Business Research Design - Assignment

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Project objectives...............................................................................................................................3
Project scope......................................................................................................................................4
Summary of Literature review...............................................................................................................4
Literature gap....................................................................................................................................5
Justification of research problem.......................................................................................................6
Research questions/Hypothesis..........................................................................................................6
Research Design and Methodology.......................................................................................................6
Qualitative research...........................................................................................................................7
Quantitative research.........................................................................................................................8
Research limitation..........................................................................................................................11
Time schedule......................................................................................................................................12
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................12
References...........................................................................................................................................14
Appendix.............................................................................................................................................16
Time schedule......................................................................................................................................16

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Introduction
Cloud storage could be determined as the technique by which information is effectively
maintained together with managing backup facilitates to the business and individuals.
Through this, organization or individuals would be capable to manage storage file by an
online mechanism (Chang, et al., 2016). In the current scenario, the organization has focused
on making the effective decision to sustain the business in the competitive market. In
addition, it can also be examined that higher intervention considers the use of distinguishing
marginalities that could be signified with cloud-based structures required for the organization
in the targeted time period (Chang, 2015). In addition, it can also be evaluated that cloud
services could be used to balance the whole process of business and obtain higher
competitive benefits in the least time and cost. It could also be supportive for collecting the
primary aspects of the business and manage the circumstances and business ideas. It is also
analyzed that organization could consider many techniques before implementing it in the
business process caused of getting a positive response in the outcome. Moreover, it can also
be examined that research scholar will be enabled to underpin the understanding towards the
advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing in the business performance. It could
influence the performance of the business in the least time and cost (Avram, 2014).
Project objectives
This report mainly concentrates on addressing advantages and disadvantages of cloud
computing in the business performance. The research will attain the following project
objectives to attain research aim:
 To determine the usability of the cloud storage perspectives and services
 To underpin the bandwidth for avoiding different emailing files to the respective
individuals

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 To determine the accessibility regarding the files those have been stored for entailing
business function from any respective areas
 To evaluate how the disaster recovery can be made from persuading business
importance in this global era.
Project scope
This research proposal enables the research scholar to comprehend the cloud computing
practices. It facilitates to gain their awareness about advantages and disadvantages of using
cloud computing in the business performance. This research report could enable the
organization to get higher competitive benefits caused by getting higher understanding
towards the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing in the business performance.
Summary of Literature review
It can be summarized that cloud computing could support to manage the storage of
information by considering the online mechanism in specified time and cost. Consequently,
company would be able to make a huge amount of profit in targeted time and cost. In
addition, it can also be examined that organization use cloud computing and determine
required activities to operate the business and obtain reliable outcome (Oliveira, et al., 2014).
In addition, it can also be summarized that outsourcing could support organization to make an
effective business decision as it would support to improve the efficiency of the firm at least
time and cost. It could aid the organization to secure storage of organization data and make
an appropriate decision for getting higher success. It can also be illustrated that the cloud
computing can assist an organization to assist the company to secure stored information of
the organization. It would support to effectively operate business function and obtain reliable
outcome (Hashem, et al., 2015). Thus, it can also be examined that outsourcing business
function could support to retain the image of the organization. It would also enable the
organization to deal with the managerial issue and obtain reliable outcome (Gangwar, et al.,

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2015). In addition, it can also be examined that internet could directly influence the business
growth hence, organization gain their understanding about the application of online technique
as it would be imperative for enhancing the profitability of the company. It would also
support the company to effectively manage online data and get a reliable outcome. In
addition, it can also be illustrated that the distribution of storage could be imperative to get a
positive outcome. Thus, it can be said that organization could be able to make reliable
outcome (Rittinghouse and Ransome, 2016). The organization could enable the
representatives to put their adequate information by considering the online instrument in an
appropriate manner. This, it can also be examined that the organization could use different
approaches by considering the cloud computing method and secure the confidential data of
organization in limited time and cost (Oredo and Njihia, 2014). Besides this, It can also be
examined that could computing could eliminate possibilities of opportunities in the business
that could negatively impact on the overall growth of the organization. In addition, it can also
be illustrated that the cloud computing could negatively impact on the organizational
performance by creating many possibilities like thrift of data manipulation, lack of data
security, and fraud (Chang and Ramachandran, 2016). Hence, it can be examined that the
software data manipulation could directly influence the image of the organization in the least
time and cost. Thus, it can be said that the organization should focus on the cloud computing
at the time of implementing it in the business operation due to getting a positive response
(Sultan, 2014).
Literature gap
Under this literature review, a researcher focuses on the disadvantages and advantages of
cloud computing on the business performance. Furthermore, this literature review enables the
researcher as well as a reader to gain their practical understanding of disadvantages and

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advantages of cloud computing. For this research, the researcher has selected lower sample
sized due to the few people of interest in the specified research.
Justification of research problem
In the current era, the company required to use the cloud computing services as it would be
imperative to manage the storage of data by an online mechanism in the least time and cost.
Consequently, the organization would be capable to improve the financial performance of the
company in specified time and cost. The best understanding of the advantages and
disadvantages of cloud computing could support to increase the productivity and efficiency of
the organization. This research report could also support to gain the understanding many
research techniques that could be imperative for eliminating the negative effects of cloud
computing from the organization.
Research questions/Hypothesis
 What is the usability for the cloud storage perspectives and services
 How bandwidth is effective for avoiding different emailing files to the respective
individuals
 How convenience could be appropriate for the files those have been stored for
entailing business function from any respective areas
 How the disaster recovery can be made from persuading business importance in this
global era.
Research Design and Methodology
The research design could support the researcher to collect the response of each research
questions. The research design could support the researcher to collect feasible information in
the context of research issue (Chou, 2015). Thus, it could support the researcher to determine
the research concern. It could help to pool, measure, and evaluate the facts and figures. It
could be discussed as below:

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Qualitative research
Chart 1: Qualitative research process
(Sources: Garrison, et al., 2015)
The qualitative research process could consider many phases to complete the research and
obtain a reliable and valid outcome. Initially, the researcher will make general research
questions. Later, the researcher will select appropriate site to complete research subsequently,
relevant data will be collected as it could support to attain the aim and objectives of research
matter (Garrison, et al., 2015). Consequently, it would support to evaluate the collected
information. The research scholar will support the research scholar to gather facts and figures
to attain theoretical understanding. The research scholar could give the specification of the
questions. Afterward, the researcher will be capable to write up the conclusion and findings (
Etro, 2015).
Approaches to reliability and Validity
Reliability could be determined as the homogeneity between investigators, time, and
resources. Moreover, the validity could be determined as a result that actually presents the
projected variable (Botta, et al., 2016). In addition, it can also be examined that
trustworthiness to could be significant to assure the consistency in the qualitative research. In
this, the researcher will imply the inductive research approach to get appropriate outcome.

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Through validity approach, the research scholar would be capable to create theoretical data
towards the research matter. Thus, it can be said that the research would be capable to
significant for improving the accuracy and consistency of research outcome.
Sampling and Sample Size
Sampling method could aid researcher to use the statistical technique wherein the present
amount of observations are taken by huge population amount. In this research study, the non-
probability sampling method will be used wherein research participants could be selected on
the behalf the subjective decision about the research (Hsu, 2014). The researcher will select 6
IT managers as a sample size from a different region of Australia to conduct the research
concern.
Data Collection Method
The investigator will practise primary data collection method for collecting new data for a
specific purpose. The research schloar could be able to obtain creative and feasible
information about research concern by considering this method. For this research, both
surveys through questionnaire and interviews method will be implemented by the researcher
to complete the research study. Hence, it can be said that researcher will use a feasible course
of action to obtain feasible data from the estimated research contributors (Ali, et al., 2015).
Variables Specifications
There are certain factors that could be implemented by research scholar to complete their
research like an independent and dependent variable (Sen, 2015). In this research, the
independent factors are could compute while the dependent variable is organizational
performance.
Quantitative research
Chart 2: Quantitative research process

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(Sources: Bahrami and Singhal., 2015).
On behalf of above chart, it is addressed that research scholar could develop theory and make
hypothesis to attain the quantitative investigation. Research designing will be framed by a
research scholar to in a systematically way (Bahrami and Singhal., 2015). After that, the right
device will be practiced for measuring the research subjects and select the appropriate issues.
Subsequent, research subject will be chosen by an investigator and choose the respondents for
gathering the information about research issue. In the next procedure, research instrument
will be considered by an investigator for collecting the information with reference to research
issue (Kasemsap, 2015). After that, information will be applied to the investigation. Under
the next process, information would be assessed by an investigator and also findings would
be evaluated. After that, the whole investigation would be summarised in a quantitative
investigation.
Research Instrument
A research instrument is a tool to measure, collect and analyze the facts and figures regarding
the subject of investigation. The secondary data would be practiced for accomplishing the
research. This data would be acquired by a wide range of sources such as online and offline
material, textbooks, journal article, and government publication (González-Martínez, et al.,
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2015). This research instrument will be applied with reference to supporting the primary
information. Consequently, it would be crucial for acquiring the reliable result.
Quantitative Data Analysis Process
Chart 3: Quantitative data analysis process
(Sources: Kasemsap, 2015).
As per the above chart, it is stated that there are several steps for measuring the quantitative
information. Under the initial stage, an investigator will illustrate the research problem. After
that, a researcher will formulate the conceptual model in order to resolve the research
concern. In the next phase, input information will be collected about research by a researcher
and also focuses on a feasible solution (Kasemsap, 2015). Later, research problem will be
resolved by a research scholar to accomplish the research goal. Subsequent, the investigator
will address outcome to get accurate conclusion. In the last phase, research scholar will
implement the result in the research procedure (González-Martínez, et al., 2015).
Sampling and Sample Size

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A probability sampling method is a sampling technique that could be a type of random
choice. In this research, simple random sampling method will be considered by the
researcher. Through this method, the researcher will be capable to randomly select the
research participants for getting the responses to the survey through a questionnaire. The
research scholar will select 50 research participants as a sample size from the different
Australian IT organizations of Australia. It could be suitable for the research scholar to
collect feasible information in the context of research concern (Bahrami and Singhal., 2015).
As a result, researcher will be able to attain research aim and objectives.
Reliability and Validity of Data
Validity approach would be effective for determine the feasibility of research result, which
could be addressed by quantitative issues. For illustration, the research scholar will use
survey through questionnaire method to examine the impact of advantages and disadvantages
of cloud computing on the business performance. Furthermore, reliability method could be
used to examine trustworthiness of collected outcome (Bahrami and Singhal., 2015).
Moreover, it can also be examined that the qualitative data will be addressed by considering
the literature review with respect to improve the validity and reliability of research in the
methodological manner.
Research limitation
There are many certain methods that could be used by the researcher to conduct the research
study. Moreover, an inadequate sample size could also be another limitation of research as it
could be collected by considering the survey through a questionnaire. The research scholar
could also accountable for maintaining the privacy of research contributors. Hence, it can be
said that the research limitation could influence the research outcome appropriately
(González-Martínez, et al., 2015).

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Time schedule
Table
Activity name Start Day Last Day
Duration
(Days)
Proposal of
investigation 21-05-2018 05-06-2018 15
Literature Review 06-06-2018 06-08-2018 60
pooling of facts and
figures 07-08-2018 08-10-2018 61
Assessment of data 09-10-2018 09-11-2018 30
Final submission of
report 10-11-2018 14-12-2018 34
Chart:
Proposal of investigation
Literature Review
pooling of facts and figures
Assessent of data
Final submission of report
5/21/2018
6/6/2018
8/7/2018
10/9/2018
11/10/2018
15
60
61
30
34
Gantt chart
Start Day
Duration (Days)
Conclusion
From the above analysis, it can be concluded that the cloud computing could facilitate the
organization to secure their storage by using online techniques. It could support the
organization to obtain different advantages like scalability, control choices, Security features,
market speed, accessibility, data security, regular updates, and collaboration. Thus, the

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comoany could be able for getting competitive benefits. It will help to improve the
organizational performance in the least time and cost. Apart from this, the cloud computing
could create the probabilities of the data manipulation, data inaccuracy, and threat of data
fraud as it could negatively impact on the organizational performance.

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Appendix
Time schedule
Table
Activity name Start Day Last Day
Duration
(Days)
Proposal of
investigation 21-05-2018 05-06-2018 15
Literature Review 06-06-2018 06-08-2018 60
pooling of facts and
figures 07-08-2018 08-10-2018 61
Assessment of data 09-10-2018 09-11-2018 30
Final submission of
report 10-11-2018 14-12-2018 34
Chart:
Proposal of investigation
Literature Review
pooling of facts and figures
Assessent of data
Final submission of report
5/21/2018
6/6/2018
8/7/2018
10/9/2018
11/10/2018
15
60
61
30
34
Gantt chart
Start Day
Duration (Days)