Questionnaire Design and Research Methodology for Rowlinson Knitwear

This assignment focuses on the design of a questionnaire to gather data on employee satisfaction and pay structure at Rowlinson Knitwear, a small-medium enterprise. The introduction highlights the use of questionnaires to collect demographic information, facts, and opinions from employees regarding their compensation and workplace environment. The research methodology section outlines the data collection methods, including primary data collection through questionnaires, and the sampling technique, which involves selecting 20 employees. The questionnaire itself comprises 15 questions designed to assess employee opinions on pay structure, discrimination, benefits, and suggestions for improvement. The assignment aims to understand employee perspectives on pay, job roles, and overall satisfaction, providing insights for potential improvements in the company's compensation and management practices. The document concludes with a list of relevant references supporting the research and methodology used.

INDIVIDUAL Assignment
1 – Questionnaire Design
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................3
QUESTIONNAIRE.........................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Questionnaires are the type of research instruments which have a set of questions that
have objectives to gather information or data from a participant. Questionnaires are close-ended
questions most of the time (Koitsalu and et. al, 2018). Questionnaires are used to collect
demographic details, facts, opinions from multiple respondents. These are the questions which
are same for all the respondents.
For conducting research Rowlinson Knitwear is a chosen company, it is an small-medium
enterprise which is engaged in producing school wear for students and knitwear. The
headquarters is situated in Manchester, United Kingdom and has strength of 100 employees. The
main reason for choosing Rowlinson Knitwear is it is an small medium enterprise and their staff
are not satisfied with the pay structure they are providing in the company. It is determined that
employees are not happy because company is assigning roles on the basis of age and gender. The
pay scales are also decided by referring age and gender because of that employees are feeling
discriminated. So, questionnaire method is selected to collect and gather view of employees
working in a company.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
It is the chapter which is used by researcher to collect reliable and relevant data to
achieve the objectives of research in an effective and efficient manner. It is the process for
identifying, selecting and analysing data according to the topic of project (Clarke and Visser,
2019).
The present topic is based on the Rowlinson Knitwear which is an small medium
enterprise where employees are dissatisfied with the pay structure of organisation. Employees
are feeling that they are not provided with right amount of pay according to the work they are
performing on daily basis. This type of non satisfaction is making employee demotivated
towards their day to day operations which ultimately affecting the productivity of organisation.
Some other issues that employees are feeling that they are feeling discriminated because the jobs
and responsibilities are assigned on the basis of gender and age, they are not provided with right
roles and responsibilities according to their talent and qualification. To understand and examine
the opinions of employees regarding their dissatisfaction and unhappiness related to the pay
structure, researcher is using help of different methodologies which are explained below:
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 Data collection: It is a method which is used by researcher to collect and gather
information from all the available sources so that main objectives of research can
be fulfilled in an effective manner. There are two types of data collection methods
knows as Primary and Secondary data collection method. As per the requirement
of current research primary data collection method is used in which first hand data
or information is gathered by the efforts of investigator, the main objective of
selecting this method is it help in addressing the problem and issue (Bairagi, V.
and Munot, 2019). The data is collected from various sources like personal
interview, survey, observations, questionnaire and many more. The collected data
from these sources always remain under the supervision of investigator. Here
information and data are collected directly from the participants. Questionnaires
are also useful in originating quantitative information because they gather data in
facts and figures. The collected data is also shown in graphs in a systematic
manner (Blumenberg and et. al, 2019).
 Sampling: Sampling has two types of methods known as probability and non-
probability sampling. According to the need of present research probability
sampling is used because it help in selecting small sample from the given large
sample. The selected small sample act as the representative of whole employees
working in an organisation. The chosen participants receive same opportunity to
take part in the survey and give their opinions (Al Kilani, 2016). For this research
to know about the impact of pay structure on the performance of employees, 20
employees are selected from the whole employees of Rowlinson Knitwear as
participants.
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QUESTIONNAIRE
Q1 Considering compensation and salary structure, would you like to recommend Rowlinson
Knitwear to other people for work?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2 What are the major issues faced by employees of Rowlinson Knitwear ?
a) Inefficient pay structure
b) Discrimination on the basis of age and gender
c) Assigning roles on the basis of age
d) Low rewards
Q3 How would you review about the current pay structure of Rowlinson Knitwear?
a) Excellent
b) Good
c) Average
Q4 Do you think present pay structure is competitive enough, if it is compared to other
companies of the same industry?
a) Yes
b) No
Q5 Does pay structure is decided on the basis of age and gender by the manager of Rowlinson
Knitwear?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Can't say
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Q6 Do employees of Rowlinson Knitwear are assigned job roles on the basis of gender and age?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Can't say
Q7 How does the age and gender discrimination affect employees of Rowlinson Knitwear?
a) Demotivated employees
b) Low morale
c) High turnover of employees
d) High disputes and conflicts
Q8 Does pay structure affect the employee performance of within an organisation?
a) Yes
b) No
Q9 What is the impact of bad pay structure of Rowlinson Knitwear?
a) Unhappy and unsatisfied workforce
b) Low productivity
c) Lower performance
d) Not able to meet objectives
Q10 What are the other benefits do employees get other than normal pay and remuneration?
a) Monetary benefits
b) Non monetary benefits
Q11 Are there any health benefits included in the pay structure of Rowlinson Knitwear?
a) Yes
b) No
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Q12 What type of leaves are added in the pay structure of a company?
a) Sick leaves
b) Holiday leaves
c) Emergency leaves
d) Casual leaves
Q13 What are the different ways that Rowlinson Knitwear should adopt to satisfy employees in
an organisation?
a) Right pay structure
b) Assigning jobs according to their qualification
c) Removing discrimination on the basis of age and gender
d) Providing extra benefits and rewards
Q14 Do employees productivity and organisation's productivity are linked with the pay
structure of an organisation?
a) Yes
b) No
Q15 What are the ways to know about the views of employees regarding pay structure?
a) Review Process
b) Feedback method
c) Organising informal meeting
d) Direct conversation
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Bairagi, V. and Munot, M.V. eds., 2019. Research methodology: A practical and scientific
approach. CRC Press.
Blumenberg and et. al, 2019. The role of questionnaire length and reminders frequency on
response rates to a web-based epidemiologic study: a randomised trial. International
Journal of Social Research Methodology. 22(6). pp.625-635.
Clarke, E. and Visser, J., 2019. Pragmatic research methodology in education: possibilities and
pitfalls. International Journal of Research & Method in Education. 42(5). pp.455-469.
Koitsalu and et. al, 2018. Effects of pre-notification, invitation length, questionnaire length and
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Taherdoost, H., 2016. Measurement and scaling techniques in research methodology;
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