BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT – RESEARCH PROJECT guidelines with regards to the second assessment activity of the course, you are required to complete within thecourse time period a RESEARCH PROJECT.Research Project Guidelines:Minimum length: 15 pagesMaximum length: 20 pagesCharacter Size: 12Font: Times New RomanSpacing: single-line spacingProcedure for selecting the topic:You will need to propose a preferred topic to the professor. The topic must be related the field of BusinessDevelopment Management. Ideally, the topic should be directly related to your work experiences in orderto leverage, as much as possible, on your “hands-on” experiences and data availability. The objective ofthe project is to research and produce original work in the field, thus you are expected to collect differenttypes of data (primary and secondary) from various sources (work experience and reports, journals, newspapers, magazines, libraries, books, high quality and official on-line publications and websites, andso on), and to submit the topic proposal to the professor. You will receive within 1 week, feedback fromthe professor, either on the approval for the Research Project Proposal and its title or propose to you some adjustments that can improve the outcome of the project work. Please keep in mind before startinga Research Project Proposal that you have completed the literature review activities.You should submit to the professor your Research Project Proposal for approval in a formal documentwith the following items:Student

Name:Student ID:Course Title:Course ID: Professor Name: Submission Date:? Table of Content? Pre-word and Acknowledgements? Title? Background (2 paragraphs of 6 – 8 lines each)? Research Gap (2 or 3 paragraphs of 6 – 8 lines each)? Research Questions (1 or 2 paragraphs including all the research questions)? Research Objectives (list of the objectives in “bullet points sentences”)? Research Method:o In this section, you are expected to give a detail and precise proposal on how to achieveyour research objectives. In addition, justify your choice of method in the light of thoseobjectives. These two points can be expressed in two parts for example, research designand data collections.o You should also include what sort of methods to use to support your research includingthe reasons behind using such methods, for example, using questionnaires, interviewsexamination from secondary data or a combination of both. The data collection section isexpected to be the most detailed and specific points on how to collect the data, forexample, if you are using a survey strategy you should specify your population andsample size. You should also explain how the survey instrument such as a questionnairewill be distributed and how the data will be analyzed. If you are using interviews youshould explain how many interviews will be conducted, their intended duration, whetherthey will be audio-recorded, and how they will be analyzed.? Timescale:o The different actives of the research performed in various periods or months of the year.You may also use Gantt Charts if you prefer.? Resources (2 or 3 paragraphs of 6 – 8 lines each) this section will allow you and the reader toassess your research project resources, categorized as, finance, data access and equipment.? Research Contribution to the Theory and Practice (originality – importance – experience,independents and critical thought – research design – potential outcomes/findings)? References (here it is important to report all the references reviewed and/ or used in the ResearchProject)? AppendixAfter the professor’s approval of the Research Project Proposal you can start working on the actual BDMResearch Project.The BDM Research Project Report StructureElements required in the cover page of the MS Word – Report Document:The report must include also:? A Table of Contents with title of the Case Study? An introduction part? The 13 items reported in the Research Project Proposal (above)? The central “core part” of the research project – the “analysis and research findings”? The conclusion part? Reference and Bibliography (please apply the APA referencing method)The assessment of the Research Project will be based on the following:? Relevance? Quality and originality? Precision of the contentIn addition to the list above, include appropriate use of the following:? Technical terminology? Language? Style? Lay-out? Clarity? Support graphs? Charts? Detailed analyses? Introduction? ConclusionPlease keep in mind that you have to be fully coherent with the scope of the research project and topicsaddressed in the BDM course.Please note: If you are receiving the professor’s mentoring support, personal insights and contributionsthrough e-mail messages, conference calls or interviews are required to mention the professor’s name inthe official references and bibliography (including also charts, graphs, notes, etc.) of their research reportsand subsequent publications (if any). The mentoring role, supervisor role, or editing role of the professormust be reported in eventual future publications, which require an official ISBN number.