Research Report: Automation Impact on Business Output in Australia

This research report examines the effects of automating business services on business output in Australia. The study investigates the relationship between automation and business performance, considering factors such as operational speed, employee costs, and data accuracy. It poses key research questions to determine the impact of automation on business output, service quality, and potential negative or positive effects. The research utilizes secondary data sources, including information on technology use in Australian businesses, and employs search terms like "impact of automation in business." The report references relevant journals to support its findings, aiming to provide insights into the benefits and challenges of automation in the business sector.

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Topic and title
Automation of services is necessary in all business sectors whether it is payment or registration
activities. With the automation of the services, the industries will prevent any attempt of theft,
and increases speed and general output of the company. Apart from that, automation assist the
industries to save the amount of expense since machines and systems will need few people
running the activities. The goal of this research is to analyze the relationship between automation
of services in business sectors and the output of the business in Australia. Some of the things that
have influenced this research include the speed in which businesses operate, cost of employees
and accuracy of their information.
Research question
Is there impact of automating business activities on the output of the business activities? Is the
automation improving the services or lowering the services? Can automation of the business
activities affect the business negatively of positively?
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Secondary data source and the data
The features of the businesses taking place around Australia will guide this research. The
characteristics will act as secondary data of the research. There are the available summary of use
of information technology in the system. Some of the available data can be found on
https:www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTAT/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/8166.0201718?OpenDocument
Variables: automation and output

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Search terms: “impact of automation in business”, “business innovation”, and “increased
automation of the systems”.
List of reference: for this research, there are three crucial journals that have the content of the
research. The three journals supplement the main literatures for the research. All these references
are available on the reference section.

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References
Jones, N., Borgman, R., & Ulusoy, E. (2015). Impact of social media on small
businesses. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 22(4), 611-632.
Laudon, K. C., & Traver, C. G. (2016). E-commerce: business, technology, society, 12(3), 109-
150.
Nguyen, T. H., Newby, M., & Macaulay, M. J. (2015). Information technology adoption in small
business: Confirmation of a proposed framework. Journal of Small Business
Management, 53(1), 207-227.