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HC1062 Decision Making and problem-solving - Holmes Institute
Assessment - Report: Research Paper
Purpose: Students are required to research on a real-life business and identify key management problems within that business.
1. Students will be able to evaluate and justify theoretical and practical knowledge of researching of a business context.
2. Students will be able to a business environment and provide solutions to these issues using their knowledge of research technology and practical techniques in a business environment.
3. Students will be able to apply research skills analysing academic literature and integrating ideas for use in life-long learning.
4. Students will be able to understand the research profession.
5. Students will be able to communicate using effective oral and written communication tools, act in a professional manner.
6. Students will be able to review and describe the major privacy, legal, ethical and societal issues with respect to managing research.
In a group of 3 to 4 students, prepare a persuasive report showing how the management problem/decision should be managed. This assignment aims at ensuring that students have familiarised themselves with a general framework of at least one management related topic. Students will be required to apply relevant theoretical concepts with the use of practical examples in most cases in a written research paper.
Details:
Written report
Identify a multinational company.
Identify a management problem. (Note: not a market research nature).
Specify research questions which address the management problem/decision.
Design a research program.
Carry out the research.
Sourcing from ONLY secondary data.
Analyse the findings.
Identify alternatives and make recommendations to improve the performance of the organisation.
Your report is to be written as a business report. It must include;
• Executive summary
• Table of contents
• Section headings
• Paragraphing
• Page numbers
• Reference list at the end of the report
Attachment:- Decision Making and problem-solving.rar