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res351teamppdraft.pptxPreparing to Conduct Business Research: Part 1
Team D: Jonathan Knight
Shun Huey
Jeremy Sarayi
Overview
The broad problem area
The problem statement
The hypotheses
The variables to be considered
Ethical considerations that must be taken into account
Broad Problem Area
Employees are calling out from work and showing up late on a daily basis.
Problem Statement
Employees are calling out from work and showing up late to their shift which is causing a decrease in production which also causes a late delivery to our customers which in turn will cause a loss in customers and this will cause a loss in income.
The Hypotheses
Employees are calling out and coming in late to work due to low morale.
Loss Revenue
Low morale
Calling out from work
and
showing up late
Considering Variables
Independent Variable:
People at Work
Dependent Variable:
Works with maximum Effectiveness
and
efficiency
Moderating Variable:
People calling
out from work or late for work
Ethical Considerations
Moral
Extra works put on the rest of people
Schedule affects other and recall others for covering
Shifting others cover the absentee
moral is low and creates conflicts among people
Research Design
The most appropriate Research design for the issue at hand is True experiment or natural experiment design.
This research design evaluates the impact of the independent variable on the dependent variable.
The absence of employees = Independent variable
Low Productivity and Morale= Dependent variable
Other two research designs were not selected for their independent variable is usually a quality of the individual.
The true research design considers the impact that may be caused by the independent variable on the dependent variable. In this case, it directly addresses the effect of employee absence, i.e. the independent variable. Employee absence can be directly related to the lack of productivity and work-effectiveness within the workplace thereby allowing the research to be conducted more directly. The other two research designs “Quasi and Non-experimental design” are not selected because they do not consider the impact of the independent variable.
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Data Collecting Instruments
The data collecting method used: Interview
Questions would be designed and structures specifically for this purpose
The interview would be carried out among the employees and staff members.
The responses would be observed and the reactions would be carefully monitored.
The information would be collected from the employees.
The information will later be used for deriving conclusions and solutions.
The basic method of that would be adopted to collect the data would be to conduct an Interview. The interview would be carried out among the employees who would be asked specific question regarding the issue. Their opinions would be used to derive effective solutions to the issue.
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Reference
Cooper, Donald R. (2014) Business Research Methods (12th ed.). McGraw-Hill
