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Business Analytics Assignment Task - Report

Topic - Academic Misconduct

Task Overview and Instructions -

Purpose: The purpose of this report is to solve a business problem using a theoretical framework informed by academic journal articles. Using academic journal articles, you will provide information regarding the business problems and offer potential explanations for the business issues. Using what you have learned in the lectures and tutorials, you will analyse the transcripts provided to identify the source of the business problems. You will then make recommendations based on your findings and the literature to the CEO of the company.

In short: This is a qualitative business report. You, the researcher, have talked to the organisation. You uncovered the business problem and wrote about it in the introduction of the report. You then conducted a literature review to see what academic studies say about the business problem. The literature review also includes Job Demand Resource Theory as a perspective about the business problem. You went to the organisation and conducted a series of interviews. You now have the transcripts which you must code for themes. The findings are then reported in the results section of the business report. The business report then needs to conclude with recommendations based on the literature, theory, and findings.

The Report Structure must be:

1. Cover page/Title Page - Name, student number, tutor name/day/time, word count

2. Executive summary (no longer than one page) - overview the purpose, type of analysis/methods, most important findings in summary, most important conclusions and recommendations. Look at how journal articles write an abstract as this is similar.

3. Table of contents (should also include a list of figures / tables if used)

4. Introduction (estimated 150 words):

Overview of the business problems

• Introduce the company and what it does
• Provide a statement of the business problems from the symptoms (see lecture on how to do this properly)

5. Overview of literature on the topic (Estimated 800 words):

Write a literature review that overviews what previous empirical work (journal articles) has found regarding the topic - see the lecture on literature reviews.

Overview the theory you will use to investigate the business problems:

• Overview the theory and explain the concepts and elements of the theory
• Justify why this theory helps to explain the business problems
• Write a managerial decision statement and corresponding research objectives and research questions based on the theory and literature.
• Do not include any results / transcripts in this section

6. Methods and Results (Estimated 500 words):

• Introduce what qualitative analysis is (describe in one paragraph). Remember the audience may not have any knowledge of what a qualitative analysis is. Make sure you use references to academic literature when describing it - do not just copy from the lecture notes.
• Report what the method was and how the interview data was collected. Write in enough detail that someone else can understand exactly what was done and how. Report on the internal/external validity (see lecture notes)
• Present the findings of the analysis in a table AND figure, ensure you reflect on the findings and summarise (do not just show a table/figure with no explanation). Refer to the course materials to help.

7. Recommendations and Conclusions (Estimated 500 words):

• Based on the findings give the CEO some recommendations about how to improve the business problems. This should link to the academic literature and theory from the introduction.

8. List of references - either APA or Harvard (choose one and be consistent)

9. Appendices - if needed.

Reading to start: Bakker, A. B., & Demerouti, E. (2017). Job demands-resources theory: Taking stock and looking forward. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 22(3), 273.

You must locate multiple readings regarding the topic and the theory. A minimum of eight articles should be cited.

Attachment:- Business Analytics Assignment Files.rar