[pic] UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DMS 411: BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS - COURSE OUTLINE COURSE OBJECTIVES This course (Business research methods) is a fourth year core course‚ thus it is taught to all students in the school of business‚ irrespective of their specialization areas. Taking cognizance of the unique content and contextual differences between the various disciplines (specialization areas)‚ a more general approach is used. This course is designed and intended to give
Premium Scientific method
Feminine Car: A concept study BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS RESEARCH METHODOLOGY REPORT ON THE CONCEPT OF A FEMININE CAR Feminine Car: A concept study TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Background 2. Problem Definition a. Statement of objective b. Hypothesis 3. Research design a. Secondary Data Internet Literature b. Design of collection method Questionnaire Design Survey Scaling Techniques c. Sampling Process Target population
Premium Sampling Automotive industry Renault
Technology 100 (2009) 1192–1196 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Bioresource Technology journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/biortech Optimization of culture conditions for hydrogen production by Ethanoligenens harbinense B49 using response surface methodology Wan-Qian Guo a‚ Nan-Qi Ren a‚*‚ Xiang-Jing Wang b‚ Wen-Sheng Xiang b‚ Jie Ding a‚ Yang You a‚ Bing-Feng Liu a a b State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment‚ Harbin Institute of Technology‚ Harbin
Premium Hydrogen Acid 2008
Eynesbury: Quantitative Methods for Business 2011(3) Assignment 2: Due Monday 16th January 2012 at 5:00pm The assignments are to be submitted via the submission link on the Portal. Any submission handed to your teacher in paper form will not be accepted without prior written approval. E-mail versions of the assignment will not be accepted. Assignments submitted late‚ without an extension being granted‚ will attract a penalty of 10% per each working day or part thereof beyond the due
Premium
Chapter 14—Business Presentations MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. What is the least accurate statement about oral presentations? a. Only employees at upper levels find it necessary give persuasive oral presentations. b. Many future business people don’t take opportunities in college to develop speaking skills. c. A recent study shows that the No. 1 predictor of success and upward mobility is how much you enjoy public speaking and how effective you are at it. d. Speaking skills are useful at every career
Premium Presentation
research methods helps professional managers to discriminate good from bad research. - True 6. The manager should make sure while hiring researchers or consultants that the roles and expectations of both parties are made explicit. - True 7. An advantage of engaging in an external team to do the research project is that the external team would stand a better chance of being readily accepted by the employees in the subunit of the organization where research needs to be done. - False 8. An advantage
Premium Scientific method Research
ATTRITION IN BPO INDUSTRY: A SURVEY REPORT Abstract The BPO industry is undoubtedly considered as one of the biggest fields of employment in India and stands number two worldwide after Philippines. However‚ it is facing a phenomenal increase in attrition rate which is the biggest challenge. The current attrition rate is 55 %. (Source: 13 Oct‚ 2011‚ The Financial Express) as compared to the last year of 51%. Nasscom‚ in a report said that that the outsourcing industry is expected to face a shortage
Premium Hypothesis Null hypothesis Statistical hypothesis testing
SKILLS No. Student Name Registration Number 1 Chan Chi Yee 08WBA12624 2 Lian Ye Chen 08WBA12418 3 Lim Swee Ling 08WBA10687 4 Ng Kim Toh 08WBA11482 5 Tee Yang Wei 08WBA12303 Academic Year: 2009/10 Course/Year: Advanced Diploma in Business Studies (Accounting)/ 2AAC Tutorial Class: Group 7 Lecturer: MR. LIM CHIN HOCK Tutor: MR. JAMES TEO Date of Submission: 10 AUGUST 2009 COPYRIGHT 2009 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WWW.ALVINCHAN.NET CHAN CHI YEE‚ LIAN YE CHEN‚ LIM SWEE LING‚ NG KIM TOH‚ TEE
Premium Copyright 2009 Cash flow
Thinking Style Rationalism Postulate Self evident truth Authority Idealism Literary Scientific Method Empiricism Untested opinion Existentialism 3-7 Challenge for the researcher • The researcher must be able to identify source of quality information with the highest value which will bring the highest benefit and outcome for the decision being faced by the management 3-8 Sound Reasoning Types of Discourse Exposition Argument Deduction Induction 3-9 Inductive/Deductive
Free Scientific method Hypothesis Concept
Business Research Methods Define the distinctions between primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary sources in a secondary search A primary source is one that is original. An example of a primary source is the recently published results of a new study. Primary sources are the work of the only the author. When using a primary source‚ it is usually contemporary with the research being examined. A primary source is without interpretation. Examples of secondary sources would include newspaper articles‚ newscasts
Premium Qualitative research Quantitative research Research