Theme- The importance of contextualising approaches to talent management.
Learning Outcomes
1. Evaluate research methodologies and approaches as part of the research process.
2. Conduct and examine research relevant to a service industry research project.
3. Examine the outcomes of a service industry research project to identified stakeholders.
4. Demonstrate on the application of research methodologies and concepts.
Scenario and Activity
Talent management (TM) is the procedure through which business and organisation recognise and develop talented people who makes positive impact on their organisation and their productivity. It is not only important component of human resource management but also the responsibility of the leaders are all level to manage talent within the business, with the strategies that being developed for the particular needs and structure of the business and industry.
Staff retention, training and morale is very important in any industry, none more so than
in the hospitality and tourism sector where talented motivated employees
can help in differentiate one organisation from another and influence business. An increasing number of businesses are rethinking ways to get the
most from their staff. increasing costs, recruitment issues and changing
employee attitudes mean that, for many employers, the traditional
approaches to recruiting, training and retaining staff are being revisited to
harness and develop talent which ultimately helps in getting competitive advantage.
You are working as a consultant for a service industry consultancy company which is Neilosn company.
. The International Tourism Consultancy Associates (ITC-A) . You have been approached by an organisation in the
hospitality/travel and tourism sector to conduct research into a important area of
the industry and have been provided with a theme which will be the focus of
the research. The organisation have left it to you to decide what would be
appropriate to investigate in this area of and for you to choose the research
topic.
After identifying the research topic and objectives you will undertake the following steps and present your findings.
This will be presented in the report format.
- Complete a Literature Review ( Secondary Research)
You need to understand what the literature is related to the research objectives in respect to plan a research study to examine the phenomenon. Conduct a
literature review by using the range of sources relating to the topic.
Evaluate the validity and reliability of the sources with discussing current
understanding on the research topic.
In your report explain the sources of literature found and how they relate to the research topic. Your report should evaluate
literature in order to assess the validity of the literature in supporting the
research topic.
- Develop a project proposal for researching the research objective
identified.
Your research proposal need to identifies the purpose of the research project with
clear objectives and justifies the chosen research methods in context
of the research question.
Elaborate the ethical issues which will need to be considered and explore the
research methods and approaches used.
Prepare an action plan with target dates and methods for monitoring activities to ensure your meet the deadline for the final
written report.
- Carry out independent primary research
Design, implement, collect and analyse data. For instance, using a
survey/questionnaire/interview or other primary research technique to
collect data and then present and analyse results. Present your findings
using visual illustrations e.g. bar chart, pie charts and tables.
Your report will include the analysis of data and the benefits and
limitations of the research methods and approaches taken to data
collection.
- Communicate outcomes – Report
Create a report that provides valid recommendations for the
business organisation based on the analysis of the research both primary
and secondary. Your findings and outcomes must be based on the research
objectives and helps drawing your conclusions.
At last reflect how you have conducted the projects and the lessons learnt from it.
Guidance for writing the report.
Title page
Executive summary
- Summary of whole report with the purpose and methods used in reports.
Content page
Acknowledgements
Terms of references
Introduction
- background of subjects
- history of the problem and the situation and the key information of the organisation.
Methodology
- Evaluate briefly how the research was done and outline how the
data was collected.
put together your questionnaire or survey.
- Copies of questionnaires, interview questions with published documents that studies.
Result and findings.
Discussion on research finding
Conclusion.
Recommendations
Reflection
- Reflective statement on your experience- key questions for reflection
could be- was the research successful, did you achieve the objectives,
were you able to follow the research methodology, what have you generated and what would you change if you are to do it again.
Bibliography
Appendices
2000 words
Pass
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Merit
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distinction
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LO1 Examine research methodologies and
approaches as part of the research procedure.
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LO1 & LO2
D1Evaluate
research methodologies and
procedures in respect to a
travel and tourism research
project, to justify chosen
research
methods
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P1 Develop a research
proposal that defines
research question or
hypothesis, supported by a
literature review.
P2
Examine
relevant
research
methods
and
approaches to primary and
secondary research.
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M1
Evaluate
various
research approaches and
methodology, and make
justifications for the choice of
methods selected, based on
philosophical/theoretical
frameworks.
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LO2 Conduct and evaluate research suitable to a service
industry research project.
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P3 Conduct a research using suitable methods for travel and tourism research projects that consider costs, access and ethical issues.
P4 Implement tools and analyse research and finding data.
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M2 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages and pitfalls of approaches of data collection.
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LO3 Communicate the results of a service industry
research project to identified stakeholders.
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D2 Communicate analysis of the outcomes and
make
valid,
justified
recommendations.
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P5 Communicate research
outcomes for the intended
audience.
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M3 Coherently and logically
communicate outcomes to
the
intended
audience,
demonstrating
how
outcomes meet set research
objectives.
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LO4 Reflect on the application of research methodologies
and concepts.
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D3 Demonstrate reflection
and engagement in the
resource process, leading to
recommended actions for
future improvement.
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P6
Reflect
on
the
effectiveness of research
methods applied for
objectives of the travel and
tourism research project.
P7
Evaluate alternative
research methodologies and
lessons learnt in view of the
outcomes.
M4 Generate critical reflection
and insight that results in
recommended actions for
improvements and future
research considerations.
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