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Capstone Project Research Proposal Guide

This chapter introduces the capstone research project that will be conducted on a health care organization. It will have three sections: Section I will introduce the organization, Section II will define the research question and hypothesis, and Section III will discuss the significance of the research, its purpose, and data collection methods. The research question will address a problem or weakness identified in the organization, and the hypothesis will predict the outcome of researching that issue. The significance section will explain why this research is important, while the purpose is to conduct thorough analysis to help the organization improve. Data collection methods will include sources like articles, records, interviews and more.

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Capstone Project Research Proposal Guide

This chapter introduces the capstone research project that will be conducted on a health care organization. It will have three sections: Section I will introduce the organization, Section II will define the research question and hypothesis, and Section III will discuss the significance of the research, its purpose, and data collection methods. The research question will address a problem or weakness identified in the organization, and the hypothesis will predict the outcome of researching that issue. The significance section will explain why this research is important, while the purpose is to conduct thorough analysis to help the organization improve. Data collection methods will include sources like articles, records, interviews and more.

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Chapter 1: Research

Proposal
and Introduction
Capstone Project
Overview

This chapter explains three important subjects:


Why you are conducting the research
How you plan to conduct the research
Why the research is important
Think of this chapter as requesting permission to conduct
your research
!ake sure it is rele"ant# informati"e# and worthy of further
analysis
Overview of Chapter I Format

There should be three sections in the body of this


chapter

The chapter should also ha"e a title page#


abstract# and references$%ee &ormatting on page
'
Section I: Introduction to the
Organization

(ntroduce the health care organi)ation using the


subheadings in the guide$
*xample: the name# founding date# founding leaders+ the
company,s history highlighting critical incidents and
e"ents# etc --remember the outline of a case study
analysis information$see step ./
Section II: Research Questions
and !potheses

(n the beginning of this section#


you will brie0y introduce and
describe the pro"lem#
concerns# wea$ness# issues#
or threats based on the
background info you pro"ided in
%ection ( This is known as a
pro"lem statement%
Section II con&t

Research question
Present a research question you plan to
answer based upon your re"iew of your health
care organi)ation,s background 1our research
question should help you de"elop your
hypothesis
Example: Given todays competitive environment,
is the XYZ company capable of successfully
overcoming internal planning and leadership
weaknesses?
Section II con&t

Hypothesis
This is a prediction of what you expect to determine about
the organi)ation when all research is concluded
(t is one or two sentences showing the main idea of your
research
(t addresses a problem# issue# concern# weakness# or threat
(t will help you to focus on what type of literature to re"iew
in Chapter '
(t will help you to formulate your thesis statement at the
end of Chapter '
!ake sure to use business terms in terms of measuring such
as pro2ts# growth# customer satisfaction# market share# etc
!eview these for yourself if needed"
1our hypothesis and thesis statement can be re"ised
throughout your research process
'(ample of !pothesis

#he XYZ $ompany is e%periencing


various business di&culties that
might be traced to a weakness in
strategic planning functions"
'ther e%ample:
(ohnson ) (ohnson is a company that has been e%periencing
tremendous environmental and internal weakness for the past
couple of years that could be due to various factors such as poor
management, decision making and strategic planning, a
decrease in ethical standards, and an increase in greed" #heir
environmental weakness could be due to the stress of
competition in a growing technological society"
Section III: Research Signi)cance#
Purpose# and *ata Collection +ethods

%tatement of %igni2cance
*xplains why your research project is important or worth
doing

Purpose of the %tudy


The purpose is to complete thorough and con"incing
research with a thoughtful analysis that could assist an
organi)ation in addressing its weaknesses# reinforcing its
strengths# meeting its threats# and3or taking ad"antage of its
opportunities
Think of it as a chance to persuade the C*4 of your
organi)ation to some action

5ata Collection !ethods


5escribe how you will get your data
%hould include but limited to the following: academic journal
articles# analy)ing online 6or costs7 corporate records and
other resources# books# internet# inter"iews# etc
Other information

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9 to : pages
;<<$/'<< words

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