An analysis of Impact of Management Practices Across Global Firms on Companies Perform in UK

Faculty of Business and Law
Postgraduate Taught Research Ethics Application Form

Title of Project An analysis of Impact of Management Practices Across Global Firms on Companies Perform in UK
Name of Researcher

SECTION A
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1 Will you describe the main research procedure to participants in advance, so that they are informed what to expect? 1
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2 Will you tell participants that their participation is voluntary? 1
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3 Will you obtain consent from participants? 1
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4 If the research is observational, will you ask participants for their consent to being observed. 0
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5 Will you tell participants that they may withdraw from the research at any time and for any reason? 1
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6 With questionnaires/interviews, will you give participants the option of omitting questions they do not want to answer? 1
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7 Will you tell participants that their data will be treated with full confidentiality and that, if published, it should not be identifiable as theirs? 1
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If you have ticked No to any of questions 1-7, then your project is NOT low risk

8 Will your project involve deliberately misleading participants in any way? 0
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9 Is there any realistic risk of any participants experiencing either physical or psychological distress or discomfort? 0
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10 Will it be possible to link identities or trace information back to individual participants in any way? 0
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11 Will the study involve discussion of sensitive topics (e.g. sexual activity, drug use, ethnicity, political behaviour, potentially illegal activities)? 0
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12 Will financial inducements (other than reasonable expenses, compensation for time or a lottery / draw ticket) be offered to participants? 0
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If you have ticked Yes to questions 8-12, then your project is NOT low risk

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13 Does your project involve work with animals? 0
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14 Do participants fall into any of the following special groups?
If they do, please outline on page 2 how you will take account of their needs.

Note that you may also need to obtain satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance
YES NO N/A
a) School Children? 0
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b) People with learning or communication difficulties 0
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c) Patients 0
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d) People in custody 0
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e) People engaged in illegal activities (e.g. drug-taking) 0
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SECTION B
Please provide full details of your project below
(if insufficient detail is provided and the precise nature of the study is not clear your supervisor will NOT approve the project and your form will be returned)
State the aims and objectives of this research:
Objectives of the Study
To highlight how organizations integrate democratic processes in their operations
To determine how the organization strives to motivate employees
To show the efforts undertaken by global organizations to retain talents
To demonstrate the major efforts invested in human resource to achieve the desired performance

The aim of the study is to investigate the effects management practices in global organizations on performance. The study will help highlight major challenges in implementing some of the management practices, especially taking into account global organizations constitutes different talents. Management practices have direct impact in the overall performance of the organization due to its influence on human resource.

How will participants be recruited? Who will they be (i.e. number, age, and gender?):
Email communication will be used for recruiting participants. It is the official means of communication as the research targets managers, and scholars in business. Emails and flyers will be used to recruit business managers and in university institution for scholars in business management field. Both female and male with a mean age of 40 years will be included in the study.

Details of the informed consent process (If required, use the Informed Consent and Participant Information Sheet templates provided and submit with this form):
Firstly, participants will be informed about the purpose of the research. In this regard, participants will engage in the study voluntarily with prior knowledge of what it means for them to take part in the research. There are two distinct stages that will be employed to obtain informed consent. Firstly, participants will be provided with details about the research including purpose, and that the information provided will be used for the specific research purpose. Participants will have enough time to consent, and there will be no undue influence on participants to consent. After giving information, the next stage will be to obtain consent through reiterating the terms of the research as separate bullet points, and the person agrees to every term giving explicit consent.

Description of the method (please submit your research instrument (survey questionnaire, interview questions that you will be using to collect data with this form if relevant):
The study will employ a qualitative methodology. Survey will be used as the research design, as it will allow the use of quantitative methods for data collection. Questionnaire will be used as the instrument of data collection. The questionnaire will have numerically rated items. Questionnaire as the instrument of data collection provides an opportunity to obtain information that can easily be converted into quantitative data. For example, in the questionnaire, there will be ratings to each question, and will be assigned values from 1-5. Consequently, will provide an opportunity to undertake statistical analysis of the responses. It will be an easy way to get information from respondents as the survey questions can be sent through mail, where respondents can easily respond at their convenience.

Where will this research be conducted?
The research study will be conducted in the UK. However, the research seeks to get information from China due to the cultural differences with the Western world. The implication here is that although the research study will be conducted in the UK, respondents with managerial experience from Asia, and understand the culture in Asia will be recruited. It is worth noting that business leaders working in the UK and with corporate experience from China. Companies in the UK and especially in Northampton will be selected for the study. Only multinational companies will be surveyed. Consequently, it makes it easier to get the relevant information from participants.

What steps have been taken or will be taken to ensure appropriate permissions are obtained? (N.B. provide a copy of correspondence i.e. letter, emails granting you permission must be submitted with your ethics submission)
Firstly, there is need to provide the necessary response from the participants regarding permission to participate in the study. Most business organizations might have policies regarding research activities. Firstly, to obtain permission to conduct the necessary research, it is appropriate to provide a written request to the management about the need to interview some of the employees. It is critical to request information if the company or the organization firstly allows its staff to participate in a research study. Purpose of the study should also be defined clearly when seeking permission to conduct research. Response should also be in written format so as to act as evidence of permission granted.

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