Essay HI6008: Business Research Project – Journal – Management Assignment Help

Assignment Task:

Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)

Clearly identify your chosen topic, having carried out some basic review of available secondary data to secure your interest (e.g. 5 academic articles OR at least 3 academic articles, plus a business report, plus a relevant current news item). Indicate the Research Problem, as you see it so far, and at least ONE research question at this stage (additional questions may be defined as you progress with this unit). Unless you are a SOLO GROUP (i.e. one person working alone) this assignment also
requires the addition of an appendix in which you list the student numbers and names of your team members and complete a Team Charter, indicating what role(s) each will contribute throughout the project. A brief presentation in-class may be requested by your lecturer.

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 project. 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 listening to the weekly lectures as well as in contact with your tutor during the interactive tutorials.

Assignment – the Topic Development – is to ensure you have given sufficient thought to the topic you are choosing to base your research project on. The following 3 example topics are to illustrate that your topic must be differentiated from others by means of the following: the actual business activity/problem that it relates to; and/or the economic sector or industry or company that you are focusing on; and/or the country or region that you base it on and/or whether it is about the current time or the short-term future:
1. Outsourcing supply of ………… (materials / processes) from ………. (country/region) for the ………. (industry/company name) in ……….. (country/region)

Assignment Structure – Your Topic Development Report should be in accordance with the following structure:
1. Official Cover Sheet
2. Say why this topic interests your team
3. Discuss your team’s initial search for relevant literature and show that it has provided you with a good contextual understanding of the topic and its associated business-related problem(s)
4. Define the Research Problem that your team intends to address (as you see it, so far)
5. Propose at least ONE research question that your team will be seeking to answer through your research project (additional questions may be defined as you progress with this unit)
6. Append a Team Charter (unless working Solo) and include the student numbers and names of your team members.