Research Proposal
Research Proposal
Research Proposal
Lillian Wilson-King
Western International University
RES 600 Graduate Research Methods
Professor Mary Anne Moore
November 14, 2010
Table of Contents
Research Problem 3
Research Questions 5
Importance and Benefits of the Research 9
Research Objectives 9
Research Design 10
Data Collection Methodology 10
Summary/ Conclusion 12
References 13
Introduction
The research proposal will focus on the implementation of change, the management problem and the specific reasons why employee resists change. Therefore, the research proposal provides theoretical support of this research proposal and shows the academic explanation and principles for investigating the problem. In addition, the proposal identifies the intention of the research and emphasizes the essential research questions to be considered as part of this research, discussing the academic reasons for and against the research topic. The research proposal will discuss the research method that will used to collect data. In addition, the research study will research the problem and describe the research design. In addition, several appendixes the writer has composed a survey and survey letter for the completion of the Change Management Project which will investigate present and summarize facts about why employees resist change.
Research Problem
The organizational issue that I will identify is management problem of implementation of resistance to change. The primary research question would be “What are the Causes of Resistance to Change within an organization?” I believe the best type of applied research would be a descriptive and explanatory study. The reason for the descriptive study would be to discover answers to my research questions. Therefore, the reason for the explanatory study would be to explain what the descriptive study observed and reasons.
Implementing organizational improvements can be difficult when employees are resistance to change. Therefore, resistance to change
Research Proposal
Lillian Wilson-King
Western International University
RES 600 Graduate Research Methods
Professor Mary Anne Moore
November 14, 2010
Table of Contents
Research Problem 3
Research Questions 5
Importance and Benefits of the Research 9
Research Objectives 9
Research Design 10
Data Collection Methodology 10
Summary/ Conclusion 12
References 13
Introduction
The research proposal will focus on the implementation of change, the management problem and the specific reasons why employee resists change. Therefore, the research proposal provides theoretical support of this research proposal and shows the academic explanation and principles for investigating the problem. In addition, the proposal identifies the intention of the research and emphasizes the essential research questions to be considered as part of this research, discussing the academic reasons for and against the research topic. The research proposal will discuss the research method that will used to collect data. In addition, the research study will research the problem and describe the research design. In addition, several appendixes the writer has composed a survey and survey letter for the completion of the Change Management Project which will investigate present and summarize facts about why employees resist change.
Research Problem
The organizational issue that I will identify is management problem of implementation of resistance to change. The primary research question would be “What are the Causes of Resistance to Change within an organization?” I believe the best type of applied research would be a descriptive and explanatory study. The reason for the descriptive study would be to discover answers to my research questions. Therefore, the reason for the explanatory study would be to explain what the descriptive study observed and reasons.
Implementing organizational improvements can be difficult when employees are resistance to change. Therefore, resistance to change
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