Evaluating Career Planning and Job Satisfaction at Barclays Bank

This research proposal outlines a study to evaluate the relationship between career planning and job satisfaction among employees at Barclays Bank. The proposal details a five-step mind map process for selecting the research topic and formulating the research aim, starting with idea formation and progressing through the selection of specific areas of interest within Human Resource Management, defining the actions the researcher intends to take, selecting the relevant sector (retail banking), and adding industry-specific details. The research aims to assess the impact of career planning on job satisfaction, with specific objectives including understanding career planning concepts, evaluating the relationship between career planning and job satisfaction, exploring factors affecting career planning, and recommending strategies for improvement. The proposal also includes a list of references to support the research.

Research Proposal

A MIND MAP FOR SELECTING A RESEARCH TOPIC AND
FORMULATING RESEARCH AIM
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Step - 1 (Idea Formation)
This is the very first step in deciding the topic of the research and
formulating the research aim. Looking at the broad areas of business and
management, the selected areas on which the research can be conducted
is Human Resource Management
Step – 2 (Research Idea)
This is being referred as the process wherein two or more areas of
interest are being selected by the researcher for the purpose of study. In
case of the present work, the researcher has selected two or more areas of
interest of Human Resource Management such as career management,
career planning and career development.
Step – 3 (What actions the researcher might like to do)
This is being referred as the stage which helps in deciding about the
actions that the researcher might like to perform in the study that is
whether it is evaluation, determine, analyse, study or discuss. The
researcher will like to evaluate in the current research purposes.
Step – 4 (Selection of the sector or-sub sector)
This is the stage which helps in identifying the areas, sector or sub-
sectors in which the researcher desires to carry out the study such as
banking, retail, manufacturing etc. After evaluation based on the interest
level of the researcher banking sector is being selected. on the other
hand, specific sector has also been selected by the researcher that is retail
banking.
Step – 5 (Adding industry specific details)
The next and the final step involves adding of industry specific details.
For instance, in the present work the researcher has selected retail
banking sector and thus, will be going to focus on large sized bank of UK
such as Barclay’s bank.

Topic – The main topic of the current research work is “Evaluating the relationship between
career planning and job satisfaction among the employees – A study on Barclays bank.
Research aim – The main aim of the present research work is “to evaluate the relationship
between career planning and job satisfaction among the employees – A study on Barclays
bank”.
Research objective – Based on the above aim, some of the small objectives needed for
accomplishing the main aim are being framed below:
 To understand the concept of career planning and management
 To evaluate the relationship between career planning and job satisfaction of the
employees
 To explore the factors impacting career planning of the employees
 To recommend strategies for improving career planning and job satisfaction in the
organization
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Chinnadurai, P., 2014. HR practices in private sector banks - Empirical evidence.
International Journal of Marketing. 3(4). pp.30– 37.
Rowland, C.A., Hall, R.D. and Altarawneh, I., 2017. Training and development: challenges
of strategy and managing performance in Jordanian banking. EuroMed Journal of
Business. 12(1). pp.36-51.
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