Business Development Research Log Book Assignment - Project

This research log book provides a detailed account of the research process undertaken for a business development project. It outlines the key stages, including topic selection, literature review, team formation, methodology selection, primary data collection through interaction with Marks and Spencer employees, data interpretation, and final drafting. The log book also provides a timeline of activities, starting from April 20th and concluding with the submission of the research project on June 8th. The log book systematically documents the evolution of the research, including the challenges faced and the solutions implemented at each stage. This log book serves as a valuable resource for students looking for examples of how to structure and document the research process.

Project Log
Research Log Book
This form could be used to record the activities during the research and must be included in the Appendix
section of work.
 You may want to discuss:
 what you have done (eg, from one week to the next)
 if you are working in a group, what discussions you have had
 any changes that you have or will need to make to your plans
 what resources you have found or hope to find
 what problems you are encountering and how you are solving them
 what you are going to do next
Live Recording
Wee
k
Date Nature of contact
e.g. Lecture, Self-
directed, One-to-
one etc
Content Action taken
1 20 April
Lecturer
Topic of research
was chosen based
on globalization
Research topic researched
2 27 April
Self-Directed
Information related
to it was gathered
Information or data gathered
3 4th may Self-directed Team required for
completion of this
project was built
Team build for the research
4 11 may
Self-Directed
Literature review
was done based on
prior research
Literature review done
5 18 may Self-Directed Methodologies
required to
complete this
project was chosen
Methodologies chosen for the research
6 25 may One to one
interaction with
employees of
Marks and Spencer
Primary data used
in the project was
collected
Primary data collected
7 1 june
Self-Directed
Data collected was
interpreted for
finding results
Data interpreted
8 8 June
Self-Directed Final drafting was
done
Drafting was done
9 8 june Self-Directed Complete research
project submission
was done.
Submission
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