material which may include letters, memos, notes, diaries, photographs, audiotapes, videotapes, films, articles, books, manuscripts, e-mails, online discussions and so forth. In general documents are any preserved recording of a person’s thoughts, actions or creations (Potter, 1996). The examination of documents is especially important to historians who investigate patterns and trends from the past. Documents may be examined to investigate patterns and trends of the past as is commonly done by historians
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Marketing book notes Chapter 1: * Marketing is managing profitable customer relationships. The aim of marketing is to create value for customers and capture value from customers in return * Marketing is managing profitable customer relationships. The twofold goal of marketing is to attract new customers by promising superior value and to keep the grow current customers by delivering satisfaction * Marketing must be understood not in the old sense of making a sale- “telling and selling”
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Running head: Business Research Methods I Business Research Methods I Aaron L. Richards, Bill Houston, Christi Lawson, Jeff Smith QNT/TM561 – Research and Statistics for Process Control Dr. Joseph Hamel University of Phoenix June 13, 2011 Abstract Insert Abstract Text Here. Business Research Methods I Introduction Riordan Manufacturing is an industry leading plastic manufacture with facilities located in both North America and China. Riordan has struggled to meet their effectiveness
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.............2 2- Rationale..............................................................................................3 3- Aims & objectives................................................................................3-4 4- Research questions...............................................................................4 5- Hypothesis...........................................................................................5 II- Literature review..................
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intended to provide an overview of the importance of market research and analysis, product development, pricing, advertising, promotions, publicity, sales and customer service. Contents: Market Research Developing a Marketing Plan Mission Statement Identify products and/or services The market Competition Pricing Promotion mix Advertising Advertising Budget and Schedule Location, location, location Sales Forecasting Action Plan Production Sample Marketing Plan Outline © 2010 Curators of the University
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Qualitative Research in Nursing Date of last revision : January 28, 2011 “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts” -Albert Einstein INTRODUCTION • Qualitative research methods have become increasingly important as ways of developing nursing knowledge for evidence-based nursing practice. Qualitative research answers a wide variety of questions related to nursing's concern with human responses to actual or potential health problems. (Ploeg J
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excessive use-of-force civil law-suits against police officers and their departments can be staggering. Exposing police officers to a specific leadership style may influence the dynamics in the use-of-force behavior during arrests or other police actions. Evaluating a non-experimental ex post facto field scenario and comparing these results with perceived leadership styles of the supervisors was a primary function of this study. Results from using the Multifactor Leadership questionnaire; both Rater
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to Undergraduate Students in Elite Educational Institutes of Lahore Introduction The idea for this research sprung from the rising trend of illicit student-teacher relationships in the United States of America, projected actively on the social media. This movement inspired the thought that such behavior may well be prevalent in Pakistan as well and never come to the forefront. The research aims to identify the types of harassment that exist in the secondary and undergraduate sectors of education
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Consumer insights are developed through quantitative and qualitative research. Quantitative research is data oriented and is based on the measurement and analysis of relationships between variables. Population sample size is typically large to in order to generalize results. The data collected through surveys and questionnaires can be statistically analyzed, meaning a numeric value can be attributed to responses. Quantitative research is an effective model for
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OF SUPPLY CHAIN 1. RESEARCH AREA The importance of operations logistics and supply chain management has shown a tremendous growth in the past decade. One main area which remains underestimated and not taken care of by supply chain practitioners is sustainability management. The practice of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) is still untouched by many organizations and not fully understood by many practicing companies. So this led to increasing amount of research in this area of supply
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