HI6008 Business Research Project Task

Assignment 1 Specifications

Purpose:

This unit aims to give you an opportunity to combine many facets of your acquired MBA skills into the production of a high-quality research project. Your tutor will LEAD and FACILITATE you through the process, week by week. The learning will be progressive, so for best results you will need to be listening to the weekly lectures as well as in contact with your tutor during the interactive tutorials.

Assignment 1 - the Topic Development - is to ensure you have given sufficient thought to the topic you are choosing to base your research project on. The following 3 example topics are to illustrate that your topic must be differentiated from others by means of the following: the actual business activity/problem that it relates to; and/or the economic sector or industry or company that you are focusing on; and/or the country or region that you base it on and/or whether it is about the current time or the short-term future:

1. Outsourcing supply of ………… (materials / processes) from ………. (country/region) for the ………. (industry/company name) in ……….. (country/region)
2. Benefits of …………… (club/society/network) membership in promoting business collaboration between members of the …………. (industry) in ………….. (country/region)
3. The current (or future) uses of ……….. (e.g. Big Data / Robotic Process Automation / Artificial Intelligence) in …………….. (types of transactions) in the ………………. (industry) in ……………….. (country/region)