Produce a research proposal that work with clients to identify, analyse and evaluate a business or management problems within an organisation in hospitality industry supported by a concise literature review.

Module Title: Hospitality Management Consultancy Project

Module Code:

Assessment Type:

Coursework

Assessment Number:

1 & 2

Study Mode:

Full-time

Assessment criteria

Submission Date

Submission Time:

Oral assessment and presentation

LO4

Submission Date

Submission Time:

Individual project Portfolio (including a Reflection)

LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Research Project Plan (Proposal)

Produce a research proposal that work with clients to identify, analyse and evaluate a business or management problems within an organisation in hospitality industry supported by a concise literature review. Your Research Project should include its aims, scope and objectives. LO1, LO2

After establishing project aims, objectives and timeframes based on your chosen theme creatively plan and design a research informed project using appropriate literature and/or hospitality industrial professional outputs and methodologies. Carry out small-scale research, information gathering and data collection to generate knowledge to support the project. You must carry out quantitative OR qualitative research, primary; and secondary research where you must consider costs, access and ethical considerations creatively plan and design a research informed project using appropriate literature and/or hospitality industrial professional outputs and methodologies. LO3

You will then be required present a sound recommendation and solution to resolve complex business and/or management problems within the core areas of hospitality. LO4 – Assignment 2  

Title/Topic:

Think of your research title and topic…….after reading the question in the assignment.

Rationale/ Background:

Write the basis or foundation for this research……….read given scenario in the assignment…..

Introduction

Introduce your topic.... and the way you will carry out your research.....methods

Aim of the research

Write an aim of the research……

Objectives of the research

Set out a few objectives in order to reach your aim.

Research Questions Or  Hypothesize

Research Strategy

Qualitative/Quantitative

What kind of research approach would you adopt? Qualitative vs. quantitative…describe

Primary/ Secondary Research

How are you going to go about the research

Sources of Data

Outline secondary vs. primary data……sources.....

Population and Sampling

Determine population. What sampling method will you be using

……..discuss…..determine sample size....

Data collection methods

Questionnaire, interviews e.t.c…….which one….? Decide with justification…

Literature Review 800 words

Critical evaluation of your subject matter

Time plan and resources required

Your time plan….. start and finish date…. Resources needed..

Data Analysis

Mean, Mode, Medium, variation, standard deviation and coefficient of variation

Conclusions

What are your conclusions

Recommendations

What are your recommendations

References

Books, journals, internet, newspaper etc……..lists