BUS707 Applied Business Research

The purpose of this assessment is designed to allow students to develop the expertise necessary to formulate practical and usable research questions to resolve business problems and add to business knowledge. This assessment relates to Learning Outcome a, c and d..

This research plan will set a basis for Research Proposal in Assessment 4. Following consultation with the lecturer or tutor, you should identify problem which may answered by research (you will be guided towards a suitable research problem/question in tutorial during week 2 to week 5 (inclusive).
Given the importance of relevance to Accounting in BUS707, please note that the research topics must be accounting-based topics. Some of the initial suggestions for the topics are:

Analysis of significant project in the students’ work experiences, such as:
Accounting standards
Accounting regulation in Australia
Accounting and/or Auditing ethics
Use of financial rations in corporate accounting
Multidimensional performance assessment, for example, using the balanced scorecard to evaluate performance on financial and non-financial bases

The effect of accounting information and auditing on the design of organisation, and on the ensuing behaviour of individuals and groups.
Accountants and/or auditors’ responsibilities and contributions toward corporate governance
Application of accounting and economic research to a specific business problem i.e sustainability initiative
Forensic Accounting
Technology implementation in accounting and finance
Innovation in accounting and its impact to business
Impact of organisational culture on the procedure and technique of accounting
Research based on cases reported by the courts, ASIC, APRA, ASC

Note:

Topics may also be identified from the suggestion for further research from articles published in relevant journal articles
The list of topics above are only initial suggestions and will be refined and expanded in discussion with tutors/research supervisors.

The research plan should be presented in the following structure (template is provided) :
Research Topic and Title
Background of the research
Research Questions and Research Objectives
Keywords used in literature review
Publication details of four main articles (Peer-reviewed journal articles from 2o1o onward)
Ethical Consideration

Submission Details

Individual Assessment
You need to state the word count of the assessment on the cover page.
The response should be professionally in Arial 10pt or Times New Roman 12pt, single space. Harvard (Anglia) style referencing.
Submission deadline Week 5 – Sunday by 11.59pm
Softcopy to be uploaded Turnitin via Moodle links

Late penalties and extensions:

An important part of business life and key to achieving KOI’s graduate outcome of Professional Skills is the ability to manage workloads and meet deadlines. Consequently, any assessment items such as in- class quizzes and assignments missed or submitted after the due date/time will attract a penalty. Penalty for written assessment is - 5% of the total available marks per calendar day unless an extension is approved