...se BSG – 306 – Fall Semester / 2012 - 2013 [pic] Progress Report / Project / Presentation Course Title: Business Communication Course Number: BSG – 306 Number of Credits: 3 – 3 – 0 Pre-requisites: BSG – 201 and ENL – 102 Name of the Professor: Dr. Naseer Khan, naseerkhan@agu.ac.ae Class Timing: 13.30 to 14.45 hours on Monday and Wednesday 19.30 to 20.45 hours on Sunday and Tuesday Sections: 51 Morning and 1 Evening Hand in date: Progress Report – 24.10.2012 Final Project – 31.10.2012 and Presentation – 28.11.2012 Hand out date: 23rd September, 2012 Hand in time of presentation: Hard copy Project Number: ONE Allocation of Marks: 15 (Progress Report 5marks, Final Project 5marks and Presentation 5 marks) Note: Copying from any source will be awarded zero Name of the student: Id. #: Name of the Project: “Business Communication Issues in an Organization” Introduction: The aim of this Project is to introduce you to the subject of Business Communication and how it is practiced in the real business / organization. Business Communication...
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...EMSE 6850 Introduction to Management Science Year 2013 – 2014 First deadline is 31st December 2013 Absolute deadline is 5th January 2014 Assessment You are required to prepare a business report on a Management Science related problem of your choice. The report should be a self-contained (3000 words max) document explaining the problem; the method of your choice with justification; application analysis and outcomes. The maximum number of words is 3000 words but you are allowed to add any appendices should you deem necessary. The contents should be as follows: Executive Summary One page description of the business problem tackled, the MS approached used, and outcomes. Document signposts Table of contents and tables of figures and tables (if needed). Use of citation and references as appropriate. Introduction A description of the business problem faced and the objectives as laid down by the management group. You may refer to Hillier and Hillier for help in describing the problem. Method used Present the MS method used and why you thought it was the most appropriate amongst other methods. Your justification of the choice is an important part of your assessment Implementation A description of how the raw problem is converted into a spreadsheet model. Please provide details of the raw data and the steps followed for populating it in Excel Analysis Provide alternative solutions and scenarios and their respective outcomes. This should be accompanied by a...
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...at your job. When you are a teacher, the other teachers are your colleagues. When you work as a cashier at 7-11, the guy at the deli counter is your colleague as well. Comprise - to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics. Phenomenon – a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable: to study the phenomena of nature. Publication - the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like. Retain - to keep possession of. Social – pertaining to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club. tend - To have the care of; watch over; look after: tend a child. Various - Being more than one; several. CHAPTER III Methodology The researcher gathered data from its respondents by using Analytical method on the data presented.We can use also use Descriptive Method because we have to describe every detail of gathering data. The questionnaires were given to thirty (30) selected students. They were asked to fll-up the survey forms in their most honest way. They were able to answer the ten (10) simple questions in 10 minutes and immediately handed over to the researcher the questionnaires. The researcher thanked them to their utmost cooperation and understanding. Formula: Total no. of respondents who answered yes or no X100=percentage Total no. of respondents C. Questionnaires 1. What is your gender? 2. Do you have facebook? ...
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...Guido L. Geerts, author of “A Design Science Research Methodology and Its Application to Accounting Information Systems Research,” asserts most of research currently conducted in the accounting information systems (AIS) and information systems (IS) areas focuses on understanding why things work the way they do, also known as “natural science (Geerts, 2011).” The primary goal of the paper was to introduce the design science research methodology (DSRM) into accounting information systems (AIS) literature by discussing the DSRM, applying the DSRM to different AIS design science papers, and then integrating the DSRM as part of the operational AIS literature (Geerts, 2011). “Currently, integration is increasingly needed in the business environment. This need emerges from the efficiency and synergy requirements necessary in a complex and turbulent environment. In other words, integration is needed to facilitate coordination, which is again related to the building of competitive advantage.” (Granlund & Malmi, 2002, p. 305). Detail Geerts’ introduction gives definitions and history of the concept of DSRM and AIS so that the reader may transition along with the article. There is discussion of each methodology giving the history and the science behind it and then he moves into how the application of DSRM was discussed in the AIS area. According to Geerts the DSRM has three objectives and aims at improving the production, presentation, and evaluation of design science research...
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...A. Introduction Employee satisfaction has been defined as a function of perceived performance and expectations. It is a persons’ feeling of pleasure or disappointment resulting from comparing a products’ outcome to his/her expectations. If the performance falls short of expectations, the employee is dissatisfied and if it matches the expectations, the employee is satisfied. A high satisfaction implies improvement in efficiency and performance doing work or service. The process is however, more complicated then it appears. It is more important for any organization to offer high satisfaction, as it reflects high loyalty and it will not lead to switching over once a better offer comes in. B. Research Problem Employees are the basis of every organization. Recruiting and retaining knowledgeable people for the job is essential for an employer. But it works only if employee satisfaction is considered more important because of it employees attracted and not leave the company. It is require studying the various factors to assess employee satisfaction level. C. Research Questions 1. What is the current employee satisfaction approached used 2. What is the perception of the consumers in terms of the employee satisfaction rates? 3. What do you think should be included in the Employee Satisfaction Index System that will serve as guidelines? 4. What are the ways that the management can do to effectively implement employee satisfaction index system? D. Research Objectives ...
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...the publication of Ball and Brown’s seminal work in 1968, accounting research moved into positive research (i.e., examining what is rather than what should be). Although this change has had its critics, it has resulted in a significant increase in research output (and many new journals). A cynical definition of research is: any paper that cites a lot of other accounting papers must be accounting research. This “quick and dirty” definition restricts accounting research to topics and methodologies that are well established in the literature; it is “safe” but somewhat limiting. More rigorously, Oler, Oler, and Skousen (2009) attempt to characterize accounting research by looking at the topics, research methodologies, and citations made by papers published in a set of six top accounting journals (AOS, CAR, JAE, JAR, RAST, and TAR). Their work can be criticized, though, because they do not consider all accounting journals, and because their categorizations of topics (6 of them) and research methodologies (7 of them) are broad. In spite of shortcomings, their paper appears to be the first that attempts to characterize and define accounting research, which they define as follows: “accounting research is research into the effect of economic events on the process of summarizing, analyzing, verifying, and reporting standardized financial information, and on the effects of reported information on economic events.” Professors typically will...
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...CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY This chapter presents the method of research utilized in the study, the population, sample size, and sampling technique, description of the respondents, research instrument, data-gathering procedure, and statistical treatment used for data analysis. Research Method Used The descriptive method of educational research was employed in the study, since it describes what traits or what it is of a certain educational phenomenon. Borg defines the descriptive method as a distinctive research methodology of systematic data collection, presentation, and analysis. The method of research is concerned with conditions and relations that exist, practices that prevail, processes that are going on, point of view effects that are being felt, or trends that are developing. This method is the most appropriate method for this study, as Best asserts that the descriptive research goes beyond mere tabulation of data to the analysis and interpretation and meaning of what is being described. It involves a more in depth analysis through the use of numerical and comparative analysis. Population, Sample Size and Sampling Technique Table 1 Frequency and Percentage Distribution of Population and Sample |Course, Year and Section |Population |Sample |% | |BSMT-A1 |48 |12 ...
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...and checking on the financial analysis on the company using research methodologies. * The main objective of this project is to find the top most 20 vendor from a target of 60 for the company one of the leading windmill manufacturing companies and help them to generate transportation for windmill turbines. * The top 20 is evaluated using different criteria for evaluation. * From the 20 vendors a physical evaluation is done and top 3 is evaluated. * To finalize the parameters and criteria’s of evaluation jointly by RACE and one of the leading windmills manufacturing company team. PROBLEM DEFINANTION * One of the leading windmill manufacturing companies was facing a problem with the transportation vendors such as not reliable n on time delivery so one of the leading windmill manufacturing companies approached RACE Innovation to carry forward this project on getting the best top 20 vendors throughout the country. * Therefore RACE Innovations helps one of the leading windmill manufacturing company to get the top 20 vendors using various techniques. PROCESS: The process involves two stages: * Stage1: evaluation on the broader guidelines on viability of the vendor to suit one of the leading windmill manufacturing company’s transportation requirements. * Stage2: evaluation in detail on the screened top 20, further rating them on the below evaluation criteria. METHODOLOGY * The analysis is done by using different methods of research techniques...
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...In his 1989 article Mouck cites Morgan (1988) who observed that: “The idea that accountants represent reality ‘as is ‘ through the means of numbers that are objective and value free, has clouded the much more important insight that accountants are always engaged in interpreting a complex reality, partially, and in a way that is heavily weighted in favor of what the accountant is able to measure and chooses to measure…” (p. 480). Required: Discuss the extent to which the “scientific” world-view of mainstream accounting researchers, is grounded on a belief that “reality” exists independently of thee human subject and the possible implications this has for accounting theory development. Introduction Accounting is a subject that is guided with principles and regulations. Thus, it is often regarded as a rigid, rigorous, and highly analytical discipline with very precise interpretations. However, this is far from the truth. For instance, two organizations that are otherwise homogeneous can apply different valuation methods giving entirely distinct but equally correct answers. One may argue that a choice between accounting schemes is merely an “accounting construct” the sorts of “games” accountants play that are exclusively of relevance to them but have no pertinent in the “real world.” Once again this is entirely false. For example, valuation of inventory using either LIFO (Last-in-last-out) or FIFO (First-in-first-out) has an impact on income tax, especially in the US...
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...Writing a Literature Review What is a Literature Review? A literature review is a survey and discussion of the literature in a given area of study. It is a concise overview of what has been studied, argued, and established about a topic, and it is usually organized chronologically or thematically. A literature review is written in essay format. It is not an annotated bibliography, because it groups related works together and discusses trends and developments rather than focusing on one item at a time. It is not a summary; rather, it evaluates previous and current research. Purpose A literature review is written to highlight specific arguments and ideas in a field of study. By highlighting these arguments, the writer attempts to show what has been studied in the field, and also where the weaknesses, gaps, or areas needing further study are. The review should therefore also demonstrate to the reader why the writer’s research is useful, necessary, important, and valid. Audience Literature reviews can have different types of audiences, so consider why and for whom you are writing your review. For example, a lot of literature reviews are written as a chapter for a thesis or dissertation, so the audience will want to know in what way your research is important and original. Highlighting the gap in knowledge which your research aims to fill is particularly important in this instance because you need to convince the reader that there is an opening in the area of study. A literature...
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...CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Research Design This chapter presents the methodology of the study by which the research activities were undertaken. This included the research design, the subject of the study, the locale, the research instruments, data gathering procedure and statistical treatment of data. Method of Study This study used the descriptive correlation method since its purpose was to determine the existing condition of the students’ study habits and their academic achievement. Moreover, it also described the existing relationship between students’ academic achievement and their learning environment. According to Good and Scales, a descriptive investigation includes all the studies that support to present facts concerning the nature and status of anything – a group of persons, a number of objects, a set of conditions, a class of events, a system of thought, or any kind of phenomena which one may wish to study. Subjects of the Study The subjects of the study were the Fourth Year High School students from Public and Private schools in Taguig. See Table 1 for the breakdown of sample. Table 1 School Type Male Female Total Total This study focused on the study habits and learning environment in relation to the academic achievement of Fourth Year level students of President Diosdado Macapagal High School, Signal Village National High School, Athens Academy and Royal Era which were utilized as the samples of the study. It was composed of...
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...job, workplace, needs, wants etc. Objectives of the Report: Objectives of preparing this report are given below: * To apply the theoretical knowledge in practical life. * To know the motivational techniques in banks. * To understand the perception and want of employees regarding motivation. * To become a good manager. * To understand the current workplace situation. Limitations of the Report: We faced several problems and limitations through preparing this report some of them are- * Lack of experience. * All information was unavailable due to bank’s restriction. * They were too busy to give some time to us. * Miscommunication regarding questionnaire. * Lack of relevant information. Methodology of the Report: Every report has its unique or specific method of preparing it. Due to the nature of a survey based report, describing the...
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...Q.1 Discuss the various bases or criteria for segmenting consumer markets. Explain Tanishqssegmentation and positioning strategy.Tanishq from the house of Tata entered the jewellery market as a national retail chain that providedmade the audience with jewellery of high design value and reliable worth. it its consumers believein the purity of their jewellery by introduction of Karat meters. These instruments helped theconsumer measure the purity in a non- destructive manner. Another positioning strategy used byTanishq were promotions by fashion shows to increase the shopping experience. It also catered tothe mass by their differentiated designs for everyone be it contemporary, tradition, Indian orInternational audience. It also created exclusive Tanishq outlets and also launched its new collectionat a quicker rate than its competitor. Tanishq also came up with new marketing promotions withevery new collect to attract consumer. Tanishq overall segmented its consumers in differentpromotional manners and focused more on in-store promotions than advertising to make the brandmore accessible.Q.2 What are Tanishqs key brand values or brand strengths? Explain. y Tanishq has a range of differentiated designs like contemporary, tradition, Indian orInternational to suit everyones needs and demands. y Tanishq established itself as reliable in terms of purity by introducing Karat meters in theIndian market for the first time. y The Tanishq portfolio comprises of a wide...
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...precise documentation of every single important process, and action that takes place. This will also allow us to have a strong reference point whenever anything is in question. “Real programmers don't comment their code, if it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand and harder to modify.” Programmers don’t just stay on what they have learned, they continuous educating themselves by exploring innovative ideas and modify systems to a better ones. Statement from the owner of a small industrial control software company: "We do not want our (end-user) documentation to be too clear. We make a lot of money doing training." For me, this attitude gives the software industry a bad name. A lot companies does this kind of wrong methodologies these day. They took advantage on end-users by making complicated end-user documentation and make the end-users who doesn’t really understand the documentation drop a call on the help centers and ask for a technical assistance. Or sometimes, they do trainings on how to use the software. And all of it has certain amount of charges. In short, they earn a lot of money in a wrong and corrupt...
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...publications over the last five decades in developing the body of tested knowledge about health disparities in vulnerable groups and to analyze the progress made. Methods: Criteria for reviewing the literature were established. All Nursing Research publications between 1952 and 2000 were searched manually, indexes of each year's bound volumes were reviewed, and computer searches were conducted. Included in the review were research reports, research briefs, and methodology articles. Results: Seventy-nine papers were found that met basic criteria for inclusion. The number of relevant publications increased each decade, with a sizable increase in numbers since 1990, and may be related to the social, political, and economic climate of each decade. The research questions asked and the methods used became more complex over time. Conclusions: Nursing Research has made a significant contribution in disseminating the body of tested knowledge related to the health disparities experienced by vulnerable populations and the methodologies associated with vulnerable populations research....
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