The Challenges Faced by Multinational Companies in a Globalized World

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Research Proposal
The impact of globalisation on the corporate structures of large multinational
companies and the major challenges they face
Student’s Name:
Student’s ID:
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Table of Contents
Research Aim.............................................................................................................................3
Research Questions....................................................................................................................3
Research Objectives...................................................................................................................3
Reason for choosing this Research Topic..................................................................................4
Literature Review.......................................................................................................................4
Timescale of Activities..............................................................................................................5
Research Methodology...............................................................................................................7
Research Philosophy..............................................................................................................8
Research Approach................................................................................................................8
Research method....................................................................................................................8
Reference List..........................................................................................................................10
Appendices...............................................................................................................................11
Appendix 1: Research Proposal Form..................................................................................11
Appendix 2: Research Ethics Approval Form.....................................................................16
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Research Aim
The research significantly aims to acknowledge the impact of globalisation on the corporate
structures of large multinational companies and to understand the major challenges they face.
Research Questions
The research question is considered as the fundamental core of the resolute research project
or study. The following are the questions determined below.
 What are the different impacts of globalisation on the determined corporate structures of
large or multinational organisations?
 What are the various opportunities and threats associated to the concept globalisation in
affecting the corporate structures of an organisation?
 What are the major challenges faced by the multinational companies due to the impact of
globalisation?
 What are the different recognisable factors and strategies to be undertaken in order to
improve or work efficiently on the challenges determined due to the impact of
globalisation on multinational companies?
Research Objectives
The research objectives summarise the prospect that to be achieved in the study. The
objectives refer to specific accomplishments of the research aim that clearly defines the focus
of the study. Considered as the key performance indicators the following are the objectives
determined below.
 To understand the various impacts of globalisation on the corporate structures of
multinational organisations
 To examine the different opportunities and threats associated to the concept resembling
the impact of globalisation in the corporate structure of multinational organisations
 To scrutinise the major challenges faced by the multinational organisations due to the
impact of globalisation in its corporate structure
 To recommend necessary strategies from the data availed from the research study and
support the concept to face the emerging challenges in positive possible ways
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Reason for choosing this Research Topic
Globalisation has been considered as the process that has significantly increased the
integration and interaction among the companies, government and people worldwide. The
topic has shown the relevance to be studied upon as it has significantly affected the
multinational organisation with variant business functions. It has also led many businesses to
work across the geographical boundaries, therefore, leading to political, global, cultural and
economic integration. The study will significantly help me to understand the impact of
globalisation to the multinational organisation. In order to validate the project, the research
approach will help me to build the knowledge and skills associated with the formation of
research and project approach. It will help me to assess the different aspects that globalisation
has played a part to the successful market expansion and challenges that interlinks the
process. The core reason to choose this topic also signifies the key importance showing the
rapid change of functions and global influences on the business processes that has shown
different benefits or challenges to reach the foreign buyers.
Literature Review
Impact of Global strategy and organisational learning
Globalisation has led the organisational learning vividly to operate and interact with the
global market. The concept of globalisation has also influenced or implied the insights that
occurred from the global strategy in order to increase the relevance of the organisational
learning. Internationalisation has addressed the concerned internalization of globalisation in
taking various pathways. In considering the concept of global strategy field, the limitation of
mutual interaction and engagement has shown the relation in between the fields of
organisational learning and global strategy. Foreign market environments and the different
knowledge laying across the borders has shown the business with different international
alliances and significant joint ventures. The change in strategy has shown how globalisation
provides the business with a pathway to access the new markets.
Globalisation and Global Concern
Globalisation as a momentous process has gained a tremendous drive in the recent decade,
therefore, resulting in an unprecedented awareness and human interconnectedness as on the
global concerns (Reese et al., 2015). The issues on such concerns have showcased various
perspectives that have reflected different psychological processes in underlining the
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behavioural and cognitive responses to different global based challenges. The three major
areas or aspects reflecting the social psychological application and theorising the concerns
has determined supranational identification and attachments, the ideological and political
response to the concept of globalisation and thirdly the global change and protest. The
prospects have shown different future prospects that have been emerging significantly in the
field of globalisation and have acknowledged the change in industrial function in tumultuous
times.
Digital Trade Transforming Globalisation
Digital technologies have shown drastic improvement in the present age of technology and its
advancements. Such technologies have also transformed the global-based flows of services,
goods, people and money; Digital trade has been represented as albeit, essential and hard-to-
measure components in the global prospect. Digital trade has influenced the growth,
development and assumption to new forms while facilitating globalisation as a concept and
hence transforming it significantly. Transformation of the process has shown different cross-
border flow in digital goods, internet of things and creating online platforms for the
exchange, consumption and production of products (Lund and Manyika, 2016).
Timescale of Activities
Milestone Date
One: The selection and justification of the
research topic and preparation of the project
plan will be completed By 10th March 2019
Two: The allocation of all necessary
resources, auditing of the budget and
implementation of the project plan is to be
completed.
By 31st March 2019
Three: Conduction of research study and
analysis of the data is done to ensure the
completion of the project. By 11the April 2019
Table 1: Milestones of the project
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Gantt Chart
Activities 1
week
2
weeks
3
week
4
week
5
weeks
6
week
Understanding and
acknowledging the Research
topic as per the selection
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Assessment of secondary
sources and forming of
Literature review
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Selection and justifying an
effective research layout and
design
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Conduction of first-hand data or
Primary data collection
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Secondary data collection   
Development and initialising the
research plan to ensure the
determined expansion of the
deliverables
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Understanding different and
relevant techniques to absolute
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the research study
Allocating all requisite
responsible sources for the
research study
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Interpretation of data and
Analysing the information
gained
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Completion of the research
study
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Assurance of the Research
outline
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Research compliance 
Table 2: Gantt Chart
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Research Methodology
Research methodology is a conceptual and systematic framework that significantly assures a
brief acknowledgement of all validated methods to the researcher as determined to this
research project or study. It signifies different processes that are to be utilised to collect the
data and information for the future project decisions (Kumar, 2019).
Dimension of researches Selected methods
Research philosophy Positivism Research Philosophy
Research Approach Deductive Research Approach
Data collection method Primary and Secondary research methods
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Table 3: Research Methodology
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Research Philosophy
Research philosophy is defined as the belief towards different ways through which the data is
gathered, utilised and analysed. Considering the nature of the project objectives, Positivism
research philosophy has been selected as the considered philosophy for the research project
(Hughes and Sharrock, 2016, 2017). To gain and develop the information further, positivism
ensures all factual knowledge with precise observation and including the measurement with
highly structured methods. Positivism ensures the large samples as the concern that ensures
the researcher to conduct both quantitative and qualitative research aspects in the further
research project.
Research Approach
The research approach is defined as the process and plan that includes the steps to broader
assumptions with all detailed methods in analysing and interpreting the data (Quinlan et al.,
2019). Deductive research approach has been admired as the most relevant approach for this
research project. Deductive approach significantly supports the combined steps and strategies
in a detailed format. It formulates the hypothesis that is required to be rejected or confirmed
in during the process with the deductive approach.
Figure 1: Deductive research Approach
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Research method
The research method signifies the data collected from different sources that to support the
overall hypothesis. The data collection method is referred top the process that ensures to
collect information form most relevant sources possible in order to find the answers to the
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research questions. It has been divided into two different methods that are the primary data
collection method and secondary data collection method.
Figure 2: Data collection method
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Mixed Data collection method that is both primary and secondary data collection method has
been selected in order to gain data from the relevant sources. The research project identifies
all the relevant primary source that to survey and interview the employees and managers of
multinational companies in order to gain the knowledge on how the globalisation impact on
the corporate structures of the respective organisation (Beins, 2017). The secondary sources
support the hypothesis from the pre determined data and information published in relevant
journals, portals and in other sources in order to increase the level of research reliability and
validity at the same place.
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Reference List
Hotho, J.J., Lyles, M.A. and Easterby‐Smith, M., 2015. The mutual impact of global strategy
and organizational learning: current themes and future directions. Global Strategy
Journal, 5(2), pp.85-112.
Lund, S. and Manyika, J., 2016. How digital trade is transforming globalisation. by
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) 7 Chemin de Balexert,
1219 Geneva, Switzerland Tel:+ 41 22 917 8492–E-mail: ictsd@ ictsd. ch–Website: www.
ictsd. org Publisher and Chief Executive: Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz World Economic Forum
91-93 route de la Capite, 1223 Cologny/Geneva, Switzerland Tel:+ 41 22 869 1212–E-mail:
contact@ weforum. org–Website: www. weforum. org Co-Publisher and Managing Director:
Richard Samans.
Reese, G., Rosenmann, A. and McGarty, C., 2015. Globalisation and global concern:
Developing a social psychology of human responses to global challenges. European Journal
of Social Psychology, 45(7), pp.799-805.
Beins, B.C., 2017. Research method: A tool for life. Cambridge University Press.
Quinlan, C., Babin, B., Carr, J. and Griffin, M., 2019. Business research methods. South
Western Cengage.
Hughes, J.A. and Sharrock, W.W., 2016. The philosophy of social research. Routledge.
Kumar, R., 2019. Research methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners. Sage
Publications Limited.
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Appendices
Appendix 1: Research Proposal Form
Research Proposal Form
Student Name: ______________________ Student ID:
____________
Centre Name: _____________________
Tutor: ________________ Date:
___________________
Unit: ____________________
Proposed Title: The impact of globalisation on the corporate structures of large
multinational companies and the major challenges they face
Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities
Title or working title of the research project (in the form of a
question, objective or hypothesis)
The impact of globalisation on the corporate structures of large multinational companies and the
major challenges they face
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?):
 To understand the various impacts of globalisation on the corporate structures of
multinational organisations
 To examine the different opportunities and threats associated to the concept resembling
the impact of globalisation in the corporate structure of multinational organisations
 To scrutinise the major challenges faced by the multinational organisations due to the
impact of globalisation in its corporate structure
 To recommend necessary strategies from the data availed from the research study and
support the concept to face the emerging challenges in positive possible ways
Section Two: Reasons for choosing this research project
Reasons for choosing the project (e.g links to other subjects you
are studying, personal interest, future plans, knowledge/skills you
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want to improve, why the topic is important):
Globalisation has been considered as the process that has significantly increased the integration and
interaction among the companies, government and people worldwide. The topic has shown the
relevance to be studied upon as it has significantly affected the multinational organisation with variant
business functions. It has also led many businesses to work across the geographical boundaries,
therefore, leading to political, global, cultural and economic integration. The study will significantly
help me to understand the impact of globalisation to the multinational organisation. In order to
validate the project, the research approach will help me to build the knowledge and skills associated
with the formation of research and project approach. It will help me to assess the different aspects that
globalisation has played a part to the successful market expansion and challenges that interlinks the
process. The core reason to choose this topic also signifies the key importance showing the rapid
change of functions and global influences on the business processes that has shown different benefits
or challenges to reach the foreign buyers.
Section Three: Literature sources searched
Use of key literature sources to support your research question,
objective or hypothesis:
Hotho, J.J., Lyles, M.A. and Easterby‐Smith, M., 2015. The mutual impact of global strategy and
organizational learning: current themes and future directions. Global Strategy Journal, 5(2), pp.85-
112.
Lund, S. and Manyika, J., 2016. How digital trade is transforming globalisation. by International
Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) 7 Chemin de Balexert, 1219 Geneva,
Switzerland Tel:+ 41 22 917 8492–E-mail: ictsd@ ictsd. ch–Website: www. ictsd. org Publisher and
Chief Executive: Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz World Economic Forum 91-93 route de la Capite, 1223
Cologny/Geneva, Switzerland Tel:+ 41 22 869 1212–E-mail: contact@ weforum. org–Website: www.
weforum. org Co-Publisher and Managing Director: Richard Samans.
Reese, G., Rosenmann, A. and McGarty, C., 2015. Globalisation and global concern: Developing a
social psychology of human responses to global challenges. European Journal of Social
Psychology, 45(7), pp.799-805.
Section Four: Activities and timescales
Activities to be carried out during the research
project (e.g research, development and analysis of
ideas, writing, data collection, numerical analysis,
tutor meetings, production of final outcome,
How long
this will
take:
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