Write a research report based on the Richmond Footie Club in Melbourne, stating a main problem facing them and the solutions to it, do provide back up evidence from scholarly readings.

Write a research report based on the Richmond Footie Club in Melbourne, stating a main problem facing them and the solutions to it, do provide back up evidence from scholarly readings. Do intense research on this specific problem matter and include as many theories, concepts and frameworks from the readings. Citation and Harvard Referencing.

 Format:

Cover page and table of content

  • Intro
  • Background of Richmond (very brief, just 1 small paragraph)
  • Research question/ Problem statement. (write about the incident when one of the Richmond player punched another team member and that got him banned, resulted in the person breaking his jaw and not able to eat solid food for 6 weeks. Write how for hockey they want heavy hitters and aggressive people but do we want that direction for Richmond footie club? Roughhousing brings the whole theme and sentiments to the fans as well, it might be fine for the die-hard fans but is it too rough content for the remaining fans and their kids? there are 2 types of fans, 1 is the die-hard fans that always buy all the expensive tickets and merchandise creating profit, however creates a toxic environment during the game as they cuss and drink beer and shouts during the game, making it uncomfortable for other fans such as the normal fans and their kids)
    • Roughhousing issue of the Footie Club & provide recommendations. (go in depth regarding this subtopic and provide recommendations and frameworks and concepts from readings with Harvard citations and referencing)
    • It’s effects to the Die-hard fans & provide Recommendations (go in depth regarding this subtopic and provide recommendations and frameworks and concepts from readings with Harvard citations and referencing)
    • Its effects to Remaining Fans & provide Recommendations (go in depth regarding this subtopic and provide recommendations and frameworks and concepts from readings with Harvard citations and referencing)
  • Discussion (Provide all the possible solutions with its strength and weaknesses)
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix (provide graphs or charts)
  • References (HARVARD REFERENCING)

 Requirements for the assignment:

  • Re-state the problem in the context of your chosen management perspective as a research question.
    • You should do some research on ‘how best to formulate a research question.’
  • Undertake a literature review of contemporary management literature that will help you to better understand the nature of the management challenge, how theory can inform a solution and what (if anything) has been tried before to solve this kind of problem (e.g. Has this challenge occurred before? Maybe in another industry? Has it been solved?)
  • Continue to conduct industry and company research involving critically analysing and synthesising business information. (CLO3)
    • Your information should be both broad and deep. Once you have collected the information, you have to critically analyse
  • Identify and select appropriate tools, models and theories that will help you to understand the problem through the lens you have chosen.
    • These should be from scholarly sources.
  • Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the tools, models and theories you’ve selected. Suggest alternative methods to eliminate weaknesses.
    • Again, rely on scholarly sources.
  • Write a report justifying why your research approach to solving the management challenge should be adopted.
    • Use a report format.