LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

HOMEWORK NO. 1
School of Business

Faculty of Business and Arts

Name of the faculty member: Dr. Mohd Farhan

Course Code: MGN504

Course Title: Research Methodology

Section (s): Q1540

Max. Marks: 30

S.
No
1

Roll No

Allocation Date: 23th January, 2016

Submission Deadline: 29st February, 2016

Evaluation
Objectives
Topic
Parameters
of
Academic
Activity Set up an appointment and visit Nature of Homework ALL Developing
STUDE understanding any business located on or near GROUPs.
NTS on synopsis the university campus such as
for the
restaurant, branch office of
Front Page &
research
telecom company, retail bank,
Introduction- 2.5 marks,
purpose.
book store, departmental store,
franchises etc. Hold discussions Literature Review-10
with the decision maker of that firmmarks,
and identify the management
decision problem(s). Translate the Objectives &
management research problem
Research
into a written statements of the
Methodology- 10
research problem(s) and prepare Marks,
the research proposal containing
Identification of
a. Front page & Introduction of the Variables- 05 marks,
selected topic
b. Related review of literature
References- 2.5 marks.
c. Research Objective or
statements
d. Designing appropriate research
methodology
e. References used

Expected
outcomes
This academic
tasks focus on the
following:
1. Students will
learn about
how to identify
a research
problem.
2. Students will
learn about
how to
conduct
review of
literature.
3. Students will
learn about
how to write a
research
proposal.

Important Points to Consider:

Students will be submitting their research proposal related to any business research
issue. The objectives of the research can be explored on business houses (small or
large) based within University Campus or Outside University Campus. But the objectives
should be clearly mentioned.

The research proposal should contain:

o

Front Page for submission of CA (It is available in CA submission guidelines

for students). Students are requested to download the front page for submission
of Homework on their own. No CA will be accepted without a front page. The
format is available in the CA submission guidelines (as mentioned above).

The research proposal should contain the following mentioned sections.

Front page & Introduction- 5 marks
Literature Review-15 marks
Objectives & Research Methodology- 10 Marks
Identification of Variables- 10 marks
References- 5 marks.

The concept of PEER-RATING will be used by all faculty members for Uniform
evaluations of the Homework.

The Submission Guidelines of the research proposal include (if submitted

online):

1.5 Line Spacing

Text Times New Roman
Font Size 12
Margins 1 inch on both sides.

Group Number
G1

G2

G3

G4

G5

G6

G7

Roll Numbers of students

Ramandeep
11502453 Kaur
Amandeep
11502534 Kaur

RQ1540A0
1
RQ1540A0
2
RQ1540A0
11509950 Jaspreet Kaur 3
RQ1540A0
11509283 Dipti Sharma 4
Gurmanvir
RQ1540A0
11509948 Kaur
5
RQ1540A0
11510505 Nisha Klair
6
Shivani
RQ1540A0
11509285 Sharma
7
RQ1540A0
11507732 Zahid Hamid
8
Junaid Ahmad RQ1540A0
11500878 Qasid
9
RQ1540A1
11508684 Jasdeep Singh Gill
0
Randhawa
RQ1540A1
11501520 Sukhwindersingh
1
RQ1540A1
11502740 Guriya Kumari
2
RQ1540A1
11508806 Rajdeep Kaur 3
Gaurav
RQ1540A1
11509935 Kumar Pal
4
Prashant
RQ1540A1
11511615 Sharma
6
Gagandeep
RQ1540A1
11511712 Singh
7
RQ1540A1
11500735 Malika Verma 8
RQ1540A1
11512113 Aamir Shabir 9
115011 Jaspinder
RQ1541A
1
82 Kaur
02
115095 Harpreet
RQ1541A
2
75 Kaur
03
115102 Krishnangini RQ1541A
3
62 Deka
04