Data collection strategy Assignment PDF

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Contents
Background..................................................................................................................................................2
Research question........................................................................................................................................3
Expected outcomes......................................................................................................................................3
Review of literature......................................................................................................................................4
Methods......................................................................................................................................................6
Ethical implications......................................................................................................................................7
Data collection strategy................................................................................................................................9
Data analysis..............................................................................................................................................11
Timetable...................................................................................................................................................12
Recommendations.....................................................................................................................................13
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................14
References.................................................................................................................................................15
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Background
Sexual harassment is a very serious issue and this research proposal explains this problem in detail
at Dubois Industries. A Dubois industry is established in 1936 and this company is manufacturing
the hardware products. HR director of the company contacted the young consultancy for solution
of the problems as they are facing the problem of sexual harassment of the employees at the
workplace. One of their employees was sexually harassed by the former senior worker in the
organization. Although the company compensated their employee, but still company wants to
eliminate this type of problem by implementing some policies. The main problem is that employee
already put allegations of serious sexual misconduct at Dubois industries. Because of this reason,
HR director of the company Anna Choi contacted the CEO of the Young consultancy Sarah Young
for some suggestions. The company was claimed for the wrongful misconduct at workplace
because of the negative rumors about the company. Sexual misconduct at workplace is a very
serious issue found in the Dubois Industries. Questions have been raised by the shareholders of the
company about the safety of women at the workplace(Sengar, 2016).
The research problem is mainly on the allegations of sexual misconduct at Dubois industries and
how it can be resolved as these allegations spoil the image of the company. Sexual harassment is
the form of discrimination related to the gender that violates the human rights to equality in the
Dubois Industries. However, it is very serious issue that still exists in an unrestrained manner and
in this report, the main focus will be on the how and why harassment occurs and what can be the
possible solution to handle this problem.
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Research question
Sexual harassment refers to the wrongful conduct of behavior and it should not be tolerated in the
harassment. The main focus of the research proposal is to understand the holistic perspective to
sexual harassment. The paper seeks to address the following questions:
 What are the possible solutions to handle the sexual harassment problems at the workplace?
Objective 1: To reduce the problem by implementing some of the strategies
Objective 2: To increase the safety and security of the women at workplace
 What is the impact and consequences of the sexual harassment at the workplace?
Objectives 1: To determine the long term impact of the sexual harassment on the health of
the people
Objective 2: To understand the outcomes of these problems in order to take the corrective
actions in the future period of time.
Expected outcomes
This research will address the problem by focusing on the various research tools and techniques as
well as by analyzing the previous studies. The main focus of this research is on the critical review
of the literature, analysis of the data collected through the research methods in order to provide
some of the of the possible solutions. The objective of this research is to determine the best
possible solution to handle the problem of sexual misconduct at the workplace(Inflibnet, 2013).
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Review of literature
There is a large volume of the previous studies exists that describing the issue of sexual harassment
at the workplace. Despite of the legal jurisdictions all over the world, workplace sexual harassment
continues to be experienced by many women and individuals in the organizations. According to
the previous studies, women are mainly subject to the sexual harassment at workplace because of
the gender variance. According to the viewpoint of the various researchers, the case of the sexual
harassment of women is on rise because of the number of factors such as poor status of women in
the society, more number of working women and lack of knowledge of human resource
department, poor law in the society and no provisions to handle these problems. It is important to
generate the awareness among the women about the current situation and encourages them to take
necessary legal actions against these actions(McDonald, 2011).
According to the Lockwood and Marda (2014), there are many reasons behind the sexual
misconduct at workplace and many harmful effects on the performance of the organization.
Variety of the organizational sexual harassment cases are because of the uncomfortable working
environment and misusing of the powers(Lockwood & Marda, 2014). The impact of the sexual
harassment is that it spoils the image of the organization as well as it also affects the employee
turnover rates. However, Lockwood said that it is imperative to take necessary actions by the
employees as well as by the organization itself to eradicate this serious problem. Another impact
discussed by the researcher is that it may results into the depression of the victims. The suggestion
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given by the researcher is that organization should adopt the whistle blowing mechanism in the
organization in order to deal with the claims of harassment more efficiently.
Talking about the one more study conducting by the Hersch (2013), bullying issue in the
organization is on rise in the hospital of Nigeria. He also compared the employees facing low
level of harassment with the high level of harassment which shows that the low levels of
harassment employees are performing much well in comparison to the other employees(Hersch,
2015). The possible outcome of this issue is that it leads to increase the suicidal tendencies
among the victims of harassment and also reduces the job satisfaction and work performance of
the employees.
There was a report presented by the talent innovation department who revealed that there are
43% of people in the organizations in Australia who agreed with the fact that the women should
be appointed at the higher posts. This is a very good sign to avoid this discrimination and made
their special places in the corporate world. In the year of 1920, people are grabbing the
opportunities and promoting the equal rights and make a great contribution towards the economy
and nation by exposing the new talents and brilliance in the women (McLaughlin, Uggen, &
Blackstone, 2012).
Moving further, the sexual harassment has a very bad impact on the development of the women.
These negative effects mainly found on the physical, psychological, behavioral and emotional
nature. Employees may suffer from the various diseases because of the harassment such as the
depression, anxiety and many other problems. Moreover, it encourages the aggression, violence
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and the criminal activities in the employees(Chamallas, 1993). In simple words, the
consequences of the sexual behaviour and neglect are as follows;
 Behavioral problems
 Mental health problems
 Affects the physical and brain development of the employees
 Teenage pregnancy due to sexual abuse
 Stress and trauma in children
 Excessive use of drugs and alcohol
 Increase in the rate of the mortality
 Rise in suicidal deaths
Methods
There are two types of data which can be collected one are primary and second is the secondary
data. The primary data refer to the fresh data which can be used accurately. Secondary data is
collected with the help of the previous studies and already data available within the
organizations. The primary data is collected for the accuracy and efficiency of the study. Primary
data is assumed to be more credible in comparison to the other types of data. The questionnaire
has been prepared for this research work in order to find out the possible solutions to handle the
sexual harassment at the workplace. The approach used in this research is quantitative and
quantitative in nature and it is suitable because it involves the collection of primary data as well
as secondary data with the help of questionnaire survey and interview and previous research
papers, books and articles. However, mixed research methodology is going to be used for this
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research. The questionnaire consists of the list of the multiple choice questions with regard to the
skills required for new business set up and interview questions with regard to the how company
use its capabilities to get the positive results. The questionnaire includes various questions with
multiple options and this questionnaire will be distributed to the group of people want to set up
their new business. With the help of the questionnaire, it is easy to find out the possible solutions
for the organizations. Also, the company contacted the consultancy group to find out the
solutions of the problem. It is the responsibility of the research organization to conduct the
survey through questionnaire(Zhang, 2012).
Ethical implications
Ethical considerations are also the most important aspect of the survey as we need to follow
some ethical values and principles. All these ethics and values are essential to identify the moral
information. The data that is collected is currently based on the surveys and feedback of the
customers. The most important ethical consideration that we have to take into account is the
authenticity and confidentiality of the collected data. First of all, before distributing this
questionnaire survey among people we should take care that there will be a volunteer
participation of the employees or individuals. Therefore, the best part of this survey that all the
participants in this survey are volunteers. Development and implementation of the strategies is
the part of any business to achieve the organizational goals and objectives(Lockwood & Marda,
2014).
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According to the national statement content, there are many values and principles are set in order
to apply the human research to reduce the risks associated with the ethical research. It is
necessary that researchers should review the bodies and consider all the values and principles.
The research should follow the guidelines of national health and medical research council 1992.
This research is relevant because it will be based on the primary data collected with the help of
questionnaire and interviews. Management is the most important concept and faced many
complex and changing environment trends. This relevancy of the research is highly dependent on
the responses that we obtained from the new venture owners through interviews and
questionnaire survey. In short, privacy, confidentiality and respect at the time of research should
be considered in order to avoid the risks associated with this problem. All the ethical issues must
be considered while working on the research methods. The researchers may found some
difficulties in the collection of the primary data because of the difficulty in the convincing
employees to participate in questionnaire survey (Amin & Darrag, 2015).
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Data collection strategy
Data collection Strategy Sexual Harassment
Individuals Individuals: Business owners, working women, consultancy
group employees
Time frame: March and April, 2018
Access and rapport For this research, we need to have the access of
 Internet for online surveys
 Business owners and consultancy groups
 Various, articles, books and published research papers
Rapport
 A research proposal will be distributed among the
individuals consists some multiple questions through
online mode.
 An interview session with the business owners and
consultancy groups
Strategies To find out the solutions to overcome the problem of sexual
harassment at the workplace by collecting the data and views of
the people and analyze them to determine the best possible
solutions.
Forms of data Primary data: Collection of primary data with the help of:
 Questionnaire survey
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 Interviews
Secondary data: Collection of secondary data is possible with
the help of
 Articles, books and journals
Recording information Interview: Hand written records, interview scripts
Questionnaire: Soft copy of the results
Issues Difficult to convince people to participate in the survey.
Data storage Computer files, USB. and hand written record of the surveys
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Data analysis
The data collected through the questionnaire survey can be evaluated and measured by using the
various data collection techniques. It is important to analyze the data by comparing the different
viewpoints of the human in numerical terms and then determine the best strategies for the Dubois
industries to solve their issues. The collected data will be tested and analyzed on the basis of the
reliability tests. The comparative analysis between the businesses and their responses is going to
be done in order to find out the cause and effects of the sexual harassment cases(Muhonen,
2016).
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Timetable
The below Gant chart depicts the various activities with the time:
Main Activities 1st week 2nd
week
3rd
week
4th and
5th
week
6th
week
7th
week
8th
week
Topic Selection 
Literature review 
Research Methodology 
Data Collection 
Analysis and interpretation of
the primary data

Validity and reliability of the
data
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Conclusion 
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Recommendations
There are some of the suggestions given to the Dubois industries in order to solve their issues
given below:
 It is important to generate the awareness among the women about the current situation and
encourages them to take necessary legal actions against these actions.
 It is imperative to take necessary actions by the employees as well as by the organization
itself to eradicate this serious problem.
 The suggestion given by the researcher is that organization should adopt the whistle
blowing mechanism in the organization in order to deal with the claims of harassment more
efficiently.
 It is recommended that the organizations should promote the gender equality at the
workplace and this will obviously help in reducing the problems of discrimination and
also reduce the cost of company by focusing on the employee turnover issues (Muhonen,
2016).
 HR director need to work on its work policies and inform every employee about the
penalties.
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Conclusion
Sexual harassment is the form of discrimination related to the gender that violates the human rights
to equality in the Dubois Industries. It is imperative to take necessary actions by the employees as
well as by the organization itself to eradicate this serious problem. Another impact discussed by the
researcher is that it may results into the depression of the victims. The suggestion given by the
researcher is that organization should adopt the whistle blowing mechanism in the organization in
order to deal with the claims of harassment more efficiently.
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References
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Chamallas, M. (1993). Writing about Sexual Harassment: A Guide to the Literature. UCLA
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Hersch, J. (2015). Sexual harassment in the workplace. Retrieved from
https://law.vanderbilt.edu/phd/faculty/joni-hersch/2015_Hersch_Sexual_Harassment_in_t
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Inflibnet, S. (2013). Literature Review: the concept of harassment and bullying. Retrieved from
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Lockwood, G., & Marda, V. (2014). Harassment in the Workplace: The Legal Context.
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McDonald, P. (2011, March). Workplace Sexual Harassment 30 Years on: A Review of the
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