...experience in collecting and analyzing primary consumer data * Apply some of the important concepts and knowledge acquired in the course to derive practical, managerial insights about the behavior you have examined * Work through differences of opinions, work habits, schedules, and so on characteristic of a group dynamic to produce a quality final report Group Formation Students must complete the project in self-selected as opposed to professor assigned groups of 4 students. These groups should be formed as early as possible (as soon as the enrollment stabilizes around the third week of the semester). Groups must elect one designated member, who will be responsible for all project online submissions/uploads. For the most part of the semester, you will need to meet outside the class to work on project-related tasks. Additionally, to ensure that you have adequate time to meet with your group to work on the project, three project workshop days (refer to syllabus) have been scheduled during class time. Topic Selection Although your group can pick the project topic, you are strongly encouraged to choose from the suggested topics below that have a higher likelihood of making your work uncomplicated rather than complicated. You will focus on usage rather than acquisition or disposition behavior. You will also focus on current end users and their consumption experiences. Recommended topics are as follows: * Consumers and their relationship to their pets * Consumers...
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...Intervention: This HR intervention report will consist of the main steps to develop a selection interview. The selection interview is the second step in the selection process, which is a two way communication process between and interviewee and interviewer/interviewers. The outline for this HR Intervention report is based on the job of a dental assistant. This report relies on a Functional Job Analysis (FJA) report that was previously conducted as the guideline for determining the suitable testing method for the applicants. Purpose of HR Intervention: The purpose of this HR Intervention is to determine whether a candidate has the right skills, attitude and motivation to fill a vacant position, and perhaps more importantly, if that person will be a good fit within the culture of the organization. The selection interview is “a procedure designed to predict future job performance on the basis of applicant’s oral responses to oral inquiries” (Dessler et al. 149). A well-designed selection interview is necessary to select the most qualified candidates in order for them to proceed to the next step in the selection process. There are various structures, types of questions and types of interviews that can be utilized. Information included from the Functional Job Analysis The selection interview will require information from the Functional Job Analysis that was conducted for the dental assistant job. This report will focus on two primary skills from the FJA, which are adaptive skills...
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...MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Synopsis: PRISON MANAGEMENT SYSTEM is an efficient application for maintaining Prisoners information. More than a data storage program, it helps you manage the prisoners. It offers a wide variety of Reports that give you exactly the information you need. Add new prisoner details and about new cases. It enables to track every prisoner and their activities. There are three kinds of users Data administrator, Police officials and Administrator. Administrator is considered as Super user and he has full access and rights over the system than anybody else. Administrator can view the details of prisoners, cases, release diary, parole register and interview requests as well as in-out register. Next Police officials have rights to view the nominal rolls, case, parole, interview requests and his functionality is to check the nominal roll which comprises of whole details of prisoners and to fix date for court hearing as per court’s advice. Finally, Data administrator prepares reports and enters data on behalf of the administrator with appropriate data. They have privilege to add and update the data as per administrator’s concern. The interview requests of relatives are made through data admin to administrator and the status of reports can reflect appropriately. Existing system: The prison system uses the documentation form storage which is a single user system to find the wanted information. The important and the most significant drawback is that...
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...BA 3301 Legal Environment of Business Compliance Interview and Report Assignment Associate Professor Lee Usnick, JD I. ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW Virtually all business activities conducted in the United States are highly regulated, not only by governmental entities, but by professional entities as well. Compliance with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations is a prerequisite to the long term health and survival of a business. Equally important is a business's compliance with standards issued by the professional and accrediting bodies responsible for licensing and certification. Certain industries are more regulated than others. For example, health care, financial services, and public utilities are all highly regulated with extensive licensing and operational standards. When a business fails to comply with all applicable regulations and standards, the business and the individuals who manage it can face a variety of sanctions, from loss of license and program certification, to civil and criminal sanctions that include monetary penalties and prison. In this assignment, you will learn how someone in your selected industry meets the challenges of current compliance requirements. It is not necessary to address all aspects of compliance in this industry or selected company. Rather, you should educate yourself in broad terms about the kinds of governmental and industry standards covering your interviewee's business, then select a few key aspects to explore in depth with...
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...BA 3301 Legal Environment of Business Compliance Interview and Report Assignment Associate Professor Lee Usnick, JD I. ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW Virtually all business activities conducted in the United States are highly regulated, not only by governmental entities, but by professional entities as well. Compliance with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations is a prerequisite to the long term health and survival of a business. Equally important is a business's compliance with standards issued by the professional and accrediting bodies responsible for licensing and certification. Certain industries are more regulated than others. For example, health care, financial services, and public utilities are all highly regulated with extensive licensing and operational standards. When a business fails to comply with all applicable regulations and standards, the business and the individuals who manage it can face a variety of sanctions, from loss of license and program certification, to civil and criminal sanctions that include monetary penalties and prison. In this assignment, you will learn how someone in your selected industry meets the challenges of current compliance requirements. It is not necessary to address all aspects of compliance in this industry or selected company. Rather, you should educate yourself in broad terms about the kinds of governmental and industry standards covering your interviewee's business, then select a few key aspects to explore in depth with...
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...The Cognitive interview Fisher and Geiselman came up with the cognitive interview in 1992. The cognitive interview is based on proven psychological principles concerning effective memory recall. It is a procedure designed for use in police interviews that involve witnesses. It is a way of interviewing eyewitnesses to improve the accuracy and detail of their memory of the crime. There were two main aims in developing the cognitive interview. The first one was to improve the effectiveness of the police interviews when questioning witnesses. The second was to involve psychological research to the interviews, particularly the work of Elizabeth Loftus. Loftus believed that eyewitness memory operates like a video camera. Fisher and Geiselman found that people remember events better when they are provided with retrieval cues. This is done by mentally reinstating the context of the event being recalled. It is an attempt to maximise the range of retrieval cues. The cognitive interview can be characterised into 4 components. These are: Report everything- The interviewer encourages the witness to report every single detail of the event that they can remember, even if it is irrelevant. This means letting the witness speak and not get interrupted as this may break the retrieval cue. This means the interviews can sometimes take a very long time and can be unsuccessful. Mental reinstatement of original content- This is where the interviewer asks the witness to mentally recreate...
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...What's New This Year Publication 5101 All tax preparers, Quality Reviewers, instructors, and Site Coordinators must pass the Intake/Interview and Quality Review test. Income Virtual Currency The IRS announced that convertible virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin, would be treated as property and not as currency, thus creating immediate tax consequences for those using Bitcoins to pay for goods and services. Taxpayers having transactions in virtual currencies are out of scope for the VITA/TCE programs. Standard Deduction The standard deduction for taxpayers who do not itemize deductions on Form 1040, Schedule A, has increased. The standard deduction amounts for 2015 are: * Married Filing Jointly or Qualifying Widow(er) - $12,600 (increase of $200) * Head of Household - $9,250 (increase of $150) * Single or Married Filing Separately - $6,300 (increase of $100) Taxpayers who are 65 and Older or are Blind For 2015, the additional standard deduction for taxpayers who are 65 and older or blind is: * Single or Head of Household - $1,550 (no change) Married taxpayers - $1,250 (increase of $50) Personal ExemptionsThe amount a taxpayer can deduct for each exemption increased to $4,000 for 2015. | Standard Mileage For 2015, the following rates are in effect: * 57.5 cents per mile for business miles driven * 23 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations (no change) ...
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...Compliance Interview and Report Assignment BA 3301 Legal Environment of Business Associate Professor Lee Usnick, JD I. ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW Virtually all business activities conducted in the United States are highly regulated, not only by governmental entities, but by professional entities as well. Compliance with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations is a prerequisite to the long term health and survival of a business. Also important is compliance with standards issued by the professional and accrediting bodies responsible for licensing and certification. Certain industries are more regulated than others. For example, health care, financial services, and public utilities are all highly regulated with extensive licensing and operational standards. When a business fails to comply with all applicable regulations and standards, the business and the individuals who manage it can face a variety of sanctions, from loss of license and program certification, to civil and criminal sanctions including monetary penalties and prison. In this assignment, you will learn how a person working in your selected industry meets the challenges of current compliance requirements. It is not necessary to address all aspects of compliance in this industry or selected company. Rather, you should educate yourself in broad terms about the kinds of governmental and industry standards covering your interviewee's business, then select a few key aspects to explore in depth with your...
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...Phoenix Material World Religions Report - The Interview During Week Five, you should conduct the interview for your World Religions Report. Be sure to take good notes during the interview so you can use them as a reference for your final project. Following are suggestions for the interview: Before the Interview • Schedule the interview well in advance. • Clearly explain to the interviewee the reason for the interview. • Prepare a list of topics and questions ahead of time. Ask open-ended questions that avoid a yes or no answer. • Ask permission to record the interview with a tape recorder. Remind the interviewee that a recording can ensure accurate quotations. During the Interview • Introduce yourself, and restate the purpose of your interview. • Sit 4-10 feet from the interviewee (normal conversation distance). • Begin with an opening question that will be both enjoyable and easy to answer in order to establish rapport with your subject. • Remember that the source is willingly discussing his/her religious views with you. Be sure to express respect and objectivity through your words, tone, and body language and refrain from offering judgment or criticism when the subject’s ideas differ from your own. • Take shorthand notes on the major/interesting points you feel are important. • Always thank the interviewee for his/her time. Remember to include these three questions in your interview: 1. What are the important...
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...Material Appendix F World Religions Report - The Interview During Week 5, you should conduct the interview for your World Religions Report. Be sure to take good notes during the interview so you can use them as a reference for your final project. Following are suggestions for the interview: Before the Interview • Schedule the interview well in advance. • Clearly explain to the interviewee the reason for the interview. • Prepare a list of topics and questions ahead of time. Ask open-ended questions that avoid a yes or no answer. • Ask permission to record the interview with a tape recorder. Remind the interviewee that a recording can ensure accurate quotations. During the Interview • Introduce yourself, and restate the purpose of your interview. • Sit 4-10 feet from the interviewee (normal conversation distance). • Begin with an opening question that will be both enjoyable and easy to answer in order to establish rapport with your subject. • Remember that the source is willingly discussing his/her religious views with you. Be sure to express respect and objectivity through your words, tone, and body language and refrain from offering judgment or criticism when the subject’s ideas differ from your own. • Take shorthand notes on the major/interesting points you feel are important. • Always thank the interviewee for his/her time. Remember to include these three questions in your interview: 1. What are the important...
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...Field Project Assignment: 5 Stages Stage 1 A. Choose one of the following options 1. Single in-depth interview(s) with one person preferably off campus, a non-student * Minimum total of 1 ½ -2 hours * Minimum interview session: 30 minutes 2. Interviews with two or more people but performed one-at-a-time * Minimum total of 2 hours * Minimum length of any portion of an interview: 30 minutes B. Choose your topic: Career Related: Interview people currently working in the field you intend to enter following graduation. You could choose to interview an entry level person and one or two people who have had more experience. You might want to know techniques for breaking into the field, what the job would entail on a day to day basis, trends, challenges, typical career paths, etc. Problem Solving: Talk to counselors on/off campus to identify ways to approach solving a personal dilemma or challenge (e.g., whether or not to go to grad' school, study abroad, change majors, start a business, quit drinking, smoking), or check with a social worker or city official who deal with real-life daily problems that require workable solutions. Class Related: Tie in the interviews you conduct for this class with another class project. You will still need to do the post analysis to conform to the expectations for this class, but at least the time interviewing as part of gathering material for your research will be doubly productive...
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...Sudan and South Sudan’s Merging Conflicts Africa Report N°223 | 29 January 2015 International Crisis Group Headquarters Avenue Louise 149 1050 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 2 502 90 38 Fax: +32 2 502 50 38 brussels@crisisgroup.org Table of Contents Executive Summary................................................................................................................... i Recommendations..................................................................................................................... iii I. II. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... South Kordofan – the Epicentre of Sudan’s Conflicts ..................................................... A. The Government’s “Hot Dry Season” Campaign ....................................................... B. The Sudan Revolutionary Front ................................................................................ III. Internal Nuer Conflict in Unity State ............................................................................... A. Historic Disunity ........................................................................................................ B. Bul Nuer Rising .......................................................................................................... 1 2 2 4 7 7 8 IV. Merging Conflicts in Sudan and South Sudan ......................................................
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...this procedure is to ensure that a fair, consistent, non-discriminatory and effective practice is adopted in all areas and at all stages of the organisation’s recruitment process. This policy applies to the recruitment of permanent, fixed term and sessional staff. 2. Establishment of a vacancy/authority to recruit 1. A vacancy may arise from either the resignation/dismissal of an employee in an established post or, the creation of a new post approved by the management committee. 2. Where the vacant post is a previously established post and the manager wishes to recruit to the vacancy, (it is not automatically assumed that ‘like for like’ recruitment is to immediately follow a resignation, there may be operational reasons for a delay; the opportunity to make changes to the post), the manager should advise the management committee of any changes required to the job description and/or person specification. The senior manager/line manager will progress the vacancy or give approval for this to go ahead – recruitment advertising; putting together the recruitment pack; arranging the short-listing panel, advising upon interview questions etc. This is to ensure a consistent approach to recruitment is maintained. 3. Where a need has arisen for a new post to be created and recruited to, a development appraisal is required by the Management Committee, outlining the request for a new post and why it is required. This appraisal requires details of the strategic and financial...
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...Determination: Analyse of the conduct of the interview: In general, what is your view of how the interview was conducted? Generally the interview was reasonably professional if a little rushed. The good points were: Inez begins well by reviewing the company’s business objectives which she has a grasp of from previous contacts with the company. There seems to be a good understanding on business matters between Inez and Gerry. She ensures that she has a firm understanding of many of the facts that she gathered. E.g. “Now, I understand one of the general objectives of the new information system is to be able to extract reports and inquiries on demand from any browser on a PC, laptop, Blackberry or PDA”. She pauses to jot some details of those facts down The bad points were: Inez seems to have her eye on the clock and she avoids going into detail on some of the new areas of business that Gerry wants in the new system e.g. the company’s proposed environmental specialist division, is not analysed by Inez. She also does not analyse sufficiently the Safety System. At times she does not seem to be listening to Gerry. Gerry talks about the environmental area more than once, but she does not to pick up on it sufficiently. However, to be fair to Inez, at the end of the interview she does say that in their next meeting she intended to look at some of the tasks in more detail. Did Inez elicit the information you would expect from a first interview? Yes in terms of identifying the main...
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...Marketing and Audience Research Research Report Word Count: 1800 Executive Summary The topic of this report is the predictors of Online Retail Shopping. It centres on the question of what are the determinants of Australian consumers’ attitudes toward online retail shopping. A sample size of depth interviews will be analysed, cross referenced and used to infer behavioural patterns. The target audience is English speaking adults in Australia who have previously engaged in online retail shopping. 1.1 Importance of the Research Online shopping is gaining exponential momentum in modern society, and empirical evidence indicates this trend will only continue to grow (Hooson 2011). Given that marketing ultimately drives every product, service, idea and attempt to influence consumer behaviour – it is an invaluable tool for any company. In order to effectively market your product, research into the wants, needs and behaviour of your target audience is integral to the development of your businesses collateral and positioning. Marketing Research is one of the few tools that allows researchers to get primary evidence into what actually shapes the buying behaviour of consumers; as well as opinions, attitudes and beliefs about certain brands or products. Once accumulated, this information can be used to discern the most effective means of marketing. Considering the number of industries with high barriers to entry, substantial costs in establishment, and growing competition...
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