Significance and Benefits of Talent Management in Organizations

This research explores the significance and benefits of talent management in organizations, with a case study of Sheraton Hotel. It discusses the importance of identifying and retaining talented employees, and how talent management can improve employee satisfaction and overall business performance. The research aims to understand the concept and role of talent management in the hospitality sector, determine its significance in the overall performance of the business entity, and identify the benefits gained by the hospitality sector through effective talent management at the workplace.

Research

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Topic of the research is “To ascertain the significance and benefits gain by organisation by
effectively managing talent at workplace”. A case study of Sheraton Hotel..................................3
Introduction .................................................................................................................................4
Background of the research ........................................................................................................4
Research Aim:..............................................................................................................................4
Gantt chart and WBS ......................................................................................................................5
Literature review .............................................................................................................................7
Benefits gain by hospitality sector by managing talent in an effective manner at workplace ....8
Data collection, analysis and findings ............................................................................................8
Data collection and analysis – ...................................................................................................10
Data analysis and interpretation approach – .............................................................................11
Data analysis .................................................................................................................................14
Research findings ..........................................................................................................................15
Reflection ......................................................................................................................................25
Limitation of the research .........................................................................................................25
Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................26
Recommendation ..........................................................................................................................26
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................29
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................30
Section Two: Project summary .......................................................................................31
Section Three: Participants .............................................................................................32
Section Four: Data storage and security .........................................................................33
Section Five: Ethical issues ............................................................................................35
Section Six: Declaration .................................................................................................35

Topic of the research is “To ascertain the significance and benefits gain by
organisation by effectively managing talent at workplace”. A case study of
Sheraton Hotel.

Introduction
Talent management is a concept which is associated with identification of different skilled and
talented people which are required within organisation for managing the work in proper manner.
It is concluded that de identification as well as selection of right type of employees is necessary
within the company in order to manage the various activities related to staff. The talent
management helps in making the employees as well as company competitive within market. It is
helpful for managing attractive pay package, paid leaves, health insurance, periodical increment
for the staff and employees
Background of the research
This research is conducted for knowing about talent management and retaining of it within
organisation. This is very essential or the company to retain talented employees for profit of
company.
Research Aim:
To ascertain the significance and benefits gain by organisation by effectively managing
talent at workplace. A case study of Sheraton Hotel.
Research objectives
 To understand the concept and role of talent management in a hospitality sector.
 To determine the significance of talent management in the overall performance of the
business entity.
 To identity the benefits gain by hospitality sector by managing talent in an effective
manner at workplace.
Research questions
 What is the concept and role of talent management in a hospitality sector?
 What are the significance of talent management in the overall performance of the
business entity?
 What are the benefits gain by hospitality sector by managing talent in an effective manner
at workplace?
Rationale of the research
It is said that the primary reason behind selecting the topic is researchers self interest
towards the talent management as this is one of the most emerging topic at present across the

whole worldwide. Whereas another purpose for finalising this project is to improve self
knowledge, skills and understanding so that the whole research can be concluded in an effective
manner and assist in attaining opportunities in near future related to the same.
Gantt chart and WBS
Work breakdown structure
WBS is used for managing the research activities effectively (Shah, Kumar, and Kim,
2014). The whole project work is divided into chunks of smaller activities. This is defined as the
way for managing the functions in proper manner.
Gantt Chart
This tool of research is given by Henry Gantt for achieving the goals of research properly
(Spiess, and et. al., 2014). This is a schedule for managing the work of project.

Literature review
Concept and role of talent management
As per the views of Torres, Fu, and Lehto, (2014), Talent management is essential for the
selected employees that they are provided effective training and development sessions and
programs for managing the emerging requirements of the company. Talent management consists
of recruiting, developing as well as retaining the best employees of the company. As per the
views of Yang, Liu, and Li, (2015), The human resource department of company manages the
working of the organisation properly as well as maintaining competitiveness among the
employees. There are various important functions of talent management. This help in
establishing a high-performance work force which is able to achieve organisation goals in a
specified time frame. It also helps in attracting various individuals who are having high potential
and these are required for managing the effectiveness of business operations.
Significance of talent management in the overall performance
As per the Dioko, (2016), Companies are benefited by having proper talent management
strategies. It is important for the companies to manage the functioning of business operations
properly. This is possible by having skilled and talented employees who will help in managing
the achievement of organisational goals and activities there are different pool of qualified as well
as talented employees who are required for managing the organisational goals properly. It is very
essential for the companies to manage the activities properly so that different issues and factors
related to efficient and skilled workforce will be enhanced. There is need of having good talent
management within organisation for managing the goals and objectives properly. There are
different factors like infrastructure, natural resources as well as technology e which are used for
managing organisational success. As per the views of Duffett, 2017), It is easy for the
companies to enhance growth and innovation in organisation by having talent management. In
context of Sheraton hotel, there are opportunities with this organisation to manage the talent
management for increasing overall performance of the company.

Benefits gain by hospitality sector by managing talent in an effective manner at workplace
As per the views of Gillespie, and Riddle, (2015), There are various benefits that a hospitality
company is having because of the proper talent management. There are various benefits that a
hospitality company is having because of the proper talent management. These include
connecting and sharing data, strategic hiring process, improve on boarding experience and
retaining top talent. When are companies having good talent management strategies then it is
able to connect and share data effectively. There is need of having good talent management
strategies for integrating and aligning the core HR processes. There is also profit to the company
if there is management of employees within the company who are skilled and talented. if there is
efficient and organised approach for on boarding then it is easy to manage the talent system.
Also it is helpful for employee development and learning. According to the views of (Griffitts,
2016), it enables employees for taking courses and developing skills in order to have good
professional development.
Data collection, analysis and findings
Research methodology is defined as different processes and activities within the research that are
used by the investigator in order to complete the aims and objectives of the research. it is very
essential for the investigator to manage the activities of research properly in order to manage
different areas of conducting the research in effective manner (Groucutt, and Hopkins, 2015).
Development of research methodology is used by research onion. This is a process which
includes various stages that helps in in conducting the research by following different steps. The
research onion was given by Saunders. This methodology was given because it was very difficult
for the researcher to manage the different activities of research. There are different layers within
research methodology which includes research philosophy, research approach, strategy, choice
of methods, time horizon and data collection as well as analysis. the different stage of research
onion in context with the present study as listed below
Research philosophy - this is concerned with managing of various values and beliefs which
surveyor is having while conducting the investigation. There are two different ways of research
philosophy involved in managing the research work. These include ontology and epistemology
(Hair and et. al., 2015). Concept of epistemology means that it different ways of salad

knowledge and how it can be obtained. On the other hand, ontology means various ways which
constitutes reality and what is understood for existence. There are different positions which are
considered while managing research philosophy within research. This includes interpretivism
and positivism. It is explained that qualitative as well as quantitative debate is performed for
completing the aims and objective of research.
Research approach - it is defined as the approach used by the researcher which is deductive or
inductive in nature. The inductive approach means that there is a proper theory on which work is
done for the research topic. On the other hand, the deductive approach consists of collecting the
information on the basis of hypothesis and different patterns and statistics are developed by the
researcher. An on analysis is conducted in the deductive approach.
Qualitative approach - this is defined as a multi method which is useful for collecting research
data. There are different ways that are known as interpretative approach used for collecting the
data in order to complete research. Qualitative research consist of managing effective work ok by
collecting the data related to reality of individual within the social life. The different ways for
collecting the data by using qualitative research includes open ended questions, observation,
ethnography, etc.
Quantitative approach - it is the way of managing research activities for collecting numeric data.
There are various ways of managing the research work on the basis of managing different units
of data (Hugos, 2018). There is need of having proper ranking order in order to manage the
research work. There are different type of data and information used for managing graphs and
tables collected from raw data. Qualitative research is conducted for managing behaviour and
cinnamon II in order to analyse various context and setting of research work. It is seen that
quantitative approach of research consists of having a a testing of theory and obtaining results
from it. There are various ways for collecting quantitative data by using experiments,
questionnaire, etc. Various graphs and statistics are obtained by using the quantitative data and
making results from that. Proper decision making is done in order to complete the project and
research work in proper manner. Various kind of statistics that are obtained from the research
transition consists of making patterns, developing data and analysing the relationship between
various elements. As per their descriptive statistics this is concluded that summarisation of data
is important for managing the inferential statistics.

Research strategy - this consists of dealer of research onion in which investigators is carrying
out the research work. This consists of managing the data collection process and maintaining the
research method strategies.
Choices - this is known as the choice or way which the research onion structure is having. This
consists of having a mono method, multi method and mixed method. The mono method consists
of using a research approach for managing the study. The mixed method consists of having two
or more methods for managing the research. it includes having both qualitative as well as
quantitative methodology for conducting the research. In context of multi method, there is
requirement of wider selection of research methodology.
Time horizon - the time horizon consists of time frame within the project which is used for
completion of research work. As per the research onion, there are basically two types of time
horizon (Kladou, and et. al., 2016). These are longitudinal and cross sectional. The longitudinal
time horizon is defined as collection of data that is done over an extended period. This can be
explained with an example that when a person reaches a particular age and different season
throughout the year.
Data collection and analysis –
this is defined as the final layer of research onion. It is the implementation part of all the data
collected for conducting a primary research. There are both primary research data and secondary
research data used for completing this project. Primary data is taken from respondents of the
research. Secondary data is collected through articles and research papers already existing in
market. This is the area or section in which there is presence of managing the research work.
There are different type of primary data as well as secondary data used for completing the
research. As a researcher, in context of present study, the research design is made clear which is
having valid justifications for every stage. It consists of having a framework that consists of
managing the research methodology properly. This includes the way in which research data is
analysed for getting proper results for the research.
The investigator has collected various research samples which are part of inner layer of research
onion. Basically, a sample is defined as representatives segment of whole population. In context
of the following sample, this is defined as people who will be the part of the study. In present

context, the respondents taken for completing this study are 50. They are selected on the basis of
random sampling method.
Ethical consideration of completing the research is kept in mind while conducting different
research activities. It is concluded that research must be having proper consent of the respondent
before using the data in the research. Research ethics states that there is use of data driven by
respondent and it is not misused by the investigator or manipulated for completing the study.
There are various regulations and rules completed by the researcher for completing this study
properly.
Data analysis and interpretation approach –
in case of inductive approach, investigator is collecting data and information about the research
topic which is importance of talent management within a business. In this study, the researcher
has collected information about value of talent management within the hospitality organisation
that is Sheraton hotel. It is analysed by the investigator that having proper talent management
within the company is very helpful for managing the business sales and profits. In the present
study, there are various statistics and graphs developed by collecting the primary data taken from
respondents. On the other hand, deductive approach is defined as managing a proper hypothesis
which is proven by selecting the same topic against the reality. hypothesis in present study can
be there is no effect of talent management on business operations. There are different theories
and strategies used within the research work for conducting the research in proper manner. There
is development of productive design which is associated with managing the relationship between
different variable and concept (Lane, 2015). There is management of having a casual
relationship in order to analyse qualitative as well as quantitative data for finding the research
result. Data analysis is consisting of various stages including collection, transformation and
cleaning of data. This is used for managing the research work properly and obtaining desired
results from the collected data.
Approach of data collection -
Tend to or
Typically
Qualitative
Approaches
Quantitative
Approaches
Mixed Methods
Approaches

Use these
philosophical
assumptions
Employ these
strategies of
inquiry
Constructivist/
transformative
knowledge
claims
Phenomenology,
grounded theory,
ethnography, case
study, and
narrative
Post-positivist
knowledge claims
Surveys and
experiments
Pragmatic
knowledge claims
Sequential,
concurrent, and
transformative
Employ these
methods
Open-ended
questions,
emerging
approaches, text
or image data
Closed-ended
questions,
predetermined
approaches, numeric
data
Both open- and
closed-ended
questions, both
emerging and
predetermined
approaches, and
both quantitative
and qualitative
data and analysis
Use these
practices of
research as the
researcher
Questionnaire - this consists of having a printed paper that consists of different questions. It is
developed for managing the data that is obtained from the respondent. It is known as the medium
which is provided to respondents in order to get information about the research. There are
different ways of collecting data through questionnaire from the respondent. This includes
telephone service, in-house surveys, online survey, etc (Larson, and Draper, 2015). In the
present study, there are 50 respondents and data is collected from them by sending the
questionnaire through email. The questionnaire used in this project is mentioned below –
Questionnaire Frequency

Q 1) Is there need of talent management within the organisation ?
a) Yes
b) No
Q 2) According to you, is talent management within Sheraton Hotel is
linked with profit and sales of the organsaition?
a) Yes
b) No
Q 3) Do you think is it important for the management to implement talent
management strategies?
a) Agree
b) Disagree
Q 4) Why a hospitality organisation needs talent management?
a) To enhance sales
b) For better service offering
c) To make employees competitive
Q 5) What are the major benefits that a company has after establishing
good talent management strategies?
a) talented and skilled staff
b) Increase in customer satisfaction
c) enhance in profit and sales
Q 6) According to you, what could be the barriers faced by Sheraton while
implementing talent management strategies?
a) Ineffective communication with employees
b) Unavailability of technology
c) All of the above

Q 7) Do you think talent management within Sheraton will help in
expanding market share ?
a) Yes 38
b) No 12
Q 8) Can management of Sheraton will be able to implement talent
management effectively?
a) Agree 39
b) Disagree
Q 9) Any recommendation for effective talent strategy within the
organsaition……
Data analysis
Questionnaire Frequency
Q 1) Is there need of talent management within the organisation ?
a) Yes 45
b) No 5
Q 2) According to you, is talent management within Sheraton Hotel is
linked with profit and sales of the organsaition?
a) Yes 40
b) No 10
Q 3) Do you think is it important for the management to implement talent
management strategies?
a) Agree 44
b) Disagree 6
Q 4) Why a hospitality organisation needs talent management?

a) To enhance sales 20
b) For better service offering 10
c) To make employees competitive 20
Q 5) What are the major benefits that a company has after establishing
good talent management strategies?
a) talented and skilled staff 15
b) Increase in customer satisfaction 15
c) enhance in profit and sales 20
Q 6) According to you, what could be the barriers faced by Sheraton while
implementing talent management strategies?
a) Ineffective communication with employees 20
b) Unavailability of technology 15
c) All of the above 15
Q 7) Do you think talent management within Sheraton will help in
expanding market share ?
a) Yes 38
b) No 12
Q 8) Can management of Sheraton will be able to implement talent
management effectively?
a) Agree 39
b) Disagree 11
Q 9) Any recommendation for effective talent strategy within the
organsaition……
Research findings

Q 1) Is there need of talent management within the organisation ?
a) Yes 45
b) No 5
Interpretation: Considering the above graph, it can be said that 45 out of 50 respondents were
in favour of the organisation that it requires proper talent management. It is mentioned because,
skilled employees that consists of talent are required to be given appropriate tasks based on their
capabilities. If talent is managed in rightful manner then it will lead the organisation to achieve
different goals and objectives in much effective and efficient manner. Apart from this, if it is

talked about the rest of the five respondents from 50 they were not in the favour of same and
mention that it will not help organisation in any way.
Q 2) According to you, is talent management within Sheraton Hotel is
linked with profit and sales of the organsaition?
a) Yes 40
b) No 10

Interpretation: Above mentioned pie chart has clearly stated the information that talent
management of Sheraton hotel can effectively relate to profit and sales of it. In present context,
40 out of 50 respondents given their answers towards yes and stated that talent management of
Sheraton hotel stays directly linked with sales along with profit margins. On the other hand, only
10 respondents given their answers towards no and mentioned that profit margins and sales of
the company specifically fluctuates based on the demands of products and services offered by
Sheraton hotel. Therefore, it is clear that talent management within Sheraton hotel can impact in
both negative and positive sense on sales and profit margins.
Q 3) Do you think is it important for the management to implement talent
management strategies?
a) Agree 44
b) Disagree 6

Interpretation: Talent management strategies can help talented groups within Sheraton hotel to
attain different range of goals and objectives in a specified time frame. It is also said that coma if
a company do not develops strategies in relation to talent management then it may impact
negatively on overall performance level of the hotel. Considering the above graph, it can be said
that 44 out of 50 respondents mention that yes it is important for management to implement
talent management strategies. Away with this, if it is talk about the rest of the respondents then
they stated that developing a talent management strategy and implementing it at the management
will not help a hotel like Sheraton to serve better to the customers or clients. It is mentioned
because, developing a strategy in relation to talent management may require different range of
elements where it is may be possible that management would require to deliver training sessions
as well to the staff members but it may impact negatively on performance level because for a
hotel like Sheraton there is no specified time left for delivering training to staff members and so
on.
Q 4) Why a hospitality organisation needs talent management?
a) To enhance sales 20
b) For better service offering 10
c) To make employees competitive 20

Interpretation: It has been analysed that, not only hospitality organisation but every single
company e dealing in different sectors would required to improve talent management as it may
lead to enhance sales, improve satisfaction level of the customers through offering them better
services and also make a competitive environment for the staff members. But, if it is talked about
the most effective need then talent management specifically helps in enhancing the sales of a
hospitality organisation where 20 out of 50 respondents given their answers towards it. Apart
from this, 20 respondents from 50 has also given their answers towards employees become much
more competitive with the help of talent management in hospitality organisation. Lastly, only 10
out of 50 respondents has given their answers to words talent management can improve the
service offerings done by a hotel like Sheraton.

Q 5) What are the major benefits that a company has after establishing
good talent management strategies?
a) talented and skilled staff 15
b) Increase in customer satisfaction 15
c) enhance in profit and sales 20

Interpretation: Above mentioned graph has clearly shown the results where 20 out of 50
respondents stated that establishing good talent management strategy will effectively improve
profits along with the sales of of a hospitality organisation. On the other hand, 15 out of 50
respondents stated that it will improve the satisfaction level of the customers because talent
management will help staff members to get appropriate knowledge in relation to how effectively
they can perform every single task in rightful manner. Including this, 15 out of 50 respondents
who had left has given their answers to words talent management will effectively improve skills
among staff members which will automatically put positive impact on performance level of their
own.
Q 6) According to you, what could be the barriers faced by Sheraton while
implementing talent management strategies?
a) Ineffective communication with employees 20
b) Unavailability of technology 15
c) All of the above 15

Interpretation: Above graph has given the information that 20 that belongs to the group of 50
respondents has given answers to words in effective communication among staff members can
be considered as one of the crucial challenge that can be faced by Sheraton at the time of
implementing talent management strategies. Apart from that, 15 from 50 respondents stated that
unavailability of the technology is also an area that may lead Sheraton hotel to face difficulties at
the time of implementing talent management strategies. Lastly, from the total number of 50
respondents only 15 who were left has given their answers towards all of the above and
mentioned that in effective communication among staff and unavailability of technology are the
two crucial problems that may lead Sheraton hotel to face difficulties.

Q 7) Do you think talent management within Sheraton will help in
expanding market share ?
a) Yes 38
b) No 12
Interpretation: Talent management can be considered as a crucial element that can help Sheraton
in expanding market share at the international hospitality industry. It is said because, considering
the information of the above-mentioned graph where 38 out of 50 respondents has stated that
talent management if done appropriately then it will directly impact positively on overall
performance level of the hotel. Including this, if it is talk about the rest of the respondents out of
50 then they have stated that talent management may not effectively help Sheraton hotel to reach
to the leading position. Therefore, it is pretty much clear that talent management within Sheraton
will effectively expand market share in short span and it will also deliver competitive advantages
as well.

Q 8) Can management of Sheraton will be able to implement talent
management effectively?
a) Agree 39
b) Disagree 11
Interpretation: Based on the information provided by the graph, it can be said that management
of Sheraton will effectively become able to to implement talent management strategies at
workplace. 39 from total number of 50 respondents, agreed that implementation of talent
management strategies will be really very easy for Sheraton management. On the other hand, if it

is talk about the other 11 respondents from the total number of 50 then they disagreed and stated
that management of Sheraton may not become able to implement talent management strategies in
an effective manner because of the different challenges like distance to change and many more
others.
Reflection
It is analysed by me that while completing the research activities, I have developed various skills
and abilities for managing the research activities properly. This is important for me to manage
the work properly and do the research activities properly. I have analysed that all work is done
properly and it is done effectively. I have evaluated various ways for managing the research
activities. I have used both primary as well as secondary data for managing the work effectively.
This is done in proper manner for managing the activities and strategies. While completing this
research, I have analysed that it is an opportunity for skill development. I have chosen the topic
of talent management as it is a major issue within hospitality orgasnisations. I have conducted
the researches properly and managing the accomplishment of aims and objectives properly. After
doing this research, I also learnt about organising my ideas more effectively and how to
cooperate with business environment and make plans for and suggestions for a company (Muller,
2019). I divided my work according to priority and make effective recommendation for the
company as it should enter the emerging market. In next upcoming projects, I think I can
improve my abilities and skills for conducting more effective research.
Limitation of the research
This research has the limitation of time. If there was more time, the research results will have
been more accurate. This research provided the understanding about talent management within
organisations but if there was more time, it would be done in a more better manner.
Conclusion
Based on the information that has been provided above, it is summarised that talent management
specifically plays an important role for a business organisation when it comes to grab a good
position at the market for in order to gain competitive advantages. Away with this, it can also be
said that if a company do not develops talent management related strategies then it may lose the
hope of reaching to the leading position within the industry in which it is performing. Also,

taking right decisions like organisation best fit approach will help hospitality organisation to
enhance overall performance level in much effective and efficient manner. On the other hand, it
is also summarised that profit margins along with the sales of hospitality organisation is directly
linking with the talent management because, if staff members will perform every single task in
rightful manager then it will directly improve satisfaction level of the customers. This may lead
the company to improve overall profit margins and sales as well of the different services offered
by them. Also, talent management may effectively make or break a Hospitality organisation’s
position at international level.
Recommendation
Considering the above mentioned information, there are a range of recommendations that can be
given to Sheraton while implementing talent management so that it may become able to perform
really very well within current competitive environment. Some of these recommendations are
linking to adoption of technology, implementation of different range of strategies in relation to
talent management, training and many more. In present context, these recommendations are
presented in a detailed manner beneath:
 The Primal recommendation that can be given to Sheraton in order to manage the talent it
is to deliver training to the staff members and based on the performance level, manager of
Sheraton would required to find jobs to every single staff member based on the
capabilities and skills.
 Finding out the gaps among skills that are required and the existing skills along with the
Talent carried by staff members of Sheraton. this is considered to be as a
recommendation because finding out the gaps which are required to be filled in order to
improve overall performance level of staff members. With the help of this, can easily be
said that competitive advantages will be gained by management of Sheraton.
 Another recommendation that can be given to Sheraton while managing the Talent is that
company would required to follow person organisation fit approach as this will help
Sheraton to improve recruitment and selection process and this is where management will
hire right individual on the correct position.

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APPENDIX

Project Title: Talent Management as a Strategic Priority
Student Details
Programme:
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Section Two: Project summary
Please select all research methods that you plan to use as part of your project:
Interviews
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Observations
Student Name Student ID

Use of Personal Records
Data Analysis
Action Research
Focus Groups
Other (please specify)
Questionnaire
Section Three: Participants
Will your research involve human participants? Yes
Who are the participants? Tick all that apply
Ages 12–16: Adults:
How will participants be recruited
(identified and approached)?
Random
Describe the process you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:
Face to face
How will you obtain consent from participants? Will this be written? How will it be
made clear to participants that they may withdraw consent to participate at any time?
Oral
Studies involving questionnaires: Will participants be given the option of omitting
questions they do not wish to answer?
Yes: yes
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- Young people aged 17–18: y
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No:

If No, please explain why below and ensure that you cover any ethical issues arising
from this:
Studies involving observation: Confirm whether participants will be asked for their
informed consent to be approved.
Yes:
yes
Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation? (e.g. give them a
brief explanation of the study)
Yes: yes
Will participants be given information about the
findings of your study? (This could be a summary of your
findings generally) Yes: yes
Section Four: Data storage and security
Confirm that all personal data will be stored and processed in compliance with the Data
Protection Act (1998)
Yes: Yes
Who will have access to the data and personal information?
Researcher
During the research
Where will the data be stored?
The selected studies for the research will be stored within a USB
Will mobile devices, such as USB storage and laptops, be used?
Yes: yes
No:
No:
No:
No:
No: X

If yes, please provide further details:
In order to analyse the relevant literature related to the research topic, the selected studies will
be kept within a USB
After the research
Where will the data be stored?
Since there is no problem in keeping the selected journals and articles (as these content are
published on online database)
How long will the data and records be kept, and in what format?
Since there is no problem in keeping the selected journals and articles (as these content are
published on online database)
Will the data be kept for use by other researchers?
Yes:
If yes, please provide further details:
The conducted research will be open and free for using for future researches.
Section Five: Ethical issues
Are there any particular features of your proposed work which may raise ethical concerns? If
so, please outline how you will deal with these:
There are several ethical considerations that will be in focus during the research. First
ethical consideration will be to find out whether the author of selected study have used
principles of confidentiality. Another ethical consideration will be to find does author have
No: N
O

given consent form and participation form if that research have conducted qualitative
strategy.
It is important that you demonstrate your awareness of potential risks that may arise as a result
of your research. Please consider/address all issues that may apply. Ethical concerns may
include, but are not limited to the following:
• informed consent
• potentially vulnerable participants
• sensitive topics
• risks to participants and/or researchers
• confidentiality/anonymity
• disclosures/limits to confidentiality
• data storage and security, both during and after the research (including transfer, sharing,
encryption, protection)
• reporting
• dissemination and use of your findings.
Section Six: Declaration
I have read, understood and will abide by the [insert name of college/centre] Research
Ethics Policy:
Yes yes
I have discussed the ethical issues relating to my research with my tutor:
Yes:
I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge, the above information is correct and that this is a
full description of the ethical issues that may arise in the course of my/our research.
No
No: Y
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