... Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: CO 2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (POs #4 and #8) CO 4: Evaluate published nursing research for credibility and clinical significance related to evidence- based practice. (POs #4 and #8) Due Date Refer to the course calendar for due date information. The college’s Late Assignment policy applies to this activity. Total Points Possible 150 Points Requirements The paper will include the following. 1. Clinical question a. Description of problem b. Significance of problem c. Purpose of paper 2. Description of findings a. Summarize basics in the Matrix Table as found in Assignment Documents in e-College. b. Describe i. Concepts ii. Methods used iii. Participants iv. Instruments including reliability and validity v. Answer to “Purpose” question vi. Identify next step for group 3. Conclusion of paper 4. Format a. Correct grammar and spelling b. Use of headings for each section c. Use of APA format (sixth edition) d. Page length: three pages PREPARING THE PAPER 1. Please make sure you do not duplicate articles within your group. 2. Paper should include a title page and...
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... The college’s Late Assignment policy applies to this activity. TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: 150 POINTS REQUIREMENTS The paper will include the following. 1. Clinical question a. Description of problem b. Significance of problem c. Purpose of paper 2. Description of findings a. Summarize basics in the Matrix Table as found in Assignment Documents in e‐College. b. Describe i. Concepts ii. Methods used iii. Participants iv. Instruments including reliability and validity v. Answer to “Purpose” question vi. Identify next step for group 3. Conclusion of paper 4. Format a. Correct grammar and spelling b. Use of headings for each section NR449 Evidence Based Practice c. Use of APA format (sixth edition) d. Page length: three pages PREPARING THE PAPER 1. Please make sure you do not duplicate articles within your group. 2. Paper should include a title page and a reference page. DIRECTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT CRITERIA Assignment Criteria Points % Description 1. Problem is described: What is the focus of your group’s work? 2. Significance of the problem is described: What health outcomes result from your problem? Or what statistics document this is a...
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...factor in how well the student’s math abilities grew. Instead IQ was found to be a predictor of initial math skill and studying and motivation where found to be predictors of growth in mathematical abilities. These findings came as a surprise to the researchers who predicted that intelligence measured by IQ would be a strong predictor of mathematical abilities. This article encompasses the main findings of the researchers into a summarization of their findings. This research in this study is credible and believable but the article leaves out some essential information about the findings that could strengthen or weaken the researcher’s argument and allow the reader to develop their own opinion. In this study the independent variable is the student’s IQ and the dependent variable is the student’s mathematical scores/abilities. IQ tests have long been used as a system to measure the intelligence of the testee. Standardized mathematical testing is an accurate method of measuring mathematical abilities because it objectively scores each student’s mathematical knowledge in the same way. Due to the standardized nature of the IQ and math tests the student’s scores can be used to compare each other with without causing error. In order to solidify these findings and rule out possible sources of error researchers interviewed students to determine their attitudes...
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...Ethics in the Workplace Results of a recent national study provide solid data that leaders who want to establish a practice of positive workplace ethics within their organizations should develop written ethics standards, provide ethics training, and ensure resources are available for employees in need of ethics advice. By Joshua Joseph, Lee Wan Veer, and Ann McFadden Ethics Association executives typically want the answers to two key questions about ethics in their association offices: “How do workplace ethics apply to the practical goals of my organization and the work of my employees?” and “Can you show me reliable data that support your assertions?” In this article, we address those questions as we present findings from the Ethics Resource Center’s 2000 National Business Ethics Survey (2000 NBES) - a rigorous telephone survey of 1,500 U.S. employees - and discuss what these findings mean for association executives. One caveat first - we focus on issues relevant to an association’s internal staff and to ethics programs designed for them, not for association members whose relationships with their organization are often very different from those of staff. In the 2000 NBES, we gathered information on three key elements of an ethics program: written ethics standards, ethics training,and means for employees to get ethics advice (e.g., a telephone help line or ethics office). Ethics Trends Studies show that formal ethics programs are becoming increasingly common...
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...behaviours. There is a literature review on the use of psychometric testing and collecting the data from psychometric testing on two staff members. This report will introduce advantages and disadvantages of psychometric testing in HR. There are some results of the indicator instruments between the two staff members. This report will give some recommendations on how to best utilise two staff members and some suggestions on how to ensure teamwork between the two staff members. Ella Bryant an architect and Lisa Mcune a. Have not worked with one another before due to 2.0 Introduction 2.0 Introduction This section provides the purpose, background, scope, research methods, and indicates how the manager will be able to utilise the report finding, and mention limitations of the report. 2.1 Purpose The purpose of this report is to analyse strengths and weakness of two staff members and how they are likely to relate to one another given their unique characteristics and behaviours. The...
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...Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins benefited greatly from her findings. They received a Nobel Prize based off of her findings. Rosalind was also an X-ray crystallographer. X-ray crystallography is used for looking at atomic and molecular structures of crystal. This work contributed to her discovering the structure of DNA. Franklin was born in London, England, July 25, 1925. She attended an all girls school, which was one of the only schools that offered physics and chemistry. Clearly Franklin excelled at chemistry, as well as all of her other academics. In 1938, franklin attended Newnham College in Cambridge and graduated in 1941. In her graduate year she started a fellowship but in 1942 she started working at the British Coal Utilization Research Association. During this time she studies the porosity of coals, and compared it to the density of Helium. She found that through the pores of coal, substances were expelled in molecular sizes as the temperature increased. These findings helped with coals performance for fuel purposes. Franklin’s work with coals helped with the earning of her doctorate in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945 from Cambridge University. From 1947-1950 Franklin worked in Paris at Laboratoire Central des Services Chimiques de l’Etat. Here Franklin met a scientist named Jaques Mering. He taught her X-ray diffraction and how to use and apply it to X-ray crystallography. Using what Mering taught her, she applied this to her study of coals, which...
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...their roles are no longer in-demand to their area. Finding a job isn’t easy, especially if this is the first time you’re looking, but it’s also far from impossible. The key is to prioritize what’s most important to you in the process. The first step to finding employment after college is to put discouragement aside. You need to have a plan and no matter how many times you apply for jobs you can't let your discouragement in not landing the position keep you from trying again and again. It is advised that people don’t follow their passion. Most passions do not translate into successful careers. Instead you need to look at your effort. Whatever it is you spend the most time doing may be the perfect career. This is because when you spend a lot of time doing something, much skill is gained making you an expert in that field. The second step to finding employment is to fully put yourself out there. You need to step out into the world and let it know you are there. You should create a personal profile on a job website or sign up on a social message board. This will help you get started in socializing. Young people should do this as early as their senior year in high school. Your profile should give a brief overview of who you are and what you have to offer. You need to remember that it can be extremely helpful to start building your list of connections early, first impressions leave the biggest impact. The third step to finding employment would be to seek immediate internship...
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...ASSIGNMENT: Research And Report Writing Undertake A Business Project And Report The Findings And Recommendations To The Stakeholders Of The Business BUSINESS RESEARCH CASE THE PROBLEM: Your client has recently acquired an existing business however has limited management experience and has done very little research on the business before purchasing it. He is now encountering a number of strategic challenges that seem unsurmountable. He wants to find solutions to the many challenges the business is undergoing. The Client now recognises that the success of his business relies on effective and efficient planning and management of the business work activities. This involves understanding the interrelationship of business processes and the implementation of operational plans, quality, and health and safety systems; and developing the skills needed to design and implement operational systems to improve effectiveness and efficiency to achieve the desired results for the business. The Client now believes that business research and management and leadership expertise are the key to improving the business. He has contracted your management firm with the aim to gain reliable information as a basis for good strategic management and leadership decisions and the expertise to implement these decisions. THE TASK: You are a senior partner in a management firm. Your company provides business research and consultation services to clients. The management firm engages in business research...
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...various disciplines to obtain the information needed to assess a problem. There are eight different forms of policy analysis that will be discussed in this paper. Prospective Policy Analysis When using the prospective form of policy analysis it helps by using information and analysis before any action is taken. It is placing primary emphasis on what may be expected policy outcomes. According to Dunn, it is usually is systems analysts, decision analysts, operations researchers that are interested in using this type of policy analysis as it will give them information prior without any gathering of information. (Dunn, 2008) Retrospective Policy Analysis Retrospective analysis is a study in which a search is made for a relationship between one current condition and another that occurred in the past. An example would be a study of family history of young women whom have developed cancer which yields a relationship of the administration of “growth medicine” to the mothers of these women and the daughters developing breast cancer or some type of cancer. Retrospective policy analysis answers the question “What happens and what difference does it make?” Retrospective policy analysis involves the production and transformation of information after policies have been implemented. This type of policy analysis would do well with cross-sectional design studies as it can show a...
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...Contents What transferable skills should students develop during their time at university? 1 1. Introduction 1 2. Research Objectives 1 3. Summary of Findings 2 4. Commentary on findings 2 Oral Communication 2 Fluency in a Second Language 3 Presentation skills and time management 3 Skills considered of least importance 3 5. Recommendations 3 What transferable skills should students develop during their time at university? 1. Introduction Transferable skills can be described as ‘skills developed in one situation which can be transferred to another situation’ e.g. problem-solving, decision-making, or communication skills. These skills are also known as ‘soft skills’, ‘key skills’ or ‘generic skills’ and are essential in all areas of life, not just in learning or work situations. In recent years Higher Education institutions have begun to identify particular transferable skills they wish their own graduates to develop during their time in third-level education. However, an essential part of identifying important skills for students to develop is to seek the opinions of students themselves. The focus of this HEA-funded project is on modern language students. Hence this survey was conducted with this student cohort only, rather than with a cross-section of the student body. Most surveys undertaken to ascertain students’ opinions on the important transferable skills for them to develop, have been surveys of diverse student populations. It is interesting to note that...
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...Classification of Research # Elaborate Research Process Briefly # Critically discuss the Principle of Scientific Research WHAT IS RESEARCH? Research is simply the process of finding solutions to a problem after a thorough study and analysis of the situational factors. But business research is systematic and organized effort to investigate a specific problem encountered in the work setting, which needs a solution. Thus it comprises a series of steps designed and executed, with the goal of finding answers to the issues that are of concern to the manager in the work environment. Hence, Business Research can be defined as a organized, systematic, data-based critical, objective, scientific inquiry or investigation into a specific problem, undertaken with the purpose of finding answers or solutions to it. TYPE OF BUSINESS RESEARCH On the basis of the two different purposes of research, it can be categorized in to: # Applied Research: A kind of research work that has been undertaken to solve a current problem faced by the manager in the work setting which generally demands a timely solution. In other words, it is that type of research which is done with the intention of applying the results of the findings to solve specific problems currently being experienced in the organization. # Basic Research: Another kind of research work that has been...
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...Resistance to Change John Caudill Webster University MNGT 5590 Dr. Kevin Henson Abstract The topic I researched was organizational change. My search criteria were limited to ABI/Inform, for peer-reviewed, full text documents, and scholarly journals. I didn’t have a specific time frame. However, most of the articles are within the last 5 years. Some of the search keywords used was organizational change, organizational behavior, and resistance to change. The results of the article analysis found that organizational change is a very complex process. Leaders, managers, change managers and employees have a lot of factors to consider and find solutions for in order for a change to be successful. Some of the common reasons that caused changes to fail are; employee’s attitudes, lack of employee empowerment, forcing employees to change the status quo, employees felt threatened by the change, perceived loss of jobs, new boss, new responsibilities, employees don’t understand the intent of the change, change doesn’t make sense, past experiences and group dynamics play a part. Resistance can be overt or covert. The differences in value congruence and organizational culture of small working groups, the individual and the organization as a whole must also be considered. In order for the change to be a success the leaders must study, analyze, and develop the plan around these conditions. The plan has to be well thought out, the intent and goals understood by the employees...
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...support of a candidature for a degree or professional qualification, presenting the author's research and findings A thesis or dissertation[1] is a document submitted in support of candidature for anacademic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.[2] In some contexts, the word "thesis" or a cognate is used for part of abachelor's or master's course, while "dissertation" is normally applied to a doctorate, while in others, the reverse is true.[3] Dissertations and theses may be considered asgrey literature. The word dissertation can at times be used to describe a treatise without relation to obtaining an academic degree. The term thesis is also used to refer to the general claim of an essay or similar work. ------------------------------------------------- Etymology[edit] The term "thesis" comes from the Greek θέσις, meaning "something put forth", and refers to an intellectual proposition. "Dissertation" comes from the Latin dissertātiō, meaning "path". ------------------------------------------------- Structure and presentation style[edit] Structure[edit] A thesis (or dissertation) may be arranged as a thesis by publication or a monograph, with or without appended papers respectively. An ordinary monograph has a title page, an abstract, a table of contents, comprising the various chapters (introduction, literature review, findings, etc.), and a bibliography or (more usually) a references section. They differ in their structure in...
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...Running head: Common Process! 1 What to Wear! jimmy jam Comm. 340 Andrea Roberson August 29, 2011 Common Process! 2 What to Wear! In the world today, people take for granted the little things. We all are so caught up on paying bills, finding a new job, or finding a sport for the kids to play. We never sit back and look at the small common things that we do in our everyday life. These small things help us get ready and get through our day. One small thing is the daily routines that we do. In this paper, I will discuss the daily routine of finding what to wear. Finding what to wear is something that affects all of us. I will explain my logic when it comes to this particular matter. Finding what to wear for that is a big deal for me! I work two jobs on a daily basis, so I actually go through this process twice. On my first job, I'm a supervisor for a residential treatment facility. Here we counsel children who are sexual abuse victims and offenders. Although, there is no strict dress code, it’s kind of known to be in business casual attire. By that being said, I know I shouldn’t wear any jerseys, shorts, or sneakers. So at night when I’m preparing myself for the next day, I automatically go to my polo style shirts. I then think about the activities that we have planned...
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...Section 2: key words Section 3: introduction Section 4: literature review Section 5: Methodology Section 6: findings Section 7: discussion Section 8: conclusion Section 9: references / works cited/ bibliography Section 1: abstract 1. a short summary (150-125 word) helping readers decide whether the article is relevant to their interests and whether it needs to be read in its entirety 2. fairly impersonal in tone talks about what the paper does rather than about what the author did “This article considers…”, “This article proposes…”, “This article examines…” 3. need for brevity more complex in syntax than the actual article mentioning all the sections of the paper drawing the ideas for one sentence or two from each of the article’s main sections 4. the content of an abstract 1) research objective 2) methodology (research subjects/research instrument / methods of statistical analysis) 3) research results and major conclusions 4) the significance of the findings Section 2: key words Investigate / investigation? (which one is preferred?) Using noun instead of verb 4---6 words min: 2 words max:10 words Chosen from the title and abstract writing & punctuation Section 3: introduction a crucial part of the paper ,the hardest part to write Function: to draw readers into the topic, to make them see why it is important and what you have to say about it is new and interesting three steps Step 1: to establish the general territory in which...
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