MG/LW 060319: Management Structure in Holistic Therapy Report

This report examines the significance of management structure within the holistic therapy industry, specifically focusing on the London Clinic. The research investigates various organizational structures (Flat, Tall, Functional, Matrix, and Divisional) and their impact on clinic success and growth. The study employs a pragmatic research philosophy, deductive approach, and survey strategy using a questionnaire distributed to 50 respondents. Data collection involves both primary and secondary sources, with thematic analysis for qualitative data and statistical graphs for quantitative data analysis. The report also addresses the limitations of the research, including time constraints and the use of questionnaires, while highlighting the importance of effective communication, resource utilization, and employee satisfaction within the management framework. The findings aim to provide insights into developing and maintaining an effective organizational structure to enhance productivity and performance in the London Clinic and other holistic therapy practices.

SECTION 1: PERSONAL DETAILS& DECLARATION
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Student number:
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Programme of Study:
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SECTION 2: SUPERVISOR’S APPROVAL
Dissertation supervisors, please:
 scrutinise the Ethics Application and all participant-facing documentation
 suggest and check any changes which need making before your final approval
x Please tick the box to confirm that you have approved the application as ethically
sound,
and the participant-facing documentation as appropriate
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SECTION 3: PROJECT DETAILS
Title of project: Holistic Therapy industry: Role of
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Management structure in achievement of
company’s growth.
(should be the same as on participant-facing documentation)
Proposed start date:
Duration:
Purpose of the proposed investigation (max 400 words):
This section should include the material which outlines the rationale for the project, i.e. why this study needs
to be done. This should be done in a way that is both accessible and scholarly, i.e. have proper cited sources.
Holistic Therapy industry is associated with a form of medicine of healing the whole person which in
includes body, mind, spirit and emotions of individuals in a quest of optimal health and wellness
(Harris and Crawford, 2020). Thus, Holistic Therapy industry, is the one where doctors makes use
of conventional medication to forms heath which also consists of use of alternative therapies to treat
and well care patient.
The main purpose of current investigation consists of leading better evaluation of importance of
management structure for a clinic along with determination of main contribution of management
structure in the success and growth of any clinic. Further, the selection of current research topic is
rationale as it ensures better evaluation of possible types of management structure along with their
potential benefits and challenges. Apart from this, current investigation is viable and rationale and it
lead to identification of best management structure for a clinic so that a better and higher level of
growth and success can be achieved by these clinic. Beside this, the current research topic also meets
the personal interest and academic perceptive and view point of investigator and other scholar thus,
rational and justifiable for leading improvement knowledge regarding the concept of Holistic
Therapy. Thus, main purpose of conducting current in investigation includes evaluation and gaining
of better information and knowledge along with a practical experience of leading a research to
ensure better skills development and enhanced competencies.
Beside this, as per the view point of Amanda Lautieri, 2020, it has been evaluated that holistic
therapy is basically a form of treatment that emphasis on recovery of a patient in comprehensive way
during treatment of complex conditions like addiction, depression and other forms of anxiety. Thus,
selection of current research project and topic is rationale as it leads to evaluation of variety
approaches and management structure that focuses on well care of both mind and body of an
individual’s (Frankish and Sinason, 2018).
Further, according to the Henrich, K., 2020, the management structure of a clinic or hospital plays a
vital role in its success and growth thus, evaluation of these efficient management structure which
comprises of Flat organisational structure, Tall organisational structure, Functional organisational
structure, Matrix organisational structure and Divisional organisational structure is a main purpose
for leading out current investigation (Søren Ventegodt, 2019). Beside this, determination of most
appropriate way which is viable to develop and maintain a suitable organisational structure for its
better growth and success is also one of the main purpose of leading out current investigation.
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References
Books and journal
Henrich, K., 2020. Supporting Student Wellbeing and Holistic Success: A Public Services Approach.
International Information & Library Review, pp.1-9.
Frankish, P. and Sinason, V. eds., 2018. Holistic therapy for people with Dissociative Identity
Disorder. Routledge.
Harris, J. and Crawford, L., 2020. Exploring the Integration of Technology in a Holistic Special
Educational Setting. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, pp.1-
14.
Søren Ventegodt, M.D., 2019. A comparative analysis of the environmental consequences of the
world's different types of medicine: Consciousness-based holistic medicine versus
pharmaceutical medicine. Journal of Alternative Medicine Research. 11(1). pp.67-78.
Online
Amanda Lautieri. 2020. Holistic Therapy and Alternative Medicine Techniques. [Online]. Available
Through: < https://www.greenhousetreatment.com/therapy/holistic-therapy/>
Outline of the project:
This section should include the details of the research methods i.e. what will be done and how. Please start
by giving a brief summary (one paragraph) including how many participants there are likely to be, where the
research will take place and an indication of how long participation will take for each section (interviews,
questionnaires etc.) and in total.
For current investigation on London Clinic use of following research method and approach is made
for better accomplishment of desired objectives and set target:
Research philosophy- From four main categories of research philosophy, which comprises
Posistivitism, Interpretivism, realism and pragmatism. Use of interpretivism is based on analysis and
evaluation of theoretical data where as implication of positivism is related with numeric set of data.
Thus, the use of pragmatism form of philosophy, is most appropriate is provided better evaluation
and analysis of set objectives through leading better support for quantitative data. The justification
behind the selection of positivism philosophy over interpretivism comprises of the fact the
interpretivism is based in theoretical data where as the nature of current investigation is more relied
in numeric terms and frequencies thus, use of positivism form of philosophy is more suitable and
justifiable.
Research approach- This section of methodology is basically divided into two forms which area
deductive and inductive out of which one form is adopted by researcher based on nature of study.
The unitisation of inductive approach of research is seemed suitable and appropriate with qualitative
nature of research where as deductive is opted for numeric and quantifiable set of investigation.
Therefore, out of deductive and inductive type of approach the use of deductive approach is more
suitable and viable for current investigation to lead better testing and scanning of numeric form of
data that is collected for current study. Thus, selection of deductive approach is justifiable and
suitable for current investigation on London Clinic as meet the nature of current study and ensures a
more observant and measurable form of results through easy and simple analysis and evaluation of
collected data.
Research strategy- With respect to current research project use of survey strategy is most viable as it
ensures collection of reliable and abundant information trough making use of questionnaire.
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Adoption of survey strategy is justifiable as it ensures more easy and simplified collection of
abundant data from larger section of respondents with the help of making use of questionnaire as
instrument of research.
Choices of method- There are three common form of research method which comprise of
qualitative, quantitative and mixed method. From these methods use of both qualitative and
quantitative form of method is made as qualitative method provides more theoretical information
from secondary sources where as quantitative is used for collection of primary data with the help of a
questionnaire in numeric terms, which leads better presentation, and communication of research
findings. Thus, a justification can be made that use of qualitative data requires more time and is a
complex form of research method which comprises of analysis and evaluation of theoretical data
where as quantitative method of research is more suitable as it ensures collection of data in terms of
numeric facts that is more easy to collect and present in relatively shorter span of time.
Data collection and analysis - Basically there are two common form of sources of data collection
which comprises of primary and secondary sources. With respect to current investigation both
primary as well as secondary sources of data collection are used as it ensures and provides better
accomplishment of current investigation. Primary sources are viable for collection of first hand data
where as secondary source is needed to provide a base and framework for current research project
through ensuring support from the old findings and literature work. For analysis of qualitative form
of data use of Thematic analysis is justifiable as it applied by a researcher in order to a set of texts
collected with the help of interview transcripts. Under thematic analysis the researcher closely
examines the collected data in order to identify and determine the common themes associated with
the topics and ideas to form acommon pattern and result. Analysis of quantitative form of data would
be made through making use of pie charts, statistical graphs and frequency table as it ensures better
presentation and communication of collected data.
Sampling method- This section of research project is basically associated with selection and
adoption of participants for an investigation from which the primary set of data is collected. For
current investigation, a sample size of 50 respondents is selected from the total population of
stakeholders of London clinic with the help of random sampling technique. The selected respondents
are mainly chosen from the employees of London Clinic, as they are one who have maximum level
of information about the management and operation of an organisation.
Use of following below stated questionnaire is made by investigator for the purpose of data
collection for current study:
Questionnaire
Name:
Age:
Email:
Address:
Q 1) Do you have any understanding regarding management
structure?
a) Yes
b) No
Q 2) As per your opinion, what is the significance of having an
effective management structure for London Clinic?
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a) Well defined jobs
b) Avoids duplication of work
c) Clarify authority and power
d) Promotes specialization
e) Promotes coordination at workplace
Q 3) According to you, which type of organisational structure is
more appropriate for the London Clinic?
a) Flat organisational structure
b) Tall organisational structure
c) Functional organisational structure
d) Matrix organisational structure
e) Divisional organisational structure
Q 4) As per your opinion, what is the role of management structure
in London Clinic?
a) Encouraging efficiency
b) Provide pathways for communication
c) Ensures optimum use of resources
d) Facilitate actions of management
e) Provides job satisfaction
Q 5) How management structure of an organisation contributes and
leads impact on its success and growth?
a) Positively
b) Negatively
c) Neither positively nor negatively
Q 6) What can be the key issue face by management in maintaining
a robust management structure in London Clinic?
a) Communication of company goals
b) Conflicts caused by departmental loyalty
c) Changes bought by new administration
Q 7) Which is the most appropriate way to develop and maintain an
effective organisational structure?
a) Analyse policies and procedures
b) Enable for changes over time
c) Develop rules for operations
d) Ensure effective flow of communication
Q 8) Is only an effective organisational structure of London Clinic is
enough for its success and growth?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Neutral
Q 9) According to you, to what extent a good organisational
structure is effective in improving productivity and performance of
London Clinic?
a) Highly effective
b) Effective
c) Neither effective nor ineffective
d) Ineffective
e) Highly ineffective
Q 10) Provide some suggestions for London Clinic that helps in
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adopting an effective organisational structure
_______________________________
Limitations of the research design
The limitation of current investigation comprises of lack of sufficient time and
resources that hampers the efficiency level of utilised research design and
methods. Further, use of questionnaire in place of interview as research
instruments limits the amount of theoretical information about the nature and
attitude of respondents thus, limits the scope of current investigation.
To overcome the limitation of current resrch work that are associated with lack
of sufficient time and resources use of following Gantt chart is made as it
ensures a more systematic and proper presentation of all research activity to
ensure that all the stated events must be completed on time. Gantt chat
facilities a more clear presentation of research activity along with their
expected time duration in order to reduce the chance of overlapping of work
and ensures timely completion of an investigation.
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You should attach all the research instruments you are planningto use in your research,
e.g. interview questionnaire, online questionnaire template, etc. These should be checked
by your supervisor prior to Ethics application approval)
Please confirm that
1) you have attached all research instruments you intend to use, and
2) you will notify your supervisor of any major changes.
YES ✔
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SECTION 4: ETHICS ISSUES
Ethical issues raised by the project and how these will be addressed:
Points that should be considered include:
 Participants and consent
 Confidentiality and anonymity
 Right to withdrawal
 Deception
 Permissions from organisations involved
 Whether any vulnerable populations are involved (including under 18s) (also see Section 6)
This section should have some comment and not left blank.
For current investigation 50 participants are selected from the stakeholders of London clinic and a
written consent and approval is taken from all respondents through signing a written consent form.
Further, all the provisions of BERA code of ethic are also meet and kept in mind to ensure and
maintain the confidentiality and anonymity of current investigation. Beside this, right to withdrawal
is also given to the participates and it is also ensured that no vulnerable population forms a part of
investigation and only individuals who are above the age of 18 are allowed to participate in the
investigation. Further, permission from organisation is also taken along with meeting all the
provision of data protection act to maintain the privacy and reliability of collected data.
Apart from this, the right to withdraw consent is also there for all participants at any point of
research with the aim of maintaining their freedom and integrity. Further, due consideration is
provided to the research anonymity as due acknowledgement and credit is given to the authors and
work of third parties to maintain the authenticity of collected data. Further, to maintain the
confidentiality of selected data implication of provision of data protection were also kept in mind
along with ensuring a safer and viable place of storage of collected data. Further, the investigator that
the collected data would only be used for the intended purpose and no misues and ethical
missconcetion would be made from collected data also makes a clear declaration. It is also clearly
stataed by the investigator that the collected information or any other aspect of current study would
not be sold out to any third party and will be properly and ethically destroyed by the researcher after
indented use of collected data.
Apart from this, proper measures are taken to maintain the reliability and validity of current research
investigation through ensuring that data would be collected from authorised sources only and use of
proper method of analysis, interpretation and communication would be made to maintain the
reliability of current investigation.
SECTION 5: HEALTH & SAFETY ISSUES
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Health & safety issues raised by the project, including any risks to participants and/or
researcher and sole working. Think of hazards, who can be harmed, how can someone be
harmed, number of people affected, what are the consequences, what are the existing or
possible control measures.
You should clearly indicate how these H&S issues will be addressed. This section should
have some comment and not left blank.
 Please discuss these with your Supervisor, who should contact the Head of Health & Safety if necessary.
While leading current investigation, the main health and safety issues are related with Physical risks
and Psychological risks. Physical risk are mainly associated with physical discomfort, pain, injury,
illness or disease thus proper care is taken to conduct research activity that none of participates does
not get physically hurt and proper care of hygiene and care is taken to prevent them physical
discomfort and disease. The psychological risk are associated with state of anxiety and stress thus,
proper care is kept that none of research question should not hurt or harm feelings of any participants
to protect them from Psychological risks.
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SECTION 6: RESEARCH INVOLVING PARTICIPANTS
 You should amend the attached Participant Consent Form templateto be given to
participants as required
 You should also attach any other information to be given to participants
You should consider carefully what information you provide to participants, e.g. scope of
study, number of participants, duration of study, risks/benefits of the project. It is
recommended that the participant has two copies of the consent form so they can retain one
for information.
 If images or anything else which might allow the identification of participants is to be
publicly accessible (e.g. on the web), further written consent must be secured.
A separate section regarding this should be included on the participant consent form.
Please confirm that
1) you have attached the amended consent form and information sheet (if applicable) to be
given to participants, and
2) you will notify your supervisor of any major changes.
YES ✔
Give details of 1) the method of recruitment, and 2) potential benefits or incentives to
participants if any (include any financial benefits where appropriate).
(NB: Please remember that written permission will have to be sought from any organisations where
recruitment is carried out or posters placed (e.g. if you recruit in GP’s surgeries you will require NHS approval)
1) The method of recruitment consist of use of random sampling method along with
taking a written consent from selected participants through signing a consent form.
2) No potential benefits or incentives is given to participants. Further, the possible
benefits and potential incentives that could be provided to the respondents and
other participants would be duly disused by the investigator at the time of online
meeting.
Please confirm that you have attached written permission from any organisations where
recruitment is carried out or posters placed
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Will your research involve participants who are aged under 18?
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Will you be approaching participants who might be considered to be vulnerable (please give
details if not addressed elsewhere on this form)?
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If you have answered Yes please refer to the Ethics Guidelines (especially section 3.4.j if
your research involves participants who are aged under 18) and highlight the particular
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issues raised by working with these participants and how these issues have been
addressed.
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SECTION 7: DATA PROTECTION
Before completing this section of the form, you should read the Data Protection and Storage
Guidance for Researchers. It is the responsibility of students to ensure that they comply
with the University’s policies and procedures regarding data protection.
All research data must also be processed in line with the University’s IT Policy, which
states,
You must notcreate, download, store or transmit unlawful material, or material that is
indecent, offensive, threatening or discriminatory or extremist.
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After ethics form completion with attachments (e.g. consent/access/survey forms and
letters) email it to your supervisor. The Ethics form and attachments should be agreed with,
and signed off by your supervisor,and it should be signed by you.
Then, you and your supervisor must keep an electronic copy of the completed Ethics form
(with attachmentse.g. consent/access/survey forms and letters) that is signed by your
supervisor and you. It must be stored in a safe place because it may be required for
inspection at a later date.
SAFE STORAGE: OF YOUR RESEARCH MATERIAL/DATA COLLECTION
DOCUMENTS
Safely saving your research material during data collection and after dissertation
submission on TurnitIn:
Keep a copy of the dissertation documentswith your data collection instruments andall of
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the electronic data collection/analysis files(all participant related/anonymised documents
and ‘personal data’ (also see the definition below): questionnaires, interview forms,
interview transcripts, focus group data, survey data and observation records etc.) within
your QAHE Roehampton account document folder or in another secure storage area, laptop
or personal computer that is password protected – not in USB sticks that can get easily lost.
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‘Personal Data’ is defined as, “Any information relating to an identified or
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either directly or indirectly.” Examples of personal data include:
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Will the research project involve collecting, storing or processing personal data relating to
research participants?
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Please confirm that the Data Privacy Notice for Research Participants will be handed out as
a hard copy along with the consent form (unless using an online questionnaire etc). ( Please
include the Privacy Notice along with your other documentation when submitting your
ethics application).
YES ✔
PARTICIPANT CONSENT FORM (and Privacy Notice)
Title of Research Project: Holistic Therapy industry: Role of Management structure
in achievement. A case study on London Clinic.
Brief Description of Research Project, and What Participation Involves:
The current research investigation is based on Holistic Therapy industry to ensure better
care of an individuals both mentally and physically through use of more comprehensive
approach and theories. Further, evaluation of various management structure are also
included in current project which leads to better success and growth of an organisation.
For interview based studies: State any limits on confidentiality
Please use wording along the lines of:
The interview will be tape recorded and transcribed with any identifying details removed.
The transcript, or extracts from, may appear in my report and in publications arising from
it. The tapes may be heard by my supervisor and others who might be involved in
examining the report.
Everything you say will be treated confidentiality, but there is a limit to this: if you disclose
a risk of serious harm then I may need to take appropriate action (this adheres to the
ethical guidelines of the …………).
For questionnaire based studies:
State that the data will be collected in a way that makes it fully anonymous.
Please use wording along the lines of:
No identifying details will be recorded on your questionnaire response so that your data
will be completely anonymous and it will therefore not be possible to link your consent
form to your questionnaire response or to the data arising from it. You will be asked to
assign a code number to your data which only you will know, so if you wish to withdraw
your data you will be able to do this by providing the research with your code number.
Investigator Contact Details:
Name
Department
University Address
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Postcode
Email
Telephone
Consent Statement:
I agree to take part in this research, and am aware that I am free to withdraw at any point
without giving a reason, although if I do so I understand that my data might still be used
in a collated form. I understand that the information I provide will be treated in confidence
by the investigator and that my identity will be protected in the publication of any findings.
By signing this form, you are confirming that you have read, understood and agree with
the University’s Data Privacy Notice for Research Participants.
Name ………………………………….
Signature ………………………………
Date ……………………………………
Please note: if you have a concern about any aspect of your participation or any other
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like to contact an independent party please contact the Head of Department.
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*** Form to be used if appropriate ***
Participant Number: ……………………………………….__________
PARTICIPANT DEBRIEF
Title of Research Project: Holistic Therapy industry: Role of Management structure
in achievement. A case study on London Clinic.
Thank you very much for taking part in our study, we greatly appreciate your contribution.
This study is designed to examine the factors that might laed to enhaced information
about the Holistic Therapy industry to ensure better care of an through use of more
comprehensive approach and theories. Further, evaluation of various management
structure are also forms part of current project in order to have better success and growth
of an organisation and your participation is extremely valuable.
All data gathered during this study will be held securely and anonymously. If you wish to
withdraw from the study, contact us with your participant number (above) and your
information will be deleted from our files.
Should you have any concern about any aspect of your participation in this study, please
raise it with the investigator in the first instance or with the Project Supervisor or Head of
Department.
Investigator Project Supervisor Head of Department
Name Name Name
Department Department Department
Address Address Address
Email: Email: Email:
Tel: Tel: Tel :
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