Friday, 7 March 2025

A study note on the exploratory exercise on the dissertation project background study for the ALRA (academic oriented type)

A study note on the exploratory exercise on the dissertation project background study for the ALRA (academic oriented type)


The exploratory exercise examines the academic and public domain contexts of a research theme, as well as the related issue of research proposal formulation. The main questions to ask the AI tools (e.g. perplexity.ai, poe.com)are as follows:

My question 1: What is the research theme of xxx with reference to the field of XXX (e.g. business management, housing studies, and accounting and finance)?

My question 2:What are the research gaps and research issues on this topic?

My question 3: What have been the issues related to this topic as reported in the public media over the last 20 years?

*** Could also ask question 3b: What have been the issues related to this topic as reported in the Hong Kong public media over the last 20 years?

My question 4: What have been the academic theories employed to study this topic?

My question 5: Could you derive 4 related research objectives from 2 research gaps and 2 reported issues on this topic?


Some examples

Business management-related

Example 1: about I Ching.

Example 2: about talent acquisition competence.

Example 3: about e-tailing.

Example 4: about the art of war.


Accounting and finance-related

Example 1: about strategic management accounting.

Example 2: about internal audit.


Housing studies-related

Example 1: about urban redevelopment.

Example 2: negative home equity.


** Also see the collection of notes on the formulation of research objectives and the related tasks.



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