in the Caribbean Focus Groups A focus group is a special kind of interview situation that is largely non-quantitative. In focus groups‚ a researcher gathers together 6 – 12 people in a room or neutral location with a moderator to discuss one or more issues for a set timeframe. The responses during a focus group interview are usually recorded‚ thus prior consent of all of the participants is required. The group should be homogenous enough to avoid conflicts. Focus groups are useful in explanatory
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During our recent group presentations‚ we covered negotiation‚ building teams‚ working in groups‚ managing conflict‚ effective meetings‚ facilitating team success‚ managing decisions and solving problems creatively (De Janasz‚ Wood‚ Gottschalk‚ Dowd‚ Schneider. 2006‚ pg 196-314). Our team was given working in teams for success as a presentation topic. I believe we not only clarified the topic but managed to use the content to our own benefit and produce a successful presentation. This essay highlights
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A strategic group is a concept used in strategic management that groups companies within an industry that have similar business models or similar combinations of strategies. For example‚ the fast-food industry can be portrayed as consisting of several strategic groups. The number of groups within an industry and their composition depends on what dimensions you use to define the groups. Strategists often use a two dimensional grid to display the position of each company along to the two most important
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which parts of the dialogue with the respondent to explore further‚ which to ignore‚ and which to return to later in the interview. Not only is the depth interview flexible‚ it is also evolutionary in nature. Focus group Focus groups are depth interviews undertaken with a group of respondents. It is different to individual interviews in the number of respondents and interaction
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Samsung group is a multinational company located in South Korea. It was founded in 1938 by Lee Byung-chull and since then great changes took place). At the beginning Samsung was a small trading company with forty employees. After the Korean War in 1954 Samsung grown up and entered several industries. It will take about three decades since its creation (1938) before it enters the electronics industry. Moreover‚ it will take another three decades to rise into a multinational organisation (1990). It
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Apollo Group Inc. was launched in 1976. John Sperling came up with the idea that rather than catering to 18-22 year olds he focused on the neglected market of working adults and he recruited working professionals as teachers rather than tenured professors. The University of Phoenix Online has more than 18‚000 faculties‚ only about 450 are full time. Sperling ran his University to make money‚ despite the critiques from the education establishment. Sperling faced failure everyday for the first 10 years
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Case write-off Alibaba Group Introduction: Jack Ma‚ who has a foreseen‚ started the Alibaba Company after his visit to U.S. He found that China jump into the online commerce market really soon. The company was focused on B2B business and its initial goal is to help small Chinese manufacturers connect with buyers. Alibaba grew quickly and still growing. It launched several wholly owned subsidiaries‚ such as Taobao‚ Alipay‚ Alisoft. Alibaba group is considered to be a huge success among
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Are interest groups useful or harmful? Interest groups‚ also referred to as: special interests‚ pressure groups‚ organized interests‚ nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)‚ political groups‚ lobby groups and public interest groups‚ are organized collections of people or organizations whose goal is to influence public policy (511). ‘Interest groups’ is a term that encompasses a variety of organized groups including public interest groups‚ business and economic groups‚ governmental unites‚ and political
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Group Membership Moreland and Levine’s (1982) Model of Group Membership consist of five phases. These five phases are associated with some sort of social role. A year ago‚ I took a class called Group Dynamics. The objective of this class was to learn how to work within a group in a workplace environment and how to be a better leader. The first week of class the professor announced that groups would be formed the next class meeting and students were to maintain these groups for the remainder of
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APSY 3145 Qualitative Research Methods Week 4 Presentation Focus Groups How to design and conduct a focus group interview? Chan Ming Chung‚ Daniel Chan Ying Wa‚ Cindy Yip Chun Hin‚ Hinry Brief Contents • What is the focus group? • How to conduct it? • Basic ingredients in focus groups. • Problem of confidentiality • Pro & Con • Limitation What is the focus group? • An interview with several people • Emphasize a specific topic • Extensively use in market and social research • Interested in how
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