Public Sector Accrual Information
Order ID | 4460806529 |
Subject | Accounting |
Topic | A study of the commercial benefits generated from the use of accrual information in the public sector |
Type | Research proposal |
Level | University |
Style | Harvard |
Sources | 40 |
Language | English(U.S.) |
Description |
3200 words
A study of the commercial benefits generated from the use of accrual information in the public sectorYour research proposal should include the following components which will be assessed via academic judgement on a scale of 10: 1. (Carries 6% of the marks available for this Coursework) An account of the background to and rationale for your research proposal which should: a) Explain the nature of your research topic, expressing your research topic in the form of a problem which needs solving, a question that needs answering or something which you find exciting and has aroused your curiosity and you wish to find out more about. b) Provide a brief description of the background/context and state why your research is worth the effort of undertaking research into. Note: i. If your focus relates to an organisational area, emphasise the significance of the research to the organisation. ii. If it is not an organisational scenario, you should still provide a background and perspective. Illustratively, if your area of focus relates to, say, an impact on society such as medical research, or education, or robotics, you should set a societal background/perspective, and emphasise the significance of the research accordingly. 2. (Carries 22% of the marks available for this Coursework) A literature review, which should: a) Draw on relevant literature to show why your study is important, and b) Articulate the relevance and significance of existing research literature in the chosen field. Page 6 of 8 Note: This component (2) should link back to component 1 immediately above as well as component 3 immediately below. 3. (Carries 5% of the marks available for this Coursework) Statement(s) of your research aims and objectives, and associated hypotheses or questions. Note: These statement(s) should leave the person reading and assessing your research proposal in no doubt as to precisely what it is your research seeks to achieve. The statement(s) should be informed by your considerations in components 1 and 2 immediately above. 4. (Carries 20% of the marks available for this Coursework) The selection of an appropriate research philosophy, supported by discussion and justification of your selection. Note: Within your justification you should ensure that you explain why alternative philosophies are inappropriate. 5. (Carries 32% of the marks available for this Coursework) The selection of an appropriate research design, with an accompanying description, supported by a justification of that research design. In this part of the proposal you should set out and justify: a) your approach: whether deductive and/or inductive; b) your type of study: whether exploratory or descriptive or explanatory c) your strategy, justifying your selection in the context of how it is suited to enabling you to answer your particular research questions and meet your research objectives; here you should refer specifically to the case(s) and/or setting(s) and/or population(s) that will be the focus for data collection; d) the nature of the data – primary and/or secondary – you intend to collect; e) how you intend to, if necessary, successfully negotiate access to data from institutions and/or organisations and/or individuals; f) your sampling strategy, where relevant/appropriate/if not, why not; g) techniques, be they qualitative or quantitative or mixed, you intend to use to collect andanalyse your data. Within this component (5) and specifically in relation to item 5g) in the context of item 5d), if you intend to use secondary or primary data or both types, use your knowledge about the nature and characteristics of such data to not only identify appropriate techniques for analysis but to also justify why those techniques are appropriate and others are not appropriate. Page 7 of 8 6. (Carries 5% of the marks available for this Coursework) Identification and consideration of any ethical issues that might arise in the course of the research and how you intend to address them. A relevant reference list. This should link to any references drawn upon in components 1 through to 6 immediately above. (There are no specific marks available for this list but it must link to references drawn upon in your considerations. The marking scheme relating to points 1 through to 6 includes marks for identification and appropriate consideration of relevant and appropriate references. That said, where a relevant reference list is not provided marks will be reduced by 10 percentage points i.e. 10 marks.) 7. (Carries 10% of the marks available for this Coursework) Relating to structure, clarity and communication of content, up to 10% of the marks are available for the thrust, flow, integration and cohesion of the research proposal, and will be awarded by the marker on the basis of overall academic judgement. |
Spacing | Double |
Pages | 11 |
https://www.perfectacademic.com/orders/ordernow