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Paper(s) title

John F. Doe

Central Michigan University

Master of Science in Administration

MSA 698: Directed Administrative Portfolio

Dr. Larry F. Ross

September 28, 2020

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Identify your MSA Program Concentration: Example Leadership!

Research Proposal

Developing a research proposal involves approximately four steps: Identifying potential ideas as

it relates to your concentration, choosing ideas to explore further, selecting, and narrowing a topic,

formatting a research question, and developing a working thesis to move things forward.

Formulate the title page above to introduce the title of your research proposal. On page two,

please write something like an abstract that summarizes the problem addressed in your request. You

may even want to manage your proposed solution and core objectives. Look at the MSA 698 data

support paper on the Blackboard shell. Using that document, list some keywords you plan to address in

your research project and link them to each paper (MSA 601, 603, 604, and 602). What questions are

you looking for answers to, and how will they expand the reader’s thought process?

Remember that the research proposal is nothing more than a concise summary of all the four

core areas, MSA 601, 603, 604, and 602, you plan to articulate in each paper. In other words, it creates

the general idea of your research by highlighting the questions and issues you will address in your

papers. In the end, it demonstrates the uniqueness of your research and distinguishes it from others.

More clarity and ideas:

1. Title: Provide a brief and meaningful title to capture the general idea of your directed

administrative portfolio.

2. Introduction section: The introduction section provides a general description of the basic facts

and importance of the research area by identifying the research area, your motivation for doing

it, and how it is for the industry practice, enhancing the body of knowledge for your study area.

3. Problem statement: The problem statement should provide a clear and concise description of

the issues needed to be addressed. In other words, be precise about the specific problem you

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plan to address (e.g., lack of understanding of a particular matter, low performance in a specific

industry).

Submit for approval!