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This is an individual, written assessment, to be completed in report format. You are required to write around 3,000 words (+/- 10%), excluding title page, preliminaries, tables, figures, reference list and appendices. The report requires in-text referencing and a full reference list in APA style, with evidence that you have critically read and integrated a minimum of 20 suitable scholarly references.
The purpose of this assessment is to present the final report of the Professional Project you proposed in Assignment 1. This report should build upon both components of your Assessment 1 and it should be developed with the help of the tutor/co-ordinator feedback.
In order to successfully complete Assessment 2, you are required to carry out the investigation you have proposed in Assessment 1 and produce a professional research report that shows that you have followed through from finding a research question to answering that question and developing recommendations that arise from your findings. The report will follow the typical structure of a research report and will need to include the following:
• Project title
• Introduction (which must include some justification of your topic and your projects aim and research question(s))
• Critical literature review
• A detailed presentation of how you carried out your project (commensurate with a Methods chapter)
• Findings from your secondary data analysis
• Discussion of findings in light of your previously reviewed literature
• Conclusion, including recommendations and limitations
Assessment criteria (click here for a detailed marking rubric):
• Title, background, definitions
• Justification, aim and objectives/research questions
• Quality and coherence of introduction and conclusion
• Critical literature review
• Methods
• Findings and analysis
• Discussion
• Written communication
• Quality and appropriateness of references, and accuracy of referencing
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Problem Statement
1.2 Research aim and research questions
2…Literature review
3 Methodology
3.1 Data collection
3.2 Data analysis
3.2.1 Sustainability report
3.2.2 Shareholder return, market perception and industry
4 Findings and analysis
4.1 Descriptive Statistics
4.2 Bivariate Correlations
4.3 Logistic Regression Results.
5 Discussion .
• In the Discussion, you have to REFERENCE the same material as you had in your LR!
• Discussions without any references will receive fail grades in the marking rubric
• Address everything that is in your aim and objectives/RQs
• Compare all your main findings to the literature (see table later in this lecture)
6 Conclusion
6.1 Addressing aims and research questions
6.2 Limitations
6.3 Recommendations
• This should be a separate sub-section of the Conclusion
• It should explicitly and clearly point out recommendations to Practitioners and Researchers that derive from your project
• Company reports and academic articles contain limitations – this sub-section is therefore important for the workplace and academia:
– Company reports focus mostly on ‘Recommendations for the Company’
– Academic articles focus mostly on ‘Areas of Further Research’ or ‘Recommendations for Research’
• Demonstrates that you understand the wider value of your project and what should be done next
6.4 Reference.
USE THIS DATA FOR THE ASSESSMENT as it was assessment 1 and use tables and data were necessary and use in text referencing
FIELD OF RESEARCH
Culture diversity has played a significant role over the period, at many workplaces among all the organisation across the globe. Diversity can bring all the talents united at a workplace together when all of them are focusing on a common goal using their different set of skills. My background is in management and I feel diversity had played and major role at my workplace. However, there are various key positive attributes which can build a diverse workforce such as increase productivity, wider range of skills, increase innovation.
SECONDARY DATA
USE OTHER SECONDARY DATA APART FROM THIS ALSO NOT ONLY THESE TWO POINTS
My source of data will be from Australian humans rights commission which explains how diversity has impact on Australian workforce with statistical data available in (https://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/news/speeches/cultural-diversity-workplace-0). Apart from that world economic forum will provide detail information about diversity driving the economics (https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/07/cultural-diversity-drive-economies-india-asia/). All the data used are inter related as their focus is on cultural diversity, how it is managed as well as the mechanism for innovation along with the statistical data of cultural diversity in Australia.
RESEARCH QUESTION
The study focuses on how diversity plays a vital role in a growing business sector.
1- How culture diversity can improve productivity and innovativeness in an organisation?
2- What are the difficulties and advantages related with an assorted workforce and by what means would managers be able to utilize their administration to amplify the capability of decent variety in the association?
Writing up findings – QUANT
1 - present the descriptive results
KEY findings need to be explained ALSO IN THE TEXT
2 - present the more advanced analysis
If you are presenting statistics in writing, even simple things like means, standard deviations, correlations, look up how to present them in APA style. Organising findings – QUAL
1 - present the descriptive results
2 - present the more advanced analysis
That includes a description of the themes – Tables are useful!
Include excerpts from your data to ILLUSTRATE your analysis.
Do NOT present only your data but only present it to ILLUSTRATE the interpretations and analysis you made.
Data excerpts must be referenced!
Focus on the themes, particularly those that emerge strongly from the data (i.e. themes that apply to most/all of your observations)
Do NOT just repeat the data in the form of a LR… (next slide)
Don’t forget…
• … that your findings need to address your RQs!
• If your findings do NOT relate to your RQs, now is the time to make changes, e.g. by re-wording the RQs…
• Tip: keep your RQ(s) printed next to you when you write your report and always make sure that what you write relates to the RQ(s)!
Recommendations
• This should be a separate sub-section of the Conclusion
• It should explicitly and clearly point out recommendations to Practitioners and Researchers that derive from your project
• Company reports and academic articles contain limitations – this sub-section is therefore important for the workplace and academia:
– Company reports focus mostly on ‘Recommendations for the Company’
– Academic articles focus mostly on ‘Areas of Further Research’ or ‘Recommendations for Research’
• Demonstrates that you understand the wider value of your project and what should be done next
PLEASE FOLLOW THE RUBRIC and use atleast 22 references WITH APA STYLE
Criteria 3 (Satisfactory) 4 (Good) 5 (Very Good) 6 (Excellent)
1. Title, background, definition, justification, aim and RQs
10% Title, background, definition, justification, aim and RQs present; may be inconsistent but generally presented in an effective manner Title, background, definition & justification present; may be slightly inconsistent but generally presented in a convincing manner Title, background, definition, justification, aim and RQs present; generally consistent and presented in a highly competent manner Title, background, definition, justification, aim and RQs present; ALL are consistent and presented in a superior manner
2. Critical literature review
10% Effective review of a limited amount of suitable literature; effective structure; may be overly descriptive Convincing review of an acceptable amount of suitable literature; well structured; may not be critical throughout
Highly competent review of a justifiably good amount of suitable literature; very well structured; generally critical and may clearly identify gaps to be addressed Superior review of a justifiably good amount of suitable literature; excellent structure; critical throughout; clearly identifies gaps to be addressed
3. Methods
20% Effective presentation of how the secondary material was identified and analysed; identification or analysis may be very superficial; basic methodological literature may be included Convincing presentation of how the secondary material was identified and analysed; both identification and analysis are addressed more than superficially Highly competent presentation of how the secondary material was identified and analysed; both identification and analysis are addressed in detail; some methodological literature included Superior presentation of how the secondary material was identified and analysed; both identification and analysis are addressed in detail to enable replication; excellent integration of methodological literature
4. Findings and Analysis
20% Effective presentation of findings; structure may be illogical, findings may not be fully consistent with aim and RQs and/or secondary sources may not be fully referenced Convincing presentation of findings; logical structure, generally consistent with aim and RQs and secondary sources are generally referenced Highly competent presentation of findings; very good structure; consistent with aim and RQs and secondary sources may not be fully referenced Superior presentation of findings; excellent structure; fully consistent with aim and RQs; excellent integration of fully referenced secondary sources
5. Discussion
10% Effective discussion of findings with reference to the literature reviewed; incomplete discussion and/or illogical structure and/or may not be fully consistent; uncritical. Literature may not be referenced again. Convincing discussion of findings with reference to the literature reviewed; complete discussion and logical structure; generally consistent; may lack criticality; Some literature is referenced again. Highly competent and generally critical discussion of findings in light of the literature reviewed; complete discussion and logical structure; consistent. Literature is referenced again. Superior and critical discussion of findings in light of the literature reviewed; complete discussion and logical structure; highly consistent. Literature is referenced again.
6. Quality and coherence of introduction and conclusion
10% Effective and reasonably clear introduction and conclusion; may ignore aspects of recommendation, limitation or further research; uncritical Convincing and clear introduction and conclusion; considers recommendation, limitation and further research; may lack criticality Highly competent and clear introduction and conclusion; integrates consistent recommendation, limitation and further research; generally critical Superior introduction and conclusion; excellent integration of consistent recommendation, limitation and further research; critical throughout
7. Written communication
10% Satisfactory writing that is reasonably readable and suitable for formal business communications; more proofreading required. Generally professional in presentation of work. Good writing that is generally readable and suitable for formal business communications; more proofreading required. Professional presentation of work. Very good writing that is readable and suitable for formal business communications; minor improvements are feasible. Very professional presentation of work. Superior writing that is highly readable and highly suitable for formal business communications; extensive proofreading completed. Very professional presentation of work.
8. Quality and appropriateness of references, and accuracy of referencing
10% Satisfactory use of the APA referencing system in the body of the assignment and in the reference list; 20 peer-reviewed articles used; mistakes and/or omissions present. Competent use of the APA referencing system in the body of the assignment and in the reference list; generally correctly cited sources (of which 20 or more are peer-reviewed) but small omissions and/or errors of judgment may be present. Very good use of the APA referencing system in the body of the assignment and in the reference list with almost entirely correctly cited sources (of which 20 or more are peer-reviewed). Faultless use of the APA referencing system in the body of the assignment and in the reference list with completely correctly cited sources. Extensive body of peer-reviewed sources used (i.e. every claim is supported).