Business Continuity Research Methods

Trasnsmile Froup Berhad is a Malaysia-based investment holding company which provide air transportation and related service, and principally involved in aircraft engineering, flight maintenance service and provision of air freight. Besides that, it also provided express distribution and logistics management services, an also the aircraft leasing services as well. The clients of the company consist of well-established international companies such as DHL Wordwide Express,United Parcel Servce, Nippon Express and POS Malaysia Bhd. The airline was established in November 1993 which founded by Gan Boon Aun. After that, in 27 June 1997, Transmile was a corporation isted on Bursa Malaysia. The Kuok Group had earlier in March 2004 invest

Researchers often times are faced with the decision of choosing a methodology of research; either Quantitative or Qualitative that they think best fits their study and objectives. This choice is guarded by the topic of study, the advantages and disadvantages, and the strengths and weaknesses of using either one or the other type of the methodologies.

This paper will review different styles of research design along with how different variables within research can be measured.

Creswell, J. (2009). Research Design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. (3rd ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

A BCP should cover all of the things that could cease regular business operation. Once that has been establish, then we will need to determine what is required for continue operation during a disaster. Then who are the key personnel and what their job will be in support of the continue operation. Identify the key equipment, storage data area and the secondary location at least 30-50 miles away from your primary position.

What kind of result was found by the research design? Compare the effectiveness of the survey research to the other subordinate data, experimentation or observation in the perspective of gathering information for this project.

This study will implement a mixed methods design to include both quantitative and qualitative methods.

The procedure used to collect information for the research study is a survey and the techniques used were interview and questionnaire. An interview is when questions are posed to an individual to obtain information (What Is Survey Research? - Definition, Methods & Types, n.d.). A questionnaire is a series of written questions a participant answers (What Is Survey Research? - Definition, Methods & Types, n.d.). Follow- up questionnaires were administered to participant face- to- face and participants who were living long distance were interviewed by telephone.

Discuss the overall method (RCT) used for this quantitative research (in terms of how such a study should be conducted and what was and was not done).

The social sciences employ three main types of research methodologies: qualitative research, quantitative research, and mixed-methods research. Qualitative research is a catch-all term that describes field research within social settings (Saint-Germain, 2002). It does not have a control group or require the researchers to impose variables and is not going to be sufficient to establish causation. However, qualitative research is excellent at providing descriptions of behavior. While qualitative research is descriptive, quantitative research is predictive. It makes predictions known as hypotheses, tests those hypotheses, and attempts to establish cause and effect (Xavier, 2012). Mixed-methods research, as its name implies, employs a mixture of qualitative and quantitative elements in its research design. Generally, a mixed methods approach is appropriate when a combination of quantitative and qualitative data, together, provide a better understanding of research (Fischler, 2012).

Creswell, J. W.(2003) Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method approaches, 2th edition, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication

A Business Continuity Plan is a Plan to keep a business up and running in case a disaster or disruption was to occur to a business. A Business continuity plan contains procedures and policies that detail the proper steps to get a business back operationally. The ultimate outcome is minimal downtime. Attacks on businesses nationally and globally by Cyberterrorist has adopted some of the measures used in forensic investigation. The steps used by digital forensics are being adopted into a company Business continuity plan.

As listed on the website of Canada Business Network (2017), it is advisable for businesses to have a Business Continuity Planning (BCP) in order to deal with unexpected crises that could interrupt the operations of a business. A BCP is important because every business is at risk from potential disasters that could affect their normal operations: natural disasters, accidents, sabotage, power and energy disruptions, failures in the sectors of communications, transportation, safety, and service, environmental disasters, and cyber-attacks (Public Safety Canada 2015).

This chapter presents a comprehensive overview of methodology used in this study: research design, study participants, data collection and instruments, reliability and validity, data analysis, ethical concerns, and study limitations, followed by a brief summary.

Qualitative and Quantitative study designs both can be beneficial in research design. They both provide valuable options for researchers in the field. These techniques can either be used separately in a research study or they can be combined to achieve maximum information. This paper will define the terms qualitative and quantitative; describe the similarities and differences between each; discuss how qualitative and/or quantitative research designs or techniques could be used in the evaluation of my proposed research; and discuss why linking analysis to study design is important.