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Research proposal for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Management
at the University of Stellenbosch
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List of acronyms and abbreviations vi
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PhD Doctor of Philosophy
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$n o;r eEperience? many st;dents eEperience diffic;lties Cith the formatting of their research
proposals# -ltho;gh some of the editors listed by the University of Stellenbosch ,;siness School
(US,) can do technical editing for yo;? it Cill save yo; time and money if yo;r doc;ment is in the
correct format from the beginning# &his template is designed to assist yo; in Criting a research
proposal in the correct technical format as reD;ired by the US,# &his template sho;ld serve as a
starting point for any st;dent Criting a research proposal# &he headings and styles give an
indication of the sections reD;ired in the research proposal#
&he initial research proposal sho;ld be typed? ;sing do;bleBline spacing? and be betCeen ( @@@
and 0 @@@ Cords in length# Refer to the information s;pplied in -ppendiE - and -ppendiE , and
style sheets ;sed in this template#
6o; need to save this template ;nder a personalised file name and start by providing a preliminary
title on the cover page# &his preliminary title sho;ld clearly convey the key Cords associated Cith
the proposed research# $t is the responsibility of the applicant? not of the University of Stellenbosch
,;siness School (US,) or provisional promoter? to find a s;itable topic#
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/ive an overvieC of the s;bFect area# ,y Cay of introd;ction? this reading section of the eEisting
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discipline(s) Cithin Chich it falls# 2rom this analysis the problem or disorder yo; Cish to research
Cill emerge and constit;tes the reason or condition Chich necessitates the research#
6o; sho;ld also indicate here the Cay in Chich yo;r backgro;nd gives yo; competencies in the
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';tline the methodology to be ;sed# $n its most CidelyB;sed description? research methodology
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6o; need to display an aCareness of the available methodologies for data collection and shoC a
clear ;nderstanding of the methodologies that Co;ld be most s;itable for yo;r research# $t may be
that D;alitative methods are appropriate? e#g# case st;dies and gro;p disc;ssions# -lternatively?
yo;r research may involve D;antitative aspects relating to statistics and finance# $n many instances
yo; Cill be combining methodologies#
6o; are eEpected to o;tline the design yo; consider to be most appropriate? i#e# hoC the research
Co;ld be cond;cted# &ypically? reference is made here to the type of data yo; Cill need? the nat;re
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6o; need to select the appropriate proposed methodology# Since most st;dies are m;ltiB
disciplinary? they employ a combination of D;alitative and D;antitative research methodologies?
Chich is called a hybrid approach#
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- convincing statement is reD;ired as to Chy yo;r topic merits scientific research? i#e# hoC it Cill
contrib;te to and enrich the academic knoCledge and ;nderstanding of management theory and
professional management practice# &his contrib;tion res;lts from the systematic investigation of
yo;r research activities? Chich are cond;cted to discover neC information? as Cell as to eEpand
and verify eEisting knoCledge#
&his contrib;tion does not simply imply the gathering of neC data and a description thereof? i#e# the
What? D;estions# &here are many things Ce do not knoC and that Ce co;ld find o;t# &his is dataB
gathering# &he contrib;tion to be made by doctoral research goes beyond this and reD;ires the So
what? D;estions? i#e# eEplanations? relationships? generalisations and theories#
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+e refer yo; to a Corking paper by Dr >ohn Morrison? entitled - contrib;tion to scientific
knoCledge? Chich Ce highly recommend to PhD registrants# (2ind the link to this doCnloadable
doc;ment at CCC#;sb#ac#IaJphd#)
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$n this section yo; sho;ld demonstrate that yo; are au fait Cith the debates and iss;es raised in
related literat;re# 6o; sho;ld f;rnish a description of recent academic and empirical research in
yo;r chosen area#
References to key teEts and recently p;blished articles sho;ld be made to convince that yo;
appreciate their integrative relevance to yo;r research area# - PhD is original research and yo;
sho;ld be able to demonstrate that yo;r proposed area has not been st;died before# -s s;ch? yo;
need to identify hoC yo;r oCn research might make a ;sef;l contrib;tion to the partic;lar
managementBrelated area#
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research proFect# &his is referred to as the research protocol#
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referencing sho;ld be done#
&he US,Ks Cebsite has comprehensive details on the PhD programme# &he broch;re can be
doCnloaded at httpAJJCCC#;sb#ac#IaJDegreesJPhdJDefa;lt#aspE
&he most important thing regarding references is that yo; sho;ld start recording all details of yo;r
references from the first day yo; start yo;r research# $t is impossible to try and find details? s;ch as
page n;mbers and vol;me n;mbers? Chen yo; compile yo;r final reference list months later#
Rather keep more details than yo; think yo; Cill need#
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APPENDIX A
TECHNICAL PECI!ICATI"N
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groCth in (3) or (*) drives groCth in (-) and m;st be financed from one of the tCo so;rces#
%ote that form;las have to be n;mbered per section or chapter as Cell? i#e# this is the first form;la
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copy of the softCare at a disco;nt from the US, information technology ($&) s;pport team#) +e Cill
refer to some of these styles thro;gho;t the doc;ment# 2or instance? the teEt yo; are reading is
formatted as LnormalK? Chile the heading beloC 2ig;re ,#" is formatted as LUS, 2ig;re headingK#
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%ormal ,ody teEt in ""pt -rial? "#7 spacing? 8 pt after paragraph
&itle Centred title in ;pper and loCer case on first page in "8pt
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US, ,;llets ,;lleted lists Cith indent of "cm
US, ,;llet last 3ast b;llet of list Cith space after
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US, list to folloC &he last paragraph of body teEt before a b;lleted or
n;mbered list is given# $t has no space after so that the list
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US, PhD initial and appendiE headings Centred headings in "5pt -rial Cith a page break before
US, PhD proposal heading " 3eft aligned? bold? ;pper case "# heading
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APPENDIX C
&E!E&ENCE
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oneBandBaBhalf spacing? Cith "( pt space after to define each so;rce# $t is left aligned to keep
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named LUS, ReferencesK# Start Cith formatting all yo;r reso;rces in this style and then format the
Cords reD;ired in italics or bold according to the eEamples in the g;ide#
&he entire References is arranged alphabetically according to the s;rname of the first a;thor if
this is available (not s;bdivided in different categories)# $f the a;thor is ;nknoCn? the title of the
so;rce is listed alphabetically among the a;thors of other so;rces# -ltho;gh the main body of the
dissertation is Critten in F;stified teEt? the References may be left aligned to avoid stretching over
the page Cidth? especially Chere electronic references are given# Refer to the style LUS,
ReferencesK#
&he aim of the References is to make it easy to trace a so;rce that is referred to# 2or this p;rpose
all information on the so;rce sho;ld be correct# &his information incl;des the a;thorsS names? the
year of p;blication? the title of the so;rce? place of p;blication and the name of the p;blisher# +hen
referring to Fo;rnal articles the title of the article and that of the Fo;rnal m;st be s;pplied? as Cell as
the vol;me and iss;e n;mbers and the first and last page n;mbers of the article in the Fo;rnal# &he
format in Chich the information sho;ld be given is indicated in the eEamples# $f a so;rce is a Fo;rnal
article? the Fo;rnalSs vol;me n;mber is printed in bold? folloCed by the iss;e n;mber in
parentheses#
&o prevent conf;sion and to facilitate the tracing of a so;rce? the information on a so;rce is given in
the lang;age of the so;rce? provided that it is either in *nglish or -frikaans# $f the so;rce is Critten
in any other lang;age? any description of the so;rce? for eEample TUnp;blished PhD dissertationT
is given in the lang;age in Chich the dissertation itself is Critten#
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,e consistent in the Cay in Chich the References is prepared# $f only the initials of the a;thors are
given in some cases? do this consistently? and do not give the f;ll names of the a;thors for other
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by LandK# Use the abbreviated name of a p;blisher consistently? for instance $rCin? and not Richard
D# $rCin? or even Richard D# $rCin? $nc#
*lectronic so;rces are becoming more and more pop;lar# &he reference to electronic so;rces
takes on the folloCing general formatA
S;rname of a;thor? $nitials# 6ear# &itle of Cork# Title of complete work [&ype of medi;m!# -vailableA
protocol and address DirectoryA Directory and file partic;lars Date of message or visit#
+alker# "<<8# Electronic Style: A guide to Electronic Information# ['nline! -vailableA
httpAJJCCC#cas#;sf#ed;JenglishJCalkerJmla#html -ccessedA "9 'ctober (@@<#
%ote that it is important that the information regarding protocol? address and directories is not
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