Here are some ideas to help you get started with your final project. Find 10 articles related to the challenges and another 10 articles related to recommendations. For example:
Based on the topic you (and your team) selected, you (or a team member) can do the following:
IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES
Step 1: Find 10 articles related to the topic to finding the challenges to sustain growth.
Table 1: SUMMARY OF ARTICLES ON CHALLENGES FOR MANAGING PANDEMICS AT THE WORKPLACE
Author, Year
Title of Article
Research Problem
Research Design
Measurement & Scaling
Questionnaire Design
Sampling
Findings
Step 2: From the summary of findings of 10 articles from Table 1, classify the challenges into categories such as show in Table 2.
Table 2: IDENTIFIED CHALLENGES FOR MANAGING PANDEMICS AT THE WORKPLACE
Author, Year
FINANCIAL
COMPETITION
CUSTOMER PREFERENCES
Investment cost
Access to loans
Talent
Competitive Advantage
Millennials
National Pride
Fusion Foods
IDENTIFYING RECOMMENDATIONS
Step 1: Find 10 articles related to the finding the recommendations to sustain growth.
Table 3: SUMMARY OF ARTICLES ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MANAGING PANDEMICS AT THE WORKPLACE
Author, Year
Title of Article
Research Problem
Research Design
Measurement & Scaling
Questionnaire Design
Sampling
Findings
Step 2: From the summary of findings of 10 articles from Table 3, classify the recommendations into categories such as show in Table 4.
Table 4: IDENTIFIED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MANAGING PANDEMICS AT THE WORKPLACE
Author, Year
Recommendation Category 1
Recommendation Category 2
Recommendation Category 3
Below is a different example, one that focuses on identifying the measurements of loyalty. Note there are two main categories of brand loyalty measures: behavioural and attitudinal.
Table 5: Loyalty Measures by Research Frequency
Year
Author
Behavioural Measures
Attitudinal Measures
Conative
Amount
Repurchase
Retention
Recency
Frequency
Sequence
Probability
Longevity
Advocacy
Satisfaction
Committed
Affective
Switching cost
1990
Hart et al.
X
1991
Aaker
X
X
X
1995
Jones & Sasser
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
1996
Meellens
X
X
X
X
1997
Oliver
X
X
1999
Sheth et al.
X
X
2000
Cuccia
X
X
2000
Stone et al.
X
X
X
2000
Hill & Alexander
X
X
2000
East et al.
X
X
X
X
2001
Julander & Soderlund
X
2001
Zins
X
2002
Vazquez et al.
X
2002
Coyles & Gokey
X
2002
Olsen
X
X
2004
Novo
X
X
X
2004
Garland & Gendall
X
X
2005
Rundle-Thiele
X
X
2006
Soderlund
X
X
X
Total
9
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
9
5
3
3
2
Percentage
47
16
16
16
11
11
5
5
5
47
26
16
16
11
You can sort the findings by frequency and percentage of concurrences among authors.
If you start collecting the information now, you will have a clearer idea how to finish your assignment. Start now.
As secondary data research is existing information, you should start gathering the data from the start of the semester.
