Unit 5 – Individual Project – The Final Research Proposal
1st part done by 03/08 – Your first task is to post your own Individual project Unit 5 summary to the discussion area so that other students are able to review your plan. Attach your document to the main discussion post, and include any notes that you feel are appropriate. The purpose of this assignment is to help improve the quality of the IP5 that you will complete next week. Include a summation of your preliminary data results. Following parts done by 03/15: I will respond to this post with the suggestions given by my instructor and piers based on the first part above.
Part one:
During the past few weeks, you have considered the various elements of the research project. Compile all of the sections of your research strategy ideas from Week 3. Retrieve your survey/questionnaire results this week to complete your final project in Week 5.
The following sections (500 words or 1-2 slides total) should be added to your research project analysis:
Your approach to finding a topic
Your research questions
Your ethical considerations
Your data analysis summary
Your measurement strategy
Based on comments from your instructor and peers in Week 3 and 4, edit and refine any sections of the final research plan. Add a section of 300–500 words or 1-2 slides about how you interpreted the data from your survey or questionnaire in Week 3. Add this section at the end of your research project.
Part two:
Complete the final edits of your final research proposal paper or PowerPoint. The required sections include the following:
The business and organizational problem or topic
The problem statement
The research strategy that you used to explore the problem
1 research question
Your rationale for selecting your proposed research strategy
A copy of the questionnaire or survey
A section on ethical considerations for your project
Your data analysis summary based on your questionnaire/survey
Your measurement strategy
The research results
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Final Research Proposal
Introduction
Workplace communication contributes significantly to the company’s productivity. Consequently, reduced workplace communication leads to poor performance and overall inefficiency. In most cases, incompetent management lacks ways to relay information to the employees. When this happens, it is difficult to complete tasks in time. Unclear roles lead to wastage of time because employees will focus on additional activities other than what is required (Coombs, 2014). The goals are often not clear for the organization which leads to unmotivated employees.
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