What have been your greatest challenges and learning experiences while you have developed the draft chapters of your DSP prospectus
DSP Development Strategies
What have been your greatest challenges and learning experiences while you have developed the draft chapters of your DSP prospectus (Chapters 1, 2, and 3)?
Now that the DOC courses are strictly focused on the DSP, what are some strategies you will use to make sure you stay on target for DSP completion?
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 2 Discussion
Understanding Research Methods and Research Problems
Discuss the following points regarding your expected research method:
State your expected research method (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods) and explain your rationale for choosing this method for your DSP.
Discuss how this method will allow you to collect data that addresses your business research problem.
How will you ensure integrity and credibility of your data using this research method?
Discuss how you have employed your expected research method either in your educational pursuits or on the job.
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 3 Discussion
Understanding the Development of Chapter 1 Introduction
Utilizing the DSP Dissertation Template in the Resources section of MyTLC, complete the following:
Identify at least 3 of the mandatory sections in Chapter 1 of a dissertation, focusing on the sections you have not yet addressed, or addressed the least, since beginning the program or crystalizing your research topic.
Which of the 3 do you feel will be the most difficult for you? Why? What steps must you take to effectively complete the sections that you perceive to be challenging?
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 4 Discussion
Understanding the Peer-Review Process and Quality Assurance in Academia
Quality assurance is a holistic approach covering all the processes in academic research, in order to serve the students and other stakeholders in expected quality standards. The success of a quality assurance system depends on the support of academicians and the supporting academic institution.
Keeping this in mind, using at least two scholarly citations from peer-reviewed journal articles, make an argument for the peer-review manuscript process as a form of quality assurance in academia. Also point out within the position statement why garnering supporting and differing viewpoints of one’s scholarly writing helps aid in the overall research and discovery process of writing.
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 5 Discussion
Next Steps within the DSP Proposal Process
Focus on the following: Create a plan (make it your own), outlining your timely completion of the DSP and the DBA program, postdoctoral research, and life goals related to how you will apply your doctoral education. The plan should include target dates and reflect your goals and how you will meet your most desirable objectives for the near future.
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 6 Discussion
What did you like most about this course and what would you like changed?
Discuss how this course has helped you in the dissertation process.
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 1 CASE
COMPILING THE DSP RESEARCH PROSPECTUS (REVISE CHAPTER 2)
Case Assignment
The Annotated Bibliography
Prepare a draft annotated bibliography. Select a topic, preferably one of your established topic areas you may pursue for your DSP. Select 10 articles for the bibliography. The bibliography must have 10 entries critically analyzed, to include the following:
Author’s abstract
Your version of an abstract
Strengths and weaknesses of each article
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 1 SLP
COMPILING THE DSP RESEARCH PROSPECTUS (REVISE CHAPTER 2)
Please revise and submit your Literature Review – Chapter 2. If you have not already done so, insert it into the current version of the DSP template available in MyTLC, under My Resources.
Remember, you Literature Review should demonstrate your mastery of the literature:
CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE (IMPORTANT ELEMENTS *DRAFT*)
Scholarly research is always a leap from the known to the unknown. The literature review and conceptual framework are used to construct a platform of the known from which you jump. Constructed carefully, the literature review and conceptual framework can maximize the chances of your spanning the abyss and reaching something substantive when you land. Constructed carelessly, they can undermine your research.
The literature review should carefully examine prior research and thought relevant to key aspects of your anticipated research. It should be used to inform:
The problem to be addressed and its significance
The conceptual framework (for DSP)
The research questions, foreshadowed problems, or conjectures
The research paradigm and the methodology
The subsections indicated below are of the process and components of a literature review and not necessarily subheadings of Chapter 2.
2-A. Introduction: Topic(s), Purposes, and Methods of the Literature Review:
A literature review usually begins with an indication of the topic(s) to be covered and the purposes of the review.
The methods of the review should be briefly described. Indicate the indices and other methods used to search for applicable literature, the terms searched with each, and the years searched (usually the last ten or twenty years, plus key literature from earlier years). A review should address each topic highly applicable to the problem. For problems that are not well researched, the literature review may also address other topics that are tangentially related and might help inform the study. If the literature on a topic is voluminous—it is not uncommon to find more than 100 studies—you should be selective, covering the literature most applicable to the focus of your proposed research, as indicated by the research questions, foreshadowed problems, or conjectures. Consult with your advisor before beginning the literature search to make sure you are covering the topics and years of research that he or she thinks are appropriate.
2-B. Description and Critique of Scholarly Literature:
Each major theoretical discourse conceptual discussion, and empirical study should be described and critiqued briefly. Both the strengths and weaknesses should be identified. For theoretical discourses, indicate the source of the theory, overlaps and disparities with other applicable theories, and whether and how well the theory has been empirically verified. For conceptual discussions, indicate the sources of the concepts, overlaps and disparities with other applicable concepts, and whether and how well the concepts have been empirically verified. For empirical studies (including qualitative ones) indicate the research questions, methodological strengths and weaknesses, results (both their magnitude as well as their statistical significance and extent of cross-verification), conclusions, and implications. It is important to note that a scholarly review of the literature should focus on primary sources such as refereed journal articles rather than secondary sources such as course textbooks.
Organizing the written review can be a challenge because the review has several simultaneous purposes. Often the best strategy is to organize the studies under major topics, theories, constructs research questions, or methodologies. When a given study addresses more than one organizational category, you might critique it under the first applicable category, and then briefly refer to it under each subsequent applicable category. Alternatively, in the subsequent organizational categories, you might extend the critique as appropriate for that category. When considerable literature falls within one organizational category, it might be organized within second level categories. Otherwise the description and critique of literature might be presented chronologically. Lesser literature sometimes can be described and critiqued jointly, for instance, by indicating, “Several other smaller studies found …… (Anderson, 1995; Baxter, 1992, Castro; 1999).”
You should avoid creating a biased review that only covers prior literature that supports your predispositions and disregards other literature. Similarly you should consistently critique the literature. Do not ignore weaknesses in studies supporting your predispositions and do not be hypercritical of studies that contradict your predispositions. Failure to conduct a fair-minded review is likely to compromise your research.
2-C. Inferences for Forthcoming Study:
Once you have described and critiqued the individual sources, you should analyze and synthesize across them to draw inferences applicable to your anticipated research. The inferences generally should be about:
The problem to be addressed in your research and its significance,
Possible research questions, foreshadowed problems, or conjectures,
Possible theoretical or conceptual framework to be used
Possible research paradigms and methodologies to be used.
The inferences might be stated at the end of each major topic of your review or after all the relevant topics have been discussed. The following questions may generate useful inferences: What does the literature state about the extent of the problem, its underlying causes, where it is most and least severe, and its consequences for theory, knowledge, practice, policy and/or research? How have results of empirical studies varied according to the questions/conjectures that have been addressed? What conceptual frameworks have been applied and with what insights? How might the conceptual frameworks be modified or synthesized to provide new insights to this problem? Which research paradigms and methods have yielded the strongest results and which the weakest results, and why?
2-D. Conceptual Framework for Forthcoming Study (May appear in chapter 3).
The problem and research questions, foreshadowed problems, or conjectures were explained above under Chapter 1, but the “conceptual framework” has not yet been explained. These are a theory or set of interrelated constructs that provide perspective or “lens” through which the research problem is viewed and through which the choices about the research will be made. They help narrow down and focus the research. Note that a theoretical or conceptual framework works like a telescope or microscope, and thus it both enhances what you can see and also restricts your breadth of vision. For that reason, a conceptual framework should be used judiciously to help inform your study rather than to dictate all aspects of it. Sometimes important breakthroughs occur when a researcher abandons the commonly-used conceptual framework and applies one never before used with a given problem.
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 2 CASE
COMPILING THE DSP RESEARCH PROSPECTUS (REVISE CHAPTER 3)
Case Assignment
Development and Refinement of Research Problem and Research Questions
Make sure to include your research question as a preface to your response so that the readers can connect your responses with the intent of your research.
Note: This is a great time to review existing dissertations in the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Remember, not all dissertations will be of equal quality, nor will all dissertations follow the same format as you are expected to follow. This means you will want to look at multiple dissertations, especially those from schools similar to ours.
Also note that your responses below are an exercise designed to get you going in the right direction for the construction of your methods chapter. You will need to wordsmith and refine your responses to this case assignment so that you present a coherent narrative in Chapter Three, and conform to the DSP template.
Guiding Questions for the Development of Chapter Three—Methods Your response(s)
Total word count for this material should be between 2000 and 2500 words.
Make sure to include a literature supported rationale for the choices you’ve made (remember, you should be using literature written by experts in the method(s) you’re selecting.
Total word count for this material should be between 2000 and 2500 words.
1.What research tradition is most appropriate for your selected method(s)? Please explain why this tradition is most appropriate.
2. Based on the selected research tradition, what specific methods will you employ? Explain your reasoning for this choice.
3. What is the population for your proposed research? (Describe your specific population, citing at least three characteristics.) How many people are in this population (you may offer an approximation).
4. Based on your population and conventions found in the literature, what is the appropriate sample size for your research? Please justify your sample size and utilize citations.
5. What is the sampling procedure you will use? (Rationale and citations required.)
6. What permissions must you obtain in writing before your research is conducted (esp. for research within your organization or an organization)? If you do NOT need permissions, please explain why.
7. What instruments will be used in your research? (Please include the instrument for gathering data – e.g. survey, interview protocol, other)
8. Specifically, how will you ensure trustworthiness & credibility (Qual)? This response requires a practical discussion supported by literature, NOT a theoretical discussion.
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 2 SLP
COMPILING THE DSP RESEARCH PROSPECTUS (REVISE CHAPTER 3)
Using your work from the previous weeks, prepare and submit Chapter Three. You must insert your material into the DSP template (found in MyTLC). Work will not be accepted if it is not in the template.
CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS (IMPORTANT ELEMENTS *DRAFT*)
The methods are the procedures used to acquire empirical evidence and analyze it for purposes of answering research questions, testing hypotheses, and examining foreshadowed problems, following up on conjectures, and going forward from exploratory questions. The choice of methodology should be made in light of the literature review and with careful deliberation. Small oversights can sometimes undermine a long and difficult study. Your committee will help you think through the appropriateness of proposed methods and will probably suggest some refinements.
Your approved proposal is considered a blueprint for research. You are expected to do everything indicated in that blueprint. In experimental research, it is usually expected that no changes will be made unless you encounter unanticipated problems that require modifications. In other quantitative research, such as quasi-experimental, longitudinal and secondary data analysis, additions over and beyond the blueprint may be appropriate to deal with unanticipated opportunities. In qualitative research, the proposal outlines the broad parameters of the study, but usually several details are expected to be decided during the actual data collection and analysis. Changes in the planned research should be made only after consultation with your full dissertation committee. Changes in the collection and handling of data from humans will generally require re-submission for IRB approval.
A few important aspects of the methods cannot be known until after the study has been conducted, such as the response rates from samples, errors or accidents in carrying out the planned methods, and whether the collected data meets the assumptions of the planned statistical analyses. Consequently, whatever is written in the research proposal about methodology may have to be updated some when preparing Chapter 3 of the dissertation.
The subsections indicated below are the components of the methodology and not necessarily subheadings of Chapter 3. Mixed-methods studies may benefit from the guidelines below for both quantitative research and qualitative research.
3-A. Methodology:
Briefly re-introduce the problem and provide an overview of the methodological approach.
3-B. Conjectures, or Exploratory Questions:
State the conjectures, or exploratory questions that guided the inquiry. The conjectures or exploratory questions can be descriptive, associational, and causal. Qualitative research answers questions in a holistic manner based on all or most of the available information, cross-verifying among several sources of information. The process often involves continual drawing of tentative inferences throughout the ongoing data collection and verifying those inferences with the subsequently-collected data.
3-C. Research Procedures:
Describe in detail how the inquiry was undertaken.
Generally, the description should be thorough enough that other skilled researchers could approximately replicate your study from the description.
Introduce the epistemology that will guide the inquiry.
Explain the theoretical perspective that will drive the research, and why it was selected.
Indicate the methodology used and why it was selected.
Indicate the specific methods used and the justification for them. How were sites, cases, and informants selected? Why? What access did you unsuccessfully seek? Which people perhaps tried to minimize contact with you and which repeatedly sought it out? How did you collect your data? Why?
What verification procedures were used in the field? How did you protect against imposing your biases on the data? Describe and append any interview guides, protocols, rubrics used to assist in the data collection.
Indicate how you managed your qualitative data. Did you take notes or make audio/video recordings? Was any data not analyzed? Why?
Indicate how you analyzed and interpreted your data, making sure the analysis was consistent with the selected methodology. If you inferred themes, explain how. If you coded the transcripts, explain the coding system and checks for coding reliability and validity. How did you analyze the data from the coding? How did you triangulate or otherwise verify findings? How did you interpret the full set of data?
3-D. Human Participants and Ethics Precautions:
Summarize potential risks to humans from whom data is collected in your research, and summarize precautions taken to ensure informed consent (when needed) and to minimize the risks to participants in your research. This information can be drawn from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs – Institutional Review Board (IRB) Submission Form that must accompany your proposal when it is submitted for review and approval. (Reminder: You must have approval from the Institutional Review Board before beginning data collection from or about humans!) Also address other ethical issues, such as your possible conflicts of interest and personal biases that could have influenced the research, and how you minimized their effects. After receiving IRB approval, participant recruitment and data collection will begin.”
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 3 CASE
REVISING THE DSP RESEARCH PROSPECTUS (REVISE CHAPTER 1)
Case Assignment
Methods Exploration
Although you won’t solidify your research design until you’ve completed the work involved in developing a great Literature Review, there are some key elements you can begin to determine now. One of the first things you need to think through is “Based on your exploration of your topic in the literature so far, where does your proposed research fall on the continuum of Exploratory to Mature research?”
Please review the following article:
Edmondson, A. C. & McManus, S. E. (2007). Methodological fit in management field research. Academy of Management Review, 32(4), 1155-1179.
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 3 SLP
REVISING THE DSP RESEARCH PROSPECTUS (REVISE CHAPTER 1)
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Your Chapter 1 – Introduction will be a narrative that details the major components of your proposed research, developed at a relatively early stage of your doctoral program. The introduction guides your preparation of the full-blown DSP Research Proposal, and will serve as a roadmap for continued refinement of your thinking as you progress into the DBA doctoral program.
The Chapter 1- Introduction should be 15-20 double-spaced pages, APA 7th edition formatted. Include a title page and reference list (not included in page count). The title page should include a working title for your dissertation. Develop the working title after you’ve completed the prospectus and have developed and selected your established Research Question(s).
In the body of Chapter 1, DO include headings for each section. Use complete sentences and paragraphs to craft the body each section.
Introductory Section (Your Prospectus should not have a heading for the introductory section, per APA 7th edition)
After you’ve completed the sections below, craft and introductory section that:
Tells the reader what this document is about
Tells the reader how the document is organized
A. Research Problem or Opportunity
Address the following question:
Describe the Problem or Opportunity your research will address. Why is it important to explore this problem or opportunity? Write 2-4 carefully considered paragraphs. Include 5-10 different sources from the literature in your discussion.
For A1 – A3 Research Problem or Opportunity
Your proposed research must encompass all of the following:
A problem or opportunity that is of interest to you
A direct connection to your field of study (i.e., computer science or management)
A direct connection to your concentration
A1. How does your proposed research reflect a problem or opportunity in your field? Write 3-5 carefully considered paragraphs making the connection between your proposed research and your field. Include 5-10 different sources from the literature in your discussion.
A2. How does your proposed research reflect a problem or opportunity in your Concentration? Write 3-5 carefully considered paragraphs making the connection between your proposed research and your concentration. Include 5-10 different sources from the literature in your discussion.
A3. How does your proposed research reflect a problem or opportunity that is of interest to you? Write 3-5 carefully considered paragraphs making the connection between your proposed research and your personal interest in this topic. Include 5-10 different sources from the literature in your discussion.
B. Key Literature
There are several types of literature that will appear in your literature review:
Contextual Literature – recent literature that helps the researcher define, and the reader understand, the setting in which the research will occur. This literature may be found in peer reviewed literature, and may also be found in industry and trade publications, as well as the popular (credible) press.
Seminal literature – Conceptual or Research-based – typically peer- reviewed articles or scholarly books developed at the beginning of a field, recognized as relevant either historically and/or currently. A sign of relevance is that others cite this literature in their work.
Recent Literature – Conceptual or Research-based – typically peer reviewed articles or scholarly books published within the last five years, recognized as relevant in the field. A sign of relevance is that others cite this literature in their work.
B1. Context
Write 2-3 paragraphs about the Context of your proposed research, utilizing 5-10 different sources.
B2. Seminal Literature
Write 2-3 paragraphs about your proposed research topic, utilizing 5-10 different sources from the peer-reviewed, seminal literature.
B3. Recent Literature
2-3 paragraphs related to your proposed research topic utilizing 5-10 different sources from the peer-reviewed, recent literature.
C. Gap in Literature
One of the outcomes of your literature review and preparation thus far is to identify what is called “a gap in the body of knowledge.” The gap indicates where research has not been done yet. Your research in the area of this “gap” will yield a small, but valuable “contribution to the body of knowledge.”
After the work you’ve done so far, what is the “gap in the body of knowledge” you have identified?
D. Assumptions and Biases
As you develop your literature review, you will identify contextual, seminal theoretical/research-based literature, and recent theoretical/research-based literature. Through this process, you will confirm or identify a gap in the body of knowledge – an area that has not been researched. You will also begin to clarify your overarching research question. As part of the process, you must become aware of the assumptions and biases you bring to the proposed research. Your biases and assumptions should become more apparent as you pick and choose amongst the possible literature sources you find, how you place them in your literature review, and the emphasis you give to certain viewpoints represented in the literature.
Reflect on the biases you bring to your proposed research. List at least five biases. Do not list assumptions about how you will conduct your research, nor how you expect others to respond. This section should be dedicated to the assumptions, biases and other pre-conceived notions you have about the phenomenon you plan to study. Conclude your prospectus y with a brief discussion and summary.
E. Research Question(s)
For this exercise you will practice developing research questions related to the topic you have been developing in your Research and Writing courses and through supplemental
Part I – Before you develop your question review and list 10 examples of research questions you think are well-conceived from published dissertations (ProQuest Database). Include the citations for each dissertation in your reference list
Part II – Using your draft literature review and other notes develop ONE research question that contains:
What? Or How?
Region
Industry or Sector
Organizational Context
Theoretical context
Methodological Context
Review the examples of actual research questions in other dissertations
Examples of research questions from actual dissertations:
How does the implementation of Appreciative Inquiry, applied virtually, impact the LNOC’s (Libyan National Oil Corporation) awareness of its effect on air quality?” Elmabrok, F. ·
What leadership style do ARPC (Air Reserve Personnel Center – Denver) managers prefer to use? Sampayo, J.
How do organizational leaders plan and develop an IT infrastructure strategy in a rapidly changing IT environment? Waheed, M. · “
What is the employees’ perspective of engagement in a pharmaceutical/biotech organization?” Trivedi, M. · “
Based on the lived experiences of management master graduates from both online and ground programs, what are the similarities and differences in their experiences with employers when job and promotion seeking?” Goodloe, A.
Methods Exploration
Although you won’t solidify your research design until you’ve completed the work involved in developing a great Literature Review, there are some key elements you can begin to determine now within the body of Chapter 1. One of the first things you need to think through is “Based on your exploration of your topic in the literature so far, where does your proposed research fall on the continuum of Exploratory to Mature research?”
Please find and review the following article:
Edmondson, A.C. & McManus, S.E. (2007). Methodological fit in management field research. Academy of Management Review. Vol. 32. No. 4 This article may not be in the library but is widely accessible on the WWW.
Based on your review of the article, “Where on the Scientific Continuum is your research?” What are the indicators that your research is located at this point on the continuum?
Based on where your proposed research falls on the continuum*, what method(s) are appropriate? Please explain WHY this/these methods are appropriate and relate your explanation back to the continuum.
Summary
Please present a brief recap of your Chapter 1. Include a discussion of what you learned as you developed your Prospectus. Present a discussion of next steps you will take over the next three quarters – how will you: a) continue to develop your mastery of the literature, b) develop the components of chapter one of a dissertation, and c) further develop your ideas about your research design and methods.
Please submit your assignment.
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 4 CASE
REVISING THE DSP RESEARCH PROSPECTUS
Assignment Overview
Within Module Case 4 you will conduct a peer-review of a fellow classmate’s DSP prospectus (Chapters 1-3). The Peer Review Process is an essential activity within the academic community. The process assists in the quality assurance and a formal/critical review of scholarly writing and research. The peer-review process also allows for additional viewpoints and critiques of one’s academic work to aid and assist within the editing and content continuous improvement of one’s scholarly writing.
Case Assignment
It is very important that you provide the author with constructive criticism and structure on improving the DSP prospectus. In your review it is essential to know what specific changes you would like to see based on the peer-review template that is provided. It is not enough to just point out potential problems with the proposed study. Highlight the problematic areas that you feel are critical and must be addressed. Where possible, provide suggestions or references on how to overcome these obstacles.
Provide review feedback of your assigned peer-DSP prospectus based on the following areas:
Conceptual Significance
The work represents an important contribution to knowledge. It extends or challenges present causal assumptions in the IS theory or knowledge base. It uses theories from IS or reference disciplines to explain the relationships among variables in the study. Ties to relevant literature are clear as is the thrust of the central argument. The work explicates underlying assumptions well and provides direction for extending or improving on the present research.
Practical Significance
The work contributes to our understanding of current technological and organizational problems or challenges faced by IS or other practitioners. In presenting an interesting paradigm or data analysis technique, it maintains readership interest.
Conduct of Research
Methods, subjects, and techniques are well suited to the exploration of the research questions. Where relevant, the work demonstrates appropriate operationalization of conceptual constructs and an acceptable degree of internal and/or external validity; the choice of statistical and/or mathematical analysis is appropriate as is the interpretation of results. Study results are objective and in such a form that other researchers could replicate the work. The work adheres to generally accepted standards for scientific ethics.
Logical Presentation of Research
The flow of ideas in the paper is logical and there is a clear tie between literature review and method and a clear link between method and results. The work is presented at a level of sophistication and length appropriate to the readership of an applied research project.
Clarity of the Writing
The work adopts a professional style and tone and is concise. It is grammatically correct and clear in its use of English language. Figures and tables are clear and understandable; accurate and descriptive titles, legends and labels are present
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 4 SLP
REVISING THE DSP RESEARCH PROSPECTUS
Prepare your DSP Presentation
During Module 4, your SLP assignment is to develop a strategy and Power Point Presentation (PPT) to prepare for your eventual proposal defense of your DSP.
Specifically, you are to prepare a 15-20 PPT slide presentation that outlines your proposed Chapters 1-3 of your DSP. For each section of the slide deck, essential information contained within each chapter should be within narrative form and provide all of the relevant information and data to support your DSP proposal.
(Make sure to use the DSP Presentation Template provided by your instructor in the Course News section.)
SLP Assignment Expectations
Length: The written component of this assignment should be 15-20 slides long without counting the reference slide.
Organization: Topics and chapter section slides should adhere to the DSP Presentation Template
Grammar and Spelling: While no points are deducted for minor errors, assignments are expected to adhere to standard guidelines of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence syntax. Points may be deducted if grammar and spelling impact clarity. We encourage you to use tools such as grammarly.com and proofread your paper before submission.
As you complete your assignment, make sure you do the following:
Stay focused on the precise DSP Presentation Template sections. Do not go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials.
Use evidence from your literature review to justify your proposal.
Cite at least 10-15 credible resources.
Your assignment will be graded using the following criteria:
Assignment-driven Criteria: Student demonstrates mastery covering all key elements of the assignment
Critical Thinking/Application to Professional Practice: Student demonstrates mastery conceptualizing the problem, and analyzing information. Conclusions are logically presented and applied to professional practice in an exceptional manner.Business Writing and Quality of References: Student demonstrates mastery and proficiency in written communication and use of appropriate and relevant literature at the doctoral level.
Citing Sources: Student demonstrates mastery applying APA formatting standards to both in text citations and the reference list.
Professionalism and Timeliness: Assignments are submitted on time.
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 5 CASE
DSP RESEARCH PROPOSAL PRESENTATION AND APPROVAL FOR PROPOSAL DEFENSE
Case Assignment
In Module 5 Case you will receive your peer-review feedback from a fellow student concerning your DSP Prospectus / Proposal. Upon receipt of the peer-review, conduct a review of the comments and address any pertinent comments or observations that will add to the overall quality and readability of your intended DSP Proposal. Not all comments may be addressed depending on the quality and appropriateness of the comments themselves, however each student should be prepared to defend their own rationale for incorporating or not addressing the editing comments in their own revised proposal. Comments addressing the peer-review comments and how they were addressed within the revised DSP Proposal should be contained in the following “change matrix” formatted templated provided below for submission of this assignment:
Title of DSP:
DBA Candidate:
Date:
Reviewer’s recommendation How addressed Page numbers in
DSP where change
appears
Example
A1. The author must clarify their research questions to align with their research problem. Example
RQs have been reworded to more clearly identify the two variables being compared: the dependent variable which is the ratio of (a) cash flows from operating activities to (b) earnings from continuing operations, compared when the independent variable, fraud, is yes or no. The two constructs that make up the dependent variable are well known in accounting and finance literature and are not defined here. p. 12
DOC690 Doctoral Study Proposal
Module 5 SLP
DSP RESEARCH PROPOSAL PRESENTATION AND APPROVAL FOR PROPOSAL DEFENSE
Within Module 5 SLP you will submit your edited and completed DSP Proposal within the prescribed DOC 800 Dropbox which will be properly archived for use by you and your DSP Chair for final review and preparation of your DSP Proposal Defense upon completion of this course. You should incorporate the necessary edits and reviews contained within this course in order to strengthen your final DSP Proposal draft for your eventual prospectus defense.
SLP Assignment Expectations
Length: The written component of this assignment should contain the completed DSP Prospectus with the necessary edits contained within the peer-review process.
Organization: Topics and chapter section slides should adhere to the DSP Proposal Template.
Grammar and Spelling: While no points are deducted for minor errors, assignments are expected to adhere to standard guidelines of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence syntax. Points may be deducted if grammar and spelling impact clarity. We encourage you to use tools such as grammarly.com and proofread your paper before submission.
As you complete your assignment, make sure you do the following:
Stay focused on the precise DSP Proposal Template sections. Do not go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials.
Use evidence from your literature review to justify your proposal.
Cite at least 10-15 credible resources.
Your assignment will be graded using the following criteria:
Assignment-driven Criteria: Student demonstrates mastery covering all key elements of the assignment
Critical Thinking/Application to Professional Practice: Student demonstrates mastery conceptualizing the problem, and analyzing information. Conclusions are logically presented and applied to professional practice in an exceptional manner.
Business Writing and Quality of References: Student demonstrates mastery and proficiency in written communication and use of appropriate and relevant literature at the doctoral level.
Citing Sources: Student demonstrates mastery applying APA formatting standards to both in text citations and the reference list.
Professionalism and Timeliness: Assignments are submitted on time.
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