NVQ Level 2 Business and Admin Research Information
Research Information
Understand Procedures for Researching Information
1.1 Give Reasons for agreeing Objectives and deadlines for researching information
Agreeing objectives is essential for a team or individual to know what they are focusing on to avoid wasting resources and time. Knowing the How, What, When and Why of an assignment will mean being able to complete the task in a timely manner and correctly.
Deadlines strongly affect what you research e.g. World news is being update by the hour, with a well-defined deadline; we can better gather the relevant information as required.
There is no point to having a long deadline and present a report of yesterday’s news;
• Who is interested in old news?
• How much will you pay for yesterday newspaper?
• Is it worthless?
A copy of today’s newspaper is worth money, but yesterday’s is worthless.
Therefore, objectives and deadline must go hand in hand. With the right objective and a set deadline you know what must be done and how long you have.
1.2 Give reasons for identifying and agreeing sources of information
As there are many different ways to find out information, for example;
• The internet
• Books and EBook’s
• Word of mouth etc.,
• Reference material
• Academic journals
• Magazines
• Statistics
• Specialist information
• Interview’s
• Past speeches
• Pictures
• Organizations
It is therefore crucial that you make sure the information is correct, relevant and current to your outcome.
Knowing for definite what type of information it is that you need, will help in accessing the information and using it appropriately. You need to know the difference between primary and secondary sources of information. You have to make sure that you really understand what kind of information you are supposed to be gathering.
It’s useful to identify and agree a source for use when researching information, as a standardized method means a more uniform report.
All information would be in a similar format when gathered from
Understand Procedures for Researching Information
1.1 Give Reasons for agreeing Objectives and deadlines for researching information
Agreeing objectives is essential for a team or individual to know what they are focusing on to avoid wasting resources and time. Knowing the How, What, When and Why of an assignment will mean being able to complete the task in a timely manner and correctly.
Deadlines strongly affect what you research e.g. World news is being update by the hour, with a well-defined deadline; we can better gather the relevant information as required.
There is no point to having a long deadline and present a report of yesterday’s news;
• Who is interested in old news?
• How much will you pay for yesterday newspaper?
• Is it worthless?
A copy of today’s newspaper is worth money, but yesterday’s is worthless.
Therefore, objectives and deadline must go hand in hand. With the right objective and a set deadline you know what must be done and how long you have.
1.2 Give reasons for identifying and agreeing sources of information
As there are many different ways to find out information, for example;
• The internet
• Books and EBook’s
• Word of mouth etc.,
• Reference material
• Academic journals
• Magazines
• Statistics
• Specialist information
• Interview’s
• Past speeches
• Pictures
• Organizations
It is therefore crucial that you make sure the information is correct, relevant and current to your outcome.
Knowing for definite what type of information it is that you need, will help in accessing the information and using it appropriately. You need to know the difference between primary and secondary sources of information. You have to make sure that you really understand what kind of information you are supposed to be gathering.
It’s useful to identify and agree a source for use when researching information, as a standardized method means a more uniform report.
All information would be in a similar format when gathered from