METRO BUSINESS COLLEGE

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1. State your goal.

Example: I want to understand how a micro-enterprise works (for ex. “Food Cart” Barbecue making
– and selling) Some of the most common micro businesses include catering, childcare,
photography, computer services, house cleaning, event planning, accounting, and cosmetology.
Yet, regardless of the industry, all micro businesses require many of the same skills to thrive as
their larger business counterparts.
a business operating on a very small scale, especially one with a sole proprietor and fewer than six
employees.

2. Identify the dependent variable and the dependent variables.

Example: Dependent Variable (the phenomenon to be explained or the focus of the study).

Success of failure of the microenterprise

Independent Variable (factors that influence the phenomenon to be explained or studied).

Independent and Dependent Variable Examples
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In a study to determine whether how long a student sleeps affects test scores, the independent
variable is the length of time spent sleeping while the dependent variable is the test score. You want
to compare brands of paper towels, to see which holds the most liquid.

a. Operating Systems
b. Leadership- Leadership is the act of guiding a team or individual to achieve a certain goal
through direction and motivation. Leaders encourage others to take the actions they need to
succeed. To be a great leader, it is necessary to learn and cultivate the skills it takes to be
effective.
c. Organizational Structure - An organizational structure is a system that outlines how certain
activities are directed in order to achieve the goals of an organization. These activities can
include rules, roles, and responsibilities. The organizational structure also determines how
information flows between levels within the company.

d. Specify others you may desire.

3. Put your goal in the form of a research problem

Example: To determine whether micro-enterprise success or failure independent upon the following:

a. Operating Systems
b. Leadership
c. Organizational Structure
d. Specify others you may desire.

4. Specify research questions based on the research problem (meaning scientifically verifiable claims
through observation or monitoring),

Example: 1. What is the profile of the micro-enterprise in terms of success or failure?

2. do the following factors:

a. Operating systems
b. Leadership
c. Organizational structure
d. Specify where you may desire affect equally micro-enterprise success or failure.
5. List at least ten sources of information you will use regarding your variables

Example: Sources of information on micro-enterprise are:

a. The library
b. Department of Trade and Industry’s Micro-enterprise Office
c. Technology and Livelihood Resource Center
d. Cooperative Development Authority’s Development Department
e. e – Journal
f. successful micro-enterprise entrepreneurship in nearby barangays
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6. describe the steps you will use to achieve your goal.

a) Data Gathering Procedure

1. Observe local barangays on their micro-enterprise livelihood

2. Serve as apprentice in a nearby barangay’s micro enterprise
3. Find books, encyclopedia, websites and read materials on micro-enterprise.

4. Framework for Data Analysis

The Theoretical Framework, which is the product of your Review of Literature is the springboard
of basis of your Conceptual Framework. Please observe the reduction in the number of alleged
independent variables in your Conceptual Framework, which may have resulted from your
readings that only that following:

a. Operating systems and

b. Leadership had been revealed to be significant in prior researches in explaining the success or
failure of the micro-enterprise.

A. Operating Systems Micro-enterprise

B. Leadership
Success or Failure
C. Organizational structure
D. And Specify Others
Figure 1. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK A theoretical framework is used to limit the scope of
the relevant data by focusing on specific variables and defining the specific viewpoint
[framework] that the researcher will take in analyzing and interpreting the data to be gathered.

Independent Variables Dependent Variables

A. Operating Systems Micro-enterprise

B. Leadership
Success or failure
Figure 2. Conceptual Framework

Research Paradigm operationalizes the Conceptual Framework in terms of inputs the form of
dependent variable and independent variables which are operationally define by the researcher. Usually,
most researchers adopt the IPO Model. The Graduate School adopts the IPO Model.
Example:
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

Joint Observation 1. Preparation of the Joint Prioritize set of

Matrix on the following:
a. Micro-enterprise
success or failure
b. Operating system
independent variables
Observation Matrix on the that influence or explain
following: 3 the dependent variable,
a) Micro enterprise success micro-enterprise success
and failures or failure”
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7. List at least five main concept or ideas you want to research.

Example : what are and how do micro-enterprise work in term of the following?

a. Operating Systems in the following:

1. Finance
2. Marketing
3. Production
4. Human Resource Department

b. Leadership
8. List at least three methods you will use to present your project.

Example: 1) Construct a model of how micro-enterprise works for presentation to the class:

2) Invite a nearby barangay’s micro-entrepreneur for class members to listen to;

3) Make class members who served as apprentices in nearby barangay’s micro-

enterprises to share their experiences in class.

9. Organize the project into a timeline.

Example: Day 1: Read source of information. Interview adults,

Day 2: Look at a variety of micro-enterprise business

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Day 3: Make a diagram of a flow chart of the supply chain involved in a micro-
enterprise.

10. Decide how you will evaluate your project.

Example: Analyze the mic-enterprise financial statements in terms of how they address the
managerial objectives of:

i) Maximizing profit
ii) Providing employment in the barangay.