Gathering and Analyzing Input
Gathering and Analyzing Input
Research Study
For this study, you will use the Capella library, as well the BMGT8616 Research Guide (in the Resources list) to conduct research that you will apply to the Unit 5 assignment, and ultimately to your course project in Unit 9.
Your research will focus on two main areas as described in Parts 1 and 2 below.
Part 1: Gathering Input Across Organizational Systems
Research and select at least five articles from the Capella library from which you can learn about:
The importance of collecting information, data, and insights from diverse sources within an organization, in order to learn about, or validate, an issue or problem within an organization.
Various methods for collecting information, data, and insights on an issue or problem.
As you review articles, be mindful of methods that may be effective for gathering input on the issue or problem you are addressing in your course project.
Note: For Part 1 of your assignment in Unit 5, you will be required to reference (and cite) at least five articles, other than those included in the required course materials.
Part 2: Statistical Thinking and Analyzing Information, Data, and Insights
Research and select at least five articles from the Capella library from which you can learn about:
Statistical thinking and tools for problem solving or analyzing data.
Methods for analyzing information, data, and insights, including methods for analyzing patterns and trends in organizations.
At least one statistical tool or method that could be applied to the issue or problem you selected for your course project.
As you review articles, be mindful of various methods that would be effective for analyzing information, data, and insights on the issue or problem you selected for your course project.
Note: For Part 2 of your assignment in Unit 5, you will be required to reference (and cite) at least five articles, other than those included in the required course materials.
Learning Components
This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
Investigate the value of collecting information, data, and insights from diverse sources within an organization.
Reflect on what the literature says on various methods for collecting information, data, and insights on an organizational issue or problem.
Assess issue being addressed in course project against various methods for collecting information, data, and insights on an issue or problem.
Investigate the importance of statistical thinking for problem solving or analyzing data.
Research statistical tools and methods.
Understand methods for analyzing patterns and trends in the organization.
Recognize the value of evidence-based problem solving.
Understand the importance of integrating diverse voices in an organization.
Investigate how data can be used to learn about organizational problems.
Examine the literature to determine how to create a plan for resolving an organizational issue or problem.
Understand what the literature says about various methods for analyzing information, data, and insights.
Gathering and Analyzing Input
Activity Context
This assessment will measure your progress in mastering the following course competencies:
Analyze how diverse ways of knowing heightens leaders’ abilities to enhance the future of organizations.
Assess the value of statistical thinking when leading complex organizations through change.
Evaluate how systems thinking impacts knowledge sharing across organizations and sector boundaries.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions.
Activity Instructions
This assignment gives you an opportunity to do an in-depth examination of methods for collecting information, data and insights from diverse sources within an organization to learn about a problem or issue, as well as methods for analyzing that information. It will also help you begin building the problem solving plan you will describe to senior leadership, as part of your course project in Unit 9.
This assignment has two parts; both parts should be submitted in a single document, with one title page, and all references at the end of paper. Be sure to use headings to identify each part.
Part 1: Gathering Input Across Organizational Systems
For this part of the assignment, you will write a 4–5 page paper in which you synthesize information from the resources you found in your research in Part 1 of the Unit 5 Research Study, as well as the course readings, to address the following:
1. Evaluate the importance of collecting information, data, and insights from diverse sources within an organization.
2. Evaluate at least two methods for collecting information, data, and insights on an issue or problem.
3. In relation to the problem or issue you selected for your course project, determine which methods for collecting information, data, and insights you would recommend to senior leadership.
As you analyze and evaluate the information in the articles, address the following:
Determine what seemed to be valid information in the articles.
Identify differences and similarities between the articles.
Identify gaps or controversies within the articles.
NOTE: The idea behind synthesizing and evaluating information in the articles is to do more than simply read and report on what you have read. Consider the sources of information within each article as you think reflectively and critically about them. You are evaluating the usefulness of the information in the articles for creating your plan for collecting information, data, and insights from diverse perspectives in the organization where you identified a problem or issue.
Reference (and cite) at least five resources, other than those included in the required course materials. Use APA style to cite and reference all resources used. (See Additional Requirements below Part 2 of the assignment.)
Part 2: Statistical Thinking and Analyzing Information, Data and Insights
For this second part of the assignment, you will write a 4–5 page paper in which you synthesize information from the resources you found in your research in Part 2 of the Unit 5 Research Study, as well as the course readings, to address the following:
1. Evaluate the importance of statistical thinking for problem solving or analyzing data.
2. Evaluate at least two methods for analyzing information, data, and insights.
3. In relation to the problem or issue you selected for your course project, determine which methods for analyzing information, data, and insights you would recommend to senior leadership. Among the methods you recommend, include:
o Methods for analyzing patterns and trends in the organization.
o At least one statistical tool or method.
As you analyze and evaluate the information in the articles, address the following:
Determine what seemed to be valid information in the articles.
Identify differences and similarities between the articles.
Identify gaps or controversies within the articles.
Reference (and cite) at least five resources, other than those included in the required course materials. Use APA style to cite and reference all resources used.
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Paper should be clear and well organized, with no technical writing errors, as expected of a business professional.
References: Use at least 10 total references, other than those included in the course materials.
APA Style: References and citations should be formatted using current APA style.
Total Length of two-part paper: 8–10 typed, double-spaced pages, with one inch margins. The title and reference pages do not count toward meeting the number of required pages.
Font: Times New Roman, 12 point.
NOTE: Submit both parts of this assignment as a single document to SafeAssign, use the SafeAssign Draft option to check your writing and ensure that you have paraphrased, quoted, and cited your sources appropriately. Run a SafeAssign report, saving your paper as a draft. Based on your SafeAssign results, make any necessary changes to your paper before submitting your final assignment to your instructor for grading.
