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Chapter 6 Question 12

April Joyner

Liberty University

Chapter 6 Question 12

In the textbook, the problem that was presented was P&G plan to increase the staff with 250 employees that are still working at the pet food research and development complex located in Lewisburg, OH. They had recently added 240 employees from Vandalia, OH and moved them to Mason, OH, the headquarters which had 2,000 employed personal. The research that could be included in the multi-month study would the exploratory study.

Exploratory Studies

Exploration is useful when researchers lack a clear idea of the problems they will meet. Researchers develop concepts more clearly, establish priorities, develop operational definitions and improve the final research design (Cooper & Schindler, 2014, p. 129). Choosing to use the exploratory study could possibly save the copy time and money. Exploratory data analysis recommends and formulates hypothesis which is tested by confirmatory data analysis (Goeman, J. Solari, A. 2011). Exploratory studies consist of different techniques which it relies on qualitative techniques the most.

Qualitative techniques

Researchers who use qualitative methods seek a deeper truth. They aim to "study things in their natural setting, attempting to make sense of, or interpret, phenomena in terms of the meanings people bring to them," and they use "a holistic perspective which preserves the complexities of human behavior." (Greenhalgh, T. Taylor, R. 1997). In the qualitative techniques it states that you could do individual interviews. Asking employees at the research and development complex how would they feel if they would have merged with the other employees at the headquarters. A question could be asked as in, would you feel as if more production and problems would be solved if you were to move to the headquarters? You could also use document analysist, having historical documents showing how the complex worked ethics were. You could look to see if the task at hand were being completed in a timely manner and were they done correctly.

Experience survey

While you are interviewing people in an experience survey, seeking their ideas about important issues and discover what is important across the subject’s range of knowledge (Cooper & Schindler, 2014, p. 132). Asking the employees that were moved from Vandalia OH to the headquarters in Mason OH, how things has changed for them to get a better view of what the employees at the research and development complex what come across or how they might take it. You could also ask the finance department about the cost of the process. Would it cause the headquarters more money to move the employees there are would it be more cost-effective to keep them at the research and development complex? A question that could be asked as well to the employees who had to move, what problem areas if any did they come across. It could help determine whether or not the move would be sufficient.

Biblical view

Proverbs 25:2 “It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.” Doing research to figure out what is the best way to handle a situation, what is the next step that you should take as a business. Doing an indebt research instead of jumping to conclusions could possibly save the company time and money.

References Cooper, D. R., & Schindler, P. S. (2014). Business research methods (12th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Goeman, J. Solari, A. (2011). Multiple Testing for Exploratory Research. Statistical Science. http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.liberty.edu/stable/23208743?pq-origsite=summon&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Greenhalgn, T. Taylor, R. (1997). How to Read a paper: Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research). Education and debate. http://ed.isu.edu/sspe/documents/graduate/research_resources/reading_qualitative_research.pdf