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SAMPLE OF RESEARCH PLAN FOR DOCTORAL AND MASTER PROGRAMME

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Title that describes your unique thesis topic and research problem
Research proposal
[Student name]
[Date]

1. Introduction

How is the topic positioned within the area of study [Your Course of Study]?

What is the research field?

Background and rationale for the research such as business challenge and relevance, theoretical challenge and relevance, gap in prior research, and why you [About 1 page]

2. Topic of your thesis

Brief literature review on the literature on the topic:
What is already known?

What is not known?

Why is this thesis topic relevant?

Use references to earlier research and literature to justify your arguments and make the research gap more visible.

Divide the text to logical sub-chapters by using second level headings that illustrate the unique content of your thesis topic. Also illustrate the text with pictures, if needed.

About 3 pages
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Research objectives and questions

What is the objective?

Divide the research task into 2-4 research questions, to clarify its feasibility and relevance.

Also nature of research, i.e. how do you aim to contribute in the research field

3. Research method

Research design / strategy

Research material – access to data

Research methods – in line with the research objective and approach

Data collection, level and unit of analysis
About 1 page

4. Schedule

Rough timetable for the research, so that each half-year or quarter activities are shown.

Take into account your student status (include studies): full-time or part-time
Schedule at least: preparations, literature search and analysis, data collection, data analysis, thesis manuscript preparation, thesis reviews and rewriting, thesis finalization, dissertation process (6-12 months).

Use Gantt chart or other visualization to illustrate your schedule. Also, schedule sufficient leaves of absence from your daily work, if you are a part-time doctoral student, at least for data analysis and thesis manuscript preparation or rewriting or finalization.

Be realistic and take into account the real resources that you have for the thesis research.

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