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RES/351 Business Research The Latest Version A+ Study Guide ********************************************** RES 351 Entire Course Link https://uopcourses.com/category/res-351/ ********************************************** RES 351 Week 1 Understanding Business Research Resources: The University Library or the Electronic Reserve Readings Understanding Business Find one Business Research Peer-Reviewed article, less than 10 years old, in the University Library that contains a research study in thefunctional area of your own job or another business functional area, e.g. Human Resources, Finance, Management, Security, Information Technology, etc. Please make sure your research article is a BUSINESS study. Please make sure you understand these terms by reefing to your textbook. Answer the following questions identifying the stages of a research study. Use these items as subheadings for your paper, 750 to 1,000 words. 1. Introduction: Give the Title, Author, and Journal in your introduction. 2. Summary: Give a brief summary of the study. 3. Purpose of Research: What was the purpose of the business research? 4. Research problem and/or Management dilemma: What was the research problem and/or management dilemma? 5. Research method: What was the research method used in the study? 6. Research questions and/or hypotheses: What were the research questions and/or hypotheses?

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RES/351 Business Research

The Latest Version A+ Study Guide

**********************************************

RES 351 Entire Course Link

https://uopcourses.com/category/res-351/

**********************************************

RES 351 Week 1 Understanding Business Research

Resources: The University Library or the Electronic Reserve Readings

Understanding Business

Find one Business Research Peer-Reviewed article, less than 10 years old, in

the University Library that contains a research study in thefunctional area of your

own job or another business functional area, e.g. Human Resources, Finance,

Management, Security, Information Technology, etc. Please make sure your

research article is a BUSINESS study. Please make sure you understand these

terms by reefing to your textbook.

Answer the following questions identifying the stages of a research study. Use

these items as subheadings for your paper, 750 to 1,000 words.

1. Introduction: Give the Title, Author, and Journal in your introduction.

2. Summary: Give a brief summary of the study.

3. Purpose of Research: What was the purpose of the business research?

4. Research problem and/or Management dilemma: What was the

research problem and/or management dilemma?

5. Research method: What was the research method used in the study?

6. Research questions and/or hypotheses: What were the research

questions and/or hypotheses?

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7. Conclusions: What were the conclusions of the study?

8. References: Provide a references for citations used.

9. Article: Submit your article with assignment.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your Assignment and Article.

RES 351 Week 2 Quiz 1

Resources: The University Library or the Electronic Reserve Readings

Quiz 1 is 50 multiple-choice items. You have 2 hours to complete the quiz. The quiz will be

available for 3 days, Saturday to Monday. Please click on this link when you are ready to

take the quiz: https://www.eztestonline.com/lisa_ncube/14203972817872700.tp4.

This is an open book test, you may use your textbook during the quiz. However, you may

not consult with each other. Any evidence of cheating will result in an automatic zero for

both parties.

Make a screen shot of your submission and save it. Click the Assignment Files tab to

submit your screen shot as an Assignment.

RES 351 Week 2 Team Charter & Preparing to Conduct Business

Research

This team assignment comes in two parts.

Part 1: Please complete the attached Learning Team Charter. Please read the guidelines

to completing the Learning Charter.

Part 2: View Carry Out Research for a Business Project video, if you have not previously

done so, to learn more about conducting reaserch for Business Project. Discuss in your

team what you learned about this process. Summarize your discussions and turn in with

your team charter assignment.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your Assignment.

Give your team a name that starts with your team letter., e.g. Team Amazing Pilots!

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Team Members/Contact Information

Name Email Phone Time zone and

Availability

Learning Team Charter

What are areas individual members can contribute/want to develop?

Name Area

______________________________________________________________________________

Learning Team Goals

(May include project assignment goals, group process goals, quality level goals,

etc.)

______________________________________________________________________________

What are potential barriers to the achievement of these goals?

______________________________________________________________________________

Team Ground Rules and Guidelines

What are the general expectations for all members of the team?

______________________________________________________________________________

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Expectations for Time Management and Involvement-

(Participation, communication with the team, Meeting schedule, locations,

attendance expectations, agenda, assignment completion, communication

methods,. accessibility, etc.)

______________________________________________________________________________

Ensuring Fair and Even Contribution and Collaboration

What strategy will you use to ensure that all team members are contributing and

collaborating appropriately? Describe the communication strategy you will use if a

team member is not contributing and collaborating effectively. How will the team

manage conflicts between team members?

______________________________________________________________________________

Conflict Management

What are potential conflicts that might arise among or between team members

during this course? How will team members deal with these and other conflicts?

______________________________________________________________________________

Special Considerations

What do you, as a team, agree will make this team experience different from

past team experiences?

RES 351 Week 3 Creating a Measurement Instrument

Tasty Restaurant has hired Premium Research to obtain information regarding patrons'

dining experience. The main areas of interest include the following: satisfaction with the

food, interaction with the employees, ambience of the restaurant, and reasons for dining

at the restaurant.

1. Develop 10 to 12 questions with appropriate scales to address areas Tasty

Restaurant has suggested. Use at least 2, no more than 3, different scales

including:

a) A graphic rating scale.

b) A multiple rating list.

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c) Likert-type scale

d) Semantic differential scale

e) Forced ranking scale

f) Semantic differential scale

g) Comparison

h) Category scales.

Your textbook explains each of these scales.

2. Explain why you picked and would recommend the scales you used?

3. Use the areas of interest as subheadings for your questionnaire

Use APA format for your references

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your Assignment.

RES 351 Week 3 Preparing to Conduct Business Research: Part 2

Identify as a team, a company you would like to conduct Business Research. This can be

a large company such as WalMart, Google, NBC, etc., or a small local company. It can

also be a company one of you works for or has previously worked for. Please announce

your team Company in class messages, so we do not have two teams doing the same

company.

For the assignment:

Provide a brief summary describing the organization.

What is the strategic direction of the company including mission, vision, goals,

objectives and targets?

What is one issue, opportunity, or problem facing the organization?

What is the management dilemma?

What are the research questions for the business research problem?

What are the hypotheses for the business research problem?

Why is this issue important?

How significant is finding a solution to this issue?

Please make sure you cover all the items listed in this assignment. Your paper should

be 700 to 1,050 words in length.

Please observe proper grammatical and mechanical requirements throughout the paper.

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The paper--including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page--should

be consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

RES 351 Week 4 Quiz 2

Quiz 2 is a 50-item multiple-choice test. You have 3 hours to complete the quiz. The quiz

will be available for 3 days, Saturday to Monday. Please click on this link when you are

ready to take the quiz: https://www.eztestonline.com/lisa_ncube/14218168172117800.tp4

This is an open book test, you may use your textbook during the quiz. However, you may

not consult with each other. Any evidence of cheating will result in an automatic zero for

both parties.

For your submission on the assignment page, please submit a "Screen Image" (use the

"print screen" to get an image) of your quiz submission.

Practice items are available at the Textbook website and the attached practice Quiz

Make a screen shot of your submission and save it. Click the Assignment Files tab to

submit your screen shot as an Assignment.

RES 351 Week 4 Team Presentations - Conducting Business

Research Part 2

Use information presented in Conducting Business Part 1 to develop a

Microsoft® PowerPoint

® presentation of at least 10-15 slides representing a research brief

to senior management.

Provide a brief overview of the organization.

Strategic direction of the company including mission, vision, goals, objectives and

targets?

The one issue, opportunity, or problem facing the organization

The management dilemma

o The research questions for the business research problem

o The hypotheses for the business research problem.

Provide several alternative solutions to the opportunity or issue.

What is your suggested solution? Explain why.

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Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.