You are a professional academic writer, a doctorate degree student of the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. You have a 1500-word research proposal to write on the topic “Investigating the socio-economic impacts of music events in Lagos”. Further details on hat to do are below.

Your work should include references to relevant journal articles and other good quality information sources, and should be properly laid out using the Harvard system of referencing.
The assignment will take the form of a written research proposal of 1500 words (excluding references, title page, tables and figures). This is an individual assignment.
The proposal for the research dissertation should comprise a title, background to the research, aims and objectives, overview of key literature, a detailed methodology (including research philosophy and approach, sampling, data collection, data analysis and ethical considerations), and a timeline for how to complete this work within a 12-week normal dissertation timeframe.

The proposal will be graded in the following way
Clearly thought out aim and specific achievable objectives-10%
Knowledge and Review of the relevant Literature to the chosen topic (including referencing).- 40%
Understanding of methodological processes and relevant methods chosen for proposed project work.-40%
Plan and appropriate time-scale for research and writing up of finished work.-10%



The Proposal must exhibit all of the following:
1. Critical insightful evaluation and synthesis of a wide range of views, issues and complex information which demonstrates a highly original and reflective approach. Demonstrates the ability to pursue research at Doctoral level
2. Extensive evidence of advanced, relevant and perceptive application of theory, and/or empirical results, where applicable, informed extensively by current research and practice in the area
3. Exceptional knowledge and conceptual understanding of complex and/or specialised principles and concepts and the development and advancement of ideas and practice
4. Extensive evidence of integrating supplementary sources
5. Outstanding referencing and bibliography
6. Outstanding presentation in writing, using an accurate, coherent, sophisticated style




The following materials must be used in writing the dissertation proposal
E-book Saunders, M., Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A. (2019) Research methods for business students. 8th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

E-Book: Nunkoo, R. (ed) (2018) Handbook of research methods for tourism and hospitality management. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.



The following materials have been recommended, alongside other recent and relevant sources and/or references
E-Book: Brace, N. Kemp, R. and Snelgar, R. (2016) SPSS for Psychologists 6th Edition New York: Palgrave McMillan.

Braun, V. and Clarke, V. (2013) Successful Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide for Beginners London: Sage Publications.

E-Book: Buglear, J. (2011) Stats to go - a guide to statistics for hospitality, leisure and tourism. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann.

Creswell, J. (2018) Research Design Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches 5th Edition London: Sage Publications.

E-Book: Cronk, B. (2020) How to use SPSS: A step-by-step guide to analysis and interpretation. 11th ed. London: Routledge.

E-Book: Goodson, L. and Phillimore, J. (2004) Qualitative research in tourism: ontologies, epistemologies and methodologies. London: Taylor & Francis.

E-Book: Kaurav, R.P.S., Gursoy, D., Chowdhary, N. (eds.) (2021) An SPSS Guide for Tourism, Hospitality and Events Researchers. London: Routledge.

E-Book: Taylor, M.L. and Søndergaard, M. (2017) Unravelling the mysteries of case study research: a guide for business and management students. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

E-Book: Veal, A.J. (2018) Research methods for leisure and tourism: a practical guide. 5th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

E-Book: Veal, A.J. (2014) Research methods for arts and events management. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

E-Book: Woolf, N.H. and Silver, C. (2018) Qualitative analysis using NVivo: the five-level QDA Method. Abingdon: Routledge.

Recommended journal articles:
Botterill, D. (2001) The epistemology of a set of tourism studies. Leisure Studies, 20 (3), 199 214.

Griffin, T. (2019) A discussion of video as a data collection tool. Current Issues in Tourism, 22 (18), 2183-2196.

McKercher, B. (2018) What is the state of hospitality and tourism research - 2018?,

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 30(3), 1234-1244.

O’Gorman, K. D., MacLaren, A. C. and Bryce, D. (2014) A call for renewal in tourism ethnographic research: the researcher as both the subject and object of knowledge, Current Issues in Tourism, 17(1), pp. 46-59.

Saunders, M. N. and Townsend, K. (2016) Reporting and justifying the number of interview participants in organization and workplace research. British Journal of Management, 27, 836 852.

Recommended Journals:
Annals of Tourism Empirical Insights
British Journal of Management
Current Issues in Tourism
Current Issues in Method and Practice
Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods
Journal of Business Research
Journal of Qualitative Research in Tourism
Organizational Research Methods
Sociological Methodology


Recommended websites:
www.atlas-euro.org https://www.iaee.com/ http://tourism4sdgs.org/ https://www.tourismtransformed.com/ https://tool.wttc.org/ www.undp.org www.unep.org www.world-tourism.org www.wttc.org





Now, Using all of the above information, give me a well-detailed structure (including word count) to get this done.