Hospitality Management Assignment Brief 1. Theresearchmustbefocusedonabusinessormanagementproblem/issue (oropportunity)foraspecificorganisation. Theintroductiontotheresearch report needsto presentsomegoodsupporting evidenceofthis(e.g. ifthe researchisaboutstaff absenteeism,whatistheabsenteeismratein thechosen organisation?how doesitcomparewiththesectoraverage?hasitbeen increasing?what problems/costshaveresulted?). 2. Theresearchreport mustincludeprimary data(i.e.datathatyouhavecollected andanalysed). Itisstrongly recommendedthatyouuseeither aquestionnaire survey orsemi-structuredinterviews. Ifcarryingoutaquestionnairesurvey,the minimumnumberofcompletedquestionnairestobeanalysedshouldbe20,but itwouldbepreferabletocollect more– 40- 60wouldbegood. Ifdoingsemi- structured interviews,theresearchshouldbe based on atleastfourinterviews, eachlastingaround15-20minutes.Primary datacanbecollectedfromstaff and/ormanagerswithinanorganisation,ifyouhaveaccess,orfromcustomers ofanorganisation(asurveydoesnotrequiretheorganisation’spermissionifit is carried outonthepavementoutsidethepremises). 3. […]