[Click here and type preliminary title of research proposal]
[Click here & type Name & Surname]
Research proposal for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Management
at the University of Stellenbosch
[Click here & type Date]
Table of contents
List of tables iv
List of figures v
List of acronyms and abbreviations vi
1. InTRODUCTION 1
2. overview or background 1
3. research focus 1
3.1 Research problem 2
3.2 Research question 2
3.3 Research aim 2
4. research methodology 2
4.1 qualitative research 3
4.2 quantitative research 3
4.3 data collection 3
4.4 DATA ANALYSIS 3
5. Merit of the research and proposed contribution to science 3
6. Literature review 4
7. research protocol 4
8. references 4
APPENDIX A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 5
a.1 Introduction 5
A.2 PAGE LAYOUT 5
A.3 Headings and lists 5
A.3.1 Headings 5
A.3.1.1 Numbering of headings 6
A.3.1.2 Type of headings 6
A.3.2 Lists 6
a.4 Formatting of tables and figures 7
A.4.1 Tables 7
A.4.2 Figures 8
A.4.3 Numbering of tables and figures 9
A.5 FORMULAS 10
APPENDIX B USB STYLE SHEETS 11
APPENDIX C REFERENCES 13
C.1 INTRODUCTION 13
C.2 Examples of references to books 14
C.3 Examples of references to journals, newspapers, etc. 14
C.4 Examples of references to papers and speeches at conferences 15
C.5 Examples of references to theses and dissertations 15
C.6 References to research reports 15
C.7 Examples of references to more than one publication with the same author(s) or title in the same year 16
C.8 Examples of references to sources consisting of contributions by various authors edited by an editor 16
C.9 Examples of references to personal and telephone interviews 16
C.10 Examples of references to government publications 16
C.11 Examples of references to information documents of organisations 16
C.12 Electronic sources 17
List of tables
Table A.1: Definitions of concepts 8
Table A.2: Numbering of tables 9
Table A.3: Tables containing...