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Sample Research Project Problems

Now that you have digested the "whole" of the Research Project procedures, it is time to introduce some possible problems and titles for the Business Research. The reoccurring theme is that an actual "real live" problem exists that will be researched for a possible solution.

Problem:      Why are the part-time National Guard soldiers getting such low scores on their field tests?

Title: COMBINED ARMS TRAINING: MICHIGAN NATIONAL GUARD

 Problem:      Are employees feeling "short-changed" with only a bi-yearly evaluation?

Title: EVALUATION OF EMPLOYEES USING THE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL FORM

 Problem:      Automation has caused low morale among employees, much dissension, and general fear of job loss.

Title:  IMPACT AND EFFECT OF AUTOMATION ON THE TECHNOLOGIES AND RELATED TRADE INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENTS

Problem:      Many employees of the Engineering Department are feeling that their efforts and progress are not being evaluated fairly.

Title:  MEASURING INDICATIONS OF SUCCESS IN THE  ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

 Problem:      Is there a better and cheaper way to package material into storage containers at the Distribution Center?

 Title: FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING MATERIAL-HANDLING ROBOTS

Problem:      Procedures for quoting prices at the C.J.B. Corporation are slow and burdensome. Is there a better way?

Title:  COMPUTER-ASSISTED QUOTING PROCEDURES OF   THE C.J.B. CORPORATION

Problem:      Customers at the Ella Mott Museum are complaining that too many volunteer guides are uninformed and giving wrong                         information.

Title: THE EFFECT OF A TRAINING PROGRAM ON HISTORIC INTERPRETERS AT THE ELLA MOTT MUSEUM

Problem:      Employees complain that fringe benefits do not fit their needs  because their spouses get much the same ones.

Title: DEVELOPING A PROGRAM TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES GREATER CHOICE IN FRINGE BENEFITS PROVIDED  BY THEIR EMPLOYER

Problem:      Many small townships do a lot of their work with "pencil and  paper." Is there a better and more economical way of record-keeping?

Title: DATA PROCESSING--COOPERATIVE ACQUISITIONS BY SMALL TOWNSHIPS

 Problem:      The preschool teacher and aides noticed that many of their  students were coming to them without the basic motor skills

                        such as hopping, skipping, and jumping.

Title:  MOTOR SKILLS PROGRAM FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

Problem:      When the telephone system was broken up by law, there were numerous problems with work orders and billing.

Title:  REDUCTION IN ERROR RATE ON CUSTOMER WORK  INVOICES

Problem:      A small, local fire department felt that information about location of fire, type of fire, and needed equipment was

                        sometimes inaccurate, too costly, and too slow.

Title:  COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE  WATERGRANT AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT

 Problem:      A historical society needs money. Local tax dollars were shut off  by a millage defeat.

Title:  DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES FOR   THE JOHNSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Problem:      Sales were decreasing. Equipment was not fixed properly. There was an "air of discontent" throughout the company.

Title:  MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES TO INCREASE SALES AND REDUCE   EQUIPMENT-RELATED COMPLAINTS

Problem:      The company was getting negative evaluations every time the   government examined the waste water coming from its plant.

 Title:  UPGRADING THE INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGULATIONS

 

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