A senior executive in  organization is interested in how completing a DBA might help to address organizational problems.

• Conceptualize ‘management research’ (up to 750 words)

• Identify a subject area (e.g. HR, leadership, marketing, etc) and critically consider leading areas of knowledge within that subject area, drawing on existing research (up to 1,500 words)

• Identify an organizational problem (within  own organization, or one  know well) which is suitable for DBA research and explain why it is suitable for such research (up to 1,000 words)

• Explain how  might conceptualize a research question to address that problem (up to 500 words)

• Identify the different stages you would need to consider in the research process (up to 750 words)

• Critically consider ethical issues in research and state how  would design research in an ethical fashion (up to 1,000 words).

• Introduction (up to 250 words) and Conclusion (up to 250 words).