Research Articles Base: Data Analysis

STRATEGIES USED BY PRINCIPALS IN MANAGING CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN SCHOOLS RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Title             The proposed title for the study is STRATEGIES USED BY PRINCIPALS IN MANAGING CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN SCHOOLS. This paper will show the different methodologies, approaches and instruments to be used in order to achieve the goals and objectives of the future study. Background of the Study/Literature Review             There is no doubt that globalization had affected each and every industry and sector in the world. Currently, you will observe an office or classroom full of varied cultures and nationalities. Diversity in classroom means that the students come from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, may speak a first language other than English, and may have a variety of learning abilities and learning styles (Firtzhugh cited in Ryan and Cooper, 2008).             It is important to take note that cultural diversity inside the classroom is vitally significant, because it enables the students to have an open mind towards different experience. Students will be able to improve their experience inside the classroom because of variety of cultures surrounding them. This is because it can help them to learn about the different cultures, which help them, not only to be informed about their differences in terms of beliefs and notions, but it will also help them in their future experiences and encounters of other cultures, thus the bottom line, is they will be able to learn to respect.             However, it offers different risks and problems for the teachers or instructors, because different cultures will automatically means different types of learning, which will challenge the curriculum. Aims and Objectives             The main aim of the study is to evaluate the strategies that are used by the principals in order to manage cultural diversity in schools. In line with this the following are the specific objectives of the study: ·         to analyze the common impact of cultural diversity in schools; ·         to evaluate the influence of cultural diversity if not properly managed inside the school; and ·         to assess the advantages and disadvantages of strategies being used by principals in order to manage cultural diversity in schools. Methodologies The research study to be used in the proposed study will be descriptive method. According to Creswell (1994) it intends to present facts about the nature and status of a situation as it exists at the time of the study. In addition, it also concerns with the relationships and practices that exist, beliefs and processes that are ongoing, effects that are being felt or trends that are developing (Best 1970). Therefore, it can be helpful in order to describe the current conditions and situations based on the impressions and perceptions of the respondents of the study (Creswell 1994). Both qualitative and quantitative data will be gathered for this study. This is to ensure that both non-statistical and statistical data will be used in order to support the findings and result of the study.   Data Collection Surveys will be implemented in the study. Surveys are the most common form of research method for collection of primary data (Commonwealth of Learning, 2000). One of its purpose is to describe, e.g., to count the frequency of some event or to assess the distribution of some variables such as proportion of the population of different age groups, sex, religion, castes and languages, knowledge, attitude and adaption of practices about particular issues, and other information of similar nature about the population (Commonwealth of Learning, 2000). Survey interview and questionnaire will be used in this study, which will be used in order to gather primary data. On the other hand, secondary data will be gathered from different online libraries and databases which include BMJ, EMERALD, SCIENCE DIRECT, EBSCO, QUESTIA and GOOGLE BOOK. Sample Population             The target sample for the study is 50 principals in elementary and secondary level of education.    Data Analysis The data results of the study will be analyzed by determining their corresponding frequency, percentage and weighted mean. The following statistical formulas will be used: 1.     Percentage – to determine the magnitude of the responses to the questionnaire.             n % = ——– x 100        ;           n – number of responses             N                                 N – total number of respondents 2.     Weighted Mean             f1x1 + f2x2 + f3x3 + f4x4 + f5x5 x= ———————————————;                         xt where:            f – weight given to each response                         x – number of responses                         xt – total number of responses   References Best, J. W. (1970). Research in Education, 2nd Ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, Inc.   Commonwealth of Learning. (2000). Manual for Educational Media            Researchers: Knowing your Audience. Vancouver, Canada:   Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA).   Creswell, J.W. (1994). Research design. Qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.   Ryan, K. and Cooper, J. (2008). Those who can, teach. Cengage Learning.   Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

STRATEGIES USED BY PRINCIPALS IN MANAGING CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN SCHOOLS RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Title The proposed title for the study is STRATEGIES USED BY PRINCIPALS IN MANAGING CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN SCHOOLS . This pap...

Solid Waste Disposal Research Proposal

Title             The proposed title for the study is Solid Waste Disposal. This paper will show the information about the future research, at the same time, focus on the different methods and approaches to be applied in order to make the study successful.   Problem of the Study             Most human activities create waste, and it is the way this waste is handled, stored, collected and disposed of, that can pose risks to the environment and to public health (Zhu et al., 2008). Rapid urbanization and industrialization in India has resulted in over-stressing of urban infrastructure services including municipal solid waste management services. Civic bodies are facing considerable difficulties in providing adequate services such as supply of water, electricity, roads, and public sanitation, including municipal solid waste management (MSWM).   Aims and Objectives             The main aim of the study is to analyze and evaluate the solid waste disposal. In line with this, the following are the specific objectives: ·         To evaluate the different important aspect of solid waste disposal; ·         To assess the importance of solid waste disposal; ·         To present and recommend different actions to improve solid waste disposal.   Methodology Descriptive method will be used in the study. According to Creswell (1994) it can help in order to show the different facts that are connected with the nature of the status of the current problem or condition as it happens at the time of the study. This is the reason why, it is considered as one of the most applied methodology in most studies. Furthermore, it will also be helpful in order to offer logical use in the studies which focus on dissemination of information, at the same time, it can help in order to investigate based on normative standards. It will be helpful in order to focus on the practices which exist, beliefs and processes that are currently going on and the effects that are being felt and experienced, together with the trends that re currently developing (Best, 1907).   Data Collection Survey questionnaire will be used in order to gather primary data from the respondents. Likert scales will be used, where in the respondents will be asked to rate the level of their agreements towards the statements given. This will also be advantageous because it will make filling up questionnaire a lot easier and faster. The equivalent weights of the answers are: Range                                               Interpretation 4.50 – 5.00                             Strongly Agree 3.50 – 4. 49                            Agree 2.50 – 3.49                             Uncertain 1.50 – 2.49                             Disagree 0.00 – 1.49                             Strongly Disagree Data Analysis All of the data will be evaluated with the use of SPSS software. Thus, in order to come up with the results and findings of the study, frequency, percentage and weighted mean will be calculated. The following are the formulas to be used: 1.      Percentage – will be calculated in order to determine the magnitude of the responses to the questionnaire (Research Methods Knowledge Base, n.d.). 2.      Weighted Mean References Best, J. W. (1970). Research in Education, 2nd Ed. Englewood Cliffs. N.J.: Prentice Hall, Inc. Creswell, J.W. (1994). Research design. Qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.     Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

Solid Waste Disposal Research Proposal

Title The proposed title for the study is Solid Waste Disposal. This paper will show the information about the future resear...

Research Project on Human Performance

Unit 5 – Analyzing Data Discussion Board Research Project on Human Performance             The selected topic is the preferred teaching methods and styles of online instructors and the problem is comparing these methods and styles to support implications on student performance. Teaching methods and styles target different learning objectives for students and the selection of the effective teaching methods and styles should align with the target of the course handled by an instructor (Gay, Mills & Airasian, 2005).             The statement of the problem is as follows. The processes or tools involved in teaching affects the performance of students in class. This is so in face-to-face learning. While this is also true for online learning, the technological context led to the development of various teaching tools and methods addressing different learning objectives. Teachers in online learning have different teaching tools and methods to choose from and the selection should consider the online learning environment and the learning objectives as contextual considerations.             The rationale for the research is the comparison of the teaching methods and tools employed by online instructors and determine implications on student performance and the requirements of the course or course objectives. Results should determine the teaching tools and methods that result in the best student performance and the tools and methods requiring improvement given the requirements of the course and learning objectives (Towne, Wise & Winters, 2004).             Although many studies focus on the evaluation of the use and effectiveness of different teaching tools and methods, there is limited knowledge on the similarities and differences in the tools and methods employed by the online instructors. Educational institutions provide guidelines in teaching tools but leave the selection and delivery of these tools and methods to the instructors so that learning from different instructors of the same source could lead to different student performance.             The target audience for the research is the educational institution developing the curriculum and teaching standards together with teachers of online course in education. Students also comprise a secondary audience for the research.             Approaching the topic through a quantitative or qualitative study has advantages and disadvantages. Using a quantitative study would provide measurable data to support a comparative study and the link between teaching tools and methods with student performance. However, focusing on measurable data would be at the cost of obtaining descriptions of the experiences of teachers with different online teaching tools and methods and the selection of particular methods. Using a qualitative study would derive information on the perspective of teachers over the selection of particular methods to explain or even justify the use of particular methods. However, this is not sufficient to achieve a comparison of teaching tools and methods to determine relative effectiveness in affecting student performance. (Creswell, 2003) This means the selection of one approach or the mixed method could be an option.             Ethical considerations in conducting the proposed project include maintaining confidentiality of the respondents to ensure voluntary participation in the study. Another ethical issue is ensuring objectivity in the data collection and analysis methods by following the research plan and research standards. (Creswell, 2003)   References Creswell, J. W. (2003). Research design: Qualitative and quantitative           approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Gay, L., Mills, G., & Airasian, P. (2005). Educational research: competencies for analysis and applications (8th ed.). New York: Prentice Hall. Towne, L., Wise, L., & Winters, T. (2004). Advancing scientific research in education. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.   Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

Research Project on Human Performance

Unit 5 – Analyzing Data Discussion Board Research Project on Human Performance The selected topic is the preferred teachin...

IMPACT OF WORKING CAPITAL IN EATERY FIRMS RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Title                 The title of the study is IMPACT OF WORKING CAPITAL IN EATERY FIRMS. This paper will show the different approaches, methodologies and instruments to be used in order t meet the objectives and goals of the future study.   Background/Literature Review Working capital management is important because of its effects on the firm’s profitability and risk, and consequently its value (Smith, 1980). Specifically, working capital investment involves a tradeoff between profitability and risk. Decisions that tend to increase profitability tend to increase risk, and, conversely, decisions that focus on risk reduction will tend to reduce potential profitability. Gitman (1974) argued that the cash conversion cycle was a key factor in working capital management. Actually, decisions about how much to invest in the customer and inventory accounts, and how much credit to accept from suppliers, are reflected in the firm’s cash conversion cycle, which represents the average number of days between the date when the firm must start paying its suppliers and the date when it begins to collect payments from its customers. Previous studies have used measures based on the cash conversion cycle to analyze whether shortening this cycle has positive or negative effects on the firm’s profitability. Empirical evidence relating working capital management and profitability in general supports the fact that aggressive working capital policies enhance profitability (Jose et al., 1996; Shin and Soenen, 1998; for US companies; Deloof, 2003; for Belgian firms; Wang (2002) for Japanese and Taiwanese firms). This suggests that reducing working capital investment is likely to lead to higher profits. The working capital meets the short-term financial requirements of a business enterprise. It is a trading capital, not retained in the business in a particular form for longer than a year. The money invested in it changes form and substance during the normal course of business operations. The need for maintaining an adequate working capital can hardly be questioned. Just as circulation of blood is very necessary in the human body to maintain life, the flow of funds is very necessary to maintain business. If it becomes weak, the business can hardly prosper and survive. Working capital starvation is generally credited as a major cause if not the major cause of small business failure in many developed and developing countries (Rafuse, 1996). The success of a firm depends ultimately, on its ability to generate cash receipts in excess of disbursements. The cash flow problems of many small businesses are exacerbated by poor financial management and in particular the lack of planning cash requirements (Jarvis et al, 1996).   Methodology Descriptive method will be used in the study. According to Creswell (1994) it can help in order to show the different facts that are connected with the nature of the status of the current problem or condition as it happens at the time of the study. This is the reason why, it is considered as one of the most applied methodology in most studies. Furthermore, it will also be helpful in order to offer logical use in the studies which focus on dissemination of information, at the same time, it can help in order to investigate based on normative standards. It will be helpful in order to focus on the practices which exist, beliefs and processes that are currently going on and the effects that are being felt and experienced, together with the trends that re currently developing (Best, 1907).   Data Collection Survey questionnaire will be used in order to gather primary data from the respondents. Likert scales will be used, where in the respondents will be asked to rate the level of their agreements towards the statements given. This will also be advantageous because it will make filling up questionnaire a lot easier and faster. The equivalent weights of the answers are: Range                                      Interpretation 4.50 – 5.00                                         Strongly Agree 3.50 – 4. 49                                        Agree 2.50 – 3.49                                         Uncertain 1.50 – 2.49                                          Disagree 0.00 – 1.49                                          Strongly Disagree Data Analysis All of the data will be evaluated with the use of SPSS software. Thus, in order to come up with the results and findings of the study, frequency, percentage and weighted mean will be calculated. The following are the formulas to be used: 1.        Percentage – will be calculated in order to determine the magnitude of the responses to the questionnaire (Research Methods Knowledge Base, n.d.).         2.       Weighted Mean References Best, J. W. (1970). Research in Education, 2nd Ed. Englewood Cliffs. N.J.: Prentice Hall, Inc. Creswell, J.W. (1994). Research design. Qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. Deloof, M. (2003), “Does working capital management affect profitability of Belgian firms?”, Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, Vol. 30 pp.573-87. Gitman, L.J. (1974), “Estimating corporate liquidity requirements: a simplified approach”, The Financial Review, Vol. 9 pp.79-88. Jarvis, R., Kitching, J., Curran, J. and Lightfoot, G. 1996., “The Financial Management of Small Firms: An Alternative Perspective”, ACCA Research Report No. 49 Jose, M.L., Lancaster, C., Stevens, J.L. (1996), “Corporate return and cash conversion cycle”, Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 20 pp.33-46. Rafuse, M. E. 1996. “Working Capital Management: An Urgent Need to Refocus”,  Journal of Management Decision, Vol. 34 No 2, pp. 59-63 Shin, H.H., Soenen, L. (1998), “Efficiency of working capital and corporate profitability”, Financial Practice and Education, Vol. 8 pp.37-45. Smith, K. (1980), “Profitability versus liquidity tradeoffs in working capital management”, in Smith, K.V. (Eds),Readings on the Management of Working Capital, West Publishing Company, St Paul, MN, pp.549-62. Wang, Y.J. (2002), “Liquidity management, operating performance, and coroporate value: evidence from Japan and Taiwan”, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Vol. 12 pp.159-69.   Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

IMPACT OF WORKING CAPITAL IN EATERY FIRMS RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Title The title of the study is IMPACT OF WORKING CAPITAL IN EATERY FIRMS. This paper will show the different approache...

A Research Proposal: To Investigate the Importance of Customer Relationship in the Retail Market – A Case of Watsons Health and Beauty Service

Title             The proposed title for the study is To Investigate the Importance of Customer Relationship in the Retail Market – A Case of Watsons Health and Beauty Service. This paper will show the different methods and approaches to be applied and implemented in order to meet the objectives of the proposed study.   Background of the Company Watsons Personal Care Stores (Phils.) Inc. is part of the Health and Beauty Store chain of A.S Watson, the largest health, beauty, cosmetics, and perfumery retailer in the world. Today, Watsons H&B Asia is the leading health and beauty chain in the continent with successful operations in 9 markets (Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines). In 2002, A.S. Watson Group joined hands with SM Prime Holdings Inc., the Philippines’ leading shopping mall developer. The partnership brought about the first Watsons stores in SM Megamall and The Podium (Ortigas). Today, Watsons operates 170 stores in the Philippines serving more than 100,000 customers per day. Watsons strives to ensure that their customers get the best value for their money through monthly promotions, special offers, and continuous consumer marketing programs. Each Watsons store houses nothing but the best brands from top manufacturers all over the world and also carries its own competitively priced, high quality private labels and brands. With more than 1000 brands ranging from medicines, cosmetics, and fragrances to personal care items and general merchandise, Watsons Your Personal Store delivers only the best health, wellness, and beauty solutions to each and every customer (http://www.watsons.com.ph/web/ph/aboutus).   Literature Review With an ever-increasing competition for marketing dominance, many firms have utilized the customer relationship management (CRM) system for improved business intelligence, better decision making, enhanced customer relations, and good quality of services and product offerings. The underpinning of the customer-oriented managing concept is that identification and satisfaction of customer needs lead to improved customer retention, which is based on corporate profitability (Day, 1994 and Sivadas and Baker-Prewitt, 2000). They recognize the CRM system could carry into the foreseeable future of hyper-competition, and try to implement off-the-shelf CRM solutions for CRM planning as is done for enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, e-commerce systems, and advanced database systems (Holland and Light, 1999 and Shao and Lin, 2002).   Aims and Objectives             The main aim of the study is to investigate the importance of customer relationship in the retail market. In line with this the following are the specific objectives of the study: ·         To assess the current customer relationship activities in Watsons; ·         To evaluate the different procedures and processes involved in customer relationship; and ·         To recommend actions and strategies to be implemented in order to ensure competitive advantage in the retail market.   Methodology Descriptive method will be used in the study. According to Creswell (1994) it can help in order to show the different facts that are connected with the nature of the status of the current problem or condition as it happens at the time of the study. This is the reason why, it is considered as one of the most applied methodology in most studies. Furthermore, it will also be helpful in order to offer logical use in the studies which focus on dissemination of information, at the same time, it can help in order to investigate based on normative standards. It will be helpful in order to focus on the practices which exist, beliefs and processes that are currently going on and the effects that are being felt and experienced, together with the trends that re currently developing (Best, 1907).     Sampling             The target population is 20 employees, staffs and managers or supervisors of 1 branch of Watson.   Data Collection Survey questionnaire will be used in order to gather primary data from the respondents. Likert scales will be used, where in the respondents will be asked to rate the level of their agreements towards the statements given. This will also be advantageous because it will make filling up questionnaire a lot easier and faster. The equivalent weights of the answers are:    Range                                Interpretation 4.50 – 5.00                             Strongly Agree 3.50 – 4. 49                Agree 2.50 – 3.49                             Uncertain 1.50 – 2.49                             Disagree 0.00 – 1.49                             Strongly Disagree     Data Analysis All of the data will be evaluated with the use of SPSS software. Thus, in order to come up with the results and findings of the study, frequency, percentage and weighted mean will be calculated. The following are the formulas to be used: 1.      Percentage – will be calculated in order to determine the magnitude of the responses to the questionnaire (Research Methods Knowledge Base, n.d.). 2.      Weighted Mean     References Best, J. W. (1970). Research in Education, 2nd Ed. Englewood Cliffs. N.J.: Prentice Hall, Inc. Creswell, J.W. (1994). Research design. Qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. G.S. Day, The capabilities of market-driven organizations, Journal of Marketing 58 (1994) (4), pp. 37–52. E. Sivadas and J.L. Baker-Prewitt, An examination of the relationship between service quality, customer satisfaction, and store loyalty, International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management 28 (2000) (2), pp. 73–82. C.R. Holland and B. Light, A critical success factors model for ERP implementation, IEEE Software 16 (1999) (3), pp. 30–36. B.B.M. Shao and W.T. Lin, Technical efficiency analysis of information technology investments: A two-stage empirical investigation, Information and Management 39 (2002) (5), pp. 391–401.   Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

A Research Proposal: To Investigate the Importance of Customer Relationship in the Retail Market – A Case of Watsons Health and Beauty Service

Title The proposed title for the study is To Investigate the Importance of Customer Relationship in the Retail Market – A C...

Research proposal on the effect of Time Management in an organisation

Title             The title for the proposed study is THE EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT IN AN ORGANISATION. This paper will present the different methods, approaches and instruments to be used in order to implement the study successfully in the future. Background of the Study/Literature Review The saying “Time is money while effectiveness is life” has been accepted by more and more people. Time is a special and rare resource (Drucker, 1985), therefore, there is a close relationship between how to use time effectively and everyone’s work, study and life. Time is a major organizational resource. The effective exploitation and utilization of time has a positive effect on the regular function and development of an organization (Schriber and Gutek, 1987). Management activity consists of five main factors: goal, human, environment, time and information. Time management is a major element of organizational and individual management. How to effectively exploit and utilize time resource connects closely with the chairman of the board, general manager and even down to every grass-roots worker. What is more, the crucial importance of a manager and the typical characters of their work – diversity, complexity and flexibility – gives special importance to time management of different levels and makes it the premise of the whole management activities and the base for working effectiveness. Effectiveness of a manager’s work plays the most important role in an organization’s existence, development and prosperity. Aims and Objectives             The main aim of the study is to analyse the effect of time management in an organization. In line with this, the following are the specific objectives of the study: ·         To define what is time management; ·         To evaluate the importance of time management in an organization; and ·         To recommend actions for time management inside the organization. Methodology Descriptive method will be used in the study. According to Creswell (1994) it can help in order to show the different facts that are connected with the nature of the status of the current problem or condition as it happens at the time of the study. This is the reason why, it is considered as one of the most applied methodology in most studies. Furthermore, it will also be helpful in order to offer logical use in the studies which focus on dissemination of information, at the same time, it can help in order to investigate based on normative standards. It will be helpful in order to focus on the practices which exist, beliefs and processes that are currently going on and the effects that are being felt and experienced, together with the trends that re currently developing (Best, 1907). Sampling             The target population will be 150 managers and supervisors from different organizations.   Data Collection Survey questionnaire will be used in order to gather primary data from the respondents. Likert scales will be used, where in the respondents will be asked to rate the level of their agreements towards the statements given. This will also be advantageous because it will make filling up questionnaire a lot easier and faster.   The equivalent weights of the answers are:    Range                                Interpretation 4.50 – 5.00                             Strongly Agree 3.50 – 4. 49                Agree 2.50 – 3.49                             Uncertain 1.50 – 2.49                             Disagree 0.00 – 1.49                             Strongly Disagree   Data Analysis All of the data will be evaluated with the use of SPSS software. Thus, in order to come up with the results and findings of the study, frequency, percentage and weighted mean will be calculated. The following are the formulas to be used: 1.      Percentage – will be calculated in order to determine the magnitude of the responses to the questionnaire (Research Methods Knowledge Base, n.d.). 2.      Weighted Mean     References Best, J. W. (1970). Research in Education, 2nd Ed. Englewood Cliffs. N.J.: Prentice Hall, Inc. Creswell, J.W. (1994). Research design. Qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. Drucker, P.F (1985), The Effective Executive, QiuShi Press, Beijing. Schriber, J.B., Gutek, B.A (1987), “Some time dimensions of work: measurement of an underlying aspect of organization culture”, Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 72 pp.642-50. Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

Research proposal on the effect of Time Management in an organisation

Title The title for the proposed study is THE EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT IN AN ORGANISATION. This paper will present the dif...

Research proposal on Impact of workplace motivation on employee performance in Ghana

Title             The proposed title for the study is Impact of workplace motivation on employee performance in Ghana. This paper will show the different methods, approaches and instruments to be used in order to ensure that the objectives of the study will be met.   Background of the Study/Literature Review Motivation at work has been an accepted area of literature for a long time, particularly from the 1930s and on wards (Lee-Ross 2002). Motivation is defined as the process of gratifying the internal needs of individuals via actions and behaviors. It focuses on the complexity of mental and physical drives, joint with the environment which makes the people perform the way they do (p. 55). Robert Dubin described motivation as the force which moves the person to action, and enables him to continue in the course of action that has already been initiated (cited in Kumar & Sharma 2001). Therefore, without motivation, employee or worker will not contribute to the success of performance of the organization (Agrawal 1995). Employee needs the skills, knowledge and capabilities in order to acquire the results according to the requirements of the organization. However, it is also vital for them to have the will to achieve the said results. The degree of motivation of the employees is connected to their level of commitment towards their work and determination to work based on high standards (Pergamon Flexible Learning 2005).   Aims and Objectives             The main aim of the study is to investigate the impact of workplace motivation on employee performance in Ghana. In line with this the following are the specific objectives of the study: ·         To evaluate the different factors which affect the performance of employees; ·         To assess the different factors that motivate employees in Ghana; ·         To assess how motivation affect motivation of an employee; and ·         To recommend actions and strategies to be implemented in order to enhance and maintain motivation inside the working environment in Ghana.   Methodology Descriptive method will be used in the study. According to Creswell (1994) it can help in order to show the different facts that are connected with the nature of the status of the current problem or condition as it happens at the time of the study. This is the reason why, it is considered as one of the most applied methodology in most studies. Furthermore, it will also be helpful in order to offer logical use in the studies which focus on dissemination of information, at the same time, it can help in order to investigate based on normative standards. It will be helpful in order to focus on the practices which exist, beliefs and processes that are currently going on and the effects that are being felt and experienced, together with the trends that re currently developing (Best, 1907).   Sampling             The target population is 300 employees from different sectors and industries in Ghana. They will be chosen in random selection process.     Data Collection Survey questionnaire will be used in order to gather primary data from the respondents. Likert scales will be used, where in the respondents will be asked to rate the level of their agreements towards the statements given. This will also be advantageous because it will make filling up questionnaire a lot easier and faster.   The equivalent weights of the answers are:    Range                                Interpretation 4.50 – 5.00                             Strongly Agree 3.50 – 4. 49                Agree 2.50 – 3.49                             Uncertain 1.50 – 2.49                             Disagree 0.00 – 1.49                             Strongly Disagree      Data Analysis All of the data will be evaluated with the use of SPSS software. Thus, in order to come up with the results and findings of the study, frequency, percentage and weighted mean will be calculated. The following are the formulas to be used: 1.      Percentage – will be calculated in order to determine the magnitude of the responses to the questionnaire (Research Methods Knowledge Base, n.d.). 2.      Weighted Mean   References Agrawal, P K 1995, Motivation and Indian Bureaucracy, M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. Best, J. W. (1970). Research in Education, 2nd Ed. Englewood Cliffs. N.J.: Prentice Hall, Inc. Creswell, J.W. (1994). Research design. Qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. Lee-Ross, D 2002, ‘An Exploratory Study of Work Motivation Among Private and Public Sector Hospital Chefs in Australia’, Journal of Management Development, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 576 – 588. Pergamon Flexible Learning 2005, Managing for Results, Elsevier.   Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

Research proposal on Impact of workplace motivation on employee performance in Ghana

Title The proposed title for the study is Impact of workplace motivation on employee performance in Ghana. This paper will ...