If you were presenting at a national conference. From your readings and what you have learned about Action Research, explain why would you choose an Action Research approach for your presentation.
Some people question the rigor of Action Research approaches because it does not follow the same path to understanding that an empirical approach does. 1.How do you feel about Action Research rigor? 2.What questions do you have concerning it as a valid and acceptable form of research?
United Aluminum Company of Cincinnati produces three grades of aluminum at two mills. Each mill has a different production capacity for each grade as follows: Mill aluminum grade------------------------ 1 2 -------------------------------------------------
When doing a Action Research project, how do you control being bias when using qualitative techniques for data collection?
What factors are most important to you in determining a research design? Why do some researchers change their hypotheses after selecting a theoretical framework? What are the pros and cons of selecting an established model or framework versus creating or developing your own?
Imagine you are going to do an Action Research project in a Real Estate Office. Planning needs to include the political forces that are present. Construct a force field analysis to describe the major influences you will need to address. Chose one of them and follow through with developing a plan to address the issue.
LAYOUT OF TABLE below is shown better in attached file... thank you Hart Manufacturing makes three products. Each product requires manufacturing operations in three departments: A, B and C. The labor-hour requirements, by department, are: 2 Department Product 1 Product 2 Product 2 A 1.50 3.00 2.00 B 2.00 1.00 2.5
Why do transport costs initially decrease as the number of warehouses in a system increases? Why do transportation costs eventually increase as the number of warehouses increase? Why do inventory costs increase as the number of warehouses in a system increases? Compare and contrast the focus of business, marketing, and opera
1. A post office requires different numbers of full-time employees on different days of the week. The number of full-time employees required on each day is given in the following table. Days of week # of full-time employees required 1 = Monday 17 2 = Tuesday 13 3 = Wednesday 15 4 = Thursday 19 5 = Friday 14
Solve the following problem graphically. Max 5X + 6Y s.t. 17X + 8Y < 136 3X + 4Y < 36 X, Y > 0 and integer a. Graph the constraints for this problem. Indicate all feasible solutions. b. Find the optimal solution to the LP Relaxation. Round down to find a feasible integer solution. Is this solutio
RVW (Restored Volkswagens) buys 15 used VW's at each of two car auctions each week held at different locations. It then transports the cars to repair shops it contracts with. When they are restored to RVW's specifications, RVW sells 10 each to three different used car lots. There are various costs associated with the average
Problem # 3 A professor has been contacted by four not-for-profit agencies that are willing to work with student consulting teams. The agencies need help with such things as budgeting, information systems, coordinating volunteers, and forecasting. Although each of the four student teams could work with any of the agencies,
Managerial functions, roles, and skills can be enhanced by information technology. Discuss three elements of managerial work: one function, one role and one skill. Illustrate by examples how IT improves the manager's performance of each particular element.
Please see attached problem FruitNuts is a store that sells a variety of unpackaged dried fruit and nut items. The current amounts of supplies of each item are listed in the following table: Item Supply (pounds) dried bananas 800 dried apricots 600 coconut pieces 500 raisins 700 walnuts 900 In addition to the indi
Leak Inc. forecasts the free cash flows (in millions) shown below. If the weighted average cost of capital is 11% and FCF is expected to grow at a rate of 5% after Year 2, what is the Year 0 value of operations, in millions? Assume that the ROIC is expected to remain constant in Year 2 and beyond (and do not make any half-year
Research Process Paper - Please help me get started! The data must consist of at least 30 or more observations of ratio or interval scale data from one of the provided data sets. This issue or problem will serve as the basis for this and subsequent Learning Team assignments. Prepare a paper describing your selected researc
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1. What are some examples of a reliable instrument? A valid one? Can you identify an instrument that is reliable but not valid? Valid but not reliable? 2. What description/requirements would we establish for measuring the height of a sample of people? Assume that different researchers will be doing the work at differ
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Re-review the information in the assigned text for Unit 2 (Chapter 7, 8 & 9) and do a bit of outside research (outside the text using the AIU Library or the Internet) on the differences between rational and irrational decision making. These terms aren't static and are relatively fluid (in other words our interpretation of what i
13-2 EMC Corporation has never paid dividends. Its current free cash flow is $400,000 and is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5%. The weighted average cost of the capital is WACC=12%. Calculate EMC's value of operations.
Question 1 Do you agree that the success of corporations rests in their ability to communicate effectively, to convince stakeholders of their point of view, and persuade them to respond in a desired manner?' Question 2 Should relationships and communication patterns differ with different categories of stakeholders?" Discuss
Please see attached document. Kentwood Electronics manufactures three components for stereo systems: CD players, tape decks, and stereo tuners. The wholesale price and manufacturing cost of each item are: Component Wholesale Price Manufacturing Cost CD Player $150 $75 Tape Deck $85 $35 Stereo Tuner $
Woodco manufactures tables and chairs. Each table and chair must be made entirely out of oak or entirely out of pine. A total of 150 board feet of oak and 210 board feet of pine are available. A table requires either 17 board feet of oak or 30 board feet of pine and a chair requires either 5 board feet of oak or 13 board feet
A farmer in Lowa owns 45 acres of land. He is going to plant each acre with wheat or corn. Each acre planted with wheat yields $200 profit, requires 3 workers, and requires 2 tons of fertilizer; each with corn yields a $300 profit, requires 2 workers, and requires 4 tons of fertilizer. One hundred workers and 120 tons of ferti
Locate a peer-reviewed article that reports original research. Key search words "research studies in" to obtain an article. You can select communication, finance, economics, marketing, or technology technology as a topic. Prepare a synopsis of the article including the following: Define the business research and its purpos
1)What are the advantages and disadvantages of using surveys to conduct research? 2)What is an example of a loaded question? 3)In what situations is it appropriate to use focus groups? Why?
1. The dean of a college must plan the school's course offering for the fall semester. Student demands make it necessary to offer at least 30 undergraduate and 20 graduate courses in the term. Faculty contracts also dictate that at least 60 courses be offered in total. Each undergraduate course taught costs the college an averag
Outdoor furniture manufactures 2 products, benches and picnic tables. The firm has two main resources: its carpenters(labor force) and a supply of redwood for use in the furniture. During the next production cycle, 1200 hours of labor are available under a union agreement. The firm also has a stock of 3,500 feet of good-quality
The cost of processing the rock is $22 per ton at Plant 1 and $18 per ton at Plant 2. a) Formulate a linear program to minimize the total processing and transportation cost. b) Define the decision variables. c) What are the constraints? d) What is the objective function? e) What is the optimal solution? See the att