Topic: transgender as leader position
Full 2 pages or 550 words (Bibliography, title or cited pages does not count)
Academic Research Proposal
Before starting serious research, you need to complete an academic research proposal, which is an important part of any investigation. It clearly states the purposes of your research and the ways that you intend to find the answers. The proposal for your final research report introduces the topic or question you will be researching, lists topics for investigation, provides some preliminary methodology, and provides a work schedule for the various activities that will be involved in completing the project. The goal here is for your proposal to be approved; therefore, you want to be as specific and clear as possible about the approach you will be taking to this final writing project.
Your research proposal is a brief description of the research plan that you will be conducting later. The purpose of this paper is to explain why you have chosen this particular issue and what techniques will be used to research it. Your paper should cover the following sections in bold:
1. Introduction/Problem: Relatively short description with of the topic/question/problem to be examined
transgender in leadership positions in Fortune 100 companies
why are there so transgenders in the United States that are CEOs of fortune 100 organizations?
2. Clear statement of the research question
Very clearly state what you will be studying. Be sure that this is understandable to someone who doesnt know much about your field of study
o What are the current numbers of transgender CEOs at Fortune 100 companies compared with the numbers of male and women CEOs in the past 10 years
o what are some explanations from management theorist to explain these differences in numbers of male versus transgender CEOs in the United States?
o Justification of the research of this particular issue; (Why is this important to look at? What will we understand from examining this issue?)
3. Description of your research plans:
Topics for Investigation-what you will examine versus what you wont be looking at (an example would be: I will be examining Fortune 100 Companies in the United States versus those in Europe and Asia.)
Preliminary Methodology and Potential Resources
o (this section should provide an explanation about how you plan to approach your research and where you will likely find answers to your questions.
4.Timeline-briefly provide a schedule for accomplishing the major sections of your research and due dates of Bibliography etc.
(Usual Length: 2 pages)
