typically cost less than surveys via personal interviews." (BUS 642 264) * "Telephone and mail costs are in the same general range‚ although in specific cases either may be lower."(BUS 642 264) * "A mail or computer-delivered study can cost less because it is often a one-person job."(BUS 642 264) * "One asset to using mail self-administered surveys is that researchers can contact participants who might otherwise be inaccessible." (BUS 642 264) All forms of survey have a disadvantage that can
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Assignment 1 Ashford University Business Research Methods & Tools BUS 642 Dr. Raj Singh Assignment 1 What is business research? Why should there be any question about the definition of research? In business‚ managers need to respond to any issues that may arise in the business. While one may be prone to do this based on past experience‚ the wiser choice would be to use business research to gather the information to make decisions as business research will increase the likelihood that
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Allyssa Fox Assignment 3 BUS 642 Chapter 12 – Discussion Questions (Making Research Decisions) # 5 a Yes—Depends—No: One problem would be that “depends” is very vague and doesn’t give reasons as to why someone would pick “no” at some point and “yes” at another. A way to make this better would be to add a “please describe” line or change the wording all together. There is no way to express "don’t know" or "undecided". b Excellent—Good—Fair—Poor: One problem with this would be that it may not
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Week 1 Assignment BUS 642 Dr. Mirza Murtaza August 5‚ 2013 Discussion Questions Chapter 2 (Question 1) A Competitive Coup in the In-Flight Magazine. When the manager for market intelligence of AutoCorp‚ a major automotive manufacturer‚ boarded the plane in Chicago‚ her mind was on shrinking market share and late product announcements. As she settled back to enjoy the remains of a hectic day‚ she reached for the in-flight magazine. It was jammed into
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turn the document over to one of the airline personnel. She should continue on with her research because even though she saw the competitor’s results she may be able to find more information that may change the end results. She should also inform the organizations ethicist along with her manager. What are the implications of those decisions even if there is no violation of law or regulation? The implications of her actions are more personal values along with showing her manager‚ the airline
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Week 2 Discussion Questions Chapter 2 – Discussion Question #1 As in other aspects of business‚ all parties in research should exhibit ethical behavior. Ethics are norms or standards of behavior that guide moral choices about our behavior and our relationships with others (Cooper & Schindler‚ 2011). The most prudent decisions that she can make about her responsibilities to herself and others is to turn it so she does not violate her firms Business Conduct Guidelines. This would also
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Representative bureaucracy is the concept that a bureaucracy should mirror the society that is serves. This mirrored representation can be by ethnic‚ racial‚ gender‚ or socioeconomic groups. The fundamental belief behind this principle is that a person of a specific constituent group will be an advocate for that group and will ensure that that group is properly served by the government. This advocacy can be passive or active; proponents of a representative bureaucracy state that this advocacy
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Assignment 2 BUS 642: Business Research Prof. Ruizhen Hardin September 17‚ 2012 • What are the most prudent decisions she can make about her responsibilities to herself and others? o One of the foremost concerns is the right of the participants to be safeguarded. Among the many concerns to be safeguarded is the right of privacy. In addition‚ the document was in draft form so the conclusions and data included in the document would not be accurate or reliable as the data or facts
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Schindler (2011) stated “Unethical activities are pervasive and include violating nondisclosure agreements‚ breaking participant confidentiality‚ misrepresenting results‚ deceiving people‚ using invoicing irregularities‚ avoiding legal liability‚ and more (p. 32). So the manager has to decide if she will falsify the documents or hold up her ethical standards and provide the report she originally completed. Page 50 1b. If there is no violation of law or regulation‚ the manager could have put
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References: BUS 642 (1st ed). McGraw-Hill Create. Retrieved from http://online.vitalsource.com/books/9781121130166/
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