Understanding how to select a research question

This section focuses on understanding how to select a research question in business research. It discusses the importance of research questions in giving direction to the research process and identifies primary and secondary research questions. It also explores the factors that contribute to the process of successful research question selection and how to justify the choice of research question.

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Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
1. Understanding how to select a research question..................................................................4
1.1 Select a research question.................................................................................................4
1.2 Factors that contribute to process of successful research question selection...................5
1.3 Justify their choice of Research question.........................................................................5
2. To be able to conduct literature review..................................................................................7
2.1 Conduct research to find literature relevant to the research questions.............................7
2.2 Undertaker critical review of key literature for inclusion in research proposal...............8
3. Understand technique used to interpret data in a research proposal....................................12
3.1 Quantitative data interpretation technique......................................................................12
3.2 Qualitative data interpretation technique........................................................................13
4. Be able to choose the appropriate methodology to research the question...........................14
4.2. Choosing an appropriate methodology in term of research question............................15
4.3. Justification for the research methodology undertaken in this report...........................17
5. Be able to present the findings of a research proposal.........................................................18
5.1. Record findings on a research question, literature review and research methodology. 18
5.2 ad 5.4- Summarisation and presentation of findings using suitable method..................19
5.4. Critical analysis of findings...........................................................................................23
Conclusion................................................................................................................................25
References................................................................................................................................26
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Introduction
Research methodology is one of the most essential part of business management as a business
organizations undertake different type of research for making internal decisions in the
organization. In addition to that research is also important for analysing different stakeholders
in the organization. For example management of the company has to conduct regular research
on target customers in order to identify their needs and requirements from their organization.
This type of research helps in estimating the demand of a product and services which will
help in deciding the level of production required in business. In addition to that it will also
help in improving the quality of product and services offered by the company. This report
will be focused on different aspects of business research. Main objective of this research
would be to identify a particular research question and trying to find solution for such
question with the help of different methodologies used in business research. Research in this
report will be based on the level of impact that motivation and job satisfaction has on overall
profitability of the organization. First of all research question will be developed with the help
of subject matter under consideration (Kumar, 2019). Primary data as well as secondary data
will be used in this report to evaluate different aspects of subject matter under consideration.
At last conclusions will be made after analysing the results identified from literature review
and analysis of primary data collected specifically for the purpose of this report. It is expected
that this report will help in understanding different aspects of business research process and
methodology.
Main objective of this report is to evaluate different issues that might be faced by local
industries/ factories in need of serious redress". Majority of business operations in a factory
are undertaken by human resources and efficiency of other resources are also dependent on
efficiency of human resources to use such resources in the best interest of business
organisation. This report is focused on a particular issue i.e. "motivation issues and on the job
satisfaction" among employees working in a business organisation. For this purpose
relationship is required to be identified between motivation level of employee and efficiency
of business organisation. Efficiency of business organisation will be evaluated on the basis of
impact that human resource efficiency has on profitability and productivity of business
operations.
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1. Understanding how to select a research question
Research question can be defined as an answerable enquiry that will help in providing
specific direction to the research process with regard to a particular concern or subject matter.
Analysing and deciding a research question is a first step undertaken by researcher in the
research process.
1.1 Select a research question
First of all it is very important for researcher to identify primary and secondary questions
underlying the subject matter under consideration. Identification of research questions helps
in giving a direction to research activities so that overall goals and objectives of the research
can be completed. There are two type of research questions i.e. secondary questions and
primary question. Generally there is only one primary question whereas there can be
numerous secondary research questions. primary research questions is directly related to
subject matter under consideration whereas secondary questions helps in identification of
substantial support to conclusions made with the help of a primary question(Mackey and
Gass, 2015). It is already decided that the subject matter under consideration is the impact
that job satisfaction level and motivation has on financial performance of the company. On
the basis of this subject matter following will be the secondary and primary questions-
Primary question-
 Is there any relationship between financial performance of the company and
motivation and job satisfaction level of employees?
Secondary questions-
 What are the factors that can contribute to job satisfaction level among employees of
the organization?
 Can leaders of the organization contribute to providing a job satisfaction level and
motivation in employees (Silverman, 2016)?
 Can overall productivity of business organization be increased with the help of
motivated employees?
 What is the relevance of human resources efficiency for a business organization?
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It is expected that these primary and secondary research questions will help in identifying
efficient is relationship between organizational profitability and motivation level among
employees. This research questions will be answered with the help of secondary and primary
data. Online survey will be used for conducting primary research whereas literature review
will be used for secondary research.
1.2 Factors that contribute to process of successful research question selection
It is very important for a researcher to ensure that proper factors are considered while
selecting a particular Research question. For this purpose it is important to form an effective
and efficient to process for selection of a research question. In the given scenario following
processes was helpful in selecting primary and secondary research questions-
Step 1- First of all researcher is required to conduct a brainstorming session for identification
of different ideas. All the ideas under consideration should be in relation to the subject matter
for evaluation of questions.
Second step in this method would be to analyse the background of the subject matter under
consideration in detailed manner. This type of analysis will help in understanding the
different aspects of subject matter and Research question can be developed in effective
manner. In addition to that mean objective of the researcher should also be considered while
development of research question (Flick, 2018).
In third step, researcher is required to identify the methodology that will be used for the
purpose of the report. There are two type of methodologies that can be used i.e. quantitative
analysis and qualitative analysis. Both of these methodologies should be analysed before
development of Research question.
With the help of to this process researcher can easily identify research questions in effective
manner (Halcomb and Hickman, 2015).
1.3 Justify their choice of Research question
It is important to make sure that the research question under consideration is in accordance
with research topic. Following questions will help in justification of research questions
decided in this report-
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 First of all it should be considered that this research is undertaken for evaluating
whether the job satisfaction level will have any impact on profitability of the
company. Therefore it can be said to that this research is undertaken for different
business organization so that can improve their profitability by identifying
relationship between these two factors (McNabb, 2015).
 Management of an organization would be able to increase their productivity and
profitability by identifying relationship.
 Answers provided by secondary and primary research will be able to identify the
relationship between job satisfaction level and profitability (Dawson, 2015).
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2. To be able to conduct literature review
It is already discussed that this report will use a combination of primary data and secondary
data for answering the research questions developed in the previous section. One of the
primary source of secondary research is different research papers issued by different Scholars
and authors in the subject under consideration (Hart, 2018). Main focus of section would be
to identify different literature reviews published by different authors in identification of
relationship between job satisfaction and productivity of the company. For this purpose it is
very important to select relevant research papers that are already issued by reputed authors.
2.1 Conduct research to find literature relevant to the research questions
Following are some of the literature review that will be helpful in identification of
relationship between motivation level and productivity in a business organization-
Maduka, C.E. and Okafor, O., 2014. Effect of motivation on employee productivity: A study
of manufacturing companies in Nnewi. International Journal of Managerial Studies and
Research (IJMSR), 2(7), pp.137-147.
Faisal Ahammad, M., Mook Lee, S., Malul, M. and Shoham, A., 2015. Behavioral
ambidexterity: The impact of incentive schemes on productivity, motivation, and
performance of employees in commercial banks. Human Resource Management, 54(S1),
pp.s45-s62.
Herzberg, F., 2017. Motivation to work. Routledge.
Hauser, L., 2014. Work motivation in organizational behavior. Economics, Management, and
Financial Markets, 9(4), pp.239-246.
Bakotić, D., 2016. Relationship between job satisfaction and organisational
performance. Economic research-Ekonomska istraživanja, 29(1), pp.118-130.
Farooqui, M.S. and Nagendra, A., 2014. The impact of person organization fit on job
satisfaction and performance of the employees. Procedia economics and Finance, 11,
pp.122-129.
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Bin, A.S., 2015. The relationship between job satisfaction, job performance and employee
engagement: An explorative study. Issues in Business Management and Economics, 4(1),
pp.1-8.
Anitha, J., 2014. Determinants of employee engagement and their impact on employee
performance. International journal of productivity and performance management, 63(3),
p.308.
Saeidi, S.P., Sofian, S., Saeidi, P., Saeidi, S.P. and Saaeidi, S.A., 2015. How does corporate
social responsibility contribute to firm financial performance? The mediating role of
competitive advantage, reputation, and customer satisfaction. Journal of business
research, 68(2), pp.341-350.
Upadhaya, B., Munir, R. and Blount, Y., 2014. Association between performance
measurement systems and organisational effectiveness. International Journal of Operations
& Production Management, 34(7), pp.853-875.
2.2 Undertaker critical review of key literature for inclusion in research proposal
In this section of the report a literature review will be conducted on the basis of literature as
identified in the section.
According to the views presented by Hauser, there is a direct relationship between
profitability of the organization and job satisfaction level among employees. There are
different type of resources used by business organization for undertaking business operations
and it is important to make sure that each and every source is operating at its full potential
(Machi and McEvoy, 2016). Majority of functions in any business organization are conducted
by human resources. Therefore it can be said that productivity of business organization is a
totally dependent on efficiency and effectiveness of Human Resource capital. If management
of the company is not operating with skilled and experience employees then there is a
probability that profitability of the company will decrease significantly.
Majority of business organizations are using integrated Information Technology software for
conducting different type of business operations. Different business activities such as
accounting, supply chain management, inventory management, Human Resource
Management, sales and advertisement etc. are all conducted with the use of information
technology in business organization (Maduka and Okafor, 2014).
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Efficiency and effectiveness of any technological resources is dependent on its use in
business organization. Technology cannot be assembled on their own as it is important for an
employee to use such technology for advantage of the company. for example if management
of the company has developed ERP system for accounting purposes the they will be required
to hire employees that are expert in the field of using ERP system. Employees that are
working on manual system cannot use ERP system as they do not have sufficient knowledge
and skills to perform accounting functions (Faisal Ahammad et.al, 2015). It can be said that
use of technological resources is also dependent on human resources employed by the
organization.
One of the primary business function performed by management of the company is managing
different type of resources for resource integration. Management functions cannot be
performed by technological resources or any other kind of resources in the business
organization as employees working at leadership position strategic knowledge to conduct
management function. There are various management software available in market that can
help in providing primary data for conducting management functions but they cannot be
performed efficiently if skill and experience of managers is not sufficient (Herzberg, 2017).
On an overall analysis it can be said that all the management functions performed by a
business organization are also dependent on human resources.
Overall efficiency of productivity and profitability in a business organization is dependent on
a different type of resources are employed by the company and it is identified with the help of
a above literature review that human resources are responsible for ensuring efficiency of each
and every resource in the organization. It can be said that it is important that human resources
are operating at their full potential for making product productivity and profitability in
business organization is maintained.
Another important factor that required to attention in accordance with the secondary different
questions developed in this report is the method that can be used by management of a
particular company for increasing motivation level in employees (Hauser, 2014). Therefore it
is important that was literature review on to evaluate different kind of strategies that can be
used by business organization for increasing satisfaction level.
There are various type of strategies that are generally used by managers of the company to
make sure that employees are working at their full potential. These strategies can be divided
into two major categories i.e. monetary Strategies and non-monetary strategies.
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Management of the company is required to analyse characteristics of a particular employee so
that appropriate strategy can be prepared for such employee. For example, monetary
strategies in might not work for employees that are working at top level management as they
are already paid significant amount of strategy for their services in the company (Bakotić,
2016). For such employees level of job satisfaction can be increased by using non-monetary
incentives such as promotions and recognition.
Employees working at a leadership roles in the organization plays a very important role in
maintaining job satisfaction level among employees. One of the primary function of each and
every manager working for an organization is to make sure that all the employees are
satisfied with their roles and responsibilities in the company. Leaders act as role model for
employees in a company and it is responsibility of leaders to make sure that efforts put by
employees are directed towards right direction i.e. overall goals and objectives of the
company (Farooqui and Nagendra, 2014). One of the primary factors that contribute to the
expectation level is personal growth and development of employee. Managers and leaders are
required to make sure that overall goals and objective of a company are in line with rose and
objectives of individual employees.
Leaders and managers are also required to have effective and efficient relationship with the
employees in order to make for that employee is able to communicate any kind of
dissatisfaction with respect to his or her role in the organization. Lack of communication
among leaders and employees will definitely result in higher staff turnover ratio. Effective
and efficient communication between employees and details will also help leaders to
understand the characteristics of each and every employee working under them. Distribution
of roles and responsibilities among employees is dependent on skills knowledge and
characteristics of employees (Bin, 2015). if a particular employee has expertise in the field of
accounting then management of the company cannot expected such employee to work with
full potential and advertisement and sales department. Analysing characteristics and skills of
a particular record it is one of the primary functions performed by leaders and it will
definitely help in increasing moral of employees. Employees in the organization will be able
to achieve their personal goals and objective if they are provided with responsibilities in
which they have expertise knowledge. Some of the most common new strategies that can be
used to buy business managers and leaders for increasing level of satisfaction among
employees are as follows-
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Salary and commission- one of the most commonly used this strategy for increasing the
satisfaction level is increasing salary of employees on a regular basis. After conducting the
literature review it can be said that importance of human resources is very significant for any
business organization and there is a lack of skilled and experience workforce in business
environment (Anitha, 2014). Therefore it can be said that demand of skilled and experience to
human resources in business environment is higher as compared to its supply. If a particular
business organization is not providing sufficient compensation in form of salary and
commission to employees then there is a probability that such employee will move to other
business organizations that are providing such facilities.
Management of the company should make sure that to compensation paid to a particular
employee is in accordance with market standards. In addition to that management should also
considered factor to like in skill, knowledge and experience of a particular employee file
deciding his/ her compensation.
Recognition in business organization is also an important factor that should be considered
while developing motivational and job satisfaction strategies. It might not be possible for a
business organization to provide regular increase in salaries and commissions as financial
resources available with any business organization is limited (Saeidi et.al, 2015). In this case
management can make sure that work done by a particular employee is recognised on a
certain level that job satisfaction can be provided. Effective and efficient working
environment is also an essential contributor to job satisfaction and motivation of employees.
Significant amount of time is spent by an employee in offices as working hours is generally
varies from 6-10 hours per day. Therefore it is important to make sure that working
environment in offices is in accordance with needs and requirements of the employee.
Additional facilities provided to an employee is also an important contributor to job
satisfaction level such as medical insurance, Insurance of family, rent allowance etc.
Conducting recreational activities for employees such as occasional parties and office retreats
can also contribute to providing effective and efficient working environment.
On the basis of this literature review it can be said that there is a direct relationship between
job satisfaction level and productivity of different resources employed on production of
product and services (Upadhaya, Munir and Blount, 2014). Profitability of a business
organization is totally dependent on efficiency of resources as profits will increase if
difference between total revenue and cost is higher. In conclusion it can be said that this
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literature review has been helpful in providing answers to the research questions under
consideration.
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3. Understand technique used to interpret data in a research proposal
Data interpretation in a particular research proposal is one of the most essential research
function as efficiency and effectiveness of a particular research proposal is dependent on the
conclusions made with the help of collected data. There are various methods that can be used
for interpretation of data in a particular research proposal. In this section of the report
different strategies will be identify two for analysis of quantitative and qualitative data.
3.1 Quantitative data interpretation technique
Data collected in a particular business research proposal can be of two type i.e. quantitative
data and qualitative data. Quantitative data can be defined as the data that is focused on
collection of as much data as possible. This type of data is collected in business research
conclusions can be made only with the help of large amount of data. for example a particular
business organization wants to know about the total number of satisfied customers for
particular product launched by them, then management would be required to collect large
amount of data in relation to satisfied in the satisfied customers. Following will be the
primary techniques that will be used for analysis of quantitative data-
Completeness and relevance- First of all quantitative data will be analysed on the basis of
their relevance with the subject matter under consideration. First step in this process a good
way to analyse whether the respondents in a particular research are choose on the basis of
basis of selected criteria or not. After that researcher will analyse whether answers to
particular questions in mentioned in questionnaire for online survey are properly marked by
the respondent or not (Neuman and Robson, 2014). At last researcher will ensure that all the
answers are provided by respondents in relation to a particular survey.
Data editing and coding- After identify completeness and relevance of data, management will
be required to edit the data collected in accordance with software that will be used for
statistical analysis. for example if a particular research software required data collected in a
particular format then data will be edited in accordance with suggested to format before
entering into the system. Data coding will be undertaken to make sure that proper master files
are used for conducting statistical analysis on collected data.
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Statistical analysis- at last researcher will conduct statistical analysis of the quantitative data
with the help of different strategies such as regression analysis, mean, mode, median etc.
(Bryman, 2017)
3.2 Qualitative data interpretation technique
Qualitative data= Qualitative data is the data that is focused on quality of data rather than
quantity of data. This type of data is used when quality is given more importance as
compared to quality. For example for particular business organization wants to know about
limitations of a particular product then they have to conduct interviews with selected
customers to analyse the difficulties faced by them in relation to particular product or service.
In the given scenario quantity of data will not be relevant as researcher have to conduct a
detailed interview which can be very time consuming. Collecting large number of data where
quality is required is very difficult and resource intensive.
In this scenario Analysis of data will be conducted by different experts in the field of research
analysis and subject matter under consideration. In this research proposal researcher is
required to analyse relationship between job satisfaction level and profitability of the
organization, therefore an expert will be hired which have expertise in the field of research
analysis and business management (Brannen, 2017). All the data collected will be analysed
by such expert and conclusion will be made accordingly.
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4. Be able to choose the appropriate methodology to research the question.
Research methodology can be defined as different type of strategies and activities that are
used in a particular research proposal. Research methodology includes type of research, data
used for research, sample size, mode of collecting data, etc. Different aspect of research
methodology will be discussed in this section of the report in relation to subject matter under
consideration. Evaluation of an appropriate research methodology
As it is already discussed that to this report will collect data from secondary as well as
primary sources, therefore it can be said to that this report will be used quantitative as well as
qualitative research methodology. Qualitative methodology is focused on Collection of data
that has quality of information available with them. This type of data is already connected to
with the help of literature review conducted in the second section (Cleary, Horsfall and
Hayter, 2014). Conclusions are made with the help of experts in the field of business
management and research analysis for the literature review.
In this section of the report focus will be on quantitative analysis in which data will be
collected from primary sources. Following will be the different aspects of research
methodology that will be used in collection of primary data-
Target respondents- Data will be collected from a business organization that is working in a
competitive environment. For collection of relevant and accurate information, manufacturing
organization with be used as relevance of human resources in such organization is higher as
compared to other type of resources. This is due to the fact that majority of business
operations in a manufacturing organization conducted by human resources.
Sample size- Data will be collected from 30 employees in this organization out of 120
employees working. It is estimated that conclusion can be made with the help of data
collected from 30 employees (Sutton and Austin, 2015).
Mode of collecting data- Data will be collected with the help of online service why
distribution of questionnaires that are prepared by researcher on the basis of research
questions mentioned in this report.
Duration of research- It is estimated that total time taken in this research proposal would be
30 days. These 30 days will include collection. Analysis and formal representation of
collected data.
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Ethical consideration- Ethical consideration and also important to consider while conducting
Research and collect information from primary sources. First of all it is very important to
maintain privacy of all people from which data is required to be collected in a particular the
research (Tuohy et.al, 2013). In addition to that it is also important to take approval from
each and every respondent that primary data selected from them will be published. All the
ethical consideration are already considered to be a researcher while development of research
methodology for collection of primary data. Approvals from business organization from
which is the data will be collected is a taken including the permission required to be taken
from 30 individual.
4.2. Choosing an appropriate methodology in term of research question
This reporter has already identified different aspects of research methodology that will be
used for collection of primary data. Now researcher is required to prepare a questionnaire that
would be distributed to 13 employees in XYZ Limited.
Is there any relationship between job satisfaction level and profitability of business
operations?
1. Yes
2. No
What are the nature of your roles and responsibilities in the business organization?
1. Operational level
2. Management level
3. Strategic level
In which specific department are you operating for execution of your roles and
responsibilities in the business?
1. Accounting
2. Marketing
3. Human resource development
4. Operations
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Are you satisfied with the nature of your goals and responsibilities in the business
organization?
1. Yes
2. No
Does organizational goals and objectives are in line with your personal goals and objectives
for career development?
1. Yes
2. No
What role does the leaders and managers place in motivating and leading the employees of
the company?
1. Not satisfactory
2. Satisfactory
3. Very important
Would you be working for the same organization in next five financial years?
1. Yes
2. No
It is expected that this questionnaire will help in evaluating whether there is any relationship
between organizational performance and motivation level of employees. This questionnaire
will be sent to 30 employees in the organization and it is expected that all the employees will
answer the question under consideration. Official request has already been made by
researcher to employees of the company to answer all the questions mentioned in the
questionnaire (Walter and Andersen, 2013).
4.3. Justification for the research methodology undertaken in this report
Section 4 of this report has identify different aspects of research methodology that will be
used for collection of primary data. On the basis of this section it can be said that researcher
has considered each and every aspect of research methodology that will be helpful in
identification of relationship between motivation level of employees and performance of the
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company (Tarone, Gass and Cohen, 2013). Following factors will help in providing
appropriate justification of research methodology undertaken by researcher-
 Researcher has prepared questionnaire after considering all the factors that are required to
form a relationship between the two factors and the consideration. This is the most
important factor that will help in development of effective and efficient questionnaire.
 Ethical considerations are also considered to in development of research methodology
which is important as in absence of ethical consideration data collected from primary
sources cannot be used effectively (Gass and Mackey, 2013).
 Sample of 30 employees is also selected for collection of primary data which will be
sufficient for making conclusions.
 Research questions are included in questionnaire developed by the researcher.
 Secondary data is already and analysed in form of literature review for making
conclusions for identification of relationship between the two factors under consideration
(Novikov and Novikov, 2013).
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5. Be able to present the findings of a research proposal.
Analysis of data collected from a primary sources is one of the most important part of
research management. Data collected with the help of different already been identified and
analysed in literature review. This section of the report will be focused on collecting,
presenting and analysis of the data collected from primary sources.
5.1. Record findings on a research question, literature review and research methodology
This section of the report will be focused on recording the data collected.
Research questions- Research questions identified in this report are as follows-
Primary question-
 Is there any relationship between financial performance of the company and
motivation and job satisfaction level of employees?
Secondary questions-
 What are the factors that can contribute to job satisfaction level among employees of
the organization?
 Can leaders of the organization contribute to providing a job satisfaction level and
motivation in employees?
 Can overall productivity of business organization be increased with the help of
motivated employees?
 What is the relevance of human resources efficiency for a business organization?
(Coleman, 2013).
Secondary data- Findings of secondary data are as follows-
There is a direct relationship between motivation level of employees and profitability of a
company.
Leaders and managers in a business organization please a very important role in motivation
and leadership of employees.
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Strategies of motivation can be divided into two major categories i.e. monetary Strategies and
non-monetary strategies.
It is important for business organizations to form a reward strategy in order to motivate
employees so that overall objectives of the company can be achieved in a cost efficient
manner.
Human resources employed by the organization are responsible for achievement of full
potential for different employed in the organization.
Research methodology- Data collected from employees of xyz Limited are as follows-
Questions
/ options 1 2 3 4 Total
1 23 7 30
2 18 6 6 30
3 7 9 8 6 30
4 21 9 30
5 16 14 30
6 5 5 20 30
7 22 8 30
5.2 ad 5.4- Summarisation and presentation of findings using suitable method
The findings of the data collected from xyz Limited is a represented with the help of a tables
and graph-
Tabular form
Questions
/ options 1 2 3 4 Total
1 23 7 30
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2 18 6 6 30
3 7 9 8 6 30
4 21 9 30
5 16 14 30
6 5 5 20 30
7 22 8 30
Graphical form
Is there any relationship between job satisfaction level and profitability of business
operations?
What are the nature of your roles and responsibilities in the business organization?
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In which specific department are you operating for execution of your roles and
responsibilities in the business?
Are you satisfied with the nature of your goals and responsibilities in the business
organization?
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Does organizational goals and objectives are in line with your personal goals and objectives
for career development?
What role does the leaders and managers place in motivating and leading the employees of
the company?
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Would you be working for the same organization in next five financial years?
(Jayaweera, 2015)
5.4. Critical analysis of findings
Following are the summary of findings that are identified with the help of primary data-
 Majority of employees agree that there is a direct relationship between motivational
level of employees and profitability of a company.
 Majority of employees were working as operational level management employees
which will help in identification of relationship in more effective manner (Pinder,
2014).
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 This research has included employees from every department in the organization.
 Satisfaction level of employees working in which organization is effective which
clearly shows that profitability of the company will increase in future.
 Employees in this organization also agree that top management of the company is
playing very important role in motivation and leadership of employees (Shahzadi
et.al, 2014).
On the basis of these findings it can be concluded that the financial performance of the
company would be effective as majority of employees are satisfied with their roles and
responsibilities in the organization. Data collected from primary sources clearly supports the
conclusions made with the help of secondary source of data that overall profitability of a
business organization will increase with increasing satisfaction level and motivation of
employees (Raziq and Maulabakhsh, 2015). In addition to that this data also confirm that
roles and responsibilities of managers and leaders is very important in motivating employees.
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Conclusion
On the basis of this research proposal it can be concluded that there are various aspects that
should be considered by the researcher before starting the process of research. Various
aspects of research process can be identified with the help of this research proposal. Main
objective research proposal under consideration is to identify relationship between
satisfaction level of employees and profitability of a business organization. First focus of this
report was to identify research questions that will be helpful in identification of query under
consideration. This research had used primary source of data and secondary source of data for
answering the research questions. Literature review has been used for collection of data from
secondary sources and online survey has been used for collection of secondary data. On the
basis of this research it can be concluded that there is a direct relationship between financial
performance of an organization and motivated employees.
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