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Part A:

Question One

Complete the following task from Saunders et al. (2016):

"Which strategies to help to gain access are likely to apply to the following scenarios:

1. An "external" researcher seeking direct access to managers who will be the research participants;

2. An "external" researcher seeking access through an organisational gatekeeper/broker to their intended participants or respondents;

3. An internal researcher planning to undertake a research project within their employing organisation?" (p. 264).

What strategy will you need to gain access within the context of your own research?

Question Two

What techniques can be used by researchers to collect data (primary and secondary)? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each technique, and when might some techniques be more relevant than others? What kind of data will you be using in your research, and what techniques will be using?

Part B:

Question One
Discuss, making reference to specific techniques, the processes of transforming and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data. Which type of data do you anticipate using in your own research? What steps do you anticipate taking in order to collect, transform and analyze your data? What specific challenges do you think you'll face in your work?

Question Two
The conclusion section of your dissertation should include a discussion on limitations. What exactly is meant by the term limitations? Why is it important to discuss limitations?