Trimester T1 2021
Unit Code HI6008
Unit Title Business Research Project
Assessment Type 3. Group* Report on Research Design and Methodology
Assessment Title Business Research Design and Methodology
Weight 30 % of the total assessments
Word limit 2500 words
Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping):The purpose of this assessment is to ensure each student is able to demonstrate their application of relevant business research methodology, including proposed sample frame, data collection, analysis and interpretation. A brief presentation in-class may be requested by your lecturer. Matches to Unit Learning Outcomes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
HI6008 Business Research Project Assignment-Holmes Institute Australia.
Submission Guidelines:
- All work must be submitted on Blackboard by 12 midnight on the due date, with a completed Assignment Cover Page as one single document. [If no cover page your mark may be reduced -20%;
- Late submissions attract penalties at the rate of -5% per day]The group members’names and student numbers listed on the Cover Page must align with the members officially registered in your group. [any errors or omissions may affect your grade and there is no guarantee of any adjustment]
- The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings,paragraphing, and page numbers.
- Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list, all using adapted Harvard referencing style.
- This submission requires an appendix in which it is stated which members of the group actually wrote which sections of the Business Research Design and Methodology.
Adapted Harvard Referencing
Holmes has now implemented a revised Harvard approach to referencing:
1.Reference sources in assignments are limited to sources which provide full text access to the source’s content for lecturers and markers.
2.The Reference list should be located on a separate page at the end of the essay and titled: References.
3.It should include the details of all the in-text citations, arranged alphabetically A-Z by author surname. In addition, it MUST include a hyperlink to the full text of the cited reference source. For example; P Hawking, B McCarthy, A Stein (2004), Second Wave ERP Education,Journal of Information Systems Education, Fall,
4.All assignments will require additional in-text reference details which will consist of the surname of the author/authors or name of the authoring body, year of publication, page number of content, paragraph where the
content can be found. For example; “The company decided to implement a enterprise wide data warehouse
business intelligence strategies (Hawking et al, 2004, p3(4)).”
Non Adherence to Referencing Guidelines
Where students do not follow the above guidelines:
1.Students who submit assignments which do not comply with the guidelines may be required to resubmit their assignments or incur penalties for inadequate referencing.
2.Late penalties will apply per day after a student or group has been notified of a re submission requirements.
3. Students whose citations are fake will be reported for academic misconduct.
HI6008 Business Research Project Assignment-Holmes Institute Australia.
Assignment 3 Specifications
Purpose:
This unit aims to give you an opportunity to combine many facets of your acquired MBA skills into the production of a high-quality research report.
Assignment 3 – the Research Design and Methodology – is to ensure each student is able to contribute to the construction of a written report demonstrating their understanding of the business research paradigm, appropriate methodology, data collection, analysis and interpretation.
You will work in a group of up to 3 persons. Your respective contributions will be governed by your Team Charter, which you produced at the same time as your Topic Approval submission. Additionally, you are required to append to this report a statement indicating ‘who wrote which sections’.
This assessment builds upon your Literature Review (assessment 2) in that you are now aware of what additional data is needed to lead you to the answer to your research question(s) (as defined in Topic Approval (assessment 1). Rather than search for additional secondary data, this methodology report requires you to specify what primary data you would hope to collect, by applying qualitative or quantitative methods.[Note that you are NOT required to actually go out and collect primary data].
In this assessment you will document what your team has decided as the most appropriate methodology. If you choose a quantitative approach, you will go ahead and state your hypothesis, how you intend to verify it, what data you need, how it can be collected and analysed. If you choose a qualitative approach, you will go ahead and decide which method is appropriate, how you would design the questionnaire (including a few example questions), and state how you would collate and interpret your data. [Note that you are NOT required to actually obtain primary data].
Your tutor will LEAD and FACILITATE you through the process, week by week. The learning will be progressive, so for best results you will need to be in weekly contact with your lecturer during class time at your campus.
This submission requires an appendix in which it is stated which members of the group actually wrote which sections of the Business Research Design and Methodology.
Assignment Structure should be as the following:
1.Introduction (an edited and adjusted version of your topic approval) including a justification for your research question(s).
2.A detailed research methodology addressing the qualitative-quantitative debate, hypothesis (if appropriate), additional secondary data, proposed primary data sample size and sampling approach, questionnaire design factors (include some sample questions), data collection method, envisaged analysis and interpretation.
3.A summary of your findings OR what you would expect to find
4.A conclusion (relating back to your original research problem and question(s))
5.List of references in Harvard style (only for sources mentioned in this submission)
6.The appended statement of ‘Who Wrote What’
HI6008 Business Research Project Assignment-Holmes Institute Australia.
Note: Approval may be requested (via your tutor to be approved by the Unit Coordinator) to undertake this assignment with variation, such as a Business Plan or Business Development Case. If that is approved the
Assignment Structure and Marking Criteria may differ accordingly.
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