Hospitality research

Hospitality research Order Description Assessment Overview. Students should where possible conduct a research project in the hospitality/tourism industry in groups of no more than 3. If they can mount a convincing case, students can do the project individually at their workplace. They must provide a letter from their employer permitting the research to be conducted at the workplace. If they are unable to complete an industry based project they could survey the other students at HKUE on a topic, after consultation with their lecturer. Students must design and implement a questionnaire/survey of no more than 20 questions to give to respondents. They must analyse the data both qualitatively and quantitatively. It is not a serious stats based subject so the quantitative analysis need only include basic statistical interpretation e.g mean, median, mode and standard deviation (of ages of respondents or other variable). Students should be given time in the first class to discuss what their research project might be. A decision on the project should be made by the third class at the very latest. Students should be advised that to complete a research project in fewer than 10 weeks would be very difficult. There must be an equal contribution by each group member if students complete research in groups, this needs to be closely monitored. Survey questions – please have a look at the following question. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3iv-YIp_ZAGg1gZk8jV7xkBOXUdP_r4ghSoZYlk1JDlqsuA/viewform?c=0&w=1 HMD203/BUS210 Research Proposal Purpose: Proposing a research project that will be useful and worthwhile Developing a plan for you to follow Ensuring that it is achievable Identifying the strengths and weaknesses of group members Format: 1. Introduction – outline the background to your research, identify why it is important for this research to take place. 2. Aims of the research – State clearly the objectives of the research. What will be achieved. Describe the significance of the proposed research. Who might it assist? 3. Give a synopsis of the literature surrounding the topic. This will be expanded upon in your final paper. 4. Provide a plan of the proposed research and prepare a plan b in case things go wrong. a. Discuss why you are using a certain methodology. b. How will the data be collected and analysed? c. Provide the question(s) you are asking. State the hypothesis if relevant. d. If your research is going to be done in stages explain how this will be done and who is going to do it. e. Are there any limitations that will present difficulties in your proposed research. f. Are there any resources you need? g. Provide references.