...RESEARCH PAPER TOPICS – BA 453 HRM The primary objective of your paper is to do “research” in a specific area of HRM. Such research requires the formation of a “research question” with a narrow focus to facilitate in-depth exploration and often entails a blend of field and literary research. You can elect to do primarily field or literary research. Some suggested topics are below, but you are encouraged to find one which excites your intellect and/or is relevant to your future business career. FIELD RESEARCH – requires contacting a company or companies, identifying their current HR policy issues or HR concerns, selecting only one, developing a list of interview questions based on a brief review of research in that HR area, and then conducting an interview to explore the matter in depth. It is NOT merely a report of the conversational narrative of the interview. It is a thorough critique with recommendation for improvement. 1. Critique a current HR policy or issue in a specific company and make recommendations for improvement. Examples of policies are: recruiting, hiring, orientation, training, succession planning, career planning, team development, performance review, equal employment opportunity, pay incentives, a specific type of employee benefit or perk, corrective/disciplinary action, OSHA compliance, and safety recognition. 2. Describe a current HR strategy in a specific company and how it enhances their competitive advantage in business. Discuss strengths...
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...RESEARCH PAPER TOPICS – BA 453 HRM The primary objective of your paper is to do “research” in a specific area of HRM. Such research requires the formation of a “research question” with a narrow focus to facilitate in-depth exploration and often entails a blend of field and literary research. You can elect to do primarily field or literary research. Some suggested topics are below, but you are encouraged to find one which excites your intellect and/or is relevant to your future business career. FIELD RESEARCH – requires contacting a company or companies, identifying their current HR policy issues or HR concerns, selecting only one, developing a list of interview questions based on a brief review of research in that HR area, and then conducting an interview to explore the matter in depth. It is NOT merely a report of the conversational narrative of the interview. It is a thorough critique with recommendation for improvement. 1. Critique a current HR policy or issue in a specific company and make recommendations for improvement. Examples of policies are: recruiting, hiring, orientation, training, succession planning, career planning, team development, performance review, equal employment opportunity, pay incentives, a specific type of employee benefit or perk, corrective/disciplinary action, OSHA compliance, and safety recognition. 2. Describe a current HR strategy in a specific company and how it enhances their competitive advantage in business. Discuss strengths...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Research Plan As part of your research plan, you must first draft a research question for your research paper that will guide the rest of your writing. A research question, which is more specific and focused than a general topic, is the question that your research paper will be answering. For example, if your general area of interest is social security, a possible research question might ask “How can low-income families save more money if the United States had a reformed social security plan that includes personal retirement accounts?” As you develop a research question, keep in mind that you will need to research sources to support your topic. Do not pick a one-sided question that will limit your research. Instead, develop a research question that lends itself to further exploration and debate—a question for which you genuinely want to know the answer. Try to pick a research question that is neither too broad, which covers too much, or too narrow, which covers too little. It should be broad enough to be discussed in a short research paper. |What is your general topic or area of interest? | | | |My general topic or area of interest will be taken from the list | | |in the syllabus. I chose researching drugs for the topic. ...
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...“The probability of success is difficult to estimate; but if we never search the chance of success is zero, “Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison in their 1959 paper ‘Searching for Interstellar Communications’ supports the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. This prediction was one of the first of its kind and it opened up nonbeliever’s eyes to real possibility of space exploration. Cocconi knew even back in 1959 that the expedition to space would be arduous but had the United States not tried to get there they never would have known the incredible opportunities space had to offer. In order to continue the pursuit of intelligence in space, the United States must consider impact on the economy, job industry, influence on youth, and impact...
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...Mason September 10, 2012 Distinguish between the following exploratory and formal studies. Exploration helps when researchers lack a clear idea of problems they will meet during the study. With exploration researchers develop concepts more clearly, establish priorities, develop operational definitions and improve the final research design. Exploratory studies tend toward loose structures with the objective of discovering future research tasks. The purpose of exploration is usually to develop hypotheses or questions for further research. The formal study begins where the exploration leaves off it begins with a hypothesis or research question and involves precise procedures and data source specifications (Cooper, Schindler). Experimental and ex-post facto research design. In an experiment researchers attempt to control or manipulate the variables in the study. Experimental design is appropriate when one wishes to discover if certain variables produce effects in other variables. Experimentation provides the most powerful support possible for a hypothesis of causation. With an ex-post facto design investigators have no control over the variables in the sense of being able to manipulate them. They can report only what has happened or what is happening it is important for researchers using this design not influence the variables to do so introduces bias. There research is limited to holding factors constant by judicious selection of subjects according to strict sampling...
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...6 7 March (1991) O’Reilly and Tushman (2004) Gupta, Smith, and Shalley (2006) Godes and Mayzlin (2009) Edelman (2010) Guinan, Parise, and Weinberg (2011) Libai and Nitzan (2011) Bertini and Gourville (2012) Kumar and Mirchandani (2012) 5 : 08/04/2014 15/04/2014 22/04/2014 29/04/2014 8 9 6 : 06/05/2014 13/05/2014 10 11 7 20/05/2014 27/05/2014 12 13 03/06/2014 14 4 .10 :(18/02/2014) 1 ' ( ) Ball, R., Brown, P., 1968. An empirical evaluation of accounting income numbers. Journal of Accounting Research 6: 159-178. Beaver, W. H., 1968. The information content of annual earnings announcements. Journal of Accounting Research 6: 67-92. Dechow, P. M., 1994. Accounting earnings and cash flows as measures of firm performance: The role of accounting accruals. Journal of Accounting and Economics 18: 3-42. Dechow, P. M., Sloan, R. G., and Zha, J., 2013. Stock prices & earnings: A history of research. Working paper. Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley. : 2 – (04/03/2014) 2 ' ( ) Bonaccio, S., Dalal, R. S., 2006. Advice taking and decision-making: An integrative literature review, and implication for the organizational sciences. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 101: 127-151. Jacobson, J., Dobbs-Marsh, J., Liberman, V., Minson, J. A., 2011. Predicting civil jury verdicts: How attorneys use (and misuse) a second opinion. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 8: 99-119. Liberman, V., Minson, J. A.,...
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...NASA Research Paper Chelsea Best 4138567 LSTD 300 Professor Kerney Since its beginning the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been pivotal in the scientific advancements made in the United States. Their vision, “To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind.” The scientist and researchers for NASA are trying to answer questions not just about the universe at large, but also about everyday human lives here on Earth. There are four focuses of NASA’s activity, called mission directives. Aeronautics, which focuses on meeting the worldwide demand for more eco-friendly and sustainable aircrafts. Human Exploration and Operations which involves operations on the International Space Station (ISS), developing commercial spaceflight and the ability for humans to explore beyond low-Earth Orbit. Scientist are exploring not only the Earth itself, but the universe beyond as well and works on charting the best exploration paths for us to continue discovering the universe. Space Technology is the final mission directive of NASA which combines elements from the others to develop and create the most innovative technology to aid future missions. NASA is also working hard to aid in the development of a private sector in space travel. Their hope is that by commercializing some aspects of space travel, such as routine trips to the ISS, more of their resources will be available for furthering their overall goals...
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...Research Plan As part of your research plan, you must first draft a research question for your research paper that will guide the rest of your writing. A research question, which is more specific and focused than a general topic, is the question that your research paper will be answering. For example, if your general area of interest is social security, a possible research question might ask “How can low-income families save more money if the United States had a reformed social security plan that includes personal retirement accounts?” As you develop a research question, keep in mind that you will need to research sources to support your topic. Do not pick a one-sided question that will limit your research. Instead, develop a research question that lends itself to further exploration and debate—a question for which you genuinely want to know the answer. Try to pick a research question that is neither too broad, which covers too much, or too narrow, which covers too little. It should be broad enough to be discussed in a short research paper. What is your general topic or area of interest? My general topic is “Recycling”, which is one topic from the list provided in the syllabus. Recycling is an important part of my life, because I care deeply about our environment. I was taught to recycle at a young age, and was somewhat shocked to see how careless consumers are here in the United States, and the “throw-away” mentality most consumers have. What is it about your general...
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...seven years, over 15,000 documents supporting biblical historicity have been unearthed at Qumran. One of the archeologist that played an important part in this discovery was Yigael Yadin of Israel. Yadin, not only contributed to the discovery and research of the Dead Sea Scrolls more than any other archeologist, but he also unearthed mysteries surrounding the history of Israel at Masada, Hazor and Tel Megiddo. He was not just an archeologist but he had a public life and military life to make him more of a person of interest. Even though Yadin died, his contributions will be remembered for years to come and will encourage others to continue where he left off. He will be missed greatly in the archaeological field. Hopefully, others will continue his work and continue to excavate different sites in order to find more useful and interesting discoveries of biblical nature. In this paper, we will review who he was, his life as well as his achievements and contributions in the archeological field. We will see that Yigael Yadin was truly an archeologist in every sense of the word – he lived archeology, he studied it and breathed it. It was in his blood so to say. His contributions are far too many to mention in this paper but we will focus on the most important of his contributions. Thesis Statement Through biblical archeology there has been the discovery of artifacts and evidence that would support the history of Israel. The most supporting...
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...Question 1 PSY 410Week 3 Discussion Question 2 PSY 410 Week 3 Neuro developmental and Neuro cognitive Disorders Paper (2 Papers) PSY 410 Week 3 Treatment of Neuro developmental and Neuro cognitive Disorders Presentation (2 Set) PSY 410Week 4 Discussion Question 1 PSY 410Week 4 Discussion Question 2 PSY 410 Week 4 Substance Related Treatment Presentation (2 PPT) PSY 410 Week 4 Treatment of Personality Disorders Debate (2 Paper) PSY 410Week 5 Discussion Question 1 PSY 410Week 5 Discussion Question 2 PSY 410 Week 5 Individual Programmatic Assessment PSY 410 Week 5 Psychological Disorders Presentation (2 PPT) ------------------------------------------------------------------ PSY 410 Week 1 Assignment Worksheet To Purchase This Material Click below Link FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.psy410assist.com Complete the Week One Assignment Worksheet. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. Week One Assignment Worksheet Match the definitions to the correct theoretical model. 1. _____ Experiences as a child affect life. Child is influenced by caretaker but also has a part in development. 2. _____ 2–3 years of age and the body wants to retain and eliminate. 3. _____ When a stimulus elicits a specific response 4. _____ 6–12 years of age; skills and activities are the focus, rather than sexual exploration. 5. _____ Overall, people are...
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...University of Phoenix Material Research Plan As part of your research plan, you must first draft a research question for your research paper that will guide the rest of your writing. A research question, which is more specific and focused than a general topic, is the question that your research paper will answer. For example, if your general area of interest is social security, a possible research question might ask, “How can low-income families save more money if the United States had a reformed social security plan that includes personal retirement accounts?” As you develop a research question, remember that you need to research sources to support your topic. Do not pick a one-sided question that will limit your research. Instead, develop a research question that lends itself to further exploration and debate—a question you genuinely want to know the answer to. Try to pick a research question that is neither too broad (covering too much) or too narrow (covering too little). It should be broad enough to be discussed in a short research paper. Part 1: Complete the Research Plan |What is your general topic or area of interest? |Bullying | | | | | | ...
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...Academic Article Review – Does an iPod make you happy? An exploration of the effects of iPod ownership on life satisfaction Cockrill (2012) conducted a study that explores the relationship between the independent variable of owning an iPod (versus other MP3 players) and the dependent variable - life satisfaction. This article is presented in the Journal of Consumer Behaviour (Volume 11; Issue 5). It is worth noting that Apple has captured almost seventy-eight percent market share in the MP3 player industry. This expresses the popularity and superiority of the iPod over other brands in the industry and provides justice as to why the iPod was chosen for the purpose of the study over other MP3 brands. In addition to providing utilitarian value, consumer goods also have hedonic qualities – eliciting emotions from the consumer and aspiring to the “ideal self.” This gives individuals the opportunity to use music as part of the “Extended Self” in a relatively inexpensive way when compared to clothes and cars. This article assumes a bottom-up theory which states that life satisfaction is highly influences by external situational and environmental factors and thus, does not focus on any internal traits such as optimism. Therefore, to measure the effect of iPod ownership on life satisfaction, four main hypotheses were developed that linked peer influence, design, the iPod phenomenon, and the “cool” factor of iPods to the life satisfaction of iPod and non-iPod owners. A multinational...
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...Influences of Childhood Development La Tesha Simpson PSY/600 Developmental Psychology July 15, 2013 Judy Pendleton, PsyD Influences of Childhood Development Children are impressionable and share the characteristics of a sponge in a sense, by means of picking up a spill and letting it ooze out of their personality or behavior. Children imitate most of what they see and hear whether negative or positive. Imitating is learning and learning is form of development. Everyone and everything can influence the choices children make during childhood. The purpose of this paper is to investigate influences of childhood development. Development of any kind during childhood can have life altering factors. Some of those factors will include career development starting during early childhood, economic resources in child development, and socioeconomic status and child development. This investigation will demonstrate whether the influences are healthy or unhealthy development during childhood. Career Development during Childhood Parents and professional role models may influence children in their career choice. For example, if a parent is a doctor a child may find that exciting and want to follow the footsteps of the parent. Perhaps, the child learns how police officers and fire fighters give back to the community and want to do the same. Career development start during childhood and covers the course of life (Porfeli & Lee, 2012). Researchers show how an individual establishes...
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...1 Table of Contents Abstract .................................................................................................................................................. 2 I. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Mars Odyssey Overview and Missions ................................................................................................. 3 III. Launch Vehicles .................................................................................................................................. 4 IV. Aerobraking........................................................................................................................................ 5 V. Instruments ......................................................................................................................................... 6 1. Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) ................................................................................ 6 2. Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS) .................................................................................................. 7 3. The Mars Radiation Environment Experiment (MARIE) ................................................................. 7 VI. Results ............................................................................................................................................... 8 VII. Legacy ............
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...credit, he had become chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Virginia in 1957. The following year, the American Society for Psychical Research announced a contest in honor of William James for the best essay on‘‘the topic of paranormal mental phenomena and their relationship to the problem of survival of the human personality after bodily death.’’ Ian, who had said when he interviewed for the chairman position that he had an interest in parapsychology, had been intrigued by the concept of reincarnation and in his readings had come across reports of individuals claiming to have memories of previous lives, or‘‘apparent memories of former incarnations,’’ as he called them. The reports came from a number of sources, such as books, magazines, and newspapers. Ian analyzed 44 of them as a group in a paper that won the contest and was subsequently published in 1960 (Stevenson, 1960a,b). He was impressed with the similarities in cases from different countries and different kinds of sources. As he told Tom Shroder years later,‘‘these forty-four cases, when you put them together, it just seemed inescapable to me that there must be something there.... I couldn’t see how they could all be faked or they could all be a deception’’(Shroder, 1999: 103). At the end of the paper, he wrote that more study of the...
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