Applied research
NOTE: You don’t have to follow just the ASOC links but this is about the general research and financial factors/sources about RTO Institute relating to ASOC. For this task, you are to understand that you work for Australian School of Commerce (ASOC) (a fairly new RTO (registered training organization) located at Melbourne, CBD). The company CEO has just declared that ASOC is ready to expand further to Tasmania and Sydney. Your task is to construct a research proposal on the following topics: Research on the potential risks that can be faced. · Attracting potential clientele. You are required to construct a research proposal addressing the CEO by writing a report in Word format (printout to be provided) which includes the following: 1. Introduction: summarise the research project’s background. 2. Purpose: describe why the research is to be undertaken, and what benefit it could bring to the organisation. 3. Hypothesis: the idea or assumption that will be tested by the research project 4. Research strategy: the strategy can only include research methods that can be performed in the organisation within the timeline given. 5. Compliance: reference the sections of the company’s policy and procedures that apply to your research project. 6. Ethical compliance: research relevant research ethics and codes of conduct and identify those that have a direct bearing on the research project. Give a summary of these. 7. Target group: your target group’s profile and needs will depend on the following factors but not limited to: potential clients which are the students in international market, domestic students, etc. 8. Context: describe the context the research will be carried out in. That should include the cultural, social, geographical or financial factors in which ASOC operates. 9. Research methods: review and describe at least three of each of the following: · Applied Research methods · Applied research theories · Data collection techniques You are required to select the most appropriate methods to gather and analyse data for your research project and explain why you have chosen the same. 10. Data collection: describe the mechanisms that will be used to systematically collect and maintain the data. 11. Describe the technology (computers, electronic spreadsheets, etc.) and technology services (internet, search engines etc.) you will use to support your data collection and analysis. 12. Sample size; give the number of samples that you intend to base your research on. Explain how you arrived at that number and whether that is a valid sample size for the planned project. 13. Data validity: describe how the research results will prove (or disprove) the original hypothesis. Summarise any limitations that the research design could have on the validity of the results and how that could be improved. 14. Data reliability: describe how reliable the results of the research should be, given the intended sample size. Explain how the research design limits the reliability of the results and how that could be improved. 15. Data integrity: describe how the integrity of the data collected and analysis tools used will optimise the relevance of the research for the organisation.