Essay Final draft.
madlyn6
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Final Deliverable Length: |
2,000–2,500 words (references not included) |
Based on comments from your instructor and peers in Week 4, edit and refine any sections of the final research plan. Add a section of 300–500 words about how you interpreted the data from your survey or questionnaire in Week 3. Add this section at the end of your research project.
Complete the final full Key Assignment of your final research proposal. The required sections include the following:
· The business and organizational problem or topic
· The problem statement
· The research strategy that you used to explore the problem
· 1 research question or hypothesis
· Your rationale for selecting your proposed research strategy
· 1 research instrument that you will use to collect data
· A copy of the questionnaire or survey
· A section on ethical considerations for your project
· Your sample population
· Your data analysis summary
· Your measurement strategy
· A section on ethical considerations for your project
· Your sample population
· Your data analysis summary
· Your measurement strategy
· The research results
Professor comments: Excellent work on the IP. You did a great job fomulating and creating a research project. All of the elents of the study look good. Make sure to add the final elements of the project and make sure to proofread the assignment out loud to find any writing, grammar or logic errors. Overall you did a good job on the assignment so far. Make sure not to use first or second person during a research project or paper, always write in third person.
Student Comments:
1) it seems you have a good idea for your research but I must say that it seems to be an awful big task. I am unclear as to what you are researching sexual harassment or sexual discrimination? By reading your outline I think it involves discrimination more than harassment, I say this because you discuss advancement up the ladder due to one’s sex instead of whether they provide the sex for the advancement. Does that make sense? Of course there could be a correlation between the two and if so you would have to show that as well, see what I mean by a pretty big task. You don’t really show how you gather this information that you will need to complete the research, again this would involve a very big project in itself. Under the ethical considerations you stated that your population will be random, how so? You stated from different departments and such but what about both sexes? Will this research be strictly on females in the work place or males or both? You say the outcome will give the reasons for sexual harassment, curious, that seems to be a pretty bold statement to me since there can be many reasons and each case is different. I will say that all the cases start with one party being an A-hole. Thanks and best of luck, Paul
2) What I have learned from your post is that you put your outline together well. Also, that your project is going to be about sexual harassment in the work place. I would have to agree it is a rising topic the thing is it was always there. The problem was is everyone just kept turning there head to the situations within the work place, which is unacceptable. I also learned what you are going to use to accomplish your project. I have no questions about your post and I do not need any clarification about your post. Good luck on your key assignment.
3) It seems as though our topics are fairly similar in the fact that I also decided to go with sexual harassment as a problem in the organization. I think you overall have a good outline in order to accomplish a good paper. I think that you made a great decision to use a mixed method for research especially with a topic such as sexual harassment. My only suggestion for you would be since sexual harassment can stem off into many topics that you pick one specific way that it affects the workplace and go from there. Also, remember to use the correct APA formatting, use proper citations and references like you always do. Once again, overall great job on your outline. Best of luck!
1. Introduction:
Organizational Problem Sexual harassment in the workplace is increasingly becoming a topical issue, especially amongst feminists and other human rights activists. Armstrong so aptly describes as sad the fact that sexual harassment that has been a rather permanent fixture of life at work. He adds that even though it may not be as blatant as it was in the past, it very much still exists in today’s workplace and is just as unpleasant. Sexual harassment can be described as unwanted sexual advances or other such behavior related to gender that consequently creates discomfort and hostility in the workplace. This is evidenced when such behavior forms the basis of employment as well as advancement up the career ladder as opposed to professional qualifications and competence. For this study, the research strategy I will use will be a mixed research methodology. This will incorporate both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
2. Research methods:
· Qualitative research method
I shall use the qualitative research method in gathering information on sexual harassment thin an organization, causes of sexual harassment, and how this practice may be controlled. This research method will enable me to gather information that will help me in concluding my research study. For example, it will help me gather information such as the reasons for sexual harassments and how this practice may be controlled.
· Quantitative research method
I shall use the quantitative research method in gathering statistical data for the purpose of my research. This research method will enable me to gather statistical information that will also guide me in understanding my research study. For example, it will enable me to gather information such as the approximate sexual situations that are presented annually.
· Sample questionnaire
1. Have you or any female colleague at the office experienced any form of sexual harassment at your workplace?
o Yes. o No.
2. Who were the perpetrators of the harassment: your male colleagues or male members of management?
3. Are there policies put in place to handle such cases of sexual harassment at your workplace?
4. What are the remedies or solutions that management has put in place to deal with the victims? And what is the punishment meted out to the offenders at your workplace?
5. Do you think the policies and measures put in place to discourage and punish cases of sexual harassment are enough? If not, what more should be done?
3. Research strategy:
· Sample population
My sample population shall be 15 employees in 3 different organizations. These employees shall consist of 10 female employees and 5 male employees. The reason for having more female employees in the research study is because the most common cases of sexual harassment are usually on female employees.
· Data analysis summary
I shall analyze data based on the information provided on both the interviews and questionnaires. The information provided by employees shall be analyzed and categorized in order to come up with the conclusion, which includes the rate of sexual harassment and how to control the act within organizations.
· Measurement strategies
My measurement strategies shall be categorized into two different categories, which are “rampant sexual harassment”, “minimal sexual harassment”, and “no sexual harassment”. Through these three categories and the detailed information provided for the reasons for the classification, the information shall be analyzed to come up with the conclusion.
1. Outcome from the research:
· Outcome from both the qualitative and quantitative research
From the information collected, a detailed analysis shall be conducted on the information. From the analysis, different outcomes shall be reached. Based on the different conclusion, the most viable conclusion shall be reached. Further, the conclusion shall include the causes of sexual harassments, forms of sexual harassments, and how to control sexual harassment.
2. Ethical consideration:
There are different forms of ethics to consider while conducting this research. For example, the research population shall include random employees from different departments and organizations. Further, all information provided shall be private and confidential. The employees’ names shall not be disclosed. Only the research outcome shall be made public. The research shall be conducted fairly and within the time frame provided. The conclusions hall be reached based on the information provided and not from any other sources.
3. Conclusion:
From the information provided, different conclusions shall be reached. These conclusions include the reason for sexual harassments, the different forms of sexual harassments, and how to control sexual harassment at the work place.
References
Armstrong, M., (2005). Human Resource Management Practice (9thed.). British Library Cataloguing in Publication
Fisher, R. A. (2008). Statistical methods for research workers. New York: Hafner.
McBurney, D., McBurney, D., & Middleton, P. (2004). Research methods. Pacific Grove, Calif: Brooks/Cole Pub. Co.
