research in project management

TITLE: EXAMINING THE CHALLANGE OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT STUDENTS IN AUSTRALIA.

********I NEED ONLY ABSTRACT (200 WORDS) & RATIONALISE(800 WORDS)**************  

TIME: 24 HOURS

WITH RELAVENT REFERENCE FROM 3ARTICLES

Developing a detailed research proposal is the third and most important deliverable of the assignment. The proposal is effectively your research project plan. You should think of it as a document that should be detailed enough so anyone else can use your plan to execute the project. You must consider the feedback received during oral presentations seminars to improve your research proposal.

The proposal should include the following sections. A template will be supplied with sufficient guidelines to complete each section.

1. Self-assessment (by ticking the boxes of a given checklist)
2. Title: Develop a concise title that indicates the overall purpose of your study (15 words).
3. Abstract: Summarize the significant elements of your proposal (200 words)
4. The rationale for the study: Provide a research background and explain a suitable gap in project management literature that warrants research (800 words)
5. Significance: (200 words) Explain the importance and possible implications of the outcomes emerging from the proposed research.
6. The research question, hypothesis and objectives: Define the problem in the form of a research question, hypothesis and objectives.
7. Research Design: (200 words) Select and justify a research design or methodological approach to solve the problem.
8. Data collection: (800 words) Select and justify the data collection method, procedures, sampling plan, instrumentation, ethics protocol, etc.
9. Preliminary literature review: (2000 words) Conduct a preliminary literature review of the most relevant arguments by other scholars relating to the chosen topic (a minimum of ten scholarly refereed papers).
10. Research Project Management: Include project plans and/or documentation as per the guidelines in the supplied template.
11. Responsibility matrix: The main contributions of each group member in this part of the assignment.
12. References and NOT bibliography.
13. Appendices: Provide a list of items included in the proposal and provide a shared link to access the folder where these documents are located. The shared folder must include the following documentation:

• Project Schedule using MS Project including Gantt Chart
• The draft of data collection instrument (questionnaire survey, interview schedule, etc.)
• The draft of Ethics submission documentation