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 3What 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 4What have been the academic theories employed to study this topic?

My question 5Could 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.


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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