects within hospitality sector. This will require an in depth study to
firstly acknowledge the benefits of the follow up procedures by together recognizing its degree of
assistance in attaining more number of leads. The extent of following up leads in terms of benefiting will
be determined with assistance of an evaluative research design. It is where the descriptive research
design will depict the use of quantitative study that will be intended to describe the current status of the
chosen research topic. Qualitative study will be reflecting the use of evaluative research approach where
it will tend to discover the fact rather than making predictions. It is very much similar to scientific
research designs that are based on facts with no hypothetical assumptions. Selection of a good research
design is important to maintain the suitability of the investigation and obtain pertinent outcomes that
ultimately meets the formulated aims and objectives.
A4 Will the project involve deceptive or covert research? No
A5 If yes, give a rationale for the use of deceptive or covert research
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A6 Will the project have security sensitive implications? No
A7 If yes, please explain what they are and the measures that are proposed to address them
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B PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
B1 What previous experience of research involving human participants relevant to this project do you
have?
1 An Approved Protocol is one which has been approved by Cardiff Met to be used under supervision of designated members of
staff; a list of approved protocols can be found on the Cardiff Met website here

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B2 Student project only
What previous experience of research involving human participants relevant to this project does your
supervisor have?
My supervisor is a member of Academic faculty within Cardiff Metropolitan University. In this role they meet
University requirements and standards for MBA dissertation supervision including research involving human
participants.
C POTENTIAL RISKS
C1 What potential risks do you foresee?
Collected data could be misplaced or lost. All the interviews would be arranged as per the interviewer
comfortability and availability, hence I don’t foresee any risk here, however it also depends on the questions and if
they are happy to answer them the way it should be.
Being interviewers are working professionals hence , their time and availability really matters .
C2 How will you deal with the potential risks?
All data will be stored securely and all research will follow the data protection act all participants will be given information
and consent forms
When submitting your application, you MUST attach a copy of the following:
 All information sheets
 Consent/assent form(s)
An exemplar information sheet and participant consent form are available from the Research section of the
Cardiff Met website.