You are an independent researcher. Write up a research proposal to tender for this research project. Proposals which demonstrate sound theoretical, conceptual frameworks, academic rigor, as well as feasibility and an ethical mindfulness will be selected. Word Limit: 2000-2500. Call for Research Proposal Chester City Council, US" Chester City Council provides and manages public services for a population of 1.22 million on behalf of the US government. These services include: refuse waste management, public safety and fire services, libraries and education, social care, leisure centres and parks, cemeteries, transport, planning and social care. Members of the population pay a fixed sum annually for the services provided and, in addition, the national government provides an annual budget in order to manage and maintain the given services. Providing these key services is not without challenges and with greater accountability and scrutiny by the public, focus on quality of service and value for money (even in times of austerity) is eritical. We do attempt to provide high-quality services to the many schools (400, with 165,000 pupils), provide effective maintenance of over 2,000 kilometers of road and manag 300,000 tonnes of waste as part of our role. To achieve this, we rely heavily on our employees (approximately 60,000) and subcontractors (40,000) to maintain these standards. Within our existing workforce we have a high diversity (cultural, gender and age) and it has come to our attention that anonymous concerns were raised in the public sphere. It has been reported that persistent tensions concerning new measures of productivity levels of employees as well as a negative workplace environment have been plaguing the city council. Further external evidence supports this possibility as in the last six months we have witnessed an exodus of competent and accomplished personnel at Chester City Council. We are aware that the undermining of the morale and confidence of the staff's council can have severe implications for the bottom line and the reputation of Chester City Council. This can lead to scrutiny from the national government, who provides us with partial funding to provide our services. As such, developing a greater understanding of our diverse workforce becomes crucial to our strategy for 2021/2022. A research grant of $150,000 will be awarded to the successful proposal in order to fulfill the requirements of the proposed research project.