BUS3023 - BRM Assignment 3 (Research Report)
Guidelines Research Report BRM
Deadline: End of Week 13
Submission: via TURNITIN ispace folder
One submission per group
The title of your file must be as follows:
‘BRM – Research Report Group YY,
Your final report is the development and continuity of your research proposal. It means that you need to conduct a research project based on the research proposal that you have submitted. You will need to collect data and analyze them to answer your research question(s) and hypothesis. For the format of your report, you may refer to the assignment guidelines, FYP report guidelines, and those used in published research papers. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to book an appointment with your instructor to discuss your research. Finally, you will need to present your research in class in addition to the submission of your full report.
1. Report Format:
• The first page needs to include your title, your class section, your group members' name & ID, and the date.
• The second page will include the table of contents. Indicate page numbers of different sections and subsections.
• The third page will be the stat ofthe main body of your research report. The
length should be from 5000 to 10000 words (quality is more important than quantity)
• You can use your proposal as a base to write your report. But you need to have a more comprehensive development than the proposal. The literature review should be more extensive with at least 20 references.
• Same as the research proposal, please use the APA standards for tables, figures, and references.
• Use 12 font-size Times New Rome and 1.5-line space between lines.
2. Report requirements:
You can find supplementary materials for RESEARCH REPORT on iSpace to help you to write your research report. Generally, we want to see the following in your research report (Example of guidelines from FYP research report):
1. Problem Development and Objectives
o The background of the problem has been adequately explained.
o Objectives are clearly stated.
2. Literature Review and hypotheses
o The literature review has been fully developed.
o The relevance of the literature reviewed has been clearly explained
o The hypotheses are proposed based on appropriate arguments
3. Methodology
o The subjects to be studied are specified.
o The procedures have been adequately defined and justified.
o The data collection and analysis are appropriate.
4. Analysis Procedures and Findings
o The procedures have been used correctly to analyze the data.
o The results of the analysis have been clearly stated.
5. Discussion and Recommendations
o The findings have been properly interpreted.
o The contributions of the study have been clearly stated.
o The limitations of the study have been clearly stated.
o The recommendations are related to the findings and reflect real business practice
o The conclusions present an overall synthesis of the results.
In addition to the above structured components, we also expect good
Presentation
o The report is written clearly.
o The report is organized logically.
3. Research ethics:
Be aware of plagiarism issues. Plagiarized work will receive zero. Report with more than 30% similarity will be rejected directly. Reports between 20% and 30% will be checked in detail. Any AI tools should not be used in writing the research report.