...Research Report for DressMeWell Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………….2 2. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..3 3. Research Questions and Hypotheses……………………………………………………...4 4. Methodology…………………………………………………………………………...….6 4.1 Research and Sample Design………………………………………………………….6 4.2 Data Collection………………………………………………………………………..7 4.3 Measurements…………………………………………………………………………8 4.4 Questionnaire Development…………………………………………………………..9 5. Sample Description…………………………………………………………..................10 6. Data Analysis and Findings……………………………………………………………...11 6.1 Analysis of the Research Questions………………………………………................11 6.2 Analysis of the Additional Questions……………………………………................15 7. Discussion of Results and Recommendations..………………………………………….17 8. Scope and Limitations…………………………………………………………………...18 9. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….18 References………………………………………………………………………………..21 Appendix A: Research Questionnaires…………………………………………….22 Appendix B: Codebook…………………………………………………………….27 Appendix C: SPSS Output…………………………………………………………29 1. Executive Summary The marketing research study at hand gives recommendations to DressMeWell concerning the Dutch speaking public’s view of its face-match application and offers possible ideas to improve it. Therefore, the research team used demographic characteristics, brand awareness, interest in additional face-match applications...
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...Agencies 1 World Wide Regulatory Agencies Amy Lynn Wooldridge HCA375: Continuous Quality Monitoring & Accreditation Instructor: Heather Ables December 4, 2011 Agencies 2 “Clinical Contract Research Organizations (CROs) provide a range of services from consulting to labor- intensive tasks such as data processing”. (Kaluzny & McLaughlin, 2006, p.318) The majority of CRO growth is accounted for by pharmaceutical & biotechnology industries. The contract research organization is contracted by a sponsor or client to perform several functions and duties related to clinical trials. (Kaluzny & McLaughlin, 2006, p. 319) The clinical trials are designed to obtain regulatory approval to market new pharmaceutical or biotechnology products. (Kaluzny & McLaughlin, 2006, p. 319) The services they perform for such clients as pharmaceutical companies include: “consulting and advice related to the design of drug development programs to labor-intensive services that are part of the drug development process; these include clinical monitoring of investigational sites, data management and statistical analysis, and presentations of regulatory submissions for review by regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration”. (Kaluzny & McLaughlin, 2006, p. 319) The FDA in the United States clearly mandate practices to protect the public’s health by implementing laws, regulations, and guidelines that provide oversight of the drug development...
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...Feature Deming’s 14 Principles Background Recent changes in regulatory requirements for clinical trials pose considerable challenges for the clinical research community. The clinical research Quality Assurance (QA) profession as a whole has not historically utilised quality management tools, and QA professionals may have little to no formal training in continuous improvement methods, to be aware of their value in assessing and improving the impact and value of the QA department to any organisation. This article will present Deming’s 14 Principles for Management, paraphrasing them to demonstrate how easily they can apply to the clinical trial project management, Contract Research Organisation (CRO) and clinical department management. Deming’s 14 Principles Dr. William Edwards Deming is known as the father of the Japanese post-war industrial revival and was regarded by many as the leading quality guru in the United States. Deming created 14 Principles for Management that summarised his business philosophy. The principles became a basis for transformation of industry. The 14 principles apply anywhere, from small organisations to large ones, to the service industry as well as to manufacturing. They apply to any division within a company. 2. Adopt the New Philosophy Management should actually adopt the ‘quality philosophy’, rather than merely expect the workforce to do so. When the new clinical trial project is thoroughly planned and the quality matters are carefully embedded...
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...employees (“Our Company,” 2011). Parexel has made its’ niche by assisting clients in clinical research trials. Parexel does not work in one area, but all major therapeutic areas “including: Cardiology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Allergy/Immunology, Endocrinology/Metabolism, Gastroenterology, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Transplantation” (“Clinical research experience and expertise”, 2011). Clearly, Parexel has put themselves in the position to not be limited by simply one area of proficiency. While they are proficient in many different types of clinical trials, they have definitely found a niche in which they can excel. Parexel does, however, have a list of studies and programs to help assist both Parexel and the companies which they contract with to achieve their goals. These programs/studies include safety/pharmacovigilence, health economics, and epidemiology, among others (“Clinical research experience and expertise”, 2011). Further, under their “industries” page, Parexel claims to offer a “broad range of services – from strategy to commercialization” (“Industries”, 2011). So besides offering clinical trial services, Parexel assists other companies with their development and direction of new products. In Parexel’s 2010 Annual Report, of the three major services the company provides, 77% of income came from clinical research services, 12% from perceptive informatics, and 11% from consulting and medical communication services...
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...reflect high operating cost. The high cost of getting this product to the market include clinical trials, patent approval and FDA approval; industry-financed studies claimed $114 million 1987, later went up to $231 million, $403 million, and then $2.1 billion in 2006 for FDA approval, patent approval and clinical trials. Oligopolies in most cases tend to go multinational which is largely associated with todays’ drug companies. In terms of research and development, I will say it is the backbone of the pharmaceutical industry which makes it very important. I will want to focus on Pfizer one of the big names in this industry. Pfizer’s Global Research and Development is probably the group that the company takes the most pride in for obvious reasons. If we take a broader look at R&D we will see the role and importance of Contract Research Organizations (CROs). CROs account for about 20 percent of drug companies' traditional development business, according to Graham Hughes, a founder and scientific director of Technomark Consulting Services, a London-based firm that has specialized in CROs since...
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...Introduction Clinical trials, for any pharmaceutical company are significant, as they serve as the back bone in Research and development of new medicines and their standardization for the advantage of human population. In developed countries the conduct of clinical trials in more transparent and heavily regulated. However, the conduct of clinical trials in India come with lot of risks, as a lot of people are uneducated, no rules of compliance by the government. India was considered as the economical and feasible place to conduct these clinical trials, as the laws pertaining for the same were not stringent. Clinical Trials: A clinical trial is a scientific investigation to evaluate the effect of new drugs or vaccines other than health interventions, by administering these to human volunteers. They are generally bio medical or health-related research studies in human beings that follow a pre-defined protocol. In 2005 amendments were made on Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1945, which allowed big companies to start their clinical trials in India. After that, there are number of incidents resulting in death of people participating in such clinical trials, particularly women, aged and even mentally challenged people, across the country. Due to this, the Drugs and Cosmetics Act Amendment Bill 2013 was brought forth in order to strengthen the drug regulatory system and create a central authority for managing drug and medical device approval. The non-conducive climate for clinical trials...
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...Strayer University Chapter One Introduction This chapter consists of research ideas relating to eXtensible Business Reporting Language or XBRL, also how the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are moving towards this type of reporting. The chapter consists of context of the problem, statement of the problem, research question and sub-questions, significance of the problem, research design and methodology, and organization of study. The chapter will also include a tentative reference list. Context of the Problem There is a time limit as to when an organization has to report financials to the SEC. There are several forms that are required to be filed to the SEC by public organization, for the purpose of this research paper we will focus on quarterly statements (10-Q) and yearly statements (10-K). For the 10-Q the organization has forty-five days, after each of the first three quarter ends to file the report with the SEC and ninety days, after the fiscal year end. (Yuille, n.d.) Given the time-frame organizations have to report the quarterly earnings, it would seem to be enough, but let us look at an organization that has an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, along with Hyperion Financial Manager (HFM). The ERP system captures data from all the locations, if the organization has more than one, this information is then fed into the HFM system, at this point the information...
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...METHODOLOGY A. RESEARCH APPROACH This research consists of a survey, considered a quantitative strategy an approach that “that provides a quantitative or numeric descript of trends, attitudes, or opinions of a population by studying a sample of the population” (Creswell, 2009, p. 12). This study will involve a questionnaire, used like a structured interview for collecting data to assist with answering the three research questions; and intended to generalize a sample population of five NGOs (Babbie, 1990 cited in Creswell, 2009, p. 12). B. CHARACTERISTICS OF RESEARCH APPROACH The characteristics of case study research embody the following (derived from Creswell, 2009, p. 175-176): multiple sources of data; theoretical lens; and participant meaning.. First, multiple sources of data may include: observation, case studies related to humanitarian organizations, documentation from humanitarian organization’s source to donors, and other mass media and social media available. Additionally, the study will use framing theory as its guiding approach and how it relates to soft power theory, to understand how humanitarian organizations develop their messages. Finally, the participant meaning by reviewing the responses NGOs have toward the research questions to view “the meaning that the participants hold about the problem or issue, not the meaning that the reaserchers bring to the research or writers express in the literature”(Creswell, 2009, p. 176). C. RESEARCH STRATEGY ...
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...Business Research: Part I Funding is an essential and key element to any business. Whether a home-based or multimillion dollar industry everything within business comes down to funding. Therefore; Lack of funding is the most common problem amongst businesses. Learning Team “A” will not only explore questions to determine the cause of the problem, but also the team will consider alternate variables to resolve this situation. Having the ability to manage a lack of funding is one of the most challenging problems for management. Purpose of Research The purpose of conducting research is for the company to determine what factors may contribute to the company’s lack of funding. Without the use of research to determine the cause, the company has perceptions and theories with no solid evidence to determine the problem and a cause for the problem. Additionally, conducting research into the problem and possible causes could lead the organization to finding solutions to combat the problem. Research Questions The management dilemma is the lack of funding available for organization. The questions that management will ask during its research are how can the management of the organization solve the lack of funding? The main research question is, what can management do to increase the funding for the organization? What can the management change in the organization’s budget to make the funding sufficient? The question to investigate is why has funding decreased and what effect does this...
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...Organization http://org.sagepub.com/ Ways of constructing research questions: gap-spotting or problematization? Jörgen Sandberg and Mats Alvesson Organization 2011 18: 23 originally published online 15 July 2010 DOI: 10.1177/1350508410372151 The online version of this article can be found at: http://org.sagepub.com/content/18/1/23 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Organization can be found at: Email Alerts: http://org.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://org.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Citations: http://org.sagepub.com/content/18/1/23.refs.html >> Version of Record - Feb 11, 2011 OnlineFirst Version of Record - Jul 15, 2010 What is This? Downloaded from org.sagepub.com at Sheffield Hallam University on January 18, 2014 Article Organization 18(1) 23–44 © The Author(s) 2011 Reprints and permission: sagepub. co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1350508410372151 http://org.sagepub.com Ways of constructing research questions: gap-spotting or problematization? Jörgen Sandberg Mats Alvesson UQ Business School, University of Queensland, Australia Department of Business Administration, University of Lund, Sweden Abstract This article examines ways of constructing research questions from existing literature, which are likely to promote the development of interesting and influential...
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...Research Proposal Lillian Wilson-King Western International University RES 600 Graduate Research Methods Professor Mary Anne Moore November 14, 2010 Table of Contents Research Problem 3 Research Questions 5 Importance and Benefits of the Research 9 Research Objectives 9 Research Design 10 Data Collection Methodology 10 Summary/ Conclusion 12 References 13 Introduction The research proposal will focus on the implementation of change, the management problem and the specific reasons why employee resists change. Therefore, the research proposal provides theoretical support of this research proposal and shows the academic explanation and principles for investigating the problem. In addition, the proposal identifies the intention of the research and emphasizes the essential research questions to be considered as part of this research, discussing the academic reasons for and against the research topic. The research proposal will discuss the research method that will used to collect data. In addition, the research study will research the problem and describe the research design. In addition, several appendixes the writer has composed a survey and survey letter for the completion of the Change Management Project which will investigate present and summarize facts about why employees resist change. Research Problem The organizational issue that I will identify is management problem of implementation...
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...Literature Review Asking the Right Questions in the Business Research Process Liberty University Abstract This paper seeks to briefly define the topic of business research, then explore the various steps within the associated process while revisiting the issue of what questions are appropriate to ask as the researcher during each of these steps. This will be accomplished by conducting a literary review of the subject in order to gain a general understanding of how the academic community views the business research process. The paper will be divided into two main sections. These main sections include the business research process, and ethical considerations thereof, and research design. By the end of the literary review, the reader should have a good understanding of not only the business research process as a whole, but how to ask the right questions during each step in order to maximize the impact of the study and ultimately lead to better decisions made with the findings. Literature Review Introduction The business research process is one riddled with decision points. Each step comes with many complexities and options that must be carefully considered in order for the researcher to get the best final product possible. From identifying the manager’s question to detailing the wording for a survey to choosing a report format, the researcher must be aware of not only what options are available to him, but also what questions should be asked along the way...
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...Food Policy Capacity of Bangladesh Introduction * Food security situation * US$ 641 annual per capita income in 2010 (World Bank 2010) * Bangladesh ranked as the 43rd largest economy in the world in 2010 and also listed among the Next Eleven economies by Goldman Sachs investment bank and Jim O'Neill. * The land is devoted mainly to rice and jute cultivation as well as fruits and produce, although wheat production has increased in recent years; the country is largely self-sufficient in rice production. Bangladesh's growth of its agro industries is due to its rich deltaic fertile land that depend on its six seasons and multiple harvests * Food insecurity and inflation is the persistent challenge for the country. * The 2009 Progress Report for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) records that the percentage of children aged under five who are underweight fell from 66% to 45% between 1990 and 2009. It also reveals that the rate of decline has slowed since 2000 and is now almost static. * A key uncertainty for the hunger situation in Bangladesh is the impact of the latest round of food price increases. * Food prices have risen sharply through 2010 because Bangladesh remains a food deficit country. * Households affected by food insecurity cite lack of income as the main cause, closely followed by lack of land, according to the 2009 Welfare Monitoring Survey conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau for Statistics. * Agriculture engages 65% of...
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...Foundations of Research April 4, 2011 Executive Summary The literature review essay attempts to assess secondary information sources on the aspect of customer satisfaction within the Wal-Mart Corporation. The problem statement clarifies the operations of Wal-Mart in which the company undertakes measures in maintaining a large customer base, excellent products and services, and a satisfied stakeholder foundation. The main body of the literature review commences with a quick history of consumerism and customer satisfaction and the effects of proper implementation. Various secondary sources examine survey and questionnaire reliability, deciphering such information, along with the positive and negative effects of proper evaluation of said questions. The essay shifts to customer satisfaction within The Wal-Mart Corporation coupled with opinionated and factual information on the corporation’s efforts concerning research and execution of the survey outcomes. Entailed in the literature body is an examination of internal factors such as Wal-Mart’s facts and figures, statements from the founder of the company Sam Walton, and details from store surveys. External factors include an outside perspective of Wal-Mart into the company’s research design, proper use of surveys, sources on research and how properly to conduct sound questionnaires. The research design entails qualitative phone surveys, written surveys done at the store, and external research from outside...
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...and engineering workforce– A case of VAST organization. Executive summary This study focuses on answering the question "research" has shown the relationship between leadership and employees within the organization. An overview of knowledge have shown the leadership style directly influences employee satisfaction. The satisfaction of employees in an organization is the most important element to remain active in the Organization, create value and achieve long-term goals. In this study, the relationship between leadership style and the staff have been clarified thanks to these elements have been clarified in the section above, the organizational culture is a problem has always been put on top of the head and operate businesses, however, besides the efforts of the staff, leadership skills also influence directly to this issue. Transformational leadership was proposed to change the style of leadership in VAST, according to the results collected from the questionnaires were raised this leadership trend was in line with the organization. Research Methodology in this chapter will focus on clarifying gaps defined in Chapter 2 (Literature review). The identification approach to clarify the relationship of components of leadership skills will be relevant to point out the job satisfaction of employees. This study focused on clarifying the influence of leadership styles and job satisfaction of employees in the organization and academic questions is defined "The influences of leadership style...
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