A form-filling exercise to produce an MBA dissertation proposal

 A form-filling exercise to produce an MBA dissertation proposal (total 14 points to answer): 

Written by Joseph, KK Ho.

1. The organization to study is: ______________

2. The business nature and function of the organization is ___________________

3. The external environment status in terms of opportunities and threats are:

Opportunities: ______________

Threats: _________________

4. The internal environment status in terms of strengths and weaknesses are:

Strength 1: _________________; strength 2: ______________

Weakness 1: ________________; weakness 2: _____________

5. My relationship with the organization is: ________________

6. The two main management concerns are:

Main management concern 1:_______________; the concern owners are: _______

Main management concern 2: _______________; the concern owners are: _______

7. The three secondary management concerns are:

Secondary management concern 1:

Secondary management concern 2:

Secondary management concern 3:

8. The two main research objectives are (in response to point 6): 

Main research objective 1: __________

Main research objective 2: __________

9. Three secondary research objectives are (in response to point 7)   :

Secondary research objective 1: ___________

Secondary research objective 2: ___________

Secondary research objective 3: ___________

10. The dissertation title is (derived from point 8): ________________________

11. I am interested in doing the dissertation project because :

Personal reasons: ________________

Benefits to the organization are: __________

Main contribution to knowledge in the management field: ________________

12. The main management theories to use are

As related to main research objective 1: theory 1: ______; theory 2: _____________

As  related to main research objective 2: theory 1: ______; theory 2: _____________

As related to secondary research objective 1: theory 1: ______; theory 2: _________

As related to secondary research objective 2: theory 1: ______; theory 2: _________

As related to secondary research objective 3: theory 1: ______; theory 2: _________

13. The main research methods to use are:

As related to main research objective 1: research method 1 _____; research method 2 _______

As  related to main research objective 2: research method 1 _____; research method 2 _______

As related to secondary research objective 1: research method 1 _____; research method 2 ___

As related to secondary research objective 2: research method 1 _____; research method 2 ___

As related to secondary research objective 3: research method 1 _____; research method 2 ___

***** ensure to use two primary research methods for main research objectives 1 and 2.

14. The main preliminary references are: