You are employed as a research consultant at "International South African Business School (ISABS)", a leading business school of South Africa. The school has recently introduced a new, popular and trending curriculum calledSUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIPfor junior managers, supervisors, middle-level managers and entrepreneurs working across public and private sector organisations. It is offered to the students at postgraduate levels for a period of 15 days per semester. The curriculum is entering its second year and the school is interested to know how effective it is in helping employees and entrepreneurs improve their views, application, and their interpretation of sustainable leadership processes in their workplace. The school is interested to know the potential market share that it can achieve in the next 2 years by spending approximately R10 million per semester in the South African market.

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Identify the dependent and independent variables from the above scenario and develop hypotheses based on the scenario. Please remember to denote the null and alternative hypothesis properly. Conceptually, suggest how will you test the hypotheses. You are not expected to test hypotheses, only provide a brief theoretical discussion.