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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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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WORKING PAPER: 06-03 Mar. 2006 The Tata Group after the JRD Period: Management and Ownership Structure by Ram Kumar Kakani & Tejas Joshi XLRI‚ Jamshedpur 831001‚ India E-Mail: kakani@xlri.ac.in Last updated in Feb. 2008 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=889394 XLRI Working Paper: 06-03 2 The Tata Group after the JRD Period: Management and Ownership Structure1 Ram Kumar Kakani & Tejas Joshi E-Mail: kakani@xlri.ac.in Abstract Complex ownership structures
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REPORT ON VIRGIN GROUP . Submitted By: - SHANTANU SHARMA JYOTSNA SAIGAL NIKITA NARANG. RUHAAN PARVEZ. SUROJIT DAS. STUTI GARG. Submitted By: - SHANTANU SHARMA JYOTSNA SAIGAL NIKITA NARANG. RUHAAN PARVEZ. SUROJIT DAS.
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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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Special Interests POL110 – U.S. Government Dr. Leah Raby Carlos A. Machado Z. June 9th‚ 2013 An interest group‚ also called an advocacy group or lobbying group‚ is a group of people or a no-profit organization that is determined to make or prevent changes in public policy without seeking political control (Wilson 2009). These include environmental‚ consumer‚ and political. Interest groups can be traced since the preindustrial years from 1830s to the 1870s‚ it was integrated by middle class citizens
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Reference Groups People in a secondary or formal group interact on a less personal level than in a primary group‚ and their relationships are temporary rather than long lasting. Since secondary groups are established to perform functions‚ people’s roles are more interchangeable. Formal Virtual Group or Community: web based consumer group. • EBay: a virtual community‚ where goods and services are exchanged for money. • The pressure to outbid the competition. Formal Work Groups: individuals
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Ethnic Group ( Java Banyumasan : Orang Jawa of Malaysia ) In this essay‚ I write about ethnic group and why we cannot define an ethnic group by their cultural elements such as language‚ religion‚ customs and so on. I write this essay because there is a question about why we cannot define an ethnic group by their culture‚ whereas culture are one elements of an ethnic. There is problem of seeing ethnic groups as cultural groups; “the mere fact that two groups of people are of different culture does
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Peer Group Since the first day of going to a park with our parents we have encountered being put into peer groups. Our parents would always push us to say hi to someone who was the same age or gender. A peer group is a social group whose members have interests‚ social position‚ and age in common. I think the reason we like to be with our peer groups is pretty obvious. I think it is because people of the same age‚ beliefs ‚ values‚ likes and dislikes‚ and above all similar attitudes is why we like
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