BUS 642 ENTIRE COURSE
BUS 642 ENTIRE COURSE
BUS 642
ENTIRE COURSE
BUS 642 Week 1 Complete
Scientific Thinking.
Develop a hypothesis for a
problem at a local business (for example: high employee turnover). Determine if
your hypothesis has adequacy for its purpose, is testable and better than its
rivals. Then, use the Checklist for Developing a Strong Hypothesis on page 64
as it relates to your hypothesis. Discuss your results. Respond to at least two
of your fellow students’ postings.
Making Research Decisions. Based on the analysis of
the last six months’ sales, your boss notices that sales of beef products are
declining in your chain’s restaurants. As beef entrée sales decline, so do
profits. Fearing beef sales have declined due to several newspaper stories
reporting E.coli contamination discovered at area grocery
stores, he suggests a survey of area restaurants to see if the situation is
pervasive (page 94, number 5).
a. What do you think of this
research suggestion?
b. How, if at all, could you
improve on your boss’s formulation of the research question?
Week One Exercises. Complete the following
exercises:
a. Complete Discussion
Questions 1, 2, and 5 on page 22.
b. Complete Making
Research Decisions Question 6, page 76.
BUS 642 Week 2 Complete
Ethics in Business Research. Read
the interview with Elizabeth Buchanan on virtual research ethics [Readings in
virtual research: Issues and controversies. (2004, January-June). Information
Technology Newsletter, 15(1), 22-25.]. You can find this article through
the Ashford Online Library. Write a summary of this interview and add your
thoughts on how this affects the business research process. Respond to at least
two of your fellow students’ postings.
Design of Research. Read Snapshot:
Tracking Search Patterns on page 37. Find more details of this study
since the text’s Snapshot was printed and discuss the study
including any updates. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’
postings.
Week Two Exercises. Complete the following
exercises:
In your text book
§ Complete Making
Research Decisions 1, page 50
§ In text answer Terms
in Review, 1-5, page 155
§ Complete Making
Research Decisions, 7, page 388
BUS 642 Week 3 Complete
Measurement Scales. Contemplate Snapshot:
Measuring Respect on page 301 of your text. Discuss the information
presented and the critical measures taken in order to validate the relevance of
respect in business practice. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’
postings.
Clarifying the Research Questions. Read Close-Up, pages 118-121. Discuss your answers to the
Research questions on page 120. Respond to at least two of your fellow
students’ postings.
Week Three Exercises. Complete the following
exercises:
In your text book
§ Complete Making
Research Decisions, 5, page 315.
§ Complete Terms in
Review, 1- 3, page 123.
On companion website
§ Read the case study, State
Farm: Dangerous Intersections. Answer questions 1 through 5. (This case can
be downloaded from the textbook website,
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073373702/student_view0/cases.html)
BUS 642 Week 4 Complete
Survey Methods. Discuss the following
questions then respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings.
a. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages
of face-to-face interviewing. What is necessary for the success of this method?
b. Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of telephone interviewing. What is necessary for the success of
this method?
c. How do these survey methods
compare?
Observational Studies. Read and discuss Bringing
Research to Life on page 187 of your text. Develop investigative
questions that could have been used to guide Jason and Sara’s mechanical
observation study. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings.
Week Four Exercises. Complete the following
exercises:
In text book
§ Complete Terms in
Review, 1-4, on page 204.
On companion website
§ Read Case Study: Ramada
Demonstrates its Personal Best. Answer questions 1-3 (This case can be
downloaded from the textbook web site,
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073373702/student_view0/cases.html
BUS 642 Week 5 Complete
Data Preparation and Description. Poll a small sample of class members, work associates, or
friends and ask them to answer the following in a paragraph or two: “What are
your career aspirations for the next five years?” Use one of the four basic
units of content analysis to analyze their responses. Describe your findings as
frequencies for the unit of analysis selected. Respond to at least two of your
fellow students’ postings.
Week Five Exercises. Complete the following
exercises:
In text book
§ Complete Making
Research Decisions 2, page 450
§ Complete From Concept
to Practice 7, page 450
On companion website
§ Read Case Study: Inquiring Minds
Want to Know- NOW. Answer questions 1-9 (This case can be downloaded from the
text book web site, http://highered.mcgraw-
hill.com/sites/0073373702/student_view0/cases.html)
BUS 642 Week 6 Complete
Measures of Association. Answer Making
Research Decisions 5 on page 524 of your text. Respond to at least two
of your fellow students’ postings
Presenting Results. Conduct a search of
websites that provide Internet presentations. Select one and critique its
content, visuals, and the presenter’s skills. Make sure to include the URL in
your Discussion Forum. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’
postings.
Focus of the Final Paper
The final project should be
eight pages in length and include a reference of all resources used. At least
three sources should be from scholarly journals, e.g. Journal of Management,
Journal of Marketing, or Harvard Business Review. This paper will be a research
project that tests a hypothesis chosen by the student that can relate to the
place of current employment or previous employment but may not include or
involve human subjects directly.
Sample general topics could
include:
§ Manufacturing Quality/Cost
Improvement
§ Service Quality Improvement
§ Systems Design
§ Accounts
Receivable/Billing/AR Aging
§ Marketing/Advertising Issues
§ Sales of Goods
§ Investments
§ Product Safety
§ Workplace Safety
§ Labor Pools
§ HR matters of broad concern
§ Population Studies
§
Others approved by course instructor
The
hypothesis should be a possible cause and effect relationship regarding a
process, underlying assumption, or plan that is important to the business. It
should not be too broad. The hypothesis must be approved by the instructor by
the end of the third week of class. The research process of
planning, data sampling, collection and data evaluation should be described.
The type of study should be defined and justified. Collect a small
representative data sample. Fifteen is the recommended sample size. The data
can be collected from observations, surveys, or historical records. The data
results should be summarized and displayed and a brief analysis should be
included. Use appropriate descriptive or inferential statistics.
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