Order Number |
5688678967 |
Type of Project |
ESSAY |
Writer Level |
PHD VERIFIED |
Format |
APA |
Academic Sources |
10 |
Page Count |
3-12 PAGES |
RESEARCH REPORT NOTE: After Covering all the key elements of this assessment, please delete all the red highlighted parts. They are just guidelines for you to write this report. Overall this report should be between 1000 to 1500 words Your analytical research report is to be a based on your choosen topic which might include but not limited to comparison within same industry like electronics, airlines, mobile phones, internet services, fast food chains, clothing stores, supermarkets, power suppliers, restaurants, hardware stores etc. Comparisons can be based on: 1) Quality of the product or service 2) Pricing 3) Features 4) Warranties etc You can research on the business idea that you would like to start in the future. Or you may also consider an individual company that just provides a good/service to the community and doesn’t have competitors e.g. railways, police, ambulance, wholesale power suppliers. Or choose the scenario given below: Scenario Maria is an international student, who will be studying at Lonsdale Institute. She just arrived to Australia from her home country (China) yesterday and seeking your help for deciding the right phone plan for herself. She would like to have a smart phone, but she is not fussy about the brands. She does not want to spend more than $50 per month and has $300 to purchase a smart phone outright but would prefer if she doesn’t have to spend that money. Currently, she does not have a mobile phone number. She will be using the phone for calling her friends in Australia and back home talking to her family and friends. She is also a very heavy user of social media and would like to have loads of data in her plan as she is not sure about getting internet at home yet. Compare at least three suitable plans in and phones in Australia for Maria and advise her which one she should go ahead with. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Provide a snapshot/quick summary of your research. Not more than Half a page. Include topic information. Your research methods, findings, discussion and conclusion in a summary. This should be done at the last. (Min 100 words) INTRODUCTION Provide an introduction about the chosen topic. (Min 50 words) OVERALL GOALS Explain the overall goal of this report/research. (List some of them, it could be in bullet points) (Min 50 words) METHODS OF RESEARCH List number of sources that have been used to gain information for this report. Must mention atleast one from each source (Min 50 words) Primary research: Secondary research: FINDINGS FROM THE RESEARCH/RESULTS What did you find from your research?? Information you can include but not limited to: Overview of the Industry/Business/Product Relationship between each provider Pricing policies/models of the each provider Features of the products/services offered and the difference Use the following table in cae you are comparing the products or services. Disregard if you are not comparing. FEATURES/ DESCRIPTION Product 1 / Service 1 Product 2 / Service 2 Product 3 / Service 3 DISCUSSION/INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS Based on the research Interpret, Analyse and Discuss Findings. Your own opinion about your research. Information you can include but not limited to: Difference between products and services Determine best deals including the cheapest and the most expensive Difference between prices Who offers the best coverage? Identify current trends CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS Write down the conclusion/summary of the task. (Min 50 words) Based on your research, provide recommendations for your audience. References (Use harvardgenerator.com or citethisforme.com) This section is about all learning materials used and any sources of information that you have quoted in the body of the report. You need to use the following format when you quote references How to do Book references Author last name, author initials, year, title of the book, edition of the book (if any), publisher and where it is published (city or country) Example Kakadia, D &DiMambro, F 2004, Networking concepts and technology: a designer’s resource, Sun Microsystems Press, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Cole, K, (2013) Management: Theory and Practice, 5e, Pearson Education, Australia How to do Internet resources Author of website FAMILY/SURNAME, Initials or WEBSITE name if no author is available. (Year – in brackets) Title of website in italics or underlined. Any numbers if necessary or available if website is part of a series. [Online in square brackets] Available from: URL. [Accessed: followed by date in square brackets]. Example International Narcotics Control Board (1999), United Nations, Vienna, Available from: http://www.incb.org. [accessed 1 October 1999]. Australian Government, (2015), Australian Bureau of Statistics, Available from: http://www.abs.gov.au/. [accessed 10 April 2015].