BSBRES801 Initiate and Lead Applied Research
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BSBRES801
Initiate and Lead Applied Research
Assessment 3
Research Report
Submitted by:
Student name
Student Id
Part 1_ (Research Report)
Introduction:
Aims of the research, the purpose and context of the project
Who initiated the research and who it was for:
Research questions (one or more question)
Hypothesis:
Ideological context:
Research strategy used and why:
Data collection techniques:
Data analysis and findings including any threats to the integrity of the data, trends and challenges:
Implications of the research for practice:
Evaluation of how the research will impact on the organisation or learner group
The extent to which the research findings can be generalized:
Further research required:
Conclusion:
Part 2_ (Research Report presentation)
For this task, students need to present their research report and findings in the class room in front of other students.
For evidence, student needs to prepare and submit PowerPoint slides (8-12 slides) which includes following:
· Aims of the research, the purpose and context of the project including who initiated the research and who it was for.
· Research one or more question or hypothesis, including any policy or ideological context, or personal views.
· Research strategy including a justification for the approach used.
· Data collection techniques.
· Data analysis and findings including any threats to the integrity of the data, trends and challenges.
· Implications of the research for practice and evaluation of how the research will impact on the organisation or learner group.
· Discussion including the extent to which the research findings can be generalised to apply in other settings.
· Identification of any further research required and appropriate approaches.
· References.
References
BSBRES801 Initiate and Lead Applied Research
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BSBRES801
Initiate and Lead Applied Research
Assessment 1
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Introduction:
The degree of communication skills of trainers within an organisation tends to affect its productivity, performance and quality of coordination that directs the company in the right direction. The communication skills help in forming taskforce for collective performance providing. In addition, the assessment of communication skills determine the frequency of direction forwarding and being a vital part of workforce management, the knowledge of communication skills of the employees help in developing strategies that are accurate as well as effective. The strategies, if formulated and executed properly, the degree of internal communication among the several layers of organisational hierarchy tends to provide scope for betterment.
The cu
ent project undertakes the aims of assessing the degree of communication skill of employees as well as their trainers within the organisational context of The Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD). AITD was established in 1971 and had been one of the most reputed and high quality-training organisation, which is providing its training services to multiple countries, making an international approach. The organisation has also been very active in terms of providing its services in Australia. In order to provide the best in class training for the staffs, the organisation has incorporated a taskforce for the training purposes that include, teachers, trainers, mentors, coordinators and many more. The diverse range of the taskforce requires best in class communication skills, so that the teaching instructions and guidelines are forwarded properly to the learning organisational trainers as well as employees, offering effective learning (AITD, 2019).
Research purpose:
The purpose of the research is to consider the chosen organisation as the practice environment for the formulating strategies for improving the Language, literacy and numeracy of the training staffs in regards to their communication skill with their counterparts within the organisation.
Research questions:
Based on the purpose of the cu
ent research, the following questions can be formulated
· What are the factors affecting LLN in an organisational working environment?
· How to formulate LLN strategies for improving communication within organisational setting?
Hypothesis being investigated:
Language, literacy and Numeracy play a significant role in enhancing the degree of communication required in educational organisation for better service offering and must be included in strategies.
Context within which the research will be ca
ied out:
The context of a research, in which it is, conducted acts as a prime factor that regulates the outcome of the research. It is worth the mention that the nature of each type of context has their own impact pattern on the outcome and hence must be considered in exclusive ways for a given research. Among the prime contexts that are actively responsible for affecting the cu
ent research the following are most relevant.
· Geographical Context:
The geographical context of a research derives its importance from the physical exclusiveness of the su
ounding environment, in which the research is conducted. As affirmed by Fe
etti and Montibeller (2019), geographical context directly influences the physiological, human and economic activities of a particular place that regulates the lifestyle of the respondents that are the prime base of data findings and responses to the research qua
ies. It is found that in places, where the landscape is even, the transport tends to be refines, the economic activities easy to conduct, the lifestyle of the inhabitants as well as the attitude of the employees premium, making the standard of LLN high, which benefits research conduction. On the opposite side, the uneven landscape and adverse environment makes the lifestyle less sophisticated, economy moderate and communication necessary for the adversity in technological implications. In the cu
ent research, the geographical context of Australia is deemed important. In Australia, as mentioned by Sutter et al. (2019), the diversity in the landscape has made its impact evident as different organisations are seen affected by it in different degrees.
Australia is located within the tropical climate zone and therefore, it caters to ample rainfall, heat and cold in the country. The country also encompasses landscape that has desserts, forests, tableland, coastal plains and mountains in certain parts. In the context of the cu
ent research, which aims at finding the LLN improvement strategies in the country, it can be seen that in the coastal plains and in the rural mountain ranges, the languages used are different and so is the degree of skills. As identified by Rawhouser et al. (2019), in rural areas of Australia, the LLN of the employees tend to be on the higher side as they rely on cooperation of the members of a taskforce and use technological aid less. The source of employee being accumulated from local communities make the language and lifestyle aspects similar for majority of the taskforce, which develops a refiner LLN standard. As the geographical diversity remains stark in different regions of Australia, employee travelling from one place to another for a living becomes unfruitful. The economy as well as dwelling environment differs drastically in different parts of the country, making it difficult to adjust for employees of one place travelling to another, becoming a part of a taskforce, having people from different geographic locations, which again makes the consideration of geographical context important for the cu
ent research. The cu
ent research is conducted in the region of New South Wales (NSW), therefore, it is found that the consideration of the local geographic characteristics are evident, which tends to be plain on most part and a high living standard and strong communication level in terms of language, literacy and numeracy (NSW Government, 2016).
· Cultural Context:
As people of a particular location make use of the geographic attributes and available resources, economic activities develop along with practices that reflect the amalgamation of the mentioned aspects in a collective format, namely, developing cultural context of a place. As opined by Caligiuri et al. (2019), the cultural context shapes the lifestyle of people living in a place, which includes the economic, political and social activities, thereby, making it important for research purposes, when deemed as a context. The cultural context of a person, as perceived from the perspectives of LLN within organisational setting make worth consideration as cultural background sheds light on the preference of the person, which again are very specific and effective base of strategy formulation. The cultural context of a place affects the lifestyle, standards of health and degree of communication between the members of the people in a single group, thereby; making it important in the perspective of LLN based strategy formulation.
In the context of Australian, it can be observed that the major cultural difference in Australian culture tends to revolve around regular and the aboriginals, while the degree of difference between different parts of the country is moderately low and does not pose the need for considering cultural significance for each location (NSW Government, XXXXXXXXXXThe Australian culture prioritises the behavioural humility, cooperation, selfless dedication and attention to details at the time of working, keeping a steady aim and objective. As the cu
ent research is conducted in the NSW, which is considered as one of the most diverse places in the country, the aspect of LLN has appeared complex in terms of comprehension and optimisation, as the amalgamation of various cultures makes difference in language, literacy and numeracy within a limited and specified area.
· Social or institutional Context:
The social context is always important when seen from the perspective of proper research, as the data collected from the practice environment are shaped largely by the traits of social norms and practices. As stated by Benson (2019), social context of a research is important as it shows the characteristics of local inhabitants that helps in tunning the strategies formulated. The social context shows the interaction between the humans and environmental entities, thereby, hinting at the degree of educational, communicational and numerical understanding. The social context also offers predictability of the employee expectations within a particular organisation based on its social su
oundings. As noted by Koivisto and Hamari (2019), the social practices also hint at the quality and extent of educational standards and social interaction influencing the quality of literacy of employees and their inclination towards interactive communication. The acknowledgement of the social context helps in formulating better strategies as the acceptance of the strategies depend on their degree of alignment with social practices.
NSW is one of the biggest cities in Australia, having a large population that come from culturally diverse backgrounds, making the social traits a mixed base in terms of language, literacy, social; practices and numeracy that formulates perception. NSW is regulated by the Australian legislature in regular terms. The city is well connected and has very strong and frequent traffic of international business organisations, learners and travellers, making the communication level a necessity of the city. In order to reduce the degree of discrimination, the local government with the aid of the national legislature of Australia has managed and aimed at providing equal rights to the aboriginals in terms of their retention of their social traits, which are highly exclusive their community-based believes the most (Australian Government, XXXXXXXXXXConsidering the fact of social diversity at NSW, where AITD has been providing its