Weekly progress report - Coursework Example

Weekly Progress Report By [Presented to] of Summary of the Activities for the Week This section illustrates the tasks being undertaken by me during the period of the 21-27 of July, 2012, pertaining to my research topic:I completed the introduction chapter a few days before and had good amount of study materials to initiate the literature review. I started reading the article, "From e-Government to m-Government: Facing the Inevitable" written by I. Kushchu and M. H. Kuscu (2003) on Saturday, Sunday and Monday three hours each day to have an overview of e-government and m-government that helped me in writing the first subhead of the literature review.

The article stated that E-government revolves around the services of government being offered to citizens, businesses and government through wired technologies that have been replaced by mobile technologies because of easy availability and large penetration and acceptance. I also read the article titled Principles of Public Administration written by Jeong C. and Nawi F. (2007) on Tuesday and Wednesday, three hours each day, to understand the role of information communication technologies enhancing the efficiency of government’s information.

I also read the article titled M-Commerce: Technologies, services, and business models written by Sadeh (2002), stating mobile government is the strategic and advanced use of government services through mobile and cellular devices, on Wednesday and Thursday, three hours each day. The research conducted by Caroll (2005), titled Risky Business: Will Citizens Accept M-government in the Long Term, stated that unless the government understands the needs and requirements of citizens, long term value cannot be achieved.

Plan of the Activities for the Week to FollowThis part will explain what I am going to do in the coming week of the 21st- 28th of July to strengthen my research. Planned activities to be followed are as follow:In the upcoming week, I will gain deep understanding over research methods and designs by following the book Research Methods for Business Students written by Saunders et al (2007). Based on the reading and personal idea, I will be formulating strategies for collecting primary data along with identifying samples for the research process.

I will be reading chapter 4 based on understanding research philosophies and approaches on Saturday and Sunday for three hours each day; chapter 5 based on formulating research design, chapter 7 titled Collecting Samples, and chapter 11 based on collecting primary data through questionnaires on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday respectively for four hours each day. It will help me in forming a profound understanding over sampling and data collection methods. I will preferably use snow ball sampling method as it allows identifying few numbers of respondents and seeking further references for them.

This strategy will be used to identify samples for the survey purpose.I will also design questionnaires for common people in order to seek their views on effective delivery of m-government using snow ball sampling method on Thursday by devoting 5-10 hours. After writing the research methodology part, questionnaires will be distributed through e-mails on Friday and Saturday by devoting 4 hours each day to seek further views and opinions that will help in illustrating findings.If time allows, I also wish to:Identify few respondents for surveys using questionnaires;Enhancing my sample size through more contacts (5-10 for interviews and 15-200 for questionnaires);Collecting feedback from the supervisor and professors.