The SMD Critical Appraisal Check List for Research Papers (50 marks) You will be expected to provide a short detailed answer to each question. Yes or No are not sufficient This may need a literature search to establish the use of any reference used by the authors of this research paper. It is essential to use the format of this checklist to facilitate marking. The potential marks for each question are in brackets. 1) Give the full citation of the paper (1) Kunchur‚ Ranjit‚ Allan Need‚ Toby Hughes
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Characteristics of an Ideal Appraisal System A union of configuration and procedures is necessary by organizations to appraise their employees’ work. The ideal work guidance system is comprised of several elements: job descriptions‚ unfair expectations‚ appraisals‚ corrective policies and praises. Although supervisors and employees often dread yearly production assessments and evaluations‚ many work administration systems service well and predict qualified assistants for a profitable workforce
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support from the public. However‚ what drug court professionals fail to realize is that there are ways for them to implement action research‚ a form of research that “provides immediate and useful feedback about everyday program operations and performance”‚ with limited resources and still retain information that can identify areas of success along with problem areas that need improvement (Rempel‚
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Why Appraisal Systems Are IneffectiveWhy Appraisal Systems Are Ineffective Inadequate preparation on the part of the manager: The manager is not willing or is not fully aware of the importance of performance appraisal. So he does not give performance appraisal its due importance. This may also be due considering it as unimportant or treating it as a ‘necessary evil’. Employee is not given clear objectives at the beginning of performance period: At the beginning of appraisal period the
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DECLARATION This is to certify that the project titled “Project Appraisal for working capital and term loan financing” is a bonafide work done by Mr. Nishit Chhabra‚ enrollment no : 09BSHYD0531‚ in partial fulfillment of the requirements of MBA program and submitted to IBS‚ Hyderabad. I also declare that the project is a result of my own efforts and that has not been copied from anyone. This work was not submitted earlier to any other university or institute for the award of the degree. Nishit
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APPRAISAL OF POTENTIAL Employee Name:__________________________________________________________ Department:________________________________ Campus:______________________ Title:____________________________________Supervisor:______________________ Please complete the following Appraisal of Potential for your employee. This Appraisal concentrates on other types of tasks‚ or other greater responsibility the employee is capable of doing‚ and in what direction their personal interests lead
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Consistency of the data has to be verified before proceeding to more in depth analysis because all the variables have been calculated on a scale and reliability studies the value of measurement. It provides information about the internal regularity of the variables. The Cronbach Alpha Reliability analysis has been used and the Cronbach Alpha coefficient generated by SPSS gives an evaluation of the consistency. Generally‚ if a Cronbach Alpha coefficient of fewer than 0.60 is obtained‚ the internal
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Commentary Global Media Journal – Indian Edition/ISSN 2249-5835 Winter Issue / December 2011 Vol. 2/No.2 TELEVISION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATIONIN INDIA: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL Rommani Sen Shitak Research Scholar School of Communication Studies Punjab University‚ Chandigarh‚ India Email: rommanisen@gmail.com Abstract: The paper traces the journey of television in India which started for promoting development and serving the cause of the poor and the underprivileged. While some efforts were
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RELIABILITY‚ VALIDITY AND REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE IN RESEARCH John and Webb (2002‚ p.148) distinguishes between validity and reliability‚ arguing that the first one is the extent to which a research is capable of measuring what it is supposed to be measuring and the second one is the extent to which a research delivers consistent results. Validity and reliability measurement instruments are free of bias and random error. Haynes and Heiby (2004‚ p.47) propose some questions addressing sampling adequacy
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According to Schneider‚ Elliot‚ LoBiondo-Wood & Haber (2004)‚ qualitative research methods‚ search for the meaning and understanding of human experiences in a naturalistic setting. A researcher obtains subjective facts in order to explore the experiences of each participant (Schneider‚ Elliot‚ LoBiondo-Wood & Haber 2004). As a result‚ qualitative research is a means in which a researcher gains an insight into the participant’s point of view concerning their personal experiences; in order gain an
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