To Determine Benefits and Risk of Outsourcing

Section 1: Basic details:
Project title:
To determine benefits and risk of outsourcing- A study on Zara
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:
Adults:
How will participants be recruited (identified an approached)?
Simple Random Technique
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:
Email

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?
BY taking written consent from the respondents and describing them to withdraw their
concern from research.
Studies involving questionnaires: will participants be given the option of omitting questions
that do not wish to answer?
No
If no please explain why below and ensure that you cover any ethical issues arising from this
As the participants will not be having any right to omit the questions rather they can miss the
question which they do not want to answer.
Studies involving observation: Confirm whether participants will be asked for their informed
consent to be observed.
No
Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation (i.e give them a brief explanation
of the study)?
No
Will participants be given information about the findings of your study?(This could be a brief
summary of your findings in general)
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
Who will have access to the data and personal information?
Only the researcher

During the research:
Where will the data be stored?
USB
Will mobile devices such as USB storage and laptops be used
Yes
If Yes, please provide further details:
After the research:
Where will the data be stored?
Laptop
How long will the data and records be kept for and in what format?
2 years in digital format
Will data be kept for use by other researchers? 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:

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.
Research Proposal Form
Student Name: ______________________ Student ID: ____________
Centre Name: _____________________
Tutor: ________________ Date: ___________________
Unit: ____________________
Proposed Title: To determine benefits and risk of outsourcing- A study on Zara
Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities
Title or working title of the research project (in the form of a question, objective or
hypothesis)
Aim
To identify benefits and risk related to outsourcing the business operation- A study on
Zara
Research question
 Research question
 What is outsourcing pertaining to UK fashion industry?
 Does outsourcing offer benefit to fashion sector companies like Zara?
 What are challenges faced by Zara with context to outsourcing?
Research objectives (e.g what is the question you want to answer? What do you want to