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Writing a Research Proposal (pdf)

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Running head: RESEARCH PROPOSALBusiness Research Method: Research Proposal on Case StudyName of the Student:Name of the University:Author note:
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1RESEARCH PROPOSAL1. Introduction Dubois Industries is one of the most prominent names in the manufacturing industry ofAustralia. The international firm has almost 1000 employees in Australia. Recently, the firm hasbeen making headlines due to a severe HR issue, that is, sexual harassment. It has beenhighlighted that the incidence of sexual harassment is quite widespread in all levels of thecompany including the Board member level. The HR department of Dubois Industries isinterested to conduct a thorough investigation to look into the matter and eliminate that toestablish a healthy working environment and employee safety. The research proposal by YoungConsultancy will address the issue of sexual harassment in Dubois Industries and how toeliminate that. 1.1 Problem statementSexual harassment is a burning issue in today’s world. Organizations that have thisproblem in the workplace ultimately experience a fall in the reputation and business overtime.Employees leave the organizations as they do not feel comfortable in such environment, whichaffects the productivity and performance of the organization (McDonald, 2012). DuboisIndustries in Australia has been facing this challenge for quite some time, for which they havelost reputation. A research should be conducted to explore the root and nature of the problemwithin the organization, its impact on the employees and to find out the ways to solve the issue.With the solution, the organization can focus on designing and implementing the measures toreduce problem of sexual harassment in the company and establish a safe working environmentfor all.
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2RESEARCH PROPOSAL2. Research questions and objectivesThe research questions are:1.What is the nature and cause of sexual harassment in Dubois Industries?2.How far the problem of sexual harassment is spread out within the levels of organization?3.How the employees of Dubois Industries are affected by the incidences of sexualharassments?The research objectives are:To explore the nature and cause of sexual harassment in Dubois Industries and how far itis spread. To evaluate the impact of sexual harassment on the employees of Dubois Industries. 3. Expected outcomeThe expected outcome of the research is to get an insight about the existing problem inthe company and to find out ways to solve that. Given the constraints of the research, that is,time and budget, some basic questions are framed to explore the specific aspects of the researchissue. These questions will help to fulfill the objectives of the research. Data on these questionscan be addressed by using two different methods of data collection, which are surveyquestionnaire and focus group. Both of these will save time and cost of data collection, requiredfor the research. Hence, the researcher will frame the questionnaire and focus group themesaccordingly to find out the answers to these research questions.
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3RESEARCH PROPOSAL4. Literature review Sexual harassment has become one of the major concerns for many organizations acrossthe world. Sexual harassment refers to a wide range of activities that involve the harassment ofan individual due to his or her sex. The actions include various forms, such as, verbal or writtenabuse, unwelcoming gestures, requests for sexual favor, threats, and creating hostileenvironment, which would make an individual feel uncomfortable, offended, intimidated orhumiliated (HerscH, 2015). It is not consensual or mutually agreed upon. There have been manyinstances of sexual harassment in the workplace across the world. In majority of the cases, powerplays a vital role. The management or the person with a high position in the company oftenexploits the power of the seat to harass a subordinate for personal pleasure (McLaughlin, Uggen& Blackstone, 2012). On the other hand, it is also seen that, many people have taken undueadvantage by placing a false claim to satisfy personal grudges or power. Thus, the issue of sexualharassment is highly controversial as well as sensitive. Banerjee and Sharma (2011) highlighted in their paper that men and women havedifferent level of awareness regarding the elements that cause sexual harassment in a workplace.They have also found that men mostly lack the knowledge regarding the harassment issue. Thus,it can be inferred from the study that women mostly face the problem of sexual harassment in theworkplace and that is the reason, women are more aware of it. In this regard, the example ofSusan Fowler and Uber can be mentioned. Fowler was an Uber engineer, who helped to unveilthe events of sexual harassment happening in one of the largest start ups of the world. Thewomen employees were mistreated, which made the female employees leave the organizationwithin a short time span and the higher authority threatened Fowler not to report such things.However, Fowler divulged many incidents and advocated for the unethical actions to stop. Later
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