Research Proposal Form

Research Proposal Form
Student Name: ______________________ Student ID: ____________
Centre Name: _____________________
Tutor: ________________ Date: ___________________
Unit: ____________________
Proposed Title: ______________________________________________
Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities
Title or working title of the research project (in the form of a question, objective or hypothesis)
"To explore the concept of Talent Management and role of HR in determining effectively increasing
the productivity of employees and organisational performance." As study on HSBC
Research 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?):
1. To examine the notion of Talent Management.
2. To identify the role of HR in presenting strong talent management strategies.
3. To recognise the challenges faced by HR in managing talent management practices within HSBC.
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):
The topic is being selected in order to carry out research is related with examining role of HR within
talent management. The major reason of selecting this topic is to recognise dual perception of
personal and professional. In the context of personal aspect effective development within nature can
be exerted. With the help of this research I am able to develop my own skills due to which I can
enhance knowledge in various fields. The other personal benefit associated with this research is that
this would help in examining functioning of HR in respect of talent-management. In the context of
professional benefits this research is related with determining HR role in which differentiated
activities can be executed
Section Three: Literature sources searched
Use of key literature sources to support your research question, objective or hypothesis:
Notion of Talent Management
According to the view point of Ghosh P (2019), talent management is defined as one of the crucial
aspect in which business objectives can be attained by the organisation. In current time this aspect is
one of the significant tool used by businesses in which skills and capabilities of employees are
enlightened and managed in prominent manner.
Role of HR in presenting strong talent management strategies
According to Starner T (2015) in an organisation talent-management strategies are executed by HR.
In this manner HR is having role to analyse talent-management management strategies in such a way
that business objectives can be attained. Besides this HR of business is planning to make transparent

recruitment process. Challenges faced by HR in managing talent management practiceAccording
to Erickson T( 2008), there are various challenges which are faced by HR while implementation of
talent-management policies such as managing change, organisational effectiveness, staffing and
many more. These are giving barrier to HR in examining talent-management strategies and aligning
the same to meet business objectives.
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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):
Aim and objectives
Literature review
Research Methodology
Data Collection
Data analysis
Conclusion and recommendations
Submission of the final project
How long this will
take:
3
7
6
10
4
2
2
Milestone one: _________________
Target date (set by tutor): ____________________
Milestone two: _______________________
Target date (set by tutor): ______________________
Gantt Chart
Gantt chart is defined as the type of bar chart which is outlining all those activities which are to be
conducted within a research so that efficacy can be attained within research. By taking assistance of
Gantt chart all the activities can be finished in appropriate time frame so researcher may receive
benefits over conducting the research. Besides this this is also helpful for researcher to avoid
overlapping of various activities. The model was developed by Henry Gantt in year 1910 – 1915. For
this research Gantt chart is mentioned as under:
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