...Module: Business Analysis and Assessment Week: 06 Discussion Question Name: Sahr Dauda Date: 18 July 2012 Question: How would you justify spending time and money on a business analysis of your company? Can such an exercise really pay off in ways that make it worth the effort? Analysis, as summed up from my readings, can be regarded as a clinical and structured decomposition of a subject into its constituent parts with the aim of acquiring salient information and deeper understanding of the said subject and to offer robust solutions for improvements. It is thus a process that is inherently iterative and involves, as proffered by Williamson et al., (2004), lots of research to gain deeper insight into the business which encompasses all aspects of the business and its environment. In short, it is a holistic process that unearths the secrets of the business and identifies areas needing attention. It thus seeks to find answers to questions like where is the business now, what does it do and how does it do it, where does it want to go and how can this be achieved (Williamson et al., 2004). Yes, it consumes time and money but insights so garnered from the analytical process leading to formation of strategies will give the business a favourable competitive position and superior profitability. To reduce time and money spent, analytical tools are used to aid in the process, besides bringing structure to it. Note here that only the right necessary tools are used, as a few too...
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...midday (weeks 5,7,8,9,10,11,12) (studio outside PO2.20 – for individuals and groups) Submission date (exhibition): 1 May 2013 (week 2 consolidation and assessment period) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction You carried out a range of research tasks during teaching block one, which enabled you to develop your research skills, as well as deepening your subject knowledge by following particular interests. These tasks were not assessed, but will be of great help to you for your assessed work in teaching block two. Throughout teaching block two you are required to undertake an individual research project, focussing on one space from the list attached. You will present this research in the form of a research journal (artefact one). Each studio has been allocated a ‘type’ of space, either domestic, sacred or public and you can choose your individual space from within this list. In studios, you will break into groups to compare and contrast your spaces, come to some conclusions about each ‘type’ based on this comparative analysis, and present your findings in the form of an exhibition (artefact two). Each group will consist of 6-7 students. Marking of the work will be based on a combination of your...
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...Practices.doc BUS 681 Week 1 Journal Article Research and Analysis.doc BUS 681 Week 2 DQ 1 Seniority and Merit Pay.doc BUS 681 Week 2 DQ 2 Incentive Pay Plans.doc BUS 681 Week 2 Performance Management Issues.doc BUS 681 Week 3 DQ 1 Building Blocks.doc BUS 681 Week 3 DQ 2 Job Analysis.doc BUS 681 Week 3 Market Competitiveness.doc BUS 681 Week 4 DQ 1 Benefits.doc BUS 681 Week 4 DQ 2 Employer-sponsored Retirement Plans.doc BUS 681 Week 4 Social Security Programs.doc BUS 681 Week 5 Compensation Philosophy.doc BUS 681 Week 5 DQ 1 Executive vs. Non-executive Pay.doc BUS 681 Week 5 DQ 2 Contingent Workers.doc BUS 681 Week 6 DQ 1 Expatriate Pay.doc BUS 681 Week 6 DQ 2 Compensation in Other Countries.doc BUS 681 Week 6 Final Paper.doc Business - General Business Week 1 Compensation Strategy. Discuss the general goals of an organization's compensation system, including how a compensation strategy works to support the organization's business strategy. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings. Compensation Practices. Discuss the various factors that influence a company’s competitive strategies and compensation practices. Assess how a company can mitigate these factors using effective compensation practices. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings. Journal Article Research and Analysis. Using a variety of research techniques, write a 3-5 page essay that summarizes...
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...META-ANALYSIS REVIEW Name: Course Name: Tutor: Institution: Meta-Analysis Review Meta-analysis refers to the methods of combining and contrasting results from several studies with the aim of identifying patterns in these studies, differences in these studies and other compulsive relationships that emerge from the studies. Corrective feedback refers to practice in the education field that relates to students receiving informal or formal feedback on their performance on certain tasks by teachers or learning mates. This essay summarizes a meta-analysis review on the effects of corrective feedback. The meta-analysis was aimed at answering some important questions. Firstly, the analysis was to show the cumulative impacts of corrective feedback on second language learning. Secondly, the analysis was to determine whether the different types of feedback had different impacts on second language learning (Li, 2010). Thirdly, the analysis was to find out whether corrective feedback became effective with the persistence of time. Finally, the meta-analysis was to determine moderator variables that facilitated corrective feedback (Li, 2010). The meta-analysis involved the methods of identifying the primary studies. This method involved these procedures. Firstly, some key words and their combinations were fed into two of the most common education and linguistic electronic databases known as ERIC and LLBA. Some of these words include negative evidence, feedback, corrective feedback...
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...Research and analysis Research and analysis 2A: ARTICLE ANALYSIS In an organisation, managers lead people towards meeting its objectives. ‘The process of planning, organising, leading and controlling the effort of organisation members and of using all organisation resource to achieve stated organisational goals’ has been described as management. Managers has been a part of organisation from very early stage of its history. 1. In the article we are analysing, I believe the main argument is about if we actually need managers, especially in fields like engineering where workers want to spend their time designing and debugging, not communicating with bosses or supervising other workers’ progress. 2. Google, as stated in the article, has used data to determine whether managers are essential or not. They have used a small group and test data within the company. 3. By using data, they have examine this issue. Processing data which has been collected from people in google, they have tired come to a solution which has been called people analytics. 4. Managers has been a part of organisation from the beginning. This research clearly indicates that for success, we really need to keep with the basic while most of the organisations are looking for shiny new ideas. The model of Google is not unique to Google. It focuses on the basic and with every organisation and manager. Management is skill, not knowledge. The best cyclist becomes even better only by practicing...
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...Research Analysis RES 351 Research Analysis Bringing Research to life questions: 1. What evidence is presented that shows effort was made to understand the management dilemma? The evidence presented that shows effort was made to understand the management dilemma was the probing questions that have been stated by Jason during the discussion between Myra and Jason. Jason plans on asking questions and listening to discover what the facts management has gathered thus far, what the problem is from at their point of view, as well as what the problem really is at various levels of abstraction. In all, these probing questions will help with identifying and understanding the management dilemma. 2. Identify and classify all of the variables in the U.S. Army’s dud shell research. The variables within the U.S. Army dud shell research are the cannon shells (the exploded and unexploded), civilians (locals), their behaviors, including the death rates. All of these variables played a vital role within the research that allowed the testing site to come up with an alternative testing procedures with different time frames of testing the cannon shells that have been placed for the original procedures. 3. What was Myra’s hypothesis for the U.S. Army’s dud shell research? Based on the research Myra conducted, her hypothesis was to apply logic instead of agreeing for an educational campaign. Her research took the attitudes and behaviors of the local civilians because...
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...Hand Hygiene Compliance in Health Providers Grand Canyon University: NRS 433 11/17/13 The purpose of this article “The impact of workload on hygiene compliance in nursing” was to shade some light and reveal some of the findings the researchers come across during the previous questions posed. They wanted to know the reasons why nurses are noncompliant when it comes to hand hygiene. The study lasted twelve-month during which time the staff were observed in a hospital setting in six different settings. The researchers were set to find out the leading causes of nursing staff noncompliance with hand washing while hospital acquired infections were on the rise. Researchers surveyed multiple units in a large hospital and concluded the following the result as recorded. All staff members were interviewed and monitored by the same interviewer for consistency and accuracy. The interviewer then placed each subject in a category as compliant or noncompliant and the subsequent reason for such a placement was noted. Next the observer proceed to observe the participants in their normal environment while they were performing their routine duties, subjects were chosen at random without announcement to be studied. The evaluation consisted of 181 participants, it was divided into seven groups. The categories varied from nurses who did not performed proper hand washing because of the time restraint all the way to those who spoke up when they see another coworker...
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...Research Article Analysis The research article Citizen, defend thyself: an individual-level analysis of concealed weapons permit holders informs its reader of just how many people on average have conceal and carry weapons permits in New Orleans, along with some of the reasons these people feel it necessary to carry a weapon on their person or in their vehicle almost every day and every waking hour of their lives. Is it just because they want to exercise their second amendment rights, or because crime in their city has got them scared for their well being? The purpose of the reasearch articale Citizen, defend thyself: an individual-level analysis of concealed weapons permit holders is to inform about the right to carry laws and the underlying motavations of individuals to obtain concealed weapons permits (CCW). It was also evident that there was no set social class of individuals that obtained the concealed carry weapons permits. Also to determine if concealed carry laws will decrease violent crime or what effect conceal carry laws will have on violent crime rate of New Orleans and how effects residents perception of crime. The questions of the research article Citizen, defend thyself: an individual-level analysis of concealed weapons permit holders are: Does concealed carry laws actually decrease the amount of violent crime? Moreover, who are the permit holders? The design of this study administered a survey to permit holders in New Orleans. All the permit holders were...
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...Critical Analysis Critical Analysis As the nursing profession grows the need for increase knowledge exists, nurses are relying on evidence base practices to improve the profession. Nurse researchers continue to determine ways to improve the profession by identifying problems within the profession, that directly and indirectly affect the nurse as an individual and the profession on a whole. In this paper this author will critically analyze a nursing research conducted on methodological and ethical challenges in investigating the safety of medication administration. The paper will focus on problem statement, purpose and research question, literature review and examine the conceptual and theoretical framework of the study. Problem Statement The problem statement signifies the importance of the research to the profession it serves in this case the nursing profession. The problem statement identifies the specific gap in the knowledge needed for practice (Burn, Grove 2010). The research clinical problem was identified as safety of medication administration. What was not known was the methodological and ethical challenges faced by a researcher who attempted to conduct the research on this issue. The research significance was supported by position statement from the World Health Organization and the Department of Health noting the increase prevalence of research into patient safety and the methodical approaches used in research regarding patient’s safety, there were...
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...Analysis of Research Report Results Analysis of Research Report Results In a nation where over two-thirds of adults are overweight and over one-third are obese, many Americans turn to commercial diet and weight loss programs in an attempt to shed the extra pounds and incorporate a healthy lifestyle (National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Diseases, 2011). According to Gardner, Kiazand, Alhassan, Kim, Stafford, Balise, Kraemer, and King, (2007) the health benefits of weight loss, have been well established. However, the debate regarding the effectiveness of low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets versus low-carbohydrate diets continues and very limited evidence is available to evaluate other diets (Gardner, et. al 2007). In a study published in JAMA in 2007, 4 weight loss diets ranging from low to high carbohydrate intake were compared for their effects on weight loss and metabolic variables (Gardner, et.al, 2007). The study was conducted for a period of twelve months and consisted of over 300 premenopausal women 40 years old on average who were either overweight or obese. The women were randomly assigned to one of the following diets, Atkins, Zone, LEARN, or Ornish and participants received instructions weekly for 2 months and then again at a 10-month follow-up. When analyzing data, statistical procedures are used to make inferences about the population being studied. In the A to Z weight loss study the following statistical procedures were used, analysis of variance...
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...Marketing Research for New Product of Red Bull 6 March 2015 Business Research/Analysis - BMDS 6340 Final Group Paper Spring I, 2015 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Company Background 4 History of Red Bull 4 SWOT analysis of Red Bull 5 Current business market environment and competitor’s analysis 6 Management dilemma against new product 7 Product offering and market strategy 9 Product Offering 9 Market Strategy 9 Research design and analysis 10 Research design and testing 10 Research findings 11 Business Strategy development and implementation 12 Business strategy development 12 Business strategy implementation 13 Conclusion 14 Introduction To keep itself competitive and ensure long-term sustainability of the business, companies keep on making effort to innovate and revitalize their product and service portfolio. Such practices require substantial efforts in researching the consumer demands or expectations, assessing product feasibility and identification of potential market opportunities. The insights derived from such efforts plays critical role in developing and supporting various strategic decisions taken by company to expand its business scope and explore new business opportunities. The market research is performed by the companies to solve certain specific business objectives, among which the exclusive purpose can be mentioned as: assess the revenue generation prospect of the business opportunities, evaluate the competitiveness of the company, identification...
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...Research Study Analysis PSY 325: Statistics for the Behavioral & Social Sciences October 1, 2012 Research Study Analysis Researchers gather data in order to conduct studies that assist in the behavioral and social sciences. The analysis of this data can determine tendencies among populations, the best course of treatment for common social diseases, such as drug or alcohol addiction, or the reasons behind behavior among certain populations. Introduction A number of studies have been conducted in order to provide members of the medical and psychological community with information to determine the best course of treatment for patients with alcohol addiction. These studies take into account other factors, such as personality disorders, chronic diseases, and also address the use of medication and psychological treatment. The first study entitled, Personality Disorders Among Alcoholic Outpatients: Prevalence and Course in Treatment, attempts to determine the prevalence of personality disorders among men and women seeking outpatient treatment for alcoholism. The hypothesis is that if there is a personality disorder present, it should help determine the type of treatment an alcoholic receives. The treatment chosen should be tailored to the patient’s comorbid personality disorder, or lack thereof. The second study entitled, Chronic disease and recent addiction treatment utilization among alcohol and drug dependent adults, “the objective of this paper is to...
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...Analysis of Research Article Sara Smith BIO 360- Epidemiology Instructor: Professor Norm Hubbard December 9, 2013 Abstract This article analysis a research article that describes an epidemiological study conducted in Brazil. The study sought to find if there is a relation between headaches and temporomandibular disorders in persons of various ages. The research article entails the data collected and the reasoning of the study as a thorough review of the process. This analysis assesses if the research was thorough and if the data justifies the conclusions made by the researchers. The researchers are from the American Academy of Orofacial Pain. The article of discussion is called, Headache and Symptoms of Temporomandibular Disorder: An Epidemiological. Analysis of Research Article Headaches are a problem that people contend with on a regular basis. They are something that everyone has experienced throughout their life and can be a hindrance whether they are chronic daily headaches, migraines, or tension headaches. The reasoning of their presence is sought out by medical professions for various reasons. The relationships of headaches to other symptoms of the body are often examined, as headaches are a sign of a different complication within the body, such as tumors or infections. To understand the connections of a headache or even a migraine headache to other ailments in the body, are useful information as many things can be misdiagnosed...
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...[pic] ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET (INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP) Please complete and attach this form to your assignment. All assignments must be submitted to lecturer on the stipulated submission date. |Name || | |Unit Code |BUS235 |Unit Name |Market Research & Analysis | |Class Code |PT-BUS35G | |Local Lecturer’s name |Ms Mona | |Assignment No. (i.e. 1,2,3) or ‘short answer’ |Assignment 3: Research Report – | | |Final Research Report | Your assignment should meet the following requirements. Please confirm this by ticking ( the boxes before submitting your assignment √ My assignment is double-spaced and clearly legible √ My assignment is written on one side of page only √ I have provided a wide margin (4 cm) on left-hand side of page √ The first page of my assignment is clearly labelled with my name, unit no, unit name and tutor’s name. √ I have retained a copy of my assignment ...
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...\ Marketing Research Analysis MKT/421 March, 13th, 2013 Julio Nunez Marketing Research Analysis: Kudler Fine Foods In marketing we learn the various variables that companies use to market and strategize products or a message to a large base of individuals. The difference between selling a product and advertising a product is the amount of research that goes into determining who will buy the product. The most unique component about marketing is the target demographics such as age groups, gender, culture, ethnicity, and various other target audiences are the areas a marketing strategy would have to consider to be effective. With Kudler Fine foods you come to found that you have an organization that has adopted a simple motto, which has reflected in its overall success, which is “Provide their customers with the finest selected foodstuff, wines, and related needs in an unparalleled consumer environment” (University of Phoenix, 2008). As we have seen the Kudler Fine Food organization has branch into a three location in the California area. With a successful marketing strategy the Kudler Fine Food business with see a substantial increase in its business and expansion to more individuals...
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