A Research Project on the Impact of Digital Technology at Black Penny

This research project investigates the impact of digital technology on Black Penny, a restaurant, exploring how technological advancements influence its operations and customer satisfaction. The report begins with an overview of Black Penny, its background, and the research rationale, aiming to ...Read More

RESEARCH PROJECT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Organisation overview................................................................................................................1
Background of research...............................................................................................................1
Rationals......................................................................................................................................1
Research aim...............................................................................................................................2
Research objectives:- .................................................................................................................2
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................2
Impact of digital technology.......................................................................................................4
METHODOLOGY..........................................................................................................................5
TIMELINE OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES...............................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Organisation overview
Black Penny provides a dedicated space for dining and in centre of the capital. The
venue is split across two floors which is very effective with services and seating on the entry
level and Seminar Pit below (Taylor, Bogdan and DeVault, 2015). With a mid-late 19th
Century, facade and interiors are worth to watch including a feature, counter top for displaying
the menu of day. This will help customers to see dishes live with their prices and pictures
effectively. The Black Penny offers a unique and characterful environment with original period
features that have been updated to create a 21st century Penny University. The impact of digital
technology will help to understand what changes have been made by the managers in order to
improve and develop services. There are many opportunities available for the restaurants and
other businesses as the digital technology is improving day by day effectively. The report will
cover changes made by organisation with use of digital technology. Digital technology has a
positive impact on customers that many services are now much easier for them to use. Customer
satisfaction and perception are the main elements of success of business. The Black Penny
customer relationship management will be discussed in this report. Digital technology has
increased production and profitability for businesses. This will help Black Penny also to achieve
its targets and goals.
Background of research
Research project will demonstrate the impact of digital technology on Black Penny
restaurant. The main objective of this report is to demonstrate impact of digital technology on
small medium business. This will be done by evaluating different theories and concepts of digital
technology. In addition to this, the impact of digital technology in terms of positive and negative
will be discussed for Black Penny restaurant in United Kingdom. The Black Penny is a Coffee
House & Kitchen service provider restaurant designed with modern minimalist with a Balinese
touch to keep people connected with the local atmosphere without leaving the comfort
effectively.
Rationals
This will help to assess changes, improvement and development made by Black Penny
with the use of digital technology, techniques and tools. In addition to this, customer satisfaction
and preference are the main objectives of business in order to increase profitability and
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production. The data collection techniques such as primary and secondary data collection are
used to collect information regarding impact of digital technology on Black Penny operational
activities. In addition to this, the report will cover all elements related to digital technology
impact on restaurant in order to provide quality and effective services to customers (Smith,
2015). The technology has changed way businesses provide their services which is improved
and developed from past. In respect to this, the report will cover customer response and
experience with the use of latest techniques and tools of digital technology.
Research aim
The report will demonstrate role of technological advancement in improving and
developing Black Penny functions and operational activities.
Various tools and techniques which will help small medium businesses to manage their
growth and development is described in the proposal report. The rational of this report is to
analyse and determine impact of digital technology, tools and techniques within Black Penny in
terms of positive and negative.
In this report, there are some approaches used to expand the knowledge in specific area.
This approach will give an idea on how digital technology is impacting Black Penny and in what
ways, it has made business grow and develop effectively. In respect to this, fundamental research
and research design; both the approaches are used to evaluate and determine impact of digital
technology (Silverman, 2016). The research design will help to focus on qualitative data rather
than quantitative. The main objectives discussed in this report are provided as below:
Research objectives:-
 To find out the impact of digital technology on various business departments and
operations
 To find out impact of digital technology on customer’s decision making process
 To provide recommendations and conclusion in implementing digital technology in
developing marketing strategies
LITERATURE REVIEW
According to Almeida, Leite Corseuil and Poole, 2018, it has been described that digital
technology plays the main role in order to improve and develop growth and profitability of small
and medium sized businesses such as Black Penny. Advancement now a days in technology has
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reached a good height of success with the help to different tools and techniques such as biometric
system, cashless machineries, computing, face prima and many more. The digital technology
helps to improve operational activities from which the business is able to increase its production
and profitability. This will also help to provide quality and effective products and services to
customers in the market. According to Warner, 2017, it has been stated that customer satisfaction
and perception in terms of positive is required for Black Penny in order to maintain production
and profits. Customers in the market expect quality and effective services and products from
businesses such as Black Penny, they are paying legal prices for that and liable to receive quality
products as mentioned by restaurants. In respect to this, digital technology will help to improve
the operations of business which will help to achieve competitive advantages effectively. The
authors stated that technology is very useful for business as it helps to maintain motivation for
employees which has a direct impact on production. Digital technology will help business to
achieve customer satisfaction by providing quality services as they expect from the firm. As per
the opinions of Cook, 2017, it has been evaluated that technology create innovation at
workplace. Quality employees will use digital techniques and tools which will help by making
their work easier and effective.
Role of managers: Cook, 2017, argues that managers have an important role in business
operational activities. Managers help employees by guiding and providing direction towards
effective use of digital tools and techniques. This will help employees to understand their roles
and responsibilities with the use of tools which help them to increase their efficiency and
effectiveness for products and services. The authors described that managers are main role
players in business that management of various resources and departments is main
responsibility. They are the decision makers and also they have opportunities to develop and
improve operational activities of business in order to provide customer satisfaction.
According to Bullen and Morgan, 2016, technology helps business to improve their
communication channel also. For an example, facilitate improved and developed communication
with customers in the market. Various types of digital information technology will help Black
Penny to improve their understanding and relationship. The business is able to receive customer
comments and feedbacks through different electronic communication techniques such as E-mail,
Websites, App and Texting. The authors Loebbecke and Picot, 2015, stated that digital
technology develop inter-office communication as well effectively and efficiently. For an
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example, social intranet software will help Black Penny managers and employees by updating
internal documents and provide relevant data to other department effectively and instantly. This
will also help Black Penny to reach customers through mobile device or any other digital device
in a real and quick time format. Black Penny is able to increase employees productivity with the
use of digital tools and techniques. Business software, cashless transactions, computer programs
will help employees to process more information rather than existing methods. Digital
technology will help to reduce human labour and extra efforts in business operational activities.
Business owners will choose technology over employees if it is effective enough to expand
operational activities by providing better outputs effectively. According to Charlesworth, 2018,
there are approximately 5.7 million small business enterprise across and in UK. The growth of
domestic business is slow because of the limited use of technological tools and techniques. It is
the most effective strategy towards success. It can be said that digital advancement requires huge
amount of capital and time but is a one time investment for any firm that it helps to reduce
manual workload and aid accuracy in operational activities and management. As per Fichman,
Dos Santos and Zheng, 2014, implementation of digital techniques and tools in Black Penny has
a crucial role in order to evaluate and determine potential customers for business effectively.
Customer analysis is a tonic for firm in order to determine changes according to their perception
and preferences. Techniques and tools will also help to keep record of customer data and
information from which managers can easily find target consumers for the business. The authors
stated that increasing use of digital technology will provide significant benefits for both
customers and business. This will help Black Penny to increase its competitive advantage by
enhancing profitability and production. According to Bullen and Morgan, 2016, any small
business planning for improvement and development in order to achieve significant growth
should use and implement digital technology.
Impact of digital technology
Digital technology and business growth are inter-related to each other because use of
techniques and tools will help to increase efficiency in business operational activities which
makes functions more easier and faster to create innovation at workplace effectively. Many
authors stated that digital technology is effective towards financial management, waste
management, quality and service management in business and also help to keep digital records of
customers. They stated that advancement in technologies will provide effectiveness in business
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internal functions and help to assist customers in a new and different way. This will help to
attract more customers which lead towards productivity and profitability. Digital technology
such as E-commerce has a vital role in business functions. E-commerce techniques and tools will
help business to stay connected with their target and potential customers in the market in order to
provide better and quality products and services to them effectively and efficiently. Authors
believes that use of digital technology and E-commerce system will provide benefits and
opportunities towards Black Penny business expansion activities. Quality is the main perception
of business that the restaurant is popular for quality products such as meal, breakfast and other
Black Penny dishes. Quality services will help to increase customer satisfaction which is good
for business expansion and profitability. According to Cook, 2017, there are many stages from
which the business is able to implement digital transformation in order to improve and develop
operations. Digital transformation is done by investing time and money. Different strategies and
plans are also involved in business to adopt digital changes. The managers of Black Penny
should identify key areas in which the digital techniques and tools can be used effectively such
as biometric system, cashless machines, environmental tools etc. strategy formulation is the main
key of business to achieve better transformation in the technology sector. The authors stated that
organisation must consider their requirements and demands towards operational activities in
order to maintain productivity. Digital changes are effective enough to increase business
operations effectiveness.
As per Warner, 2017, digital technology has also some negative impacts on business
which provides both challenges and opportunities. Digital technology reduce human workforce
involvement which produce unemployment for people and affect economy level of that particular
country effectively. The technology and techniques reduce training and development programs
that motivation is influenced efficiently.
METHODOLOGY
Research philosophy: There are methodological approaches used by managers in order to
explore research objectives. Qualitative research will be undertaken as there is a link between
digital technology and business operations (Humphries, 2017). This will help to analyse impact
of digital tools and techniques on business operational activities whether it is useful or not. This
will also help to determine benefits with the use of digital technology in Black Penny restaurant.
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Data collection method: In order to determine impact of digital technology on business
operational activities and other functions, qualitative approach has been used by Black Penny
manager (Smith, 2015). This will help them to research about natural environment of business,
descriptive data and help to understand attitudes and experience of customers in the market
effectively. Primary and secondary data collection method is also useful to assess customer
perception and requirements. Primary data can be collected from employees working in Black
Penny in order to determine impact of digital technology on operational activities. Secondary
data is collected through past research and data analysis. This will help to evaluate various
changes observed by employees after implementing digital techniques and tools. Qualitative
approach is important to assess emotions, perception, attitudes etc. in employees as well as
customers in the market effectively.
Data collection tools: Data collection tools will help to determine actual position of business in
order to identify impact of digital technology on Black Penny operations effectively. A group of
employees working in restaurant will help to determine effectiveness and ineffectiveness of
digital technology. This can be done by managing interview or questionnaire process efficiently.
Research approach: In this case study, inductive approach is used by manager in order to
acquire results from observations. Inductive research is very useful for the firm that it helps to
search a pattern from observation for the improvement and development of explanation
(Silverman, 2016). The approach generate aim and meanings from the data set collection which
will help to determine relationship and patterns to build theories effectively.
Research design: Exploratory research is used in this case study of Black Penny to explore
research questions. The design does not intend to offer conclusive or final results for any existing
issue or problem. This will help organisation to assess issues which are not defined clearly yet.
Exploratory research will also help to determine problem by providing a clear understanding. It
will also help to explore research topic such as impact of digital technology with different levels
of depth (Bauer, 2014). For an example, Social networking sites with effective marketing
options, investigation for improvement ways, assessment of corporate society role towards
customer behaviour etc.
Sampling: Sampling is normally of two types such as probabilistic and non-probabilistic. For the
case study of Black Penny systematic sampling is used effectively. In this methods every ninth
member of population is selected and also included in business. Random sampling is also used
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by the managers in order to provide and deliver equal chance and opportunities for workers in
the firm. This will be done by managing a group interview of 10 people using products and
services of Black Penny by questionnaire method.
Ethical considerations: Ethical considerations is one of the most important part of research. It
can be said that there are various issues faced by researchers while conducting research on Black
Penny. Ethical issues are one of them such as insufficient data and information, different kind of
people with various minds and perception etc. there is a low involvement of employees during
the primary and secondary data collection (Taylor, Bogdan and DeVault, 2015). The main issue
for researchers is that they need permission of Black Penny managers to see data and information
regarding business operations. There are also some restrictions on journals and articles from
which the researcher are unable to collect correct information in a specific time effectively. Thus,
it can be said that the impact of digital technology on Black Penny is positive and the firm is
improving and developing operational activities in order to increase profitability and production
effectively.
TIMELINE OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Almeida, R., Leite Corseuil, C.H. and Poole, J., 2018. The Impact of Digital Technologies on
Worker Tasks: Do Labor Policies Matter?.
Bauer, G.R., 2014. Incorporating intersectionality theory into population health research
methodology: Challenges and the potential to advance health equity. Social science &
medicine 110 pp.10-17.
Bullen, M. and Morgan, T., 2016. Digital learners not digital natives. La Cuestión Universitaria
(7) pp.60-68.
Charlesworth, A., 2018. Digital marketing: A practical approach. Routledge.
Cook, N., 2017. Enterprise 2.0: How social software will change the future of work. Routledge.
Fichman, R.G., Dos Santos, B.L. and Zheng, Z.E., 2014. Digital innovation as a fundamental and
powerful concept in the information Systems curriculum. MIS quarterly 38(2).
Humphries, B., 2017. Re-thinking social research: anti-discriminatory approaches in research
methodology. Taylor & Francis.
Loebbecke, C. and Picot, A., 2015. Reflections on societal and business model transformation
arising from digitization and big data analytics: A research agenda. The Journal of
Strategic Information Systems 24(3) pp.149-157.
Silverman, D. ed., 2016. Qualitative research. Sage.
Smith, J.A. ed., 2015. Qualitative psychology: A practical guide to research methods. Sage.
Taylor, S.J., Bogdan, R. and DeVault, M., 2015. Introduction to qualitative research methods: A
guidebook and resource. John Wiley & Sons.
Warner, T., 2017. Pop Music-Technology and Creativity: Trevor Horn and the Digital
Revolution. Routledge.
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