Peter C. Garrard 01.31.12 Research Proposal Proposed Research Topic: A situational analysis of the role of Human Resource Management programs in developing competency mapping tests‚ training and development‚ analyzing quality of work life‚ and overall employee attitudes. Purposes: In this project I will explore the holes that Human Resource Departments in all scopes of business overlook in determining the best fit for their companies. In particular‚ I will explore how competency mapping
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[pic] Contents: 1) Executive Summary 2) Background 3) Problem Definition 4) Approach to the Problem 5) Research Design 6) Data Analysis 7) Reporting 8) Timeline 9) Appendix Executive Summary: Urban farming is said to be “the practice of cultivating‚ processing and distributing food in‚ or around (peri-urban)‚ a village‚ town or city” [1]. The focus of urban farming is largely based upon a daily demand for food from customers within metropolitan
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School of Business and Economics Research Proposal Web conferencing and student academic group work results The following study depicts the effect substituting physical meetings by web conferencing has on students’ academic group work results at Maastricht University. This research is carried out by GPS research group sponsored by University of Maastricht. Maastricht University Faculty of Economics and Business Administration International Business Research Maastricht‚ 31 March 2011 Group members:
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Eusociality Research Proposal Project Objectives The objective of this research is to aid in identifying how honey bees‚ Apis mellifera‚ and potentially all eusocial insects‚ have evolved to their current level of social organization‚ . By studying the behavior of the worker caste in the absence of the queen‚ we will be able to see signs of whether these organisms have evolved from kin selection or multilevel selection. The ultimate goal is to see if worker bees can thrive and manage a colony
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Outsourcing Since the beginning of the recession‚ there has been a heated debate over the moral and economic benefits of outsourcing American Jobs. One side may contend that the lowered wages in China would aid in revamping the economy while the other would claim that jobs should be brought back to America. Los Angeles Times journalist Tony Barboza’s assertion that outsourcing of United States labor to China is equally as detrimental to the country as it is beneficial is effective in that the
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Advantages and Disadvantages of RM Offshore Outsourcing Projects CIS 564 Introduction Advantages and Disadvantages of RM Offshore Outsourcing Projects Outsourcing has been an important alternative for the development of products and services. The shortage of skilled technical labor in mid ’90 made it acceptable for corporations to rely on outsourcers. In 2000‚ Riordan Manufacturing (RM) opened a plant in China and moved all of its operations from Michigan to China. Riordan’s mission
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Table of Contents Page Purpose of the Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10 Definition of the Target Population and Sample Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11- 13 Potential Managerial Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15 Proposed Budget . .
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Research Project Proposal Topic: Abortion Psychology 101 Jasmine Payne Summary of Background Research Abortion is a controversial topic that has plagued the country for decades. Even after the 7-2 Supreme Court trial (Roe vs. Wade) made it legal for women to choose to get abortions. This decision was based off the right of privacy coupled with the agreement between the woman and the state. Due to this decision abortion rights vary from state to state‚ in fact‚ about 85% of United States
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Since 2001‚ a devastating 3.2 million Americans have lost their jobs due to corporate outsourcing (Peralta). Outsourcing is laying off American workers in positions such as manufacturing‚ nurses‚ call centers‚ and even research/development; now‚ these jobs are still needed‚ so they send those jobs to other countries. Jobs are outsourced because other countries do not have minimum wages and therefore the extreme and desperately poor citizens will work for next to nothing. The debate presented by this
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Research Proposal on Obesity About one in five American kids is overweight enough to be considered obese (Parr 45). Obesity being 20% or more overweight‚ is considered a disease because it is associated with so many health problems‚ like heart disease and diabetes. Being obese as a child usually leads into being obese through adulthood. “One third of adults are obese‚ and a third of these got that way in childhood” (Parr 53). That is why it is so important to keep kids from becoming overweight
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