Management Question

‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التعليم‬
‫الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية‬

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Critical Thinking Assignment 3
Course Name: Academic Writing and Student’s Name:
Research Skills
Course Code: RES-500
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: 1st

CRN:
Academic Year: 2025/2026, 1st Term

For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade:

/ 15

Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
Regulations:

✓ This assignment is an individual assignment.
✓ Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories
from the textbook along with few scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
✓ Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style
guidelines, citing references as appropriate.
✓ Submit your findings in a 3–4-page document, excluding the title page,
abstract and required reference page, which are never a part of the minimum
content requirements, in the Assignment Dropbox.
✓ It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments to the Turnitin
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to submitting them to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit
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An Overview about Assignment submission Time & grades:
Type of Assignment

Posting Date

Due date

Marks

Critical thinking

Week 13

End of Week 15

15

Grace period*

3

days

* Grace Period: with accepted excuse (accepted by instructor) with deduction of 10% for late submission

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Assignment-III: Final research proposal (15 points)
This is your final assignment for which a sample format is provided in the
blackboard. It is already attached in the next page. You must submit the
same as per the given sample format. Adherence to the format is necessary.
This final research proposal must contain all the stages and processes
involved in a typical research proposal. Read the Chapter 16 of your
textbook to have a clarity on writing a report or proposal.

Answers
Start from Next Page in the given Format

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RESEARCH PROPOSAL
On

INSERT TITLE HERE

By

[Your Full Name Here]
Enrolment No. xxxxxxx

[Insert Degree Name]

[Insert Department Name]

[Insert Name of College]

[Insert Course Code: xxxxx]

[Insert Branch Name]

Date of Submission: DD MM 20YY

Supervisor Name:

Dr. Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 General Introduction
1.2 Research Questions
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Significance of the Study
Chapter 2. Literature Review
2.1 Heading 1
2.2 Heading 2
2.3 Heading 3
2.4 Hypotheses (If any)
Chapter 3. Methodology Adopted
3.1 Research Approach
3.2 Research Design
Chapter 4. Proposed Data Analysis
Chapter 5. Implementation Plan

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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. General Introduction
This is a sample. Replace with your own.
We, human beings, are continuously evolving as indispensable thinking creatures of the
universe. The man has come a very long way and has rightly made great strides in almost
every conceivable field of achievement. Scientific breakthroughs and technological
advancements have enhanced our confidence in understanding or even conquering the
nature at large. The man is regarded to be in the midst of best of times, the world have ever
witnessed. Some fifty years back, no one could have imagined the level of the technological
feat or the extent of global integration of countries which we are experiencing now.
Considering the increasing share of emerging economies in the global growth, there have
been substantial improvements in enriching the lives of millions of people around the
globe.

1.2. Research Questions
This is a sample. Replace with your own.
The research questions is one of the most important parts of your research project, thesis
or dissertation. It’s important to spend some time assessing and refining your question
before you get started. The exact form of your question will depend on the length of your
project, the type of research, the topic, and the research problem. But all research questions
should be focused, specific, appropriately complex, and relevant to a social or scholarly
issue.
The research questions for this study are:
1) What are the skills & resources required for the success of social enterprises & what
are those skills where the enterprise can invest in?
2) What are the input factors for implementing the social enterprise evaluation
process?

1.3. Research Objectives
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Formulating research objectives in an appropriate manner is one of the most important
aspects of your thesis. This is because research aim and objectives determine the scope,
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depth and the overall direction of the research. Research question is the central question of
the study that has to be answered on the basis of research findings. The objectives of a
sample thesis are given under:
Hence, the research, “Title of your research’’ has been formulated with the following
primary objective:
1) To get a deeper understanding of the critical success factors of social enterprises
operating in different social settings in India in terms of their influence in social
entrepreneurship success.
Depending upon the nature of your study, you can divide the main objective into subobjectives also. However, this is optional. You can have only main objective or you can
divide it into the required number of sub-objectives depending upon the nature of your
study. For example, the above mentioned main objective can be divided into following subobjectives.
Thus, in accordance with the above-mentioned primary objective, the study was
acknowledged with the set of following set of sub-objectives in order to conduct the
research in a more comprehensive way:
✓ To determine the importance and criticality of individual-level factors of
leadership, entrepreneurship orientation, networking, business planning skills and
their constituent attributes in social enterprise success.
✓ To determine the importance and criticality of organizational-level factors of
innovative financing, triple bottom line planning, social enterprise marketing,
community engagement, organizational culture, social impact evaluation, frugal
innovation, human capital and their constituent attributes in social enterprise
success.
✓ To determine the importance and criticality of institutional-level factors of
Government support and its constituent attributes in social enterprise success.

1.4. Significance of the Study
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It provides details to the reader on how the study will contribute such as what the study will
contribute and who will benefit from it. It also includes an explanation of the

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work’s importance as well as its potential benefits. For example the above mentioned
example, the significance can be written in the following way
The research makes important contributions to existing literature on the critical factors
determining the success of social enterprises from both managerial and academic point of
view:

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2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
In this chapter, all the literature available on the different approaches to the concept of your
research is explicitly reviewed. Here you can write the outline or plan of your review like
in how many sections and what you are discussing in each section.

2.1. Sample Main Heading
This is a sample. Replace with your own.
Social entrepreneurship in common parlance refers to entrepreneurial activity with an
embedded social purpose. Although, entrepreneurial activities with a social concern can be
traced back in the history but the social entrepreneurship as an innovative model for social
problem solving has recently emerged (Robinson et al., 2009; Mair & Marti, 2006; Peredo
& McLean, 2006; Dees et al., 2002; Chell, 2007). Thus, social entrepreneurship mainly
stands for endeavors which primarily focus over social value creation and thus social
mission remains central to every social entrepreneurship activity.
The social entrepreneurship has become a global phenomenon, impacting societies by
catalyzing social transformations for societal wellbeing. The phenomenon mainly
addresses the basic needs of human society which were neglected in the race for
mainstream development. As such, the phenomenon can occur in any society and often
such local social entrepreneurship initiatives have the potential for scale up and replication
at the global level. E-g: Microfinance of Bangladesh.
2.2. Sample Main Heading 2
As described above, the idea of social enterprise is certainly not new as businesses with
social missions can be traced back in the nineteenth century. Thus, the practice of social
enterprise may well be ahead of the theory as in other areas of social action (Sarah et al.,
2002).
2.3. Sample Main Heading 3
As described above, the idea of social enterprise is certainly not new as businesses with
social missions can be traced back in the nineteenth century. Thus, the practice of social
enterprise may well be ahead of the theory as in other areas of social action (Sarah et al.,
2002).
2.4. Hypotheses (if any)
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This is a sample. Replace with your own.
Write here the hypothesis of your study. It can be only one or it can be even more than one
as per your choice and nature of study. For example, for the sample example provided in
chapter one, the hypothesis can be like follows.
For achieving the objectives of the study, few hypotheses were presumed. These were
formed on the basis of previous and current studies on the topic of critical success factors
of social enterprises; the hypotheses are described as follows:
Hypothesis -1
H1a: The possession of strong business planning skills in key individuals of social
enterprises is significantly associated with the success of social enterprises.
Hypothesis -2
H2a: Having a strong entrepreneurship orientation in social entrepreneurs is significantly
associated with the success of social enterprises.

3. THE METHODOLOGY
In this chapter, the research process of your thesis is to be well-defined and described
sequentially. Starting with (1) research preparation, research approach; process of the
survey, concerning research design, participants/respondents, sampling procedure and
survey design, sample plan, research instrument, method of analysis and the limitations are
discussed in detail.
3.1. Research Approach
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Research approach is a plan and procedure that consists of the steps of broad assumptions
to detailed method of data collection, analysis and interpretation. It is therefore, based on
the nature of the research problem being addressed. The researcher’s choice of a particular
research approach is governed by the nature of the research problems he/she wants to solve
(Yin 1994; Merriam 1998).
3.2. Research Design
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Research design represents the overall functional plan or blueprint (Babbie & Mouton,
2008) for the research project. Whereas research methodology refers to the standard set of
tools, techniques, and approaches used for the purpose of collecting, analyzing and
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interpreting data by the researcher, the research design is the purposeful way in which such
methods are linked together to address the research questions or reach conclusions.
Tempering an appropriate research design is critical for the attainment of specified goals
or objectives outlined for the research project. Therefore, the research design is ought to
be trustworthy and reliable while being scientifically grounded (Cooper & Schindler, 2006;
Churchill & Iacobucci, 2002). The research design refers to the overall strategy that you
choose to integrate the different components of the study in a coherent and logical way,
thereby, ensuring you will effectively address the research problem; it constitutes the
blueprint for the collection, measurement, and analysis of data.
3.2.1. Target Population (Sampling Technique and Sample Size)
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The target population is the total group of individuals from which the sample might be
drawn. A sample is the group of people who take part in the investigation. The target
population is the total group of individuals from which the sample might be drawn. A
sample is the group of people who take part in the investigation. The people who take part
are referred to as “participants”.
Please provide a description of your target population. Also indicate your expected sample
size as well as what type of sampling will be used and why.
3.2.2. Data Collection Approach
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Data collection is a process of collecting information from all the relevant sources to find
answers to the research problem, test the hypothesis and evaluate the outcomes. Data
collection methods can be divided into two categories: secondary methods of data
collection and primary methods of data collection. You need to write here the types of data
you will be using and also how you collected those sources of data.

4. PROPOSED DATA ANALYSIS
This is a sample. Replace with your own.
This chapter analyses and interprets the data collected. The chapter discusses the results of
the study. You can divide the chapter into the desired number of sections and sub-sections.
Analysis is still a method or a tool being used to break down your findings.
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5. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (ASSUMED)
Indicate in the form of a Gantt chart, the expected research start date, the duration of some
important phases/activities and also indicate the tentative project end date and total
duration of the project.

Time Frame (Gantt-Chart)
(Assume that you will undertake a full research of four to six months)
This is a sample. Replace with your own.
Activities

Duration
(Days)
Time
( Month)

Introduction

Literature
Review
Data
collection
Report
writing
Submission
of final
Report

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Time
( Month)

References (Sample)
1) Acs, Z. J., & Audretsch, D. B. (2005). Entrepreneurship, innovation and
technological change. Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 1(4), 1–65.
2) Adams, C. (2015). Understanding integrated reporting: The concise guide to
integrated thinking and the future of corporate reporting. Do Sustainability.
3) Adler, P., & Kwon, S. (2002). Social capital: Prospects for a new concept. Academy
of Management Review 27(1) 17-40.

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