Research Proposal Form for Talent Management at Sainsbury

This research proposal form aims to identify the impact of staff motivation schemes to employee retention at Sainsbury through talent management. It includes the research objectives, questions, reasons for choosing the project, literature sources searched, activities and timescales, research approach and methodologies, data collection and analysis, and research ethics approval form.

Research Proposal Form
Student Name: ______________________ Student ID: ____________
Centre Name: _____________________
Tutor: ________________ Date: ___________________
Unit: ____________________
Proposed Title: ___Talent Management
___________________________________________
Section One: Title, objective,
responsibilities
Title or working title of the
research project (in the form of a
question, objective or hypothesis)
Title –Talent management
Research aim
To identify the impact of staff motivation
schemes to employee retention. A study
on Sainsbury.
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?):
Research objectives –
The research objectives in context of
this study are as follows:
 To study the concept of talent
management
 To identify the impact of staff
motivation schemes to employee
retention
 To determine the challenges that
Sainsbury can face in the process
of implementing staff motivation
schemes to retain employees
along with strategies to overcome

them.
Research Questions –
The key questions of research related to
this study are as follows –
 What is the concept of talent
management?
 What is the impact of staff
motivation schemes to employee
retention?
 What are the challenges that
Sainsbury can face in the process
of implementing staff motivation
schemes to retain employees
along with strategies to overcome
them?
Section Two: Reasons for choosing
this research project
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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 main reason behind selecting this
topic is that, respective topic is use of
my personal interest as I am planning to
make my career in retail industrial
sector. With the help of evaluating and
gathering information through this
research I can recognise the importance
of talent management along with the
strategies which helps in motivating
employees and assist the organisation
to retain them for longer period of time
for higher productivity. Beneficiary
within this research is employees and
retail industry as they may get to know
about the concept of talent
management and various types of staff
motivation scheme to retain employees
that will significantly help them to
assure more growth.
Section Three: Literature sources
searched
Use of key literature sources to
support your research question,
objective or hypothesis:
1. Concept of talent management
As per the view point of Osland, 2022
process in which organisation engage in
the process of attracting, selecting and
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retaining skilled and talented employees
for longer period of time with an aim to
accomplish business goals and
objectives. This process involve HR
activities across the employee life cycle
in which human resource manager of
company undertake use of workforce
planning, learning and development,
employee engagement, recruiting,
performance management, succession
and retention in order to manage
organisational workforce in a well-
defined and effective manner. The main
aim of talent management is to manage
workforce for higher productivity and
profitability. This will significantly allow
organisation to maximize
competitiveness in industry with the
help of the following activities with
experienced and skilled employees.
2. Impact of to employee retention
As per the view point of Pérez-López and
Navarro-Mateos, 2022Talent
management is defined as a in order to
retain employees, motivation plays
important role in which organisation
with the help of taking advantage of
employee motivation scheme can
effectively boost employees productivity
and can encourage them in a well-
defined and effective manner. Monetary
and non-monetary are different type of
employee motivation scheme which
assist organisation to promote
sustainable long-term motivation among
workforce. This will significantly assist
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employees to retain within organisation
for a longer period of time. It is essential
for organization to motivate employees
by providing them training, creating new
job titles, recognising their achievement,
providing positive workplace
environment and improve their pay
scale as comparatively to other rivals in
order to retain them. Different types of
motivation schemes have positive
impact on employee retention.
3. Challenges that Sainsbury can
face in the process of implementing
staff motivation schemes to retain
employees along with strategies to
overcome them
As per the view point of Louis, R.R.,
Sulaiman and Zakaria, 2022 in the
process of motivating employees
organisation can face number of
challenges that can affect the process of
talent management. In terms with
Sainsbury leaders they can face
challenge in the process of
implementing staff motivation scheme
in order to retain employees. These
challenges can be in terms of low self
confidence among employees, lack of
interest, fear of failure extra. In this to
overcome the challenges in a significant
manners Sainsbury can undertake use
of providing continuous training and
development to employees in order to
enhance their confidence, providing
regular feedback to employees on their
performance, undertaking use of strong
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communication network etc. In addition
to this, it has been evaluated that with
the help of staff motivation schemes like
recognition and rewards, referral
programs, professional development,
health and wellness, bonuses and
raises, addition time-off etc. are some
certain form of staff motivation schemes
that helps organisation to significantly
maximise employees motivation in a
well define and effective manner.
REFRENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Latukha, M., Michailova, S., Ott, D.L., Khasieva, D. and Kostyuk, D., 2022.
Gender, talent management and firm performance: MNCs' female-focused
talent management practices in Russia.
International Journal.
Louis, R.R., Sulaiman, N.A. and Zakaria, Z., 2022. Accounting firms’ talent
management practices: perceived importance and its impact on auditors’
performance. Pacific Accounting Review
Lee, C., 2022. Talent Strategies and Leadership Development of the Public
Sector: Insights from Southeast Asia
Pérez-López, I.J. and Navarro-Mateos, C., 2022. MasterchEF: A Talent Show-Based
Educational Project for the Training of Future Physical Education Teachers.
In Handbook of Research on Using Disruptive Methodologies and Game-
Based Learning to Foster Transversal Skills
El-Deeb, A., 2022. The Human Side of the Tech Industry: Key Drivers Behind the
Tech Talent Dilemma. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
pp.10-11.
Osland, J.S., 2022. An Interview with Paula Caligiuri, Pioneer in Global Leadership
Effectiveness Research. In Advances in global leadership
Publishing Limited.
Vosburgh, R.M., 2022. Closing the academic-practitioner gap: Research must
answer the “SO WHAT” question.
Review, 32(1), p.100633.
Section Four: Activities and
timescales
Activities –
Aim and objectives
Literature Review
Research methodology
How long this
will take:
2 weeks
4 weeks
2 weeks
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Data collection
Data analysis
Conclusion and Recommendations
Submission of final project
5 weeks
3 weeks
2 weeks
1 week
Milestone one:
____________Literature review _____
Target date (set by tutor): ___25-02-
2022_________________
Milestone two:
_____________________Research
methodology __
Target date (set by tutor): ______20-
3-2022________________
Gantt Chart
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Section Five: Research approach
and methodologies
What type of research approach
and methodologies are you likely to
use and why? What your areas of
research will cover:
Research philosophy:
Research philosophy is mainly
characterized as defined as well as
values that are being undertaken in
research to collect information and data
associated to the topic. Positivism and
interpretivism are two types of research
philosophy out of which to conduct
present investigation researcher will
undertake advantage of positivism
research philosophy in associated with
quantitative research methods which
will help in evaluating accurate data and
information.
Research approach:
Research approaches is defined as
procedure and plan that is being
undertaken by investigator to collect
information and data related (Igwenagu,
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2016). Deductive and inductive are
different type of research approaches
out of which to conduct the present
investigation visitable undertake use of
deductive approach to execute research
with quantitative manner.
Research strategies:
Research strategy is mainly termed as
an action plan that is being duly
followed by the investigator to
accomplish overall research in effective
manner. Survey, action research etc are
different type of research strategy out of
which to conduct present investigation
researcher will take use of Survey in
order to collect information and data
efficiently.
Research choices:
Research choice is termed as decision
which is helpful in undertaking choice
between selection of qualitative as well
as quantitative research method.
Quantitative and qualitative are two
types of research choices method out of
which to conduct present investigation
will undertake use of quantitative
research methods in order to evaluate
research as per statistical result in order
to achieve higher level of accuracy. In
this research will use chart and bar to
represent data.
Data collection time horizon
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Data collection is termed as method
which help investigator to collect and
evaluate data to accomplish research
objectives. In terms with present
research to accomplish objectives
researcher will take advantage of
efficient data collection method. Primary
and secondary or two types of data
collection method out of which to
conduct present investigation
researcher will take use of both the form
of data collection method. In this with
primary method investigator will take
use of questionnaire. While in terms
with secondary research investigator
will evaluate the point of different
authors via literature review.
Time horizon
Time Horizon is defined as overall
amount of time which is required to
fulfill research objectives. Longitudinal
and cross-sectional are two type of time
Horizon out of which to conduct an
investigation researcher will take
advantage of cross sectional time
horizon. Main aim in taking this method
is to fulfil research objectives in time
effective manner and ensure efficient
outcomes.
 Identify the data collection
and Data Analysis:
Data collection sources:
With the help of undertaking primary as
well as secondary data collection
method researcher will acquire
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appropriate data and information to fulfil
present research objective. In terms of
primary data questionnaire will be
undertaken. While in terms and
secondary data collection methods
evaluation of journals and books will be
undertaken. Main advantage of primary
data collection method is that it is it
offer authentic data. While on the other
hand disadvantage is that in this
researcher need to invest lot of time.
While secondary method is . cost
effective and time effective. However, in
this research can face challenges to
communicate with respondents.
Primary data collection techniques
will include close ended questionnaire
and the same will be analysed using
frequency distribution table.
Comments and agreement from
tutor
Comments (optional):
I confirm that the project is not
work which has been or will be
submitted for another qualification
and is appropriate.
Agreed: ________________
(name)_______________ Date
______________
Comments and agreement form
project proposal checker( IV
sampling)
Comments (Optional):
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I confirm that the project is
appropriate.
Agreed /Disagree:
(Name of the IV)
Date
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Research Ethics approval form
.
Section 1: Basic details:
Project title:
Talent Management
Student name:
Student ID number:
Programme:
College Name:
Intended research start date:
Intended research end date:
Section 2 Project summary
Please select all research methods that you plan to use as a part of your project:
 Interviews Yes No
 Questionnaires Yes No
 Observations Yes No
 Use of personal records Yes No
 Data Analysis Yes No
 Action Research Yes No
 Focus Groups Yes No
 Others (Please specify) :
Section 3: Participants
Please answer the following questions, giving full details where necessary.
Will your research involve human participants?
Who are the participants? Tick all that apply:
Ages 12-16: Young people aged: 17-18 Adults:
How will participants be recruited (identified an approached)?
The participants will be recruited by using simple random sampling
method.
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are
doing:
To inform the participants, different communication tools will be use.
How will you obtain consent from participants? Will this be written? How will it be
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made clear to participants that they may withdraw consent to participate at any
time?
From participants their consent will be undertaken through asking them
to fill consent form. It can be in the written form. In this, the participants
will inform prior to take participation in research that they can withdraw
their consent any time from the research.
Studies involving questionnaires: will participants be given the option of omitting
questions that do not wish to answer?
Yes 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 observed.
Yes No
Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation (i.e give them a brief
explanation of the study)?
Yes No
Will participants be given information about the findings of your study?(This could
be a brief summary of your findings in general)
Yes No
Section 4: Data Storage and Security
Confirm that all personal data will be stored and processed in compliance with the
Data Protection Act (1998)
Yes No
Who will have access to the data and personal information?
The data as well as personal information will be accessed by researcher
only
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During the research:
Where will the data be stored?
The data will be duly stored in mobile devices such as USB storage and laptops be
used
Will mobile devices such as USB storage and laptops be used
Yes No
If Yes, please provide further details:
After the research:
Where will the data be stored?
The data will be stored in pen drive and laptop.
How long will the data and records be kept for and in what format?
The data and records will be kept for 7 years and in the format of soft
copy
Will data be kept for use by other researchers? Yes No
Section 5 : 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:
It is important that you demonstrate your awareness of potential risks that may
arise because 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
 Risk 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 6: Declaration
I have read, understood and will abide by the institution’s Research and
Ethics Policy: Yes No
I have discussed the ethical issues relating to my research with my Unit
Tutor:
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Yes No
I confirm that to the best of my knowledge:
The above information is correct, and this is a full description of the
ethical issues that may arise in the course of my research
Name: Date:
Please submit your completed form to your supervisor and also attach to
the Research Proposal when submitting to Turnitin.
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