Mba Research Proposal
Strategy formation in former South African firms ' London headquarters and in their South African operations
Your title should be not more than 16 words, must include “South Africa” and/or other relevant countries and should not refer to the methodology (eg A case study of . . .”). Don’t start each word with a capital letter – use ordinary sentence case and only capitalise proper nouns.
A research proposal submitted by SxxxxCxxxxx
Student number: 1234567 Tel: 089 5555555 Student.wbs@hotmail.com
Proposed Supervisor: Dr TxxxxMxxxxx
Your proposal is the plan of your research. You must NOT do any actual research, eg interviews, before the panel.
Wits BusinessSchool 2ndMarch 2011
The final Research Report resulting from this proposal was 116 pages long, including references and appendices, excluding the beginning section – dedication, declaration, Table of Contents, etc (see Research Report template at www.wbs.ac.za). We prefer a maximum of 80 pages.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................... III LIST OF FIGURES ..............................................................................III 1
1.1 1.2 1.3
INTRODUCTION.........................................................................1
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY .................................................................................. 1 CONTEXT OF THE STUDY .................................................................................. 1 PROBLEM STATEMENT...................................................................................... 3
1.3.1 MAIN PROBLEM ......................................................................................................... 3 1.3.2 SUB PROBLEM 1 ....................................................................................................... 3 1.3.3 SUB PROBLEM 2
Your title should be not more than 16 words, must include “South Africa” and/or other relevant countries and should not refer to the methodology (eg A case study of . . .”). Don’t start each word with a capital letter – use ordinary sentence case and only capitalise proper nouns.
A research proposal submitted by SxxxxCxxxxx
Student number: 1234567 Tel: 089 5555555 Student.wbs@hotmail.com
Proposed Supervisor: Dr TxxxxMxxxxx
Your proposal is the plan of your research. You must NOT do any actual research, eg interviews, before the panel.
Wits BusinessSchool 2ndMarch 2011
The final Research Report resulting from this proposal was 116 pages long, including references and appendices, excluding the beginning section – dedication, declaration, Table of Contents, etc (see Research Report template at www.wbs.ac.za). We prefer a maximum of 80 pages.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................... III LIST OF FIGURES ..............................................................................III 1
1.1 1.2 1.3
INTRODUCTION.........................................................................1
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY .................................................................................. 1 CONTEXT OF THE STUDY .................................................................................. 1 PROBLEM STATEMENT...................................................................................... 3
1.3.1 MAIN PROBLEM ......................................................................................................... 3 1.3.2 SUB PROBLEM 1 ....................................................................................................... 3 1.3.3 SUB PROBLEM 2
References: EndNote was not used here, (2006) Why do some Birkinshaw, J., Braunerhjelm, P., Holm, U. and Terjesen, S. so you may spot a few errors! multinational corporations relocate their headquarters overseas?,Strategic Management Journal, 27(7), p