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HOLMES INSTITUTE FACULTY OF HIGHER EDUCATION Page 2 of 3 Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines Trimester T3 2020 Unit Code HC3131 Unit Title Integrated Research Project Assessment Type 3. Final Report including Research Design and Methodology Assessment Title Final Report Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) The purpose of this assessment is to ensure each student is able to construct a written report demonstrating their understanding of the business research paradigm, appropriate methodology, and required (preliminary) data collection, analysis and interpretation. A brief separate presentation in-class is required in week11, 12 or 13. Matches to Unit Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Weight 50 % of the total assessments Total Marks 50 Word limit Min 25 pages (7500 words excluding references) Includes Topic definition and Motivation ( Ass 1), Final Lit Rev (Ass 2), Research Design and initial findings Due Date Friday of Week 14 S Submission Guidelines · All work must be submitted on Blackboard by 12 midnight on the due date, along with a completed Assignment Cover Page. [if no cover page your mark will be reduced -20%] · The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings, paragraphing, and page numbers. · Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list, all using Harvard referencing style. Assignment 3 Specifications Purpose: This unit aims to give you an opportunity to combine many skills into the production of a high-quality research report . Assignment 3 –( the Research Design and Methodology, the Final Report) demonstrates an understanding of the business research paradigm, appropriate methodology, data collection, analysis and interpretation. This assessment builds upon your original topic selection and your Literature Review (assessments 1 &2) in that you are now aware of what additional data is needed for you to answer your research question(s) (as defined at the conclusion of your Lit. Rev.). To discover the required data may require you to search for additional secondary data in the form of more specific searches , and will most probably also require the collection of some preliminary primary data, by applying qualitative or quantitative methods. In this assessment you will document the most appropriate way forward by generating a comprehensive Research Design. Your design needs to establish your research strategy and SAMPLING issues practically. What specific types of organisations are you interested in, in what locations and who are you targeting ( Your level of analysis). If you choose a quantitative approach, you will go ahead and state how you intend to study your question, what data you need, how it can be collected and analysed. [Note that you are NOT required to actually obtain all the primary data]. Collect some exploratory data and discuss this critically. If you choose a qualitative approach, you will go ahead and decide which method is appropriate and state how you would collect and interpret your data. Again present some initial data e.g .in depth interviews or focus group intrviews. 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 in weekly contact with your lecturer in the weekly classes Assignment Structure should be as the following: 1. Introduction (an edited and adjusted version of your topic approval) including a justification for your research question(s). 1- 1.5 pages 2. Final Lit Review 15 pages ending in your specific research question 3. A detailed research design, addressing the qualitative-quantitative debate, additional secondary data ( further detailed findings in your specific question), proposed primary data sample size and sampling approach, questionnaire design factors (include some sample questions), data collection method, envisaged analysis and interpretation. 4. A summary of your findings 5. A conclusion (relating back to your original research problem and question(s)) 6. List of references in Harvard style (only for sources mentioned in this submission) Note: Approval may be requested (Unit Coordinator and Degree Convenor) to undertake this assignment with variation, such as a Business Plan or Business Development Case. If that is approved the Assignment Structure and Marking Criteria may differ accordingly. HI6008 Business research Project – Assignment 3 – Business research Project Report HI6008 Business research Project – Asignment 3 – Business research Project Report Microsoft Word - Assignment Cover Sheet revised including groups FINAL Faculty of Higher Education Individual Assignment Cover Sheet This cover sheet must be submitted with your assignment STUDENT NAME STUDENT NUMBER UNIT CODE UNIT NAME DUE DATE Declaration I certify that: ☐ This assignment is my own work. ☐ I have acknowledged and disclosed any assistance received in its preparation and cited all sources from which data, ideas, words (whether quoted directly or paraphrased) were taken. ☐ This assignment was prepared specifically for this unit only. ☐ The reference list is truthful and accurate and in Holmes approved referencing style. STUDENT SIGNATURE / NAME Table of Contents 1.Opening Statement3 2.Impact of Covid 19 Pandemic4 2.1.Impact of Covid 19 on Various Sectors of the World4 2.2.Impact of Covid 19 on Various Sectors of Australia6 2.3.Impact of the Pandemic on Global Economy7 2.4.Impact of Covid 19 Pandemic on Australian Economy7 2.5.Covid 19 Pandemic and the Proliferation of the Ecommerce Businesses8 2.6.Impact of the Pandemic on Global Retail Business8 2.7.Impact of Covid on Woolworths, Coles Australia and Aldi9 3.Models and Theories9 4.Report on Value of Literature Review9 5.Conclusion10 6.Conceptual Framework10 References11 1. Opening Statement The impact of covid 19 pandemic has been a looming problem in the arena of international trade as domestic economies have been completely damaged and also spread out internationally. The image of the impact of the global pandemic is not quite different in Australia as well. As a result of fear, people hoarded items from the supermarkets leading to the empty shelves of the supermarkets. The supermarkets ran out of household supplies, pantry items and frozen products such as fish, poultry and meat. The biodiversity was also hugely impacted as all the transport and supply chains collapsed as well as due to other issues such as factory closures in the overseas (air, sea and road) and shortage of labour (Loxton et al. 2020). It has been observed that around 70% of food items are purchased from supermarkets and grocery stores in Australia. According to the research conducted by Whelan et al. (2021), it has been observed that the Australian supermarket structure is heavily dependent on the three major supermarket chains, namely, Woolworths, Cole and Aldi. The three major chains have a huge market share in Australia which amounts up to 77% of the total market. Although these supermarket chains operate in a huge number of stores and openings, they also suffered greatly from the imposition of various rules and regulations associated with the global pandemic. The aspects of ‘work from home’ and ‘social distancing’ problematised the situation greatly. The changing trend of buying in the consumers has greatly affected the amounts of the products in the supermarkets. The concept of panic buying has increased in the wake of the global pandemic, as a result of which, the supermarkets which had adequate surplus during the normal times, started running out of the essential items at an extremely fast pace. In the wake of covid 19 pandemic, people greatly feared the problems associated with shortage of food. As a result of this, panic buying increased by leaps and bounds. According to Chua et al. (2021), panic buy is determined by two important factors, they are social proof and influence from close relations. Social proof is a kind of psychological and social signal that influences people to select an option that has been chosen by the majority of the populace. As panic buying was an option chosen by majority of the people, due to their inherent fear of scarcity of food, other people got influenced by such a behaviour and followed the path of panic buy blindly. Close relations can also have a major impact on an individual’s choices, attitude, subsequent behaviour, actions as well as decisions. Therefore, as a result of the influence from the close relations, individuals became influenced about panic buying. The supply chains experienced extreme pressure in meeting the consumer demands that were continually on the rise. In order to boost the supplies, the supermarkets took the help of alternative supplies, however, it did not have any kind of positive effect on the demands. On the contrary, it increased the prices of food commodities to a great extent. Through the help of the literature review, there is an attempt to gain a detailed insight about different topics and answer the important questions. It aims to find answers to various questions such as the impact of covid 19 pandemic on the various sectors, the impact of the pandemic on the retail supermarkets in Australia and the ways in which Cole, Aldi and Woolworths can address the challenges posed by covid 19 pandemic. 2. Impact of Covid 19 Pandemic The global pandemic has resulted in a major setback of the global economy. Due to the virus’ extremely high rate of transmission and mortality rate, different countries across the world have announced strict forms of lockdown and imposed other safety measures such as social distancing and home isolation. The world is currently not only grappling with the deadly virus but also suffering from a major financial crisis. The impacts of covid 19 pandemic have been briefed in the following sections. 2.1. Impact of Covid 19 on Various Sectors of the World The various sectors of the world have been hugely impacted as a result of the global pandemic. According to Barua (2020), many countries have been thrown into recession as well as economic depression as a result of this growing pandemic. With the gradual increase in the number of infected and death cases across the world, the various countries, both the developed and the developing countries, have been experiencing increased numbers and evidences of economic shock. The pandemic has affected and completely devastated the market in terms of demand, supply, supply chains, trade, investment, price level, exchange rates and so on. The rules of safety and security imposed strictly by the government in the form of national lockdown due to the increased magnitude of covid 19 pandemic has greatly impacted the travel and tourism industry. Although initially, the travel and tourism industry did provide much attention to the probable impact of covid 19, in the later times, considerable thought was given to
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INTEGRATED RESEARCH PROJECT
FINAL REPORT INCLUDING RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
IMPACT OF COVID ON WOOLWORTHS, COLES AND ALDI, AUSTRALIA
Table of Contents
1. Introduction    5
1.1 Background of the Research    5
1.2 Problem Statement    5
1.3 Research Aim    6
1.4 Research Objectives    6
1.5 Research Questions    6
1.6 Research Rationale    6
1.7 Research Structure    7
2. Literature Review    8
2.1 Overview of Covid-19 Pandemic    8
2.2 Morphology of the Coronavirus    8
2.3 Chronology of Pandemic Diseases    9
2.4 Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic on Business    11
2.4.1 Impact of Covid-19 on Travel and Tourism Industry    11
2.4.2 Impact of Covid-19 on Hospitality Industries    12
2.4.3 Impact of Covid-19 on Baking Sector    13
2.5 Strategies to Mitigate Negative Impacts of Covid-19 Infection on Pandemic    13
2.5.1 Risk Mitigation Plan Development    13
2.5.2 Engaging Minimum Workforce for Continuity    14
2.5.3 San
itary and Work Essentials Provision    14
2.5.4 New Remote Working Policies Development and Implementation    14
2.5.5 Needs Assessment    14
2.5.6 Innovations for Alternative Strategic Mitigation of Pandemic    15
2.6 Steps Implemented by Supermarkets to Maintain their Stability during Pandemic    15
2.7 Conceptual Framework    16
2.8 Question to be Discussed    16
3. Research Methodology    17
3.1 Research Design    17
3.2 Data Collection Method    17
3.3 Data Analysis Method    18
3.4 Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria    18
4. Analysis and Findings    19
4.1 Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security    19
4.2 Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Food Supply and Demands in Australia    19
4.3 Woolworths Strategy in the Pandemic Situation    20
4.4 Supermarket Coles and Covid-19 Situation    21
4.5 Coles’ Sale Fall During Covid-19    22
4.6 Coles' Reintroduced Limited Buying Theory    22
4.7 Aldi’s CEO Promises Restriction of Prices after a Corona    23
4.8 Aldi Preferred Online Medium to Assist the Customers    24
4.9 Aldi Strategy to deal with Covid-19 Situation    25
5. Conclusion    26
References    27
1. Introduction
1.1 Background of the Research
International trade and regional business and the domestic economy have been damaged due to the social distancing norms that emerged during the coronavirus surge across the world. Australia has been equally damaged that have affected various sectors, including the retail industry. Household supplies, specifically the food items, were being sold out immediately once the lockdown was declared as a fear of food shortage (Lim et al. 2021).
Unemployment and a fall in the countries' national income in the global economy were very evident from all the data in the newspapers and government websites. Labour shortage and because of which, collapsing supply chains has caused a great fall in the revenue generation of the retail industry (Loxton et al. 2020). About 77% of the market share in the retail industry is occupied by the three major companies Woolworths, Cole and Aldi (Whelan et al. 2021).
These top markets in Australia have suffered due to the regulations set by the government. This has significantly affected the sales of the companies. The closure of the outlets has caused cutting of jobs of the workers in the companies. The challenges that have been faced by the companies will take years to come out of with a change management strategy and a great paradigm shift towards the supply chain.
Since social distancing was the most important tool to keep the virus at bay, the restaurant hotels and cafes were shut down, as these were the normal sites of public gatherings, which have hampered the hospitality sectors (Siddiquei & Khan, 2020). Due to the sudden cancellation of the flights, both international and domestic, the aviation sector also faced great loss. The tourism industry and the educational system has fallen sharply in their contribution to the national income and per capita income.
1.2 Problem Statement
The Covid-19 pandemic situation had caused a panic buying when people thought in the coming days after lockdown period there will be a great shortage of food that led them to stockpile those in their home and afterwards there was tremendous food shortage as the demand arose highly at once then fell back to normal (Suau-Sanchez, Voltes-Dorta & Cuguero-Escofet 2020).
There was suddenly an imbalance between the demand and supply. This has disrupted the supply chain of the companies across all industries, specifically in the retail industry. All the economic sectors were affected by the pandemic and the retail industry was one of those that has faced a tremendous challenge.
1.3 Research Aim
The aim of this research is to analyse critically the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the business of the major supermarket retail organisations of Australia. Woolworths, Coles and Aldi have been chosen for this purpose.
1.4 Research Objectives
· To identify the impact of Covid-19 on various sectors during the pandemic situation
· To evaluate the impact of Covid-19 on the retail industry in Australia
· To analyse the ways of combating the challenges emerged from Covid-19 by Woolworths, Coles and Aldi
1.5 Research Questions
· How has Covid-19 affected various sectors during the pandemic?
· What is the impact of Covid on the retail supermarkets in Australia?
· How can Woolworths, Coles and Aldi combat challenges emerging from Covid?
1.6 Research Rationale
The first strike of the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the world leading to an economic recession. The deadly virus has caused unexpected financial loss since its inception, which is continuing. This has initiated the need for social distancing while staying in isolation was prioritised worldwide. The mortality rate was not so high in the initial period, but the rate of spread was higher than any other diseases in the world.
The national lockdown was imposed as a measure taken by the government to save human life, but that has caused a great loss in business and national income in all the countries, including Australia. This shutdown of the story of the supermarkets where the spread of the virus is a hotspot area was also closed down as many have lost their jobs due to the fall in the revenue of a business.
The top-notch supermarkets such as Woolworths, Coles and Aldi were also no different, which has undergone certain drastic changes. The supermarket chain has been hampered drastically due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation (Prentice, Chen & Stantic, 2020). However, the battle is not over and the companies are still struggling to find ways to come back to gain profit as well as customer satisfaction just like before.
1.7 Research Structure
Figure 1: Research Structure
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Introduction highlights the basic context about the topic including the development of research aims, objectives and research questions. Literature Review discusses the basic concepts of the pandemic that have affected the market of the retail sectors and the different theories involving the pandemic. Research Methodology encompasses the different strategies of research that has been implemented in order to collect and analyse the data for the topic. In the analysis and findings section, the data has been obtained and analysed based on the literary evidences. Finally, the ultimate section has provided the overall conclusion of the findings from the research.
2. Literature Review
2.1 Overview of Covid-19 Pandemic
The unprecedented outbreak of Pandemic caused by the Covid-19 has shaken the entire world rigorously. All aspects of life are stuck by this sudden emergence of the pandemic. Sustainability from every aspect of life is a provocative question nowadays. Now, a general view of the Covid-19 pandemic is necessitated. Covid-19 being a part of the coronavirus family is transmitted from one person to another easily in comparison to other diseases.
Following the study that has been published so far, Covid-19 has been originated in China at the end of 2019. The infected people are reported to have symptoms that are similar to flu. The infected people with co morbidities have been succumbing to death. As the Covid-19 is contagious, intermittent hand washing, wearing masks and practicing social distancing norms are suggested by the scientists and healthcare professionals (McGuire et al. 2020). As per the evidence available, it has been concluded that the infected people could be either symptomatic or asymptomatic.
Therefore, it is a hard task to differentiate infected people from normal people. Therefore, imposing a lockdown is one of the potential means left for many countries. The measures of lockdown have been proven effective in avoiding the spread of the virus as well as from deteriorating the health of the infected people. Eradication of the disease has yet not been discovered. However, the ray of hope has been shown by the development of vaccines from different corners of the world.
Additionally, the treatment procedures also have been increasingly advanced by the extensive research on the part of the scientists (Amawi et al. 2020). However, there is a massive strike of Covid-19 on the entire world from every perspective of life, namely, economy, education and domestic lives. There have been imbalances also observed psychologically in the minds of people. Shaken by this severe stroke, humankind continuously has been looking for ways for sustaining itself instinctively. Looking back at history, it is hoped that one day, humanity would overcome this threat.
2.2 Morphology of the Coronavirus
Based on the research evidence, which is available until now, Coronavirus, is single-stranded and positive-sensed. Coronavirus is one of the largest RNA genomes. The RNA genome of the virus is covered by a sheath of proteins. The sheath could be spherical or rod-shaped or coccoid shaped. The sheath is also having projections of the glycoprotein of 80-120nm diameter on the surface.
The RNA genome of CoV is again found to be packed in the nucleocapsid protein (Singh et al. 2020). The packed RNA genome is further shielded with an envelope. Afterwards, with the help of the spike protein CoV attaches to the target cells. Coronavirus is belonging to the family of Coronaviridae.
Figure 2: Morphology of Coronavirus
(Source: Singh et al. 2020)
Coronaviruses have been regarded as important agents of gastrointestinal disease in humans. Coronaviruses are not only the important agents of gastrointestinal disease in humans but also a dominant agent of gastrointestinal disease in poultry and bovines. The species known as SARS coronavirus generates a highly infectious respiratory illness in humans (Singh et al. 2020).
This highly infectious respiratory illness is manifested by symptoms of fever, muscle aches and cough. All these flu-like symptoms sometimes give rise to progressive difficulty in breathing. However, symptoms vary from person to person. A person could be infected after having inhaled the droplets of an infected person that emerges during coughing, sneezing and talking (Singh et al. 2020).
2.3 Chronology of Pandemic Diseases
Since time immemorial, it has been observed that different diseases and illnesses have distressed humanity. It is an obvious fact that the mortal flow of humanity is influenced by a pandemic. Following the WHO, the definition of pandemic indicates that a new disease has been spread worldwide.
To be more specific, when an infectious disease becomes spread widely in several countries at the same time then it is called a pandemic (Nakazawa, Ino & Akabayashi, 2020). Usually, a pandemic affects a larger number of people and it becomes deadly. Moreover, a pandemic leads to general hardship on a large scale. More disruption happens socially as well as financially. Historically, the entire world has gone through several pandemics. The lists of pandemic stated below:
From 541 BC to 542 BC the Plague of Justinian occurred. After that, from the year 1346 to 1350, The Black Death took place. From 1899 to 1923, cholera pandemic happened. After that Spanish flu (H1N1) emerged, which continued from 1918 to 1920. From the year 1957 to 1958 Asian flu (H1N2) appeared. Swine flu (H1N1) continued from 2009 to 2010. In the year 2020, Covid-10 has broken, through which humanity has been going. Animals are sometimes found to have carried some viruses.
However, those viruses rarely are transmitted to humans. Sometimes if those viruses were muted then could be passed to humans. The WHO has formulated six phases in the process of identification of a potential flu pandemic. The aim of identifying the chronology of the pandemic is to supply a global framework. The global framework would help the affected countries to make preparation and extensive planning in handling the adversities caused by the emerging pandemic. The six phases of a pandemic have been undergoing revision to reach the level easily incorporated by different countries.
The phase is called one when none of the local health authorities has reported that humans are affected by an influenza virus, which are found among animals. Phase is called two when an influenza virus circulating among animals has caused infection in humans. This influenza, when caused infection in humans, has been regarded as a potential threat by WHO. The next phase is called three when it is established that an animal-human influenza virus caused illness to a small mass of people. In this phase, the transmission of the virus did not happen from human to human.
This transmission usually happens under restricted and limited circumstances. This transmission ability does not have the potential to create a pandemic. Phase 4 is identified when the influenza virus, which is human-animal could be able to cause outbreaks on a community level. This outbreak at the community level significantly would rise to the risk of a pandemic. If any country can perceive this risk then it should immediately convey this to WHO.
After consulting with the WHO, the concerned country can decide the possible measures to handle the pandemic. The phase is called five when that influenza virus causes outbreaks in two or more countries within a single WHO region. Finally, the phase is called six when the same influenza virus has caused disease in at least one other country belonging to a different WHO zone.
2.4 Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic on Business
The global pandemic caused by Covid-19 has tremendously affected business that is considered as a massive attack on global finance. Owing to the rapid transmission, ability of the virus that hastens to decrease the mortality rate led different countries to impose strict lockdown. The imposition of lockdown has been effective in controlling the spread of the virus in a true sense. Though eradication of the virus has not been accomplished, yet a major setback has come upon the global business (Bartik et al. 2020).
Moreover, the entire world has been grappling to sustain itself financially. Because of this global pandemic, many countries have been compelled to throw themselves into recession that led those to a dip into economic depression. Economic shock has been taking place in developed countries as well as in developing countries irrespectively. Total devastation has prevailed upon the market in terms of demand, supply chains, trade, investment, price level and exchange rates.
2.4.1 Impact of Covid-19 on Travel and Tourism Industry
In the purpose of keeping the countries safe and secure, the governments imposed strict lockdowns on the national levels. The national level lockdown stated denial of landing of international flights. This restriction greatly affected the Travel and Tourism Industry. Therefore, people relating to the World Travel and Tourism Council have lost their jobs. Subsequently, the World Travel and Tourism Council have suffered a GDP loss. Even domestic flights were restricted to fly.
However, some of the domestic flights got permission to fly yet the people got afraid of travelling (Fairlie, 2020). The nature of spreading of the virus is so sensitive that the passengers cancel travelling by air. The impact of Covid-19 on the travel and tourism industry on a global scale is boundless in comparison to the result of the previous pandemic. It has been presumed that the travel industry globally would drop on average from -2.93 percentage points to -7.82 in the total GDP contribution.
Jobs relating to the travel and tourism industry also will dip to -2.44 percentage points to -6.55. The travel and tourism industry has observed a sharp falling in collecting revenues. In comparison to other industries, travel and tourism has been affected severely by the Covid-19 pandemic. Owing to the existence of strict lockdown, the students who wanted to travel abroad are denied travel.
Therefore, travellers were cut short from those who were used to travelling by air. It has been evident that by November 2020, over 60 million people were infected by the Covid-19 and Covid-19 has caused 1 million deaths worldwide. These calculations forced the closing for tourists of the international borders in most of the countries. Therefore, International tourism was totally prevented and domestic travelling is even found curtailed with the imposed lockdown (Hasanat et al. 2020).
It has been shown on the collected report that there is a decline of 70% in International Tourist Arrival from January to August 2020. By looking closer...
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