Family Firms & Survival Patterns

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The project report should: Provide a clear description of the topic being addressed and its context in the organisation/industry of your choice. Demonstrate knowledge of relevant literature in the discipline area of the project, outlining relevant principles and theories. Describe and justify the use of a relevant research methodology and secondary data relevant to the topic. Analyse the data and evaluate findings relevant to the topic (using literature, logic and data to support the argument). You should include a section on reflections on your findings with implications for your chosen organisation and the industry. Summarise conclusions and provide recommendations. Structure, presentation, and style You are required to use: AIB standard report format AIB preferred Microsoft Word settings author-date style referencing (which includes in-text citations plus a reference list). These requirements are detailed in the AIB Style Guide. The broad structure and key sections of the project report are: Title page Executive summary Table of Contents Introduction Literature review Research methodology Case study method Data collection Presentation of findings Analysing the data Reflection on findings and implications Conclusions and recommendations Referencing Reference lists for the projects should contain approximately 20–25 relevant references from different sources. All references must be from credible sources such as books, industry related journals, magazines, company documents and recent academic articles. Most web-based resources are not sufficiently supported (e.g. peer reviewed) to be useful as a reference, except where they provide industry information. Penalties Your grade will be adversely affected if your assignment contains no/poor citations and/or reference list and if your assignment word length is beyond the allowed tolerance level (see Assessment Policy available on AIB website). Useful resources Useful resources when working on your assignments include: AIB Assignment Guide AIB Style Guide. Use the AIB Online Library to assist you in your research, including: EBSCO Host online library IBIS World library. ProQuest ebooks JSTOR Journal storage Please be sure to read all the attached documents, they tell you specifically what is required. In addition this report would follow from the project statement that was poorly done which is also attached together with the markers comments on how to improve the paper. Please review these results. It is stated that its to vague and vast please narrow the study and compare with possible family businesses in the caribbean if the literature is available.