Comprehensive Business Decision Making Report: UKCBC Analysis

This report presents a comprehensive analysis of a business decision-making project conducted for UKCBC, focusing on student satisfaction and experiences. The project encompasses a detailed plan for data collection, including survey methodology, sample framing, and questionnaire design. The report summarizes and analyzes the collected data, utilizing measures of dispersion, quartiles, percentiles, and correlation coefficients to derive meaningful insights. Furthermore, it includes graphical representations and trend line analysis to visualize key findings. The project also explores the use of software in decision-making, project planning, and financial tools for investment decisions. The analysis is based on primary and secondary research, including a survey conducted across four UKCBC campuses, with a focus on student feedback regarding the college environment, course offerings, and overall satisfaction. The report concludes with recommendations for improving student experiences and informing strategic business decisions for UKCBC.

BUSINESS DECISION
MAKING

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Prepare a plan........................................................................................................................3
1.2 Survey methodology and sample framing.............................................................................4
1.3 Questionnaire of data ...........................................................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
2.1 & 2.2 Data summarisation and its analysis...........................................................................6
2.3 Analyse the data by using measure of dispersion.................................................................7
2.4 Use of quartile, percentile and correlation coefficient..........................................................8
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
3.1 Graph ..................................................................................................................................10
3.2 Trend line............................................................................................................................11
3.3To be covered in power point presentation .........................................................................12
3.4 Formal business report........................................................................................................12
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................13
4.1 Use of software in decision making....................................................................................13
4.2 Project plan and critical path activity..................................................................................14
4.3 Financing tools uses in taking investing decision ..............................................................15
CONLCUSION .............................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Organisation have to take such decision which are helpful for them in their long run. For
any company success it is compulsory for them to take such type of decision which are beneficial
for them. It helps them in making their result effective so that their survival can become easy. It
leads in making their work effective in the keen competitive market. So they have to analyse all
the market opportunities and risk which they are going to suffer during their business. The
present report is based on the UKCBC which is a institute (Craft, 2013). They want to attain
target number of students by providing them proper education and other facilities. For this
concern they hire quality assurance agency for preparing a analytical report. For this thing
company conduct the primary and secondary survey and gather all the necessary data which they
want to collect. Along with this they also prepare a questionnaire through which their research
become easy to analyse. Moreover they also perform some other function which leads in making
the understandability easy.
TASK 1
1.1 Prepare a plan
For preparing any plan it is compulsory to analyse the customer preference through which
decision making become easy. Organisation can use different material which are helpful for
making their research effective and proper. These research tools are for the long run purpose to
understand the needs and demands. Plan have to get formulated on the basis of research analysis
for this concern different sources of information are taken into account which are:1. Primary
source 2. Secondary source
A appropriate plan have to be prepare for collecting and creating data. Majorly college
have 4 campus which are at Park royal, Crickk wood, Lord house, Wenfooth house. Majorly
survey is going to be conducted at these four locations on 100 respondents. The research is going
to be conducted by student representative who have to firstly create a plan in which all work get
done in a systematic manner (Brynjolfsson, Hitt and Kim, 2011). By using a perfect plan for
investigation it is become easy for him to reduce the cost which is going to be incur on project as
well as right information get collected through that.

 Time: The duration of a survey is of one week which is a time limit for a student
representative to present report in front of QAA. This enables in organise research in a
systematic manner and all targets which are set at the time of preparation get done
accordingly.
 Methods: For this research purpose various number of methods get identified like
personal interviews, questionnaire etc. Out of all these one of a best path have to be
choose which aid them in collecting data. For this research cost efficient technique for
research is questionnaire because it get done on more than 50 students at one time where
as on the other hand personal interview takes so much time in execution and it incur more
cost (Cronan and et. al., 2011).
 Methods which are used: There are variety number of data can be collected by a
researcher for investigation like primary, secondary, qualitative and quantitative. Primary
data is one which get collected through one to one survey where as secondary is one in
which judgement can be taken on the basis of internet articles etc. Qualitative data is
based on quality preferences in which the research get done in depth and can be analyse
on the basis of feeling. Quantitative data is one which can express in terms of numbers.
This is beneficial for analyse and take decision more appropriately.
 Budget: Budget is an essential thing which every individual have to take in their account.
For this purpose of research representative have to prepare a budget plan in which all
such values which lead to incur for a project have to get included. By using this concept
in account, representative can conduct a cost efficient research. The cost which get incur
on this survey is £3500 and a researcher have to complete the survey in provided budget.
If whole money lead to get utilise properly then it is consider as one of a best and
appropriate utilisation of resource and report become effective in nature.
1.2 Survey methodology and sample framing
Survey methodology is a process which helps in collecting the data through different sources. It
helps in gathering out the data with the help of different tools and techniques. The survey
methodology is a method which is conducting in the form of survey for gathering and collecting
the data. Survey is made on the number of people and their opinion are get bind for making a
effective result (Barry and Edgman-Levitan, 2012).

Survey can be conducted with the help of questionnaire framing. It enables an individual
to ask some number of questions on which research is based. According to the current scenario it
is identified that QAA use this approach on 210 students and ask certain number of questions to
them for getting their opinion.
This leads in college benefits because they can provide the number of courses and other
facilities through this research. The questions which are asked to the groups considered the
respondent and company make a statical form data with the help of that. This is termed as the
survey methodology(Fassin and Buelens, 2011).
The process or method which is agency is going to use for this result is random sample
framing in which randomly a group of certain number of people are identify by taking all of
them as a base of entire population. Agency have to conduct this research while taking a group of
student in their consideration. This enables them to get the effective result.
Random sampling helps in making the result effective because all of the people which are
includes while performing this sample framing are different from each other. They do no have
same interest for a common concern for which the research is conducted(Fernando and
Chowdhury, 2010).
So survey methodology helps in making the research on other group of people.
1.3 Questionnaire of data
For a investigation there are variety number of approaches are used by a researcher
through which adequate amount of information can be gather. Questionnaire is an element in
which variety number of questions are asked to some number of respondent. This process enable
them in identify the opinion of different number of respondent. There are various number of
questionnaire are used by any investigator which provide a support to take appropriate decision.
The various questionnaire which can used by student representative for presenting research are
as follow:
1. Structured
2. Unstructured
3. Open ended
4. Close ended
5. Mixed
6. Pictorial

The present questionnaire is prepared while taking random sampling method which is conducted
on 100 students. It is prepared by using the last few years services which are provided by the
college. This helps in getting opinion of different number of students. So the basic purpose of
this report is to identify the student satisfaction and their experience in UKCBC and what type of
facility college management have to provide to them:
Name:
Class:
Age:
Gender:
Q1. Students duration in a college?
(a.) Not as much as a year
(b.) One year
(c.) Two year
Q2. Environment of the college?
(a.) Good
(b.) Bad
Q3. Any previous institution or any other reason while consulting this college?
(a.) Yes
(b.) No.
Q4. Fulfilment level of students connected with study?
(a.) Exceedingly fulfilled
(b.) Tolerably fulfilled
(c.) Not fulfilled
Q5. Level of comfort in hostel and other places like cafeteria etc.?
(a.) Profoundly fulfilled
(b.) Modestly fulfilled
(c.) Not fulfilled
(d.) Profoundly disappointed
Q6. College authority behaviour towards each and every student?
(a.) Good
(b.) Not so good

Q7. Is the college condition acceptable according to you?
(a.) Moral
(b.) Unscrupulous
Q8. Other courses which company you want to add on?
(a.) Professional
(b.) Other courses
Q9. Security facility that are given by college administration to their students?
(a.) Exceptionally fulfilled
(b.) Reasonably fulfilled
(c.) Not fulfilled
(d.) Exceptionally disappointed
Q10. Any recommendation? Necessary if any
TASK 2
2.1 Data summarisation
This survey is all about a research on UKCBC students around 4 campuses at UK. For
their new project they want to conduct a survey which organise on 100 respondents. This survey
signifies about the student satisfaction and their experience (Ford and Richardson, 2013). By
using primary research and qualitative data analysis a perfect decision can be concluded that all
students are getting satisfied or not. By using this method, a data which get collected from
various students is as follow:
Q1. Students duration in a college?
(a.) Not as much as a year 35
(b.) One to two years 35
(c.) Over two years 30
Q2. Environment of the college?
(a.) Good 64
(b.) Bad 36
Q3. Any previous institution or any other reason while consulting this college?
(a.) Yes 40

(b.) No 60
Q4. Fulfilment level of students connected with study?
(a.) Exceedingly fulfilled 58
(b.) Tolerably fulfilled 22
(c.) Not fulfilled 20
Q5. Level of comfort in hostel and other places like cafeteria etc.?
(a.) Profoundly fulfilled 46
(b.) Modestly fulfilled 22
(c.) Not fulfilled 14
(d.) Profoundly disappointed 18
Q6. College authority behaviour towards each and every student?
(a.) Good 80
(b.) Not so good 20
Q7. Is the college condition acceptable according to you?
(a.) Moral 78
(b.) Unscrupulous 22
Q8. Other courses which company you want to add on?
(a.) Professional 90
(b.) Other courses 10
Q9. Security facilities that are given by the college administration to their students?
(a.) Exceptionally fulfilled 26
(b.) Reasonably fulfilled 40
(c.) Not fulfilled 13
(d.) Exceptionally disappointed 21

2.2 Data analysis
1. Q1. Students duration in a college?
Mean 33.33333
Median 35
Mode 35
Mean is an average value of the data which signifies that such number of respondent
show a positive or negative reaction of their own. Mostly students of this college are part of a
college from not more than two years. But out of 100 there are 35 students are belonging to such
category students which are a part of college from last two years.
2. Q2. Environment of the college?
Mean 50
Median 50
Mode #N/A
Average value of the students who feel that environment is safe 64 which means that
average students feel that environment is safe for them. But not all the students have same view
point and thus, mode is nil.
3. Any previous institution or any other reason while consulting this college?
Mean 50
Median 50
Mode #N/A
According to collected information mostly students come directly without getting any
person preference or opinion for college. This signifies that college have good brand image and
many students trust on them which enable them in attracting large number of students.
Q4. Fulfilment level of students connected with study?
mean 33.33333
median 22
mode #N/A
Mean value of frequency signifies that 33 percentile respondents are happy with
assignments which are provided to students. As well as 22 thinks that they are valuable in nature
and help them in their lifelong learning.
Q5. Level of comfort in hostel and other places like cafeteria etc.?
mean 25
median 20
mode #N/A

Hostel and other facilities of college are profoundly fulfilled according to students.
Modestly fulfilled have a rate of 22. As per mean, mostly students are less fulfilled.
Q6. College authority behaviour towards each and every student?
mean 50
median 50
mode #N/A
As per data average student’s things that faculty have good behaviour towards them and
median value is also 50.
Q7. Is the college condition acceptable according to you?
mean 50
median 50
mode #N/A
College condition are acceptable for students in which they prefer rank it moral.
Q8. Other courses which company you want to add on?
mean 50
median 50
mode #N/A
Many students want that college have to introduce many professional courses over there.
According to student representative there is a lack of professional courses which means they
have to add on more.
Q9. Security facilities that are given by the college administration to their students?
mean 25
median 23.5
mode #N/A
Many students think that security facilities are appropriate in nature and it get fulfilled
with the help of hiring new and reasonable security service provider to college and hostellers.
2.3 Analyse the data by using measure of dispersion
The measure of dispersion means the extent to which a distribution is stretched and
squeezed. It signifies the variances which are taking place during and analysis. It includes the
range, standard deviation, variances and interquartile range. This process helps in understanding
about the changed which are taken into account during a course of time to another. It became
zero if all the data is going to be same (Frey, Schulz-Hard and Stahlberg, 2013). The more
evaluation of examples of measure of dispersion are as follow which are made while preparing
any data.

1. Range: There are mainly two types of range: i) upper range ii) lower range. Both the
range are helpful in knowing the highest and lowest value of the data.
2. Standard deviation: It helps in differentiate the value of group member to others. So that
understanding become easy and appropriate.
standard deviation 21.56
range Upper Lower
90 10
According to the current tabulated data it is clearly examine that the lower range of the
analysis is 10, which means that it is the lowest frequency in the table. The upper range of the
analysis is 90 which signifies the highest value of the data. So that organisation does not have to
take into consideration about the range (Gabrielsson and Gabrielsson, 2013).
Standard deviation is 21 which shows that different age group students and the variance
is taking place between their satisfaction and experience.
2.4 Use of quartile, percentile and correlation coefficient
Quartile, percentile and correlation coefficient is a part of measure of dispersion. This is
very useful for considering that the data is helpful and make it clear understanding about each
and every aspect. About all three aspects are as follow (Maxwell Jeffrey and Lévesque, 2011):
Quartile: It is the method which helps in the clear understanding about the four quartiles which
divide the calculation into four equal parts. The lower quartile has the range of which is lower
than the 25 and the higher quartile has the range of more than 25. The middle quartile is
considering as the 50 and the central quartile (García-Peñalvo and Conde, 2014).
Percentile: It is the 100th percentile of the data and the main limitation of this approach is that it
has not a single specific information about its contents.
Correlation coefficient: This term shows the relationship between two or more variables with the
result which is not more than 1. If in any situation this result goes high or low then the 1, then the
result is inappropriate. It only shows their relationship not the dependency on each other.
Another thing by this is that it shows the linear relationship, if it does not show the liner relation
between the two variable then it leads inaccurate data (Isik, Jones and Sidorova, 2013).
Quartile
Correla
tion
coeffici
ent Percentile

1 21.25 21.25
2 32.5 32.5
3 44.5 40
4 90 90
According to the current data it is represent that first quartile shows the value which is
21.25, the next one shows the value which is also 32.5. Third quartile have the value which is
44.5 and the last quartile shows the value 90 (Hwang and Yoon, 2012).
The correlation coefficient of the analysis is come in the negative form which signifies
the negative relation between the age group and student’s satisfaction and experience. This
shows that they are negatively related with each other (Gigerenzer and Gaissmaier, 2011).
The correlation coefficient, between appropriate data range and not appropriate data
range is negative which signifies that there is something getting wrong. Authority have to take
some helpful steps in overcoming from such sort of matters. The correlation coefficient of the
data get calculated by dividing the data in two groups out of them one is appropriate and another
one is inappropriate. The data range which get calculated from that is -0. 91649 which signifies
that there are still some areas which required improvements.
TASK 3
3.1 Graph
Graphs are the basic thing which aid an organisation to analyse the data more easily.
Researcher use this approach just to make the data understandable to each and every person who
is related to that project. Student representative of UKCBC have to use different graphs and
formats which make whole research interesting in nature. Also, by using each and every
questions graph it become easy for authority to understand each and every problem easily.
Q1. Students duration in a college?
(a.) Not as much as a year 35
(b.) One to two years 35
(c.) Over two years 30