ASSIGNMENT 1 FRONT SHEET

Qualification BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Business

Unit number and title Unit 11: Research Project

Submission date August, 25th 2022 Date Received 1st submission

Re-submission Date Date Received 2nd submission

Student Name Tran Minh Nhat Student ID GBS200790

Class GBS0908B Assessor name Huynh Ai Van

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Assignment Brief 1 (RQF)

Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Business

Student Name/ID
Number:

Unit Number and Title: Unit 11 – Research Project

Academic Year: 2021-2022

Unit Assessor:

Assignment Title: ASSIGNMENT 1 – Research Proposal

Issue Date:

Submission Date:

Internal Verifier Name:

Date:

Submission Format:

Format:

• This assignment is an Individual report and specifically including 2 main documents (1)
Research proposal, and (2) Research Ethics form. You are required to follow the format by
Pearson-set assignment
• You must use font Calibri size 12, set number of the pages and use multiple line spacing at 1.5.
Margins must be: left: 1.25 cm; right: 1 cm; top: 1 cm and bottom: 1 cm.
• You should use in text references and a list of all cited sources at the end of the essay by
applying Harvard referencing style.
• The recommended word limit is 2000-2500 words (+/-10%), excluding the tables, graphs,
diagrams, appendixes and references. You will not be penalized for exceeding the total word
limit.
• The cover page of the report has to be the Assignment front sheet 1 (to be attached with this
assignment brief).
Submission

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 • Students are compulsory to submit the assignment in due date and in a way requested by the
Tutor.
• The form of submission will be a soft copy posted on http://cms.greenwich.edu.vn/.
• Remember to convert the word file into PDF file before the submission on CMS.
Note:

• The individual Assignment must be your own work, and not copied by or from another
student.
• If you use ideas, quotes or data (such as diagrams) from books, journals or other sources, you
must reference your sources, using the Harvard style.
• Make sure that you understand and follow the guidelines to avoid plagiarism. Failure to
comply this requirement will result in a failed assignment.

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO1. Examine appropriate research methodologies and approaches as part of the research process.

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

Assignment scenario.

You are a business analyst for a multinational corporation operating in Vietnam. You plan to develop a
research for transforming the current workplace. Your research will help the company to thrive in the
digital age.

Workplace transformation is the rethinking of flexible workspaces to accommodate different kinds of

work, workers, and technology. Driven by new technologies and increasing globalisation the
workplace has been evolving rapidly to support these constant changes. The changes in technology,
roles and competencies has provided countless opportunities for enhancement and change within
organisations and as the world or work changes so does the workplace.

Under the theme “Transformation in the workplace”, your research will cover one of the topics as
below:
• The impact of the global pandemic on accelerating workplace transformation
• Why linking organizational and employee efficiency transformation is critical for to
remain competitive
• Employee collaboration tools: How they are being deployed and how they are
impacting productivity in sometimes surprising ways
• The Gig Economy: It’s real and redefining the nature of employment and employees
• How remote workers are surpassing their peers in the office in both job-satisfaction

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 and productivity and how workplaces are using these insights to transform operations
• The challenges faced by organizations when embarking on workplace transformation
initiatives and how the right strategy, funding, and support of management can result
in an increase in product and services innovation as well as a long-term competitive
edge
You can choose ONLY ONE topic among the mentioned ones.

Structure of the Report: Research proposal and Research ethics Form

The templates for research proposal and research ethics form could be found in the

CMS-BTEC Materials-522-Research Project

(1) Research proposal: please refer to the form of a research proposal attached with this assignment
brief. It contains FIVE key sections:

Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities

• Title or working title of research project ( in the form of a question, objective or

hypothesis)
• Research project objectives (e.g. what is the question you want to answer? What do
you want to learn how to do? What do you want to find out?)
Section Two: Reasons for choosing this research project

• Reasons for choosing the project (e.g. links to other subjects you are studying,
personal interest, future plans, knowledge/skills you want to improve, why the topic
is important)
Section Three: Literature sources searched

• Use of key literature sources to support your research question, objective or

hypothesis.
Section Four: Activities and timescales

• Activities to be carried out during the research project (e.g. research, development
and analysis of ideas, writing, data collection, numerical analysis, tutor meetings,
production of final outcome, evaluation, writing the report)
Section Five: Research approach and methodologies

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 • What type of research approach and methodologies are you likely to use and why?

(2) Research Ethics: please refer to the form of a research ethics attached with this assignment brief.
It contains the following SIX sections:

Section 1: Project details

• What is the project title? Student Name? Research Period?

Section 2: Project Summary

• What is the main research method for your project?

Section 3: Participants

• Make sure that participants understand their rights when participating your research.
Section 4: Data Storage and Security

• Do you keep data confidential?

Section 5: Other ethical issues

• Are there any particular features of your proposed work, which may raise ethical
concerns? If so, please outline how you will deal with these.
Section 6: Declaration

• You declare that your research comply with ethical issues in general.

Unit assessment criteria

LO1: Examine appropriate research methodologies and approaches as part of the research
process
P1: Produce a research proposal that
clearly defines a research question or
M1: Evaluate different research approaches and
hypothesis supported by a literature
methodologies and make justification for the
review
choice of methods selected based on
P2: Examine appropriate research
philosophical/theoretical frameworks
methods and approaches to primary
and secondary research

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 Research Proposal Form

Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities

Aspects affecting the work performance of Ford Motor Company employees in the post-
covid 19.
Research question: What factors impact on the work performance of Ford Moto company
employees after Covid 19?
Research model:

Training H1+

H2+
Work
Motivation
H3+ performance
Employee engagement

• Hypothesis 1: Training positively impact on work performance.

• Hypothesis 2: Motivation positively impact on work performance.
• Hypothesis 3: Employee engagement positively impact on work
performance.
Section Two: Reasons for choosing this research project
Since Covid 19 happened, businesses have had to change their working environment.
Therefore, when the epidemic is under control and employees return to the office to work,
their working style also changes significantly. This research was conducted to clearly
identify the factors affecting employee performance after Covid 19. As a result, the
company can apply policies and incentives to optimize work performance of employee.

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Besides, this research also conducted because of author’s self interest to find out how
businesses improve their employee work performance. Thanks to that author can gain more
knowledge about his studying major at university.
Section Three: Literature sources searched
Article Author Main idea Hypothesis
The Effect of Training (Niati, et al., 2021) Training can enhance Training has
on Work employee positively effect on
Performance and productivity, which improving employee
Career Development: will benefit the job productivity.
The Role of employee's career
Motivation as development as well.
Intervening Variable Employee work
performance will
improve and
motivation to work
harder to meet
company objectives
will increase in
companies that
regularly train their
workforce.
Motivation in the (Ganta, 2014) Motivation is critical Motivation positively
workplace to for any firm because affects employee
improve the of the benefits it may productivity.
employee provide, particularly
performance improved employee
job performance.

Employee (Satata, 2021) Employee Employee

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Engagement as An engagement has an engagement also
Effort to Improve impact on the quality impact on the quality
Work Performance of individual of employee
performance in the performance
workplace. This positively.
improves the level of
productivity and job
satisfaction created
by individuals in the
accomplishment of
firms.

Section Four: Activities and timescales

Section Five: Research approach and methodologies

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What type of research approach and methodologies are you likely to use and why? What
your areas of research will cover:
• In this research, the author uses the deductive research approach: In a
deductive approach, a hypothesis (or hypothesises) is developed based on an
existing theory, and a research plan is then created to test the hypothesis.
Hypotheses that can be derived from the theory's propositions can be used
to explain the deductive approach. In other words, the deductive method
focuses on drawing inferences from premises or propositions (Dudovskiy, no
date)
• Both quantitative data and qualitative data are used in the synthesizing
information
- Quantitative data: When a researcher wants to answer the "what" or
"how many" questions in a research question, they use quantitative data.
It consists of information that can be compared numerically or counted.
This information is typically gathered using tools, such as a questionnaire
with a rating scale or a thermometer to gather weather information.
Quantitative data analysis frequently involves the use of statistical
analysis software like SPSS (MAC Dewitt wallace library, 2021)
- Qualitative data: Qualitative data describes traits or qualities. It is
gathered through observation, interviews, or questionnaires and
frequently takes the form of stories. Qualitative data may be challenging
to measure and analyze with accuracy. The information could take the
form of descriptive words that can be coded or otherwise analyzed for
patterns or meaning. The researcher can perform quantitative analysis
and categorize qualitative data using coding to find themes that relate to
the research questions (MAC Dewitt wallace library, 2021)
• All information in this research is secondary data: Secondary data is the data
that making use of information that has already been produced by large
government institutions, healthcare facilities, etc. as part of organizational

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 record keeping. After that, the data is extracted from a wider range of
datafiles. (Wagh, 2020)

Comments and agreement from tutor

Comments (optional):

I confirm that the project is not work which has been or will be submitted for another
qualification and is appropriate.
Agreed: Tran Minh Nhat; date August, 7th 2022
Comments and agreement from project proposal checker (if applicable)
Comments (optional):

I confirm that the project is appropriate.

Agreed: Tran Minh Nhat; date: August 7th 2022

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References

Dudovskiy, J., no date. Deductive Approach (Deductive Reasoning). [Online]

Available at: https://research-methodology.net/research-methodology/research-
approach/deductive-approach-2/
[Accessed 7th August 2022].

Ganta, V. C., 2014. Motivation in the workplace to improve the employee performance.
International Journal of Engineering Technology, Management and Applied Sciences , 2(6).

MAC Dewitt wallace library, 2021. Data Module #1: What is Research Data?. [Online]
Available at:
https://libguides.macalester.edu/c.php?g=527786&p=3608639#:~:text=Quantitative%20data%20ar
e%20used%20when,compared%20on%20a%20numeric%20scale.
[Accessed 7th August 2022].

Niati, D. R., Siregar, Z. M. E. & Prayoga, Y., 2021. The Effect of Training on Work Performance and
Career Development: The Role of Motivation as Intervening Variable. Budapest International
Research and Critics Institute, Issue Humanities and Social Sciences, pp. 2385-2393.

Satata, D. B. M., 2021. Employee Engagement as An Effort to Improve Work Performance: Literature
Review. Ilomata International Journal of Social Science (IJSS), 2(1), pp. 41-49.

Wagh, S., 2020. Public Health Research. [Online]

Available at:
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.safestates.org/resource/resmgr/connections_lab/glossary_citation/P
rimary__Secondary_Data_Defi.pdf
[Accessed 7th August 2022].

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 Research Ethics Approval Form
All students conducting research activity that involves human participants or the use of data
collected from human participants are required to gain ethical approval before commencing
their research. Please answer all relevant questions and note that your form may be
returned if incomplete.
For further support and guidance please see your respective Unit Tutor.
Before completing this form, we advise that you discuss your proposed research fully with
your Unit Tutor. Please complete this form in good time before your research project is due
to commence.

Section 1: Basic Details

Project title: Aspects affecting the work productivity of Ford Motor Company employees in
the post-covid 19.
Student name: Tran Minh Nhat
Programme: BTEC
School: University of Greenwich Vietnam
Intended research start date: July, 25th 2022
Intended research end date: August, 30th 2022

Section 2: Project Summary

Please select all research methods that you plan to use as part of your project:
• Interviews: √
• Questionnaires: √
• Observations: √
• Use of Personal Records:
• Data Analysis: √
• Action Research:
• Focus Groups:
• Other (please specify):

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Section 3: Participants
Please answer the following questions, giving full details where necessary.
Will your research involve human participants?
 Yes, I will

Who are the participants? Tick all that apply:

Ages 12-16:  Young People aged 17–18:  Adults: √

How will participants be recruited (identified and approached)?

 The participants will be approached directly at the Ford motor company
Vietnam.
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:
 After approaching the participants, then explain them the purpose of this research
is to understand the factors that influence employee performance. Thanks to that
company could offer better policies and treatment to increase employee
productivity.

How will you obtain consent from participants? Will this be written? How will it be
made clear to participants that they may withdraw consent to participate at any time?
 My name Tran Minh Nhat. I attend University of Greenwich Vietnam as a
student. I am currently researching how to increase worker productivity at Ford
Motor Company following COVID 19. As a result, Ford Motor Company could
now provide better policies and treatment to boost employee productivity.
When you have given your consent to participate as a participant in my study by
answering the survey questions, you still can revoke your consent at any time if
you change your mind. Please get in touch with me if you have any queries or
concerns about this survey at
Email: Nhattmgbs200790@fpt.edu.vn

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Studies involving questionnaires: Will participants be given the option of omitting
questions they do not wish to answer?
Yes: √ No: 
If No please explain why below and ensure that you cover any ethical issues arising
from this

Studies involving observation: Confirm whether participants will be asked for their
informed consent to be observed.
Yes: √ No: 

Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation (i.e. give them a brief
explanation of the study)?
Yes: √ No: 

Will participants be given information about the findings of your study? (This could be a
brief summary of your findings in general)
Yes: √ No: 

Section 4: Data Storage and Security

Confirm that all personal data will be stored and processed in compliance with the Data
Protection Act (1998) Yes: √ No: 
Who will have access to the data and personal information?
 The data and personal information is only accessed by researcher.

During the research:

Where will the data be stored? Yes: √ No: 

Will mobile devices such as USB storage and laptops be used? Yes:  No: √

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If yes, please provide further details:

After the research:

Where will the data be stored?
 The data will be stored in researcher’s personal laptop and Google drive.
How long will the data and records be kept for and in what format?
 The data will be kept until the end of the course in pdf format.
Will data be kept for use by other researchers?
Yes:  No: √
If yes, please provide further details:

Section 5: Ethical Issues

Are there any particular features of your proposed work which may raise ethical concerns?
If so, please outline how you will deal with these:
It is important that you demonstrate your awareness of potential risks that may arise as a
result of your research. Please consider/address all issues that may apply. Ethical concerns
may include, but are not limited to the following:
• Informed consent.
• Potentially vulnerable participants.
• Sensitive topics.
• Risks to participants and/or researchers.
• Confidentiality/anonymity.
• Disclosures/limits to confidentiality.
• Data storage and security, both during and after the research (including transfer,
sharing, encryption, protection).
• Reporting.
• Dissemination and use of your findings.

Section 6: Declaration

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I have read, understood and will abide by the institution’s Research and Ethics Policy:
Yes: √ No: 

I have discussed the ethical issues relating to my research with my Unit Tutor:
Yes: √ No: 

I confirm that to the best of my knowledge:

The above information is correct and that this is a full description of the ethics issues
that may arise in the course of my research.
Name: Tran Minh Nhat
Date: August, 7th 2022
Please submit your completed form to Mrs. Huynh Ai Van

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