You are a senior manager at a medium sized organisation. You have been asked to conduct a project to investigate the high number of staff absences in your department. In order to understand key issues there are many factors you need to consider. Within the project you need to have clear aims and after your investigation consider options to support the aims and evaluate the impact of the course of action you wish to recommend.

1.1: Determine a topic of investigation that has a strategic implication.

1.2: Discuss the aim, scope and objectives of the project.

1.3: Take responsibility for and justify the topic of investigation and its aims, scope and objectives.

1.4: Formulate the project research methodology, including the project structure and research base.