The document discusses clarifying a research question through exploratory research using secondary data sources. It covers exploring a management dilemma, conducting literature searches to expand understanding and identify relevant information and questions. Evaluating secondary sources involves factors like authority, format, audience and purpose. Exploratory research helps refine the research question and formulate investigative and measurement questions to determine necessary evidence and scope of study.
HR POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF TATA MOTORS Shree Ganesh
The presentation is about the HR policies and practices of Tata Motors.
Tata Group believes that people are their greatest asset and they adopt best practices to ensure healthy employee relations, employee growth, and development as well as work satisfaction.
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Safety and welfare measures are inevitable to any organization where workers are involved. An organization's Responsibility to its Employees extends beyond the payment of wages for their services. The Employer's Safety and Welfare on and off the job within the Organization is the vital concern of the Employer. The data used in the study was Primary data collected using a Structured Questionnaire. Secondary data was collected from company records and the Internet. The Simple Random Sampling method was followed. Conclusions were drawn based on the analysis of data collected from the employees in various grades. The Sample size taken for the study is 102. Statistical tools applied are Simple Percentage, and Chi Square analysis for analyzing the data. Suggestions were provided for improving the overall facilities on Employee safety and welfare programs. A. G. Mythili | R. Sharmitha "A Study on Employee Safety and Welfare Measures with Special Reference to Cotton Industries in Coimbatore District" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-6 , October 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd29235.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/hrm-and-retail-business/29235/a-study-on-employee-safety-and-welfare-measures-with-special-reference-to-cotton-industries-in-coimbatore-district/a-g-mythili
HR POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF TATA MOTORS Shree Ganesh
The presentation is about the HR policies and practices of Tata Motors.
Tata Group believes that people are their greatest asset and they adopt best practices to ensure healthy employee relations, employee growth, and development as well as work satisfaction.
A Study on Employee Safety and Welfare Measures with Special Reference to Cot...ijtsrd
Safety and welfare measures are inevitable to any organization where workers are involved. An organization's Responsibility to its Employees extends beyond the payment of wages for their services. The Employer's Safety and Welfare on and off the job within the Organization is the vital concern of the Employer. The data used in the study was Primary data collected using a Structured Questionnaire. Secondary data was collected from company records and the Internet. The Simple Random Sampling method was followed. Conclusions were drawn based on the analysis of data collected from the employees in various grades. The Sample size taken for the study is 102. Statistical tools applied are Simple Percentage, and Chi Square analysis for analyzing the data. Suggestions were provided for improving the overall facilities on Employee safety and welfare programs. A. G. Mythili | R. Sharmitha "A Study on Employee Safety and Welfare Measures with Special Reference to Cotton Industries in Coimbatore District" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-6 , October 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd29235.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/hrm-and-retail-business/29235/a-study-on-employee-safety-and-welfare-measures-with-special-reference-to-cotton-industries-in-coimbatore-district/a-g-mythili
Unit I
Introduction; meaning and nature of research; significance of research in business decision making, identification and formulation of research problem, setting objectives and formulation of hypotheses.
Unit-II
Research design and data collection; research designs – exploratory, descriptive, diagnostic and experimental data collection; universe, survey population, sampling and sampling designs. data collection tools- schedule, questionnaire, interview and observation, use of SPSS.
Unit-III
Scaling techniques; need for scaling, problems of scaling, reliability and validity of scales, scale construction techniques- arbitrary approach, consensus scale approach (Thurston), item analysis approach (Likert) and cumulative scales (Gut man’s Scalogram)
Unit-IV
Interpretation and report writing; introduction, meaning of interpretation, techniques and precautions in interpretation and generalization report writing- purpose, steps and format of research report and final presentation of the research report.
Unit I
Introduction; meaning and nature of research; significance of research in business decision making, identification and formulation of research problem, setting objectives and formulation of hypotheses.
Unit-II
Research design and data collection; research designs – exploratory, descriptive, diagnostic and experimental data collection; universe, survey population, sampling and sampling designs. data collection tools- schedule, questionnaire, interview and observation, use of SPSS.
Unit-III
Scaling techniques; need for scaling, problems of scaling, reliability and validity of scales, scale construction techniques- arbitrary approach, consensus scale approach (Thurston), item analysis approach (Likert) and cumulative scales (Gut man’s Scalogram)
Unit-IV
Interpretation and report writing; introduction, meaning of interpretation, techniques and precautions in interpretation and generalization report writing- purpose, steps and format of research report and final presentation of the research report.
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On November 21st 2014 at the Tufts University Medford campus and November 25th 2014 at the campus of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, the BLC and Digital Science hosted a workshop focused on better understanding the research information management landscape.
Jonathan Breeze, CEO of Symplectic, reflected on the emergence of research information management systems and the resulting benefits they can provide.
The profile of the management (data) scientist: Potential scenarios and skill...Juan Mateos-Garcia
Big and Social Media data opens up new scenarios and opportunities for management research (such as using internal communication data to map knowledge networks inside firms, or using web data to study firm capabilities and strategies). This presentation, given at the British Academy of Management 2014 conference proposes a typology of such scenarios, describes the skills required to exploit them, and considers implications for the education and training of management researchers.
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Essays should be 4-6 double-spaced pages. They should be written using only lectures and reading materials provided on Moodle. Identify the sources for specific facts, concepts, and quotes by simple parenthetical references. Since you are only to use class materials, the instructor should easily be able to identify the source.
For the essays, you cannot “cut and paste”. Use the materials from class only and be sure to provide a simple reference, such as (Powerpoint) or (Library of Congress).
Answer all parts of the chosen question. Demonstrate that you have reviewed and understand any relevant information in that section’s materials.
When useful to the answer, incorporate details such as case names, author’s names, facts, and particularly specific terms or jargon important to that subject.
The essays should be thematic. Sentences should be complete.
Always address each part of the question. Always include specific details, terms, and cases that properly fit into the analysis.
SCENARIO: You work for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission(OLCC) in the Recreational Marijuana Licensing Office(RMLO). You have many applicants and the place is short-staffed since you loaned workers to the Unemployment Division.
You have two scheduled video meetings today. The first is with a Ms. Eleanor Rigby. Her e-mail says that she is an 80-year old grandmother who needs some extra income to cover her grandson’s tuition. She wants to explore whether it would be a good idea for her to open a marijuana dispensary in Monmouth.
The second meeting will be with Bill Sellsmore from Curaleaf, a marijuana business worth well over $500 million. Sellsmore is interested in getting the OLCC to guarantee the licensing of ten new retail outlets before they invest in Oregon anymore.
While the basic law is that dispensaries must be at least 1,000 feet from a school, there is the possibility for the RMLO to grant limited exceptions. These are based on agency discretionary judgement that the retail facility will not operate in a way that attracts attention from students.
Here are the questions you must answer. If possible, connect your answers to the scenario above.
1. How important are informal processes to public administration? What factors influence the outcomes of informal processes, such as the meetings you have scheduled?
2. What happens if you provide inaccurate advice during these meetings and Rigby or Sellsmore make a bad business decision as a result?
3) How do the courts generally review agency discretionary actions, as demonstrated by the federal court? What could the RMLO get wrong and have a licensing decision overturned in judicial review?
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2. How do you describe the importance of data in analyt-ics? Can we think of analytics without data? Explain.
3. Considering the new and broad definition of business analytics, what are the main inputs and outputs to the analytics continuum?
4. Where do the data for business analytics come from? What are the sources and the nature of those incoming data?
5. What are the most common metrics that make for analytics-ready data
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Propose a Human Resource Management strategy and specific organizational behaviors that are best suited for global business organizations.
The due diligence analyses on the three countries chosen – Canada, South Africa and China - will wrap up in this assignment with the exploration of management decision making processes. For each of the countries, you will discuss:
· the benefits bringing the diversity of the workforce will have for your company.
· compare and contrast the various aspects of U.S. human resource management against those of each country, Cananda, South Africa and China.
· examine what motivates the local workforce and the style of leadership which is prevalent in each of the countries - contrast those against what our U.S. company would utilize.
A minimum of two pages per country is required and you will follow APA (6th edition) formatting (no abstract is required for this milestone) with title and reference pages, indented paragraphs and a minimum of four APA formatted references and associated in-text citations.
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Discussion 2
Data Management
After studying this week’s assigned readings, discussion the following:
1. What are the business costs or risks of poof data quality? Support your discussion with at least 3 references.
2. What is data mining? Support your discussion with at least 3 references.
3. What is text mining? Support your discussion with at least 3 references.
Please use APA throughout.
Post your initial response no later than Friday of week 3. Please note that initial post not completed on the due date will receive zero grade. See class syllabus for late assignment policies. Review posting/discussion requirements.
Read and respond to at two (2) of your classmates no later than the last day of week 3. In your response to your classmates, consider comparing your articles to those of your classmates. Below are additional suggestions on how to respond to your classmates’ discussions:
· Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence or research.
· Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.
· Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own research.
· Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.
· Make a suggestion based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings.
· Expand on your colleagues’ postings by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.
1) Respond to the below discussion with 150 words
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1. What are the business costs or risks of poor data quality?
The individuals benefits of the business might make decided at the individuals majority of the data gathered besides poor info.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) offers new opportunities to radically reinvent the way we do business. This study explores how CEOs and top decision makers around the world are responding to the transformative potential of AI.
The case study discusses the potential of drone delivery and the challenges that need to be addressed before it becomes widespread.
Key takeaways:
Drone delivery is in its early stages: Amazon's trial in the UK demonstrates the potential for faster deliveries, but it's still limited by regulations and technology.
Regulations are a major hurdle: Safety concerns around drone collisions with airplanes and people have led to restrictions on flight height and location.
Other challenges exist: Who will use drone delivery the most? Is it cost-effective compared to traditional delivery trucks?
Discussion questions:
Managerial challenges: Integrating drones requires planning for new infrastructure, training staff, and navigating regulations. There are also marketing and recruitment considerations specific to this technology.
External forces vary by country: Regulations, consumer acceptance, and infrastructure all differ between countries.
Demographics matter: Younger generations might be more receptive to drone delivery, while older populations might have concerns.
Stakeholders for Amazon: Customers, regulators, aviation authorities, and competitors are all stakeholders. Regulators likely hold the greatest influence as they determine the feasibility of drone delivery.
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2. Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives
Understand...
The purpose and process of exploratory research.
The two types and three levels of management
decision-related secondary sources.
The five types of external information and the
factors for evaluating the value of a source and
its content.
3. Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives
Understand . . .
The process of using exploratory research to
understand the management dilemma and work
through the stages of analysis necessary to
formulate the research question (and,
ultimately, investigative questions and
measurement questions).
What is involved in internal data mining and how
internal data-mining techniques differ from
literature searches.
4. Clarifying the Research QuestionClarifying the Research Question
Reduces Information OverloadReduces Information Overload
“Companies are certainly aware of data
mining, but most companies are not making
effective use of the data collected. They
are not so good at analyzing it or applying
these insights to the business.”
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro
president
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7. Integration of Secondary DataIntegration of Secondary Data
into the Research Processinto the Research Process
8. Objectives of SecondaryObjectives of Secondary
SearchesSearches
• Expand understanding of management
dilemma
• Gather background information
• Identify information to gather
• Identify sources for and actual questions
• Identify sources for and actual sample
frames
9. Conducting aConducting a
Literature SearchLiterature Search
Define management dilemmaDefine management dilemma
Consult books for relevant termsConsult books for relevant terms
Use terms to searchUse terms to search
Locate/review secondary sourcesLocate/review secondary sources
Evaluate value of each source
and content
Evaluate value of each source
and content
10. Whiteboard technology makes an easier
discussion of symptoms relevant to the
management-research question hierarchy
11. Levels of InformationLevels of Information
Primary
Sources:
Memos
Letters
Interviews
Speeches
Laws
Internal records
Secondary
Sources:
Encyclopedias
Textbooks
Handbooks
Magazines
Newspapers
Newscasts
Tertiary
Sources:
Indexes
Bibliographies
Internet
search engines
16. The Evolution of Data MiningThe Evolution of Data Mining
Evolutionary Step Investigative Question Enabling Technologies Characteristics
Data collection
(1960s)
“What was my
average total revenue
over the last five
years?”
Computers, tapes,
disks
Retrospective, static
data delivery
Data access (1980s) “What were unit sales
in California last
December?”
Relational databases
(RDBMS), structured
query language
(SQL), ODBC
Retrospective,
dynamic data delivery
at record level
Data navigation
(1990s)
“What were unit sales
in California last
December? Drill down
to Sacramento.”
Online analytic
processing (OLAP),
multidimensional
databases, data
warehouses
Retrospective,
dynamic data delivery
at multiple levels
Data mining (2000) “What’s likely to
happen to
Sacramento unit sales
next month? Why?”
Advanced algorithms,
multiprocessor
computers, massive
databases
Prospective, proactive
information delivery
20. Stage 1: Clarifying the ResearchStage 1: Clarifying the Research
QuestionQuestion
Management-research question hierarchy begins by
identifying the management dilemma
25. The Research QuestionThe Research Question
Determine
necessary
evidence
Determine
necessary
evidence
Set
scope of
study
Set
scope of
study
Examine
variables
Examine
variables
Break
questions
down
Break
questions
down
Evaluate
hypotheses
Evaluate
hypotheses
Fine-TuningFine-Tuning
This chapter explains the use of secondary data sources to develop and formulate research questions.
See the text Instructors Manual (downloadable from the text website) for ideas for using this research-generated statistic.
Exploration is particularly useful when researchers lack a clear idea of the problems they will meet during the study. Through exploration researchers develop concepts more clearly, establish priorities, develop operational definitions, and improve the final research design. The exploratory phase usually consists of one or more of the search strategies detailed in the slide.
Discovery and analysis of secondary data sources include published studies, document analysis, and retrieval of information from organization’s databases.
Expert interviews are interviews with those who knowledgeable about the problem or its possible solutions.
IDIs are interviews with individuals involved with the problem.
Formal or informal group discussions may also be held.
Most researchers find a review of secondary sources critical to moving from the management question to the research question.
Exhibit 5-1 suggests that exploration of secondary sources can be useful at any stage of the management-research question hierarchy.
This slide details the objectives that should be accomplished during the exploratory research phase of a project.
Expand understanding of management dilemma
Gather background information
Identify information that should be gathered
Identify sources for and actual questions that might be used
Identify sources for and actual sample frames that might be used
Generally, the exploration phase will begin with a literature search. A literature search is a review of books, journal articles, and professional literature that relate to the management dilemma. This may also include Web-published material. This slide details the five steps of a literature search.
The result of a literature search could be a solution to the management dilemma. If so, no further research is necessary. Otherwise, a research proposal is generated.
Researchers often meet to discuss symptoms when developing the management-research question hierarchy.
Information sources are categorized into three levels.
Primary sources are original works of research or raw data without interpretation or pronouncements that represent an official opinion or position.
Secondary sources are interpretations of primary data. A firm searching for secondary sources can search either internally or externally, as depicted in Exhibit 5-2. This exhibit is shown on the next slide.
Tertiary sources are aids to discover primary or secondary sources or an interpretation of a secondary source.
Exhibit 5-2
This slide illustrates some of the possible internal and external secondary sources.
To verify that students understand each of the types of sources, ask them for examples.
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These are the five types of information sources used most by researchers at this phase of a project.
Indexes and bibliographies help one to identify books and journal articles.
An index is a secondary data source that helps to identify and locate a single book, journal article, author, etc. from a larger set.
A bibliography is an information source that helps locate a single book, article, photograph, etc.
Dictionaries are secondary sources that define words, terms, and jargon.
Encyclopedias are secondary sources that provide background or historical information about a topic.
A handbook is a secondary source used to identify key terms, people, or events relevant to the management dilemma or management question.
Directories are reference sources used to identify contact information.
A researcher using secondary sources will want to conduct a source evaluation. Marketers should evaluate and select information sources based on five factors.
Purpose is the explicit or hidden agenda of the information source.
Scope is the breadth or depth of topic coverage, including time period, geographic limitations, and the criteria for information inclusion.
Authority is the level of the data (primary, secondary, tertiary) and the credentials of the source author.
Audience refers to the characteristics and background of the people or groups for whom the source was created.
Format refers to how the information is presented and the degree of ease in locating specific information within the source.
Students often accept web-delivered information as of the same quality as electronic databases. One exercise is to have them view a web-site and present an analysis of it using the five factors. Students are often active participants in blogging, so having them use such a site for analysis might open their eyes.
Exhibit 5-3 offers several questions to answer when evaluating web sites on the five factors.
Exhibit 5-4:
Data mining is a type of record analysis. It uses mathematical models to extract meaningful knowledge from integrated databases. This Exhibit discusses the evolution of data mining.
Early use of data mining was still being driven by our search for understanding of customers, as noted by the emphasis on marketing’s use of data mining (green bars). Business also does a lot of data mining in search of greater profitability (financial analysis=yellow bar). Operations use was growing (gold bars). Notably absent was Human Resources use of data mining.
Exhibit 5-5
The data mining process involves five steps: sample, explore, modify, model, and assess. In the sample step, the researcher decides between census data and sample data. Explore involves identifying relationships with the data. In the third step, data are modeled and/or transformed. In the fourth step, a model is developed that explains the data relationships. Finally, the model is tested for accuracy.
Exhibit 4-1 illustrates the research process. This slide focuses on the first stage of the process, clarifying the research question.
A useful way to approach the research process is to state the basic dilemma that prompts the research and then try to develop other questions by progressively breaking down the original question into more specific ones. This process can be thought of as the management-research question hierarchy.
The process begins at the most general level with the management dilemma. This is usually a symptom of an actual problem, such as rising costs, declining sales, or a large number of defects.
Exhibit 3-2 illustrates the formulation of the research question for MindWriter.
A management question is a restatement of the manager’s dilemma in question form.
A research question is the hypothesis that best states the objective of the research; the question that focuses the researcher’s attention.
An investigative question is the question the researcher must answer to satisfactorily answer the research question.
A measurement question is the question asked of the participant or the observations that must be recorded.
Exhibit 5-6
The management-research question hierarchy process is designed to move the researcher through various levels of questions, each with a specific function within the overall marketing research process. This multi-step process is illustrated in the slide. An example is provided on the following slide.
The role of exploration in this process is depicted in Exhibit 3-4, located on Slide 3-9.
Exhibit 5-7
Declining sales is one of the most common symptoms serving as a stimulus for a research project. SalePro, a large manufacturer of industrial goods, faces this situation. Exploration 1 reveals that sales should not be declining in the South and Northeast. Environmental factors there are as favorable as in the growing regions. Subsequent exploration leads management to believe that the problem is in one of three areas: salesperson compensation, product formulation, or trade advertising. Further exploration (4) has SalePro management narrowing the focus of its research to alternative ways to alter the sales compensation system, which (5) leads to a survey of all sales personnel in the affected regions.
This slide depicts how exploration leads back into the formulation of management questions and research questions. Examples of management questions are provided on the next slide.
This table shows examples of management questions that might flow from general questions, some drawn from Exhibit 5-9.
A research question best states the objective of the marketing research study. Incorrectly defining the research question is the fundamental weakness in the marketing research process.
After the exploration process is complete, the researcher must fine-tune the research question. At this point, the research question will have evolved in some fashion. It will have better focus.
In addition to fine-tuning the original question, other research question-related activities should be addressed in this phase to enhance the direction of the project.
Examine variables to be studied and assess whether they are operationally defined.
Review the research questions to break them down into second and third-level questions.
If hypotheses are used, be sure they meet the quality tests.
Determine what evidence must be collected to answer the various questions and hypotheses.
Set the scope of the study by stating what is not a part of the research question.
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A Gantt chart is a common project planning tool that reveals summary tasks, benchmarking milestones, and detailed tasks against a time frame for the overall project. Tasks may be color coded to indicate a particular team member’s responsibilities. Many project-management software packages include Gantt charting.
The chart may be used to monitor projects to keep them on time, as well as to alert the client or manager to steps requiring their approval—and what happens to the project’s schedule if approval is not forthcoming when it is needed.
This chapter explains the use of secondary data sources to develop and formulate research questions.
Exhibit 5a-1
Exhibit 5b-2
The basis of searching is understanding how electronic databases are constructed for search. This exhibit is designed to provide the student with a 2-step process for writing advanced query statements using Boolean language.
Each database has its own structure so students should always read the material provided by the particular provider about connectors, limiters, truncation symbols, etc.
Students should also be encourage to search more than one database using the same search query.
Exhibit 5b-1:
If you do a day in the library or the computer lab, using this exhibit and the one on the previous slide is a good way to teach the development of query or search statement.