The dissertation process involves different actions from the conception of the final stage of acceptance of the paper (Black, 2012). Developing a dissertation requires the identification and a justification of the topic or a subject area that the study will have a base. The dissertation process needs planning, with the objectives and deadlines for the achievement of every process designed to ensure that the process is complete within time. The proposal comes at the very beginning of the process and develops the foundation of the whole process and as a binding contract between a student and the dissertation committee (Hilliard, 2013). Dissertation proposal offers a description of the planned study with explicit hypotheses and study objectives that will drive the whole study process with a comprehensive review of the literature.
It is vital and universal for the proposal precisely to define the procedures and analyzes to involve in the study process and be able to give an opinion on a deeper indulgent of the study topic and the relevant issues (Wright, 2010). The proposal provides a clear picture of the research and can bring about the understanding of the subject with an aim of bringing out the deeper meaning of the subject, the concepts and the context of the study (Newton & Rudestam, 2014). A proposal will also define the scope of the study clearly stating the limitations that a scholar is likely to face during the study process and the sufficiency of the process to address the study objectives.
Week oneof the study involves the development of the study problem relevant to the study area that the scholar is focusing on (Määttä, Määttä & Uusiautti, 2014). The exploration of the study problem gives a benchmark on which the study will base on and the direction in which the study can follow. The development of the cohesive purpose of the question assists in the relation of the scholar with the mentor and in helping those involved in understanding the purpose of the study and the critical aspects to the field of research (Kudaisya, 2015).
The business problem, in this case, is preliminary succession planning in mid-size companies of Singapore. The issue is a problem given that the midsize companies of Singapore do not focus on succession planning or have a plan in place to ensure proper succession planning in place in case qualified workers exit from an enterprise (Gandhi & Kumar, 2014). The problem with lack of succession plan is that when the skilled employees leave the workplace, many skills that could be retained through succession planning is lost (Manne, 2011). The purpose of this study is to explore the developmental interventions that have the ability to sustain an organization to ensure sharing and retaining the skills of the workers within the organization.
The process of accomplishing the dissertation will involve examination of the current state of the industries in the region and investigate the success of intervention strategies in succession planning (Cole, 2010). The dissertation process will require identification of the appropriately relevant data and investigation of such sources to bring about the situation in the industries over time (Doody & Noonan, 2013). The scrutiny of the data will help progress the writing of the dissertation and build on both the qualitative and quantitative data poised from the field to make a comprehensive analysis to answer the study question and respond to the problem.
The review of literature in week two and three will focus on resources that are less than ten years old to understand the trends and progress in research and the field of succession planning (Gandhi & Kumar, 2014). The review will pay attention to the concepts of the studies that are selected and relate or define the concepts that apply to the dissertation to help in exploring the literature and build on the paper. Identifying and describing the concepts of the previous studies and the current study will present a ground for identifying the relevant data and information for the dissertation (Kucan, 2011). The literature will also help in positioning the research in the field to ensure that it remains relevant and builds in the area.
The literature review will base on the fundamental terms and concepts of the study topic and question for ease of picking the appropriate resources for the study. The lead terms in the literature review can be developmental interventions, succession planning in midsize companies and succession planning in Singapore (Kudaisya, 2015). Such key terms will help bring out all the relevant sources that will then be selected based on the concepts and criteria established to ensure that all the literature picked are of relevance. The academic resources chosen for the study will be those in the field of business and which have an exclusive focus on succession planning in companies and the relevant interventions (Cole, 2010).
Week four will entail the development of a methodology that is relevant to the study area and question, that will propel the answering of the dissertation questions (Capps, 2014). The method will involve the experimental of statistical procedures found fit for the study and relevant or common to the field of undertaking study projects. The method has to be quality and appropriate to the study clearly to lead to findings that will help answer the study questions and meet the objectives. A sound methodological design will help examine and evaluate the situation and lead to the results from the experiments or studies conducted on the study problem (Tengberg, 2015). There is a need for the review of different methods available to help pick the appropriate methodology for the study area giving priority to the strength and weakness of the methods.
The method must take into consideration the number of participants and the area of focus, the type of data needed and the techniques and actions used for tests and measurements during the study (Riviera, 2011). The methodology will bring about the relevant variables and comparisons that are relevant to answering the study question through the detailed instrumentation, processes, analysis, and findings (Capps, 2014). The method will be positioned in that it takes into consideration the progress in the field of study to obtain valid results.
Week five will focus on developing a plan for the field study and the collection of relevant data that will be analyzed to find facts in the study area. The program will highlight the real situation to find facts based on the criteria developed in the research and frameworks that help relate the aspects examined with the study problem (Doody & Noonan, 2013). Clear prospects of what is vital will be within the plan with a focus on answering the study questions formulated during the study. The research will also base on the methodology in use so that the data collected is relevant and support the method in use without any difficulty. The validity and reliability of the data will be ascertained based on pre-established processes (Capps, 2014).
Week six and seven will involve the development of the proposal for the study given the literature review and introduction preceded earlier (Kucan, 2011). The plan will present a description of the problem that the research will base upon providing an introduction and the background of the study subject and field of education. The proposal will have objectives, study questions and hypotheses that will be the lead in the primary research proces given a proper review of the literature and the examination of the situation in the field (Hilliard, 2013). The proposal will incorporate the frameworks for the study, and the literature reviewed to support the study together with the proposed methodology within the established and acceptable standards.
Week eight will involve the submission of the complete proposal and the relevant passes to the full committee for the final approval (Roberts, 2010). That is the final stage of the schedule once the student has completed the writing process and the mentor are satisfied that they meet the set criteria (Määttä, Määttä & Uusiautti, 2014). The dissertation committee chair will then direct with the student and the committee members the appropriate time in which the proposal meeting should take place. The meeting venue and date are then communicated to the relevant persons and necessary discussions held on the day of the committee meeting to ensure everything is correct.
