Researching Staff Retention and Organisational Culture at NorthStar Consulting

MODULE 3 UNIT 2
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Learning outcomes:
LO3: Use appropriate variables to develop a research instrument or question.
LO4: Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative questions.
LO5: Defend the choice of quantitative and qualitative questions.
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1. There are five pages and five questions in this assignment.
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1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is to use another’s work and pretend
that it is one’s own.
2. This assignment is my own work.
3. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention of
passing it off as his or her own work.
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2. Mark allocation
Each question receives a mark allocation. However, you will only receive a final percentage
mark and will not be given individual marks for each question. The mark allocation is there
to show you the weighting and length of each question.
Question 1 8
Question 2 8
Question 3 5
Question 4 4
Question 5 5
TOTAL 30
3. Assignment questions
The questions in this activity submission will be based on the following case study.
Northstar Consulting:
NorthStar Consulting is a boutique consulting firm that focuses on serving large-listed South
African companies that are grappling with IT strategy and system integration challenges. The
company started with 3 people and now has over 90 employees. Malikah Moosa, the HR
Manager, is always on the look out for new talent. Her greatest challenge is that, as fast as
she identifies and hires people, they seem to leave. NorthStar Consulting offers above-
market salaries and all the perks and benefits associated with a company of this size and
type; generous leave, bonuses, and incentives are used to retain top talent. However, this
fails to curb the high turnover. Although Malikah conducts exit interviews with staff
members who leave the firm, their reasons for leaving are not always clear. She also worries
that apart from the loss in capacity for the many consulting projects that the company is
working on, the cost of recruitment and training has become a major concern.
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