...In every research project there will always be a way to measure what is going on and how even a slight change could impact the outcome. A review was performed by Franz Bocker, from the School of Business University of Regensburg, on the comparison of teaching types of case verses lecture in Business Administration. In all school environments the importance of motivating a student to actually understand the course is the intended goal of all institutes. In this synopsis we will be looking at the independent and dependent variables described throughout the study. As well as the subjects used, how they were chosen and was the study valid and reliable. The idea to perform such a study was based on proving three hypotheses by reviewing what would be the better motivator to students, case versus lecture teaching. These hypotheses that were reviewed were: • “Case teaching develops the ability to reproduce knowledge learned skills better than lecture teaching. • Case teaching develops the ability to apply knowledge and learned skills to unknown problems better than lecture teaching. • Case teaching motivates students to learn managerial information more than lecture teaching does” (Bocker, 1987). The three hypotheses were developed to confirm that case teaching is better suited to teach students in a business administration degree than a lecture structure. In every experiment there is at least one independent variable and one dependent variable...
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...Tobacco and Pollution cause Lung Cancer cases Many people who suffer from Cancer have lived in the environment with lost of toxins around them. There are many sources of such toxins, and some of them are Tobacco and Car emissions. The government has recently tired to prevent people from smoking, In 2009 President Obama came out with an act called Tobacco control Act of 2009 and said, “ The legislation takes measures to prohibit tobacco companies from marketing to children such as making candy flavored cigarettes. It also further limits misleading advertising such as the use of word such as "light" with tobacco products.” As you can see that the government of America and also the government of Canada are trying their best to prevent young people and old from smoking and preventing the retailers selling tobacco to people under age or below 19-20. As I was researching for my project, I came across very interesting articles but they were all different from each other, some said that tobacco and pollution (car emission) are the cause of Lung cancer cases, or that no they are not, or that the rates have gone up for tobacco and car sales, or some would say they haven’t. I tired my best to collect the best of the best. It is suspected that tobacco with its negative reputation that is the larger causes of lung cancer, but other says that car emission is also a cause of lung cancer, so I decide to pick this study and find that data’s for which is really the cause of lung cancer or...
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...CRM Best Practices: A Case Study of an Indian Private Bank Kallol Das* and Renuka Garg** The current study attempts to conduct a study of deployment of CRM Best Practices in the context of Indian retail banking, specific to an Indian private sector bank, one of the largest banks in the country with presence in 17 other countries.The research objective involves describing how the selected bank is deploying the CRM Best Practices toward building relationships with their retail customers. The case study method is the recommended research method in such situations when we deliberately want to cover the contextual conditions because they may be highly pertinent to the phenomenon of study. The study identifies 29 CRM Best Practices after extensive literature review. There are six sources of evidence that can be used for triangulation of data. The current study uses only two to three sources of evidence and as a result the construct validity of the case study research is affected. Though several research papers have been published in the area of CRM practices, no publication was found, across the countries, in connection to CRM Best Practices. Introduction RM has been a part of marketing literature since more than a decade. Interestingly, there is still much debate over what exactly constitutes CRM (Sin et al., 2005). According to Parvatiyar and Sheth (2001), some of the themes represent a narrow functional marketing perspective while others offer a perspective that is broad and paradigmatic...
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...There are an estimated 153 million orphans in the world who have lost one parent. Another eighteen million has lost both parents and are living on the street or in orphanages (Winkler 912). In the world of adoption many have been confused on weather domestic adoption or foreign adoption should come first. There are several organizations created for each type of adoption, however there are not many that perform both. Thesis: Although every type of adoption should be prioritized the reality is that to be the most efficient they need to focus on one thing at a time. In this case they should focus on changing international adoption for the better by creating better costs, focus on pre adoption living conditions, safety during adoption, and post...
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...Business research involves the systematic and objective process of gathering data and transforming it into useful information. The research process is not confined around a single universal methodology. Infact it differs from one research study to another depending on the purpose of the research, the industry/ sector of the client company concerned, the research method/ tools used etc. As the research process differs, researcher faces different problems and issues pertaining to the research at almost every stage of the research process. It is important to note that the research problems are more complicated in studies involving subjective issues such as customer satisfaction surveys because in such a study, the quality and effectiveness of the service/ product varies among different customers depending on the customer''s perceived value of the offering, their prefferences and varying needs and demands. One of the most common problem the researcher faces are budgetary constraints. This occurs in almost all the business researches regarless of the company sector, nature of the problem, the location where the study is conducted etc. However, budget constraints are higher when researches are conducted for SME (Small and medium enterprise) clients. Such clients have limited budget for such research activities as the company needs to ensure that the value generated by the research activity exceeds the cost involved in conducting the research. Depending on their project...
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...Islamic Civilization Essay Fitzgerald argues strongly that the study of religion does not improve our understanding of societies, but labels them into the structures we associate with Western Christianity. He also argues that religion is not a distinctive phenomenon and should not have its own analytical category. He raises the question of whether or not there is a systematic way of distinguishing between the secular and the non-secular. He also raises the question of whether or not there is a fixed definition of the term religion, if that term is imbued in Western Christian bias, and the confusions that result in this analytically empty but ideologically loaded term. This term is used in so many different contexts that it has no clear meaning. Fitzgerald says that “the word ‘religion’ is analytically redundant and even misleading” (Fitzgerald 5), because religion refers to a “belief in gods or the supernatural” (Fitzgerald 5), and it was of “traditional European usage” (5). Fitzgerald claims that people have “self-consciously attempted to transform the meaning of religion…and extend it as a cross-cultural category” (Fitzgerald 5). The problem is that people have been incorrectly labeling cross-cultural categories under one term ‘religion,’ that imbues Western Christian views that do not accurately reflect the principles of many cultures. According to Fitzgerald, “working with the blurred and yet ideologically loaded concept of ‘religion’ as a starting point can confuse...
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...Donna Tuman Organizational Behavior Week # 7, Case Study 3 “What do we do with Howard” This case is about Howard Lineberry, whom after receiving a surveyor’s certificate, started out at the State Department as a chainman and then a position opened up at Agrigreen as a lead surveyor, he was proud to get this job. Working with Agrigreen, for 18 years meant he had gone through 5 supervisors. Each supervisor had their own attitude and own way of doing things. He starts out with Jerry Givens, whom was a hard headed boss. There was very specific things and ways that things would be done. Since being hired, Givens retires and now he is supervised by Paul Jackson, this supervisor expected LIneberry to plan his own day, this is something different from what Givens wanted. Jackson and Lineberry did not get along very well, Jackson felt a helper was needed for Howard as the helper would check for errors that Howard would make. This is when Dan Richards is hired. Richards felt Lineberry was slow and stupid and was eventually transferred to manufacturing. Howard did not get off easy on having a helper, Mel Cutler replaced Richards. Cutler wound up being someone that Howard liked, as time went on though growing pains set in and nothing was the same as in the beginning. The two of them barely spoke. By this point though, a new manager Lee Miller is put in charge. Howard and Mel move to another office and are then told to report to Frank Silverton. After a few years, Mel is placed...
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... Table of Contents 1. Introduction………………………………………………………….2 2. Literature Review……………………………………………………2 2.1. Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth………2 2.2. Empirical methodologies……………………………………………………..5 2.3. Effects of Merger and Acquisitions in Bank Industry on relationship between financial development and economic growth…………………………………7 3. Conclusion…………………………………………………………....8 4. Reference List………………………………………………………..9 1. Introduction Financial system is a basis of current economic trends and there is no possibility of doing businesses and transactions without use of its services. Since for every single transaction in our business and private life we need money or equivalents of money, financial system is there to make it available for our needs. According to Levine (1997) the main role of financial system is contained in efficient allocation of resources, risk reduction, simplifying...
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...Ethics Case Study Heather Holcomb University of Phoenix Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility HCS 335 Deborah Laughon RN BSN MS DBA January 23, 2012 Ethics Case Study Case Study Jerry McCall is Dr. William’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium, an antidepressant mediation, called in right away to his pharmacy, since he is leaving for the airport in thirty minutes. He says that Dr. Williams is a personal friend and always gives him a small supply of Valium when he has to fly. No one except Jerry is in the office at this time. What should he do? (Fremgen, 2009). Overview Health care providers are faced with making difficult ethical decisions everyday. Moral and value systems influence the ethical decision process, but the law and licensure regulations do as well. This case study is an example of a potential ethical dilemma and a possible breach of the law. The following questions will be explored: 1. Does Jerry’s medical training qualify him to issue this refill order? 2. Would it make a difference if the medication is for controlling high blood pressure that the patient critically needs on a daily basis? 3. If Jerry calls in the refill and the patient has an adverse reaction while flying, is Jerry protected from a lawsuit under the doctrine of respondent...
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...Impact of advertisement on consumers purchasing behaviour – Case study of Black Berry phone advertisement "They are the Black Berry boys" Index 1. Impact of advertisement on consumers purchasing behaviour 2. Case study of Black Berry phone advertisement "They are the Black Berry boys" 3. Conclusion 1. Impact of advertisement on consumers purchasing behaviour Every organization, or rather, Brand, invests a lot of capital on marketing, a major chunk of which is spent on making ads and this creates an influence on the consumer. Getting an iconic celeb like Amitabh Bachchan to speak about a product like Navratna Hair Oil, it seems like a piece of cake nowadays. But, to how much extent does these ads actually affect the consumers? Do they actually buy a product just because their favourite film-star is endorsing it? Is it possible that a product can change its image on the consumers overnight, just because of the flashy ads they just released? As being incorporated or associated with the Marketing process, advertising finds its position in every organization. Advertising can be defined as another strategy as an approach towards competitive advantage. Various advertising concepts are in the stream of the media and papers but still there is a little evidence that advertising can significantly help the organization boosts its performance. In terms of sales, it is true that the application of the marketing...
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...Structuur van uw verslag: Titelblad volgens PTC standaarden Voorwoord Inleiding Analyse van de Personages (Managers, Supervisors, Surveyor) Vraag en antwoord ten aanzien van de case Eind analyse gedrag van Howard volgens de verschillende theorieën en modellen (deming circle, motivatie) en/of verschillende management of leiderschaps stijlen (bijvoorbeeld Quin) Conclusies Aanbevelingen (oplossings modellen) Reflectie: * Eigen mening, Persoonlijk ervaringen What to Do About Howard Donna Tuman Organizational Behavior Week # 7, Case Study 3 “What do we do with Howard” This case is about Howard Lineberry, whom after receiving a surveyor’s certificate, started out at the State Department as a chainman and then a position opened up at Agrigreen as a lead surveyor, he was proud to get this job. Working with Agrigreen, for 18 years meant he had gone through 5 supervisors. Each supervisor had their own attitude and own way of doing things. He starts out with Jerry Givens, whom was a hard headed boss. There was very specific things and ways that things would be done. Since being hired, Givens retires and now he is supervised by Paul Jackson, this supervisor expected LIneberry to plan his own day, this is something different from what Givens wanted. Jackson and Lineberry did not get along very well, Jackson felt a helper was needed for Howard as the helper would check for errors...
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...Matt Olbrantz ENGM 5550 2/08/2011 Interim Assignment #2-Case Study; Warren Buffett It was apparent at a young age that Buffett was destined for success. His parents, grandparents knew he was a gifted as a child and eventually would turn into something great. He had something that no one else had, a savvy for business ethics and profit. It is incredible to me that by the time Buffett finished high school he had $6,000 in savings. And even more incredible to have almost $10,000 by the time he got out of college. Buffett took what he learned as a young boy about selling everyday items like gum and used the same philosophy in making billions in the stock market. As a young boy shades of brilliance were apparent, selling lemonade, bubble gum, then the purchase of pin ball machines for use in barber shops and then selling them for a profit. Buffett began trading stocks at a young age with success. It was obvious Buffett knew what he was doing as an adolescent and I think this set the foundation’s for his strategies later in life. It also shows that he would not invest something he was not familiar with. Who is not familiar with gum, lemonade and pin ball as a kid?? Warren Buffett was first exposed to formal training in investing at Columbia University, where Buffett studied under Prof. Ben Graham. Graham developed a method that identified undervalued stocks and this was Buffett’s cornerstone approach of what is now called “valued investing”...
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...Differences and Similarities in Generalized Characteristic Traits among Genders: The Sociopath and Psychopath by Evelyn J. Dotson MS, University of Phoenix, 2015 Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science Psychology University of Phoenix March, 2015 Abstract Psychopathic and sociopathic general characteristic traits are found in both genders in various populations. More research on the general characteristic traits of females is needed. Research for the female populations will give professionals information about the differences displayed between genders. Different applied sciences will also further their knowledge in treatment options for either tendency. The study used explored if any differences existed between genders with intensified levels of psychopathic traits in regard to psychopathy factor scores. The sample consisted of 2,500 people of both genders (52.6% women) (M=22.15; SD=1.38) from the generalized population, aged 20-24. Results displayed women with psychopathic personality traits had significantly higher levels of behavioral tendencies than men of the same. The genders did display a difference in aggressive behavior. The men showed a significant amount of aggressive behaviors compared to the women. The gender differences displayed in the seven psychopathic features show the variations needed for treatment options. Differences and Similarities in Generalized Characteristic Traits among...
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...In the months leading up to each presidential election, the issue of voter ID tends to arise in every social class of US citizen. From a small town council to the US Supreme Court, the pros and cons of voter ID are heatedly debated. Attorney General Alan Wilson said, “The rule requiring photo identification is a logical step in a country that requires photo ID for everything from cashing checks to buying cold medicine: Shouldn’t there be a basic protection for the integrity of the voting process”(qtd. in Dean.) Most states at the moment require only a spoken name to be eligible to vote. This results in abuses which harm the election process. The US government should implement voter ID laws in order to protect voter integrity and ensure accurate...
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...midterm. The “next” recovery will be a group effort. So will your midterm. Second, I have assigned three books. These are some of the best books out there on how to think about innovation, competition and how to grow a business. They will become “let me read that again” go-to books that you will use long after you graduate from UT. To compensate for the heavy reading load, I have eliminated most of the background notes from the course. Third, we are going to take a critical look at what is going on around the world. I believe that more than ever before, global events will have a profound impact on our ability to grow or maintain healthy businesses. I fear that this new global recession will be deeper and more destructive than the one that hit us in 2007-2009, and that...
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