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Semest
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BBA322
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6

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 b)PhaseI
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progr
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c.ExecutiveSummar y:A one- to-twopagemanager ialsummar yout l

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ningt he
study background and obj ect i
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conclusionsbasedonthef i
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a.I ntr
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.Backgroundf actorsnecessi tat
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1.Asituati
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2.A li
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ori
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 3.Thi s can i ncl ude expl or atory r esear ch ( experience
survey s,case st udi es,secondar y dat a sear ch,pi l
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studies, focusgr oups, and/ ordept hi nterviews) .
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i.Def initi
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ii
i.Quest ions
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3.Def inest andar dsofwhatt her esear chshoul daccompl i
sh.
4.I tshoul d be cl earhow t he r esear ch is goi ng to aid
managementdeci sionmaki ng.
b.Resear
chDesi gnandMet hodol ogy-t her esear chst rategyandpl an.
i.Ty pe( s)ofr esear ch desi gn( s)used ( expl oratory,descr i
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and/ orcausal )andwhychosen.
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i.Dat acol l
ectionmet hodandf or ms.
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appendi x.
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choiceof
a.Dat a col lect ion medi um ( phone,i n-per son,sel f-
admi nist ered) ,
b.Thequest i
onsi ny ourquest ionnai r
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c.Sequenci ngofquest i
ons
d.Ki ndsofscal esused.
ii
i.Sampl i
ngdesi gnandpl an.
1.Tar getpopul ation,
2.sampl i
ngf rame,
3.sampl euni tsused
4.met hodsf orsel ect ingsampl euni t
s,
5.sampl esi ze,
6.Responser at e.
iv.Fieldwor k.
1.Howandwher et hef i
el dwor kwasconduct ed.
2.Descr ibe t he pr et est ing phase and how t his helped
impr ov et hequest ionnai re( ifatal l)aswel last hemai n
study .
v.Dat aanal ysispr ocedur e.
1.Out lineanddescr i
bet hedat apr epar ati
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 procedure,
2.Emphasi zeprobl
emst hatr
equir
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ti
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3.Generalstati
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hedataanal
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s
4.Reasoning under lyi
ng y our choi
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ist
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procedures
5.Assumpt ionsand/orl
imit
ati
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c.Results
i.I ncl udesanal y sis,int erpretat ion,anddi scussi onoft hefindings
i
nl i
ghtoft her esear chquest ionsandhy pot heses.
i
i.Summar yt ables, graphs, andchar tsshoul dbeusedi nther epor t
bodyt oai dt hedi scussi on
ii
i.Compr ehensi ve ordet ailed char t
s shoul d be sav ed f ort he
appendi x .
d.Limitations
i.Resul ts shoul d be di scussed i nl i
ghtoft he limitat
ions and
assumpt ions.
i
i.Youshoul datl eastbr ieflydi scusst hei ssuesofv ali
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reliabili
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iv.Lessonsy ou’ v
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qualityresear chi nthefutur e.
e.Concl usionsandRecommendat i
ons
i.Concl usi ons:Opi nions, i
mpl icat i
ons, andi nsi ght
sf ormanager i
al
deci sionsbasedonr esul ts.
i
i.Recommendat ions:
1.Suggest ionsf ormanager ialaction, suppor tedbyf actand
j
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2.Suggest ionsf orf ut uref ol l
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f. Appendi ces-Al ltechni caland/ ordet ailedmat eri
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Thesecani ncl ude:
i.dat acol lect ionf or ms
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ii
i.di scussi onsofhi ghl yt echni cal issues
iv.det ail
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v.endnot es
vi.abi bliogr aphy
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