Informational-Interview Questions for Entrepreneurs Compiled by Katharine Hansen‚ Ph.D. Informational Interviews are a wonderful networking tool‚ as well as for learning more about careers in which you are interested. What if you’re more interested in starting your own business than working for someone else? Informational interviews are terrific for finding out more about what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. Here are questions to consider asking entrepreneurs when you interview them:
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“After years of research and scientific speculation‚ the answer came down to one possibility: space.” If there’s any one thing that without fail draws me into a speech‚ it would be references to the grandeur of space and physics. I will be talking about the speech my roommate gave on the K-T Boundary. This analysis will consist of the background of the speech‚ Toby’s behaviors‚ and the audience. Without context a speech is meaningless. The context includes the preexisting conditions and the content
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Introduction Qualitative research and quantitative research are two approaches that are usually used by researchers to conduct research. The concept of a ‘mixed method’ approach is to combine the two approaches together. But the concept applies to using more than one qualitative method to conduct a research since each brings a particular kind of insight to a study (Ritchie and Lewis‚ 2003‚ p38). This paper aims to examine whether the three approaches---observation‚ interview and questionnaire‚ are
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1.0 THEORY X1.1 THEORY X ASSUMPTIONS | 2-3 | 2 | 2.0 THEORY Y2.1 THEORY Y ASSUMPTIONS | 4-5 | 3 | 3.0 BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS-OPENNESS-EXTRAVERSION-NEUROTICISM-CAREFULNESS-SOCIABILITY | 6-11 | 1.0 THEORY X What is theory X? The “Theory X” management theory holds that the average employee has little ambition‚ dislikes work and must be coerced‚ controlled and directed to achieve organizational objectives. Those in management who believe the behavioral assumption of “Theory X” take
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Information sheet 15 Qualitative Research Introduction Qualitative research is becoming more widely valued and recognised in the health care research field. The importance of qualitative research was established in the early 20th Century as a form of inquiry for the study of human group life‚ particularly in the fields of sociology and anthropology. Qualitative research aims to generate further research and theories rather than to verify them. It relies on transforming information from observations
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Dijk‚ T. (2001). Multidisciplinary CDA: A plea for diversity. In R. Wodak‚ & M. Meyer (Eds.)‚ Methods of critical discourse analysis. (pp. 95-121). London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Reviewed by Ola El-Wassify Helwan University Cairo‚ Egypt Ola.el-wassify@hotmail.com Van Dijk‚ in this article‚ aims at creating principles and workable instructions for doing critical discourse analysis (CDA). He is focusing on the socio-cognitive interface of discourse analysis. Also he is stating that CDA is flexible
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Theory X and Theory Y After World War II there were several studies performed that ultimately revealed how assumptions about workers’ attitudes and behaviors affect managers’ behavior. In the 1960s one of the most influential approaches was created and developed by Douglas McGregor at the MIT Sloan School Of Management. He proposed two sets of assumptions about how work attitudes and behaviors not only dominate the way mangers think but also affect how they behave in organizations. He named these
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Psychological Research Methods: Exploring Qualitative and Quantitative Research In psychology‚ answers to our questions are not as succinct as in other types of sciences‚ and the findings essentially depend upon the underlying epistemology used. This essay seeks to define and examine the fields of qualitative and quantitative research. It will address the different epistemologies and methodologies of each paradigm‚ and aim to give you a brief overview of the two main research methods
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Nordby‚K. Kjonsberg‚ K. Hummelvoll‚ J.K.(2009) Relatives of persons with recently discovered serious mental illness: in need of support to become resource persons in treatment and recovery.(Appendix 1). Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing. 17‚ 304-311. The above article will be critiqued using Caldwell‚ Henshaw and Taylor’s (2005) critiquing framework as a guide (Appendix 1). The intent is to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the research article and demonstrate knowledge and
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The X Theory and Y Theory Douglas McGregor‚ a social psychologist‚ introduced us to his famous X-Y Theory in his 1960 book The Human Side of Enterprise. Theory X and Theory Y are most commonly referred to in the field of management and employee motivation. McGregor’s theories‚ although over 40 years old‚ remain a basic principle from which to develop positive management. Both the X and the Y theories begin with the premise that management’s role is to assemble the factors of production. Theory X assumes
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