Research Title:

Introduction

Aim of the report / research (purpose of research?)

State the importance of the topic (Why have you chosen this topic?)
Briefly provide some background information
(This could be about chosen organisation of choice and the reason for choosing company. You could briefly mention here how this organisation relates to the topic of research).
Clarify the concept/ terminologies (briefly state how you intend on carrying out research (do not explain techniques or methods here).

Objectives of research
What is the question you want to answer? What do you want to find out?

List them.

Literature Review
In this section you should report the work that has already been done on your topic. Explain how other people’s research is relevant to yours.
Write in an analytical (essay) style. compare, and contrast the information you may find on the topic.
You can find the related literature on books, journals, official websites etc.

Methodologies

In this section you should clearly state how you carried out your investigation. You need to describe what you did to conduct your investigation and follow a step-by-step procedure of what you did.
Explain:
Primary data
Secondary data
Quantitative technique
Qualitative technique
Which of the above research methods will your research / report include?

The areas below will help you to complete this section.

How have you collected data / information for your research topic / area?
What are the sources of information?
E.g., Did you use online sources /books/ journals/ newspaper etc?
Are the data primary or secondary or both?
Are the data qualitative or quantitative or both?
State the benefits of your data / information collection methods.
E.g., If you collected information from books and journals; explain the
benefits.
If you collected secondary data; explain its benefits.

Limitations

State the limitations (if any) of your research. For e.g.
If you have only collected secondary data / information
If you have collected primary data, review how reliable this is. (refer to what the assignment task has suggested for your primary research)

Results and Discussion (E.g., from any data from Methodologies)
This is the section you interpret and explain your results, offering possible reasons as to why you got the findings you did, providing evidence to back up your explanations.
Present your finding of your research. You can use text, graphs, or diagrams. (graphs, pie or bar charts etc., can be put into Appendices. This is after your referencing list. However, you must let the reader know in this section they are there.)
Give each graph/table a title and provide a description of the information demonstrated.
Discuss what your findings mean by supporting the explanation with previous research.