Assessment details Assessment 1: Short written response Assessment 1 – Research Project Details Due: Sunday of Week 3, 11pm AEST Length: 500 words Conditions: Individual Weighting: 15% Requirements Students are required to use the template below to present their refined research project idea. Please note that bullet points are not acceptable; responses need to be written in full sentences. All assessments need to be submitted through Turnitin. Template Industry partner Who is your industry partner? Note: You do not need to mention the organisation's name if you want to keep it confidential, just provide an overview of the organisation's background (industry, number of employees, your connection to the organisation - if any, etc.) Overarching problem What specific problem does your industry partner face? What specific problem will your research project explore and try to resolve? Why is it important to solve this problem? Overarching research aim Here you have to translate your industry partner’s real problem into a specific research aim, which will guide your project. What does your research aim to explore / investigate / do? Research questions(s) Based on the overarching research aim, formulate more specific subquestions your report will address. What research question(s) will guide your research? Data needs How will you find data? No need for details just yet, just provide a general overview of what kinds of data you want to collect/analyse, e.g. surveys, in-depth interviews with key players, document analysis, etc. Literature review: Keywords used for literature search What keywords will you use in your search for relevant literature, which will then be the foundation for your literature review? Please note that unless you are doing a feasibility study, you must only use academic (peer-reviewed) journal articles. If you are doing a feasibility study, you will focus on industry reports rather than academic literature. Literature review: Name 2 relevant articles Please reference 2 relevant articles you will use for your literature review. Please note that unless you are doing a feasibility study, you must only use academic (peer-reviewed) journal articles. If you are doing a feasibility study, you will focus on industry reports rather than academic literature. Assessment 2: Presentation Assessment 2 – Research Proposal Presentation Due: Sunday of Week 6, 11pm AEST Length: Less than 15 minutes Conditions: Individual Weighting: 40% Requirements Students are required to present their research proposal (assessment item 2) to their peers and tutor (either through collaborate online, or in person). The presentation, which should be supported by PowerPoint slides, should outline the research plan and showcase the student’s developing communicative skills. The student should showcase and discuss their approach and experience in negotiating the research plan with their organisation partner. Please note that all students must upload their Powerpoint slides through Turnitin. Resources A template is provided for you to base your presentation on. A step-by-step guide for recording your presentation on Blackboard Collaborate is provided. Milestones By week 1 students would have been introduced to strategies to identify research problems. By week 2 students would have been introduced to a framework for structured research in organisations. By week 3 students would have a constructed knowledge of how to construct a literature review pertaining to a particular research problem. By week 4 students would have received a research proposal template. Students are encouraged to email their unit tutor if they require further assistance after exhausting all support materials present in the study guide. Assessment 3: Report Assessment 3 – Research Report Due: Sunday of Week 13 Length: 7000-7500 words Conditions: Individual Weighting: 50% Requirements Students are required to undertake a research project involving industry. After acquiring knowledge regarding how to conduct research, and possible problem spaces to research in, the student will be required to apply these skills in practice. The student should engage with an organisation to undertake this research project in. Students are required to present a final written report based off their research project. This should follow the generic structure outlined in the study guide (topics 9-10). The study guide corresponding to this unit, in combination with the lecture material and textbook have been designed to equip the student with everything that they need to undertake this work integrated learning research project.