Assessment 3 Checklist SCU cover page is not required Title page (1 page)  An interesting, short and catchy title for your report  Add the name of your industry partner as part of the (sub) title  You can make up a name if you do not wish to disclose the name of your industry partner Executive summary (1 page)  This is the last task after you have completed your report  Keep it short and simple  Summarise the purpose of your research  Summarise the research approach/design/methods  Summarise the findings (dot points is fine, but write full sentences)  Summarise the implications/recommendations (dot points is fine, but write full sentences). Table of contents 1. Introduction and problem statement (20% of your total word count)  Introduction to topic  What real problem does your research seek to resolve?  Why is this problem such a big issue for your industry partner? Why is it important that you research it? Convince us that your project is important and that it will help your industry partner.  State the overall research aim/purpose based on this problem 2. Theoretical background – Literature review (10% of your total word count)  What have others found in this research space, or in similar research spaces?  Are results from previous studies helpful for your context? Do they adequately inform how the firm, region or sector can move forward? (the general assumption is that they don’t, and hence there is a GAP -> a need for your research)  What are the underlying theories that relate to this research space?  Link your literature review back to your problem space and use this as a foundation to formulate your research question and sub-questions. 3. Methodology (10% of your total word count)  Do not review all different methods available. Only provide an overview of YOUR research design.  Address nature of your research approach (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods).  Address methods of data collection/ your research tools (e.g. interviews, surveys, etc.).  Describe and justify your sample (who are your respondents/interviewees and how did you find them?).  Address methods of data analysis (e.g. thematic analysis, multivariate statistics, etc.)  Clearly and critically address ethical considerations. Are there any ethical issues you had to be mindful of (e.g. power relationship if you are interviewing your own team)? What impacts could your research have on the stakeholders involved in the process? How did you ensure that there was no risk to your participants/ the involved stakeholders? 4. Findings (40% of your total word count)  Structure your findings  Use figures, graphs, tables to visualise findings. Be creative! 5. Conclusions and recommendations (20% of your total word count)  Respond to research questions – how do your findings link back to your research questions? How do they help the industry partner resolve the pressing problem you identified in the beginning?  The most important question: So what? What implications does your research have? How can your industry partner implement your recommendations? Provide action plans, policy proposals, training documents, workflow models, etc. Be very specific! 6. List of References 7. Appendix