BUS707 Applied Business Research - Assessment 2

ASSESSMENT 2: Research Plan, Short Response

Task Details:

This research plan will set as a basis for Research Proposal in Assessment 4Following consultation with the lecturer or tutor, you should identify a problem which may be answered by research – you will be guided towards a suitable research problem in tutorials during weeks 2 – 5 (inclusive).
Based on the problem identified, you should identify relevant sub-problems, research questions, and provide a brief background to the research question, why it is an issue, and what outcomes the research may produce. Literature review plan & data collection plan. A brief discussion of any ethical considerations should be included.
Given the importance of relevance to Accounting in BUS707, please note that the research topics must be accounting-based topics. Some of the initial suggestions for the topics are:

• Analysis of significant project in the students’ work experiences, such as:
  
• Accounting standards
  
• Accounting regulation in Australia
  
• Accounting and/or Auditing ethicsUse of financial rations in corporate accounting
  
• Multidimensional performance assessment, for example, using the balanced scorecard to evaluate
• performance on financial and non-financial bases
  
• The effect of accounting information and auditing on the design of organisation, and on the ensuing
• behaviour of individuals and groups.
  
• Accountants and/or auditors’ responsibilities and contributions toward corporate governance
  
• Application of accounting and economic research to a specific business problem i.e sustainability initiative
  
• Forensic Accounting
  
• Technology implementation in accounting and finance
  
• Innovation in accounting and its impact to business
  
• Impact of organisational culture on the procedure and technique of accounting
  
• Research based on cases reported by the courts, ASIC, APRA, ASC