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Research work plan is the outline of the research that a person undertakes. It consists of the resources needed for the research, the plan of how research will take place, the expected result from the research.

The key elements of research work plan are:

• The definitions of key elements to be used in the research.
• The literature review which is kind of summary of the previous papers on the topic of research.
• The research questions which will guide the direction of the research.
• A conceptual framework which gives an idea of what is to be found out from the research.
• The hypothesis of research which is the prediction of the results of the research.