Identify an organisation and a managerial problem. Gain permission from the organisation for the project. Prepare a proposal showing agreement between the organisation and the project group.
The project proposal will look to resolve an issue/problem facing its management, for example:
- Resourcing
- Organisational structure/restructure
- Systemic change
- Business process re-engineering
- Other
1) Introduction: Introduce the business, its organisational purpose, structure, and roles performed by managers. Briefly discuss activities and operational activities, e.g. people, products/services, formal systems, leadership, teamwork, and communication as appropriate and relevant. Include key issues in the general and business operating environments.
2) Problem Identification with rationale: Clearly identify the problem and indicate issues around the problem
3) Project Plan: Provide the scope of the project, identify resources required (e.g. time, costs, manpower, equipment,and time frame.
4) Problem solving model(s) and management concepts:Provide suitable problem solving model(s) and other management concepts and/or tools to be used.
5) Research design and processto be used. Identify and clearly explain the specific research goals of the project. List the objectives using ‘SMART'.
6) Application of theory: The application of theory must be provided to support approaches to the proposal content
7) Citations and references: Make sure that you cite any information that is not your own ideas. Detail all sources of external information used to compile the proposal in a reference section. Your references must be in the correct APA format.
Name of organisation and brief nature of the business given
Identifies the problem & consent form
Identifies key issues in the general and business operating environments that may impact on the solution to the problem.
Describes the nature of the problem.
Provides the rationale by indicating the significance of the problem and its effect on the organisation.
Provides scope of the project, resources required (e.g. time, costs, manpower, equipment etc.).
Provides a timeline for managing the project e.g. Gantt chart, or table, with rationale
A suitable problem solving model(s) is/are provided
Other management concepts and/or tools to be used
Research Aim: Clearly identifies and explains the specific aim of the project
Research goals and key objectives: Overall goals and key objectives needed to achieve these goals. Use of the SMART objective approach i.e. Specific, measurable, attainable/achievable, relevant, time oriented
Research Design: Indicates (i.e. explains) how the investigation of the problem will be carried out e.g. Questionnaire, interview (who and why?), observation, primary data and secondary data
Explains how the data analysis will be undertaken.
Discuss how citations are used in the proposal to support the approaches to proposal content.
A general overview of use of theory in assisting resolution of problem.