i. to identify the nature of communication in the U.S organizations
ii. to find out the opinion of U.S. employees over the method of communication adopted in their organizations
iii. to find out the effects of communication process on the output of the U.S organizations
Hypothesis
This is the statement created by researchers when they speculate upon the outcome of a research or experiment. It is a pairing down of the problem into something testable and falsifiable.
For this study, the hypothesis is “U.S employees are not satisfied with overall effectiveness communications within their organization”
Assumption
An assumption is an act of faith which does not have an empirical evidence to support.
Assumption here is “the U.S employees prefer linear communication to upward communication”
Limitations
The limitations of the study are those characteristics of design or methodology that impacted or influenced the application or interpretation of the result of your study. They are the constraints on generalizability and utility of findings that are the result of the ways in which you choose to design the study and/or method used to established internal and external validity.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND DESIGN
Research design is the conceptual structure within which research would be conducted. However, the research design to be adopted in this work is descriptive. This is the same as correlation research or observational study. This is a study that is not truly experimental. Here the information is collected without changing the environment and the contingent of the contingency situation involved in the social problem.
Literature Review
This is an essential preliminary task in order to acquaint oneself with the available body of knowledge in the area of study and interest. Literature review is an integral part of entire research process and makes valuable contribution to every operational step. In other words, literature review will bring one, clarity and focus to this research. Two, improve the methodology. Three, broaden the researcher’s knowledge. And four, brings about contextual findings.
Study Population
The totality of the all objects/subjects that falls within the framework of this study will the employees in selected organization and are going to be randomly selected within study area. No doubt the study would be carried out basically on the employees, sampling their opinion will be highly imperative to the achievement of the set aims and objectives.
Sample frame
The sample frame in this study is the total percentage of the employees in the selected organization(s). In other words, this is the total population of the items, individuals and elements for the study.
Sample size
This sizing will be made handed in the selected organization(s) in other to create impartial findings, so as to effectively achieve the set aim and objectives of the study. The sample size will be the exact proportion of the sample frame that is studied. Since knowing the total number of employees (in the U.S. organizations) in the study area is such an enormous task, the research will consider the sampling size between 10 to 15% of the total population (of the selected organization(s).
Sampling technique
Firstly, sampling technique is conducted following certain rules and regulation without human interference. It is noteworthy to identify the need to achieve the set aims of the study and the need to avoid any form of subjectivity and bias, a simple random selection approach will be used for this study. This study is tends to be cleaner because the respondents or the sampling objects are selected by prescribed regular interval.
Methods of Data collection
A number of substantial proportions of intonations needed for the study will be drawn through questionnaire. It is essential to satisfy all the demands of the study and clarify any form of ambiguity. The questionnaire will consist of a set of questions presented to a respondent for answers. The respondents read the questions, interpret what is expected and then write down the answers themselves.
Data Processing and Analysis
Processing and analysing data involves a number of closely related operations which are performed with the purpose of summarizing the collected data and organizing these in a manner that they answer the research questions. Data generated for this study will be analyzed using appropriate descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. It will be based on the findings of the questionnaire administered. However, this research tends to make use of descriptive statistics.