Topic for the report can be "LJ Hooker Real Estate"(Plan and research about putting up a franchise or to open up a new real estate company) after reading the assignment brief, Find three research questions about opening up a new real estate office and its problems. Word limit is 1500 words. References must be clear and correct ( not more than 5years old ). Report must be completed within the time limit, please. A sample report has been provided for reference, please do not use anything from it. Also, need a turnitin report with the solution. Thank you...
ASSESSMENT TEMPLATE___________________________________________________ Page 1 of 2 Subject Title Business Research Subject Code RES 800 Lecturer / Tutor Dr Arash Najmaei/Dr Andrew Le Semester February 2021 Assessment Title Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods Learning Outcome/s • Analyse ethical issues and considerations and their relevance in applied business research. • Apply research theories and methodologies to assist in developing a business research proposal. • Succinctly communicate arguments that reflect a synthesis of literature and business research concepts • Utilise critical thinking to analyse managerial problems and formulate relevant research questions and research design. Assessment type (group or individual) Individual Weighting 25% Word count 1500 Due date Week 8 Class submission Lecture ☐ Tutorial ☐ Submission type Paper copy ☐ Turnitin ☐ Format / Layout of Assessment (details of what to include) (cross the appropriate check boxes) Report: ICMS Cover Page Table of Contents Synopsis / Executive Summary Introduction Findings Conclusion Recommendations Reference List Appendices ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Essay: ICMS Cover Page Abstract Introduction Body Conclusion Recommendations Reference List Appendices ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ASSESSMENT TEMPLATE___________________________________________________ Page 2 of 2 Oral Presentation: Paper submission PowerPoint submission Peer review (group presentation) Reference List ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Other: (outline specific details here – use check boxes) Assessment instructions (clear, succinct, without repetition) In this assignment, students need to: • Review a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods which align to their research question and literature review; and • Write a 1500-word research methodology report on how they will address their research question and to provide an argument about why they chose those research method/s and how the data will be analysed. Please pay attention to notes below: • All reports are to be submitted to Turnitin at week 11 • You will be expected to have consulted books, at least 15 relevant recent academic journal articles, conference proceedings, theses, dissertations, market reports and so on to prepare the report from quality sources listed in scholarly databases • Use proper in-text citations and referencing • Do not plagiarize • For style you need to use follow carefully the style guide document on the Moodle. Readings for the assessment (instructions where they can be found e.g. MyAthens database, Moodle etc.) • Lecture notes (Moodle) • Recommended textbooks in the unit outline • Prescribed articles available on MyAthens database Grading Criteria / Rubric The following criteria will be used to assess this assignment: • Structure of the essay, clear headings and sub headings • Clarity, consistency and conceptual accuracy of arguments • Logical flow for the literature review • Complete and accurate in-text citation and referencing Peer Review Evaluation (group work – optional) N/A TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Research Objective…………………………………………………...3 2. Research Questions…………………………………………………...3 3. Summary of Literature Review……………………….……………....4 4. Research Design………………………………………………………4 4.1. Research Philosophy………………………………………………5 4.2. Research Approach………………………………………………..5 4.3. Research Choice…………………………………………………..6 4.4. Time Horizon of the Research…………………………………….6 4.5. Research Strategy………………………………………………….7 5. Research Data………………………………………………………....7 5.1. Population, Sample Size and Sampling Technique………………...7 6. Reference Lists………………………………………………………..8 Topic: “A quantitative research method on the effects of morality and ethics in a multicultural business environment from a managerial perspective.” 1. Research Objective The contribution of a code of conduct and work policies in today’s globalised era, is vital due to the gap in cultures and languages through which they are defined as work ethics and they are outlining ethical behavior, organizational principles and ethical practices. There is limited data on the influence of the factors to an ethical communication in a multicultural work environment on the basis of the literature review. The proposed research study shall hence investigate and analyze the factors that have an effect on employees’ morality and ethics in a multicultural workplace from a managerial point of view. A conceptual framework for work policies shall then be created to sustain ethics in a multicultural working environment which intends to guide moral behaviors that motivate employees to attain the organization’s objectives and goals. 2. Research Questions 1. How much do the factors affect employee’s ethics and morality within a multicultural workplace? 2. How much do the employees’ communications influence their self-perception of ethics? 3. To what extent do the contribution of work policies and a code of conduct prevent ethical issues in multicultural business environment? 3. Summary of Literature Review This research proposal is founded on the factors that have an effect on employees’ morality and ethics within a multicultural business environment mostly due to the complexities which are existed within the controversy of moral and ethical values. From the literature review, Communication is a primordial factor when distinct moral values interact in multicultural workplaces (Mandelbaum, 2019).To a great extent, the factors have mainly affected communication which has created by prejudices and stereotypes, differences in style management, distinct behaviors and norms, cultural differences at work (Moshref Razavi et al., 2019).According to Fitzpatrick (2017), resistance to change can be another factor which might impact on the employees. Quintessentially, the employees’ communications are highly influenced by age, gender, personality, education and personal experience which are referred to be from the ethical communication (Schwartz, 2017).In regards to Abbasi & Belhadjali (2019) and Mandelbaum (2019), effective and ethical communication is vital for employees and leaders to be understood the non-disclosure of confidential and sensitive information, honest communication, personal confrontation in public and avoiding business. With high ethical standards, it thus maintains a sustainable workplace (Mandelbaum, 2019). As per Modding et al., (2017), the contribution of a code of conduct and work policies are fundamental in encouraging the employees to be motivated due to the distinct cultures and languages. Hudson (2017) stated that work policies are beneficial in having positive effects on employees’ performance to attain the employees’ job satisfaction in reference of making decision process and behaving morally. In difference of adopting a code of conduct and work policies at workplace; it is meant to achieve the organization’s objectives through motivating and guiding the employees for innovating an ethical environment which will lead them towards an ethical moral behaviors (Hudson, 2017).Comparatively, code of conducts is a series of code that influence and focuses on employees’ ethical behavior to enforce of taking the right decisions instead of the wrong ones(Hudson,2017).Whence, it effectively maintains the adoption of codes of conducts which will result in acquainting less of penalties, illegal actions and failure(Colvin & Smith,2016). 4. Research Design 4.1. Research Philosophy A research philosophy is the very first thing to determine about a phenomenon which method I should use to gather, analyze and measure data. Most literature on ethics and morality are guided by a positivist philosophy of research. This research aims to identify the effects of ethics and morality in a multicultural workplace. According to Ansell & Geyer(2017),positivism is an evidence-based approach which is driven by verifiable data(Mura & Pahlevan,2015).Kaur (2016) states positivist research to be considered a scientific paradigm to acquire accurate findings through a reliable basis as it involves an objective and a measurable causal connection amidst two variables(Levin,1998).Taking into an intense consideration that the research shall require positivist philosophy for a quantifiable observations to analyze and produce statistical information and shall even identify a cause-and-effect relationship amidst the impacts of ethics and morality at workplace. Thus, it is positivist in nature. With a positivist research paradigm, it is mostly presumed the finding of a dependent and independent variable (Veal, 2017) that are then hypothesized through the utilization of a hypothetical deductive model (Ruzic, 2015).With the study of Modding et al.,(2017),work ethics have a positive philosophy on employees’ performance as it has an optimistic effects towards attaining job satisfaction with an intention of guiding moral behaviors that motivate employees to achieve the organization’s objectives (Tripathy,2019).Similarly, Metwally et al.,(2019),researched on how the managers are able to predict positive outcomes on ethics as they strongly centralize on the ethical practices through which creativity, cooperation and innovativeness are hence cultivated among employees (Tripathy,2019) as it encourages two-way communication and independent thinking to enhance productivity in a multicultural workplace(Yajun et al.,2018).Therefore, my role is limited to the outcome of only collecting data and not being opened for interpretation. 4.2. Research Approach This research is being based on a positivist philosophy of testing a causal relationship between ethics and morality will hence be adopting a deductive approach (Antwi & Hamza, 2015), by designated research strategy through which it proves and develops hypothesis referred to an appropriate theorical foundation that is established in the literature review. By this approach, research will be adopted by using a quantitative approach which is applied on statistics and mathematics theories (Daniel, 2016) through the basis of the positivist beliefs (Pothitou et al., 2016).A quantitative method is having its reliance on statistical analysis and hypothesis-testing (Kaur, 2016) which are deemed the appropriateness of the quantitative method for the study as