Research Proposal Type: Report<\/p>\n
Challenge topic scenario : Food Waste
Australians waste four million tonnes of food each year. The Department of Environment has identified this as a key environmental issue. As a part of developing an integrated strategy, the Department is interested in influencing the behaviour of consumers to prevent avoidable food waste. The Department of Environment has asked you to investigate what factors influence consumer\u2019s level of food wastage.<\/p>\n
Decision maker: Australian Government Department of Environment Literature search on the area ( Australia, QLD)<\/p>\n Part A \u2013 Research Proposal ( marketing document, keep readers interested) 2000 1. Situation analysis 2. Literature review 3. Reference list 10-20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Research Proposal Type: Report Challenge topic scenario : Food Waste Australians waste four million tonnes of food each year. The Department of Environment has identified this as a key environmental issue. As a part of developing an integrated strategy, the Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Management problem \u2013 Australian food waste. How to reduce, prevent and influence consumer\u2019s level of food waste
Blogs: https:\/\/www.lunchalot.com\/foodwaste.php<\/a> https:\/\/www.environment.gov.au\/system\/files\/resources\/128a21f0-5f82-4a7db49c-ed0d2f6630c7\/files\/food-waste.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n
direction is given as follow. Or refer to the attached guideline up to slid 15.<\/p>\n
Provide overview of current situation and speaks to the final outcomes the company would like to achieve
Convince the client that you understand their situation and outline a plan
Introduction
Background information about the firm and the situation
Signal reader that you have a clearly defined problem that is important and worth pursuing
Problem statement
Specific info about the problem and demonstrate the first two levels of the question hierarchy
Management questions (use exploratory research \u2013 action oriented, represents decision that manager must take and is the problem prompting the research. Observe symptoms and define research problem
\u2022 Why is info being sought
\u2022 Can the question really be answered
\u2022 Does the info already exist
Research questions \u2013 restate management question, info to answer the research problem. Specific and unambiguous
Importance and benefits of the study
Clear statement of the importance of the study and the benefits that would be gained if the study were conducted. (specific benefits and possible broader outcomes)
Economic benefits
New insights
Superior effectiveness
Quality and innovation
Stress importance of the study<\/p>\n
Theoretical perspectives authors have used in the past
Conceptual definitions of the variables of the interest
Support for hypothesis or contradictory evidence
Descriptive, explanatory, exploratory studies<\/p>\n