South East Projects CEO Seeks Research Methodology for Strategic Intent South East Projects hired Mazurka Consultancyto provide research methodologies training tojunior project managers. Mr. Peters Troy believed that a greater understanding of research methodologies would improve junior project managers' performance as well as their ability to become senior project managers. South East Projects is a business that was founded in the year 2008. It manages projects for a variety of organizations who use a projectbased approach to their work. Dr Mazurka would be in charge of the training, which would also include Professor Holani and Dr Dzvuka. Professor Holani stressed the need of having a thorough understanding of literature reviews and the importance of doing a critical evaluation of the literature as well. He said that critically analysing the literature would be a good place to start while conducting research. The major purpose of critical review, according to Professor Holani, is to help one get a full grasp and insight into signicant historical research and current trends. He goes on to say that the research approach one plans to use will establish the exact goal of the literature review. The lecture on the literature review follows a training session on the nature of business and management research, as well as the design and clarication of the research topic. After a few sessions near the end of the training, it became clear that the majority of the junior project managers were having considerable difculties understanding specic aspects of what they were being taught. The following topics accounted for the majority of the problems identied: . Formulation of research design 0 Understanding research philosophies and approaches . Conducting the literature review . Formulating and clarifying the research topic; and . Understanding the nature of business and management research. Interventions were made to ensure that the concerns identied were addressed, and the training was eventually successful. Mr. Peters Troy was pleased with the training's progress and was optimistic that he now has a team capable of attaining any desired outcomes. Question 1 (10 marks) Assuming that you are one of the junior project managers identied in the case study, you seek clarity in understanding certain concepts from the training. Highlight the importance of management research, effective methods to a strong research topic, and awareness of research philosophies. Question 2 (10 marks) Professor Holani's instructions on literature reviews show that corporate researdi might not always be the same as academic research. Select a company of choice and assess whether or not they conduct a literature review when undertaking their own business research. Based on yourndings conduct a benet analysis of critically reviewing literature. Question 3 (10 marks) Assuming you were a member of Dr Mazurka's training and development team, provide a detailed presentation that best analyses the research design formulation. END OF PAPER