Principles of Business
SBA
Table of Contents
Table of contents accurately links pages to content.
Topic/Issue/Problem
Select an area of interest and present it as an issue.
Example:
1. An examination into three reasons the students of Salem High
School purchase lunch from the vendors at the gate rather than the
canteen.
2. An investigation into the factors that affect demand for mackerel at
ABC Supermarket
3. An investigating into the pricing policy used by Mr. Smith Grocery
shop.
Objectives
• Create three smart objectives to use as a guide. These are the things
that you hope to find. Example:
1. To determine three challenges that ABC Supermarket experiences in
meeting consumer demand
2. To determined the preferred brands of toothpaste of ten customers
of Champion Supermarket
Background
Background
Includes a description of the research topic/issue/problem
1. Description includes history
2. Description includes development
3. Why/how the research topic/issue is important to you
4. Impact of the research topic/issue have on society
For questionnaire:
1. Use 2 demographic questions
2. Three (3) questions each to cover each objective
Use ten (10) or twenty (20) respondents in order to make analysis eaiser
PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA
1. Data is presented in an appropriate form using tables, charts, graphs (more
than one type)
2. Data is adequately analyzed
3. Data is analyzed using appropriate statistics – Mean, Median, Mode
Conclusion
Conclusion summarizes the findings of the project by
answering the objectives in one sentence each
Conclusion is logical and based on findings ( Total 4 marks)
For example:
Recomendations given by respondents on how the commercial banks can improve their loan services
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# of Responses
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5
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Series1
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2
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Lower Interest Rate Less paperwork Longer Time for DNR
Payments
Options
Figure 9 showing the recommendations given by the respondents on
how the commercial banks can improve their loan services. Five (5)
persons or fifty percent (50%) indicated that they should lower their
interest rates, two (2) persons said that thy should increase the amount
of time given to repay loans, one (1) person thought that they should
have less paperwork. One of the respondents did not respond to the
question.
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The most frequent response was to lower interest rates as indicated by
50% of the respondents. This shows that the majority of persons
believe that the commercial banks’ interest rates are too high. This
could be the major reason why persons choose to take loans at the
Cooperative Credit Union instead of commercial banks
• The findings of the study reveal that three reasons citizens of Falmouth
access loans are: to purchase a car or house, fund/further the education of
their children, to fund an event. These were the three most selected
responses on the questionnaire. It was also discovered that seventy
percent (70%) of the persons asked were aware of other financial/lending
agencies.
• The findings of the study reveals that most customers shop for
grocery twice per week. There are few others who shop once per
week and fortnightly. Additionally the top three reasons customers
would shop at another supermarket are the availability of given
brands, the price of goods and if there is an emergency.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Recommendations are realistic and informed by finding
2. Recommendation contribute to a better understanding of the
topic/issue/problem
• The Cooperative Credit Union can hold monthly meetings with staff
members and conducts surveys on how their services can be improved.
They can also offer more benefits to those who are not official members. In
addition, they can lengthen opening times.
• Based on the findings, it is recommended that supermarkets stock a wide
variety and adequate quantity of food items since this is the most
significant factor that influence consumers to change their supermarket of
choice
Bibliography
• Bibliography contains names of authors, name of publisher (s), names
and dates of publication, and are written in alphabetical order.
