Correlation does not equal causation, follow the truth where ever it goes. Look for more information from the scatter plots. Traditional framework for organizing of Toyota’s report on faulty accelerators leads to cause/effect/solution framework.

Week 7, Ch. 15, 16

Sampling people about their syntactical answers to frequencies in content analysis of career, family, and personal goals. A discussion on the statistically significant difference of political opinions of professors and students.

Week 6: Ch. 13 and Ch. 14

Walsworth publishing school yearbooks through dashboards to improve efficiency. Kohl’s targeting millennials in a response type scale. Ivy League colleges using post-testing for cognitive enhancers.

Week 5: Ch. 10, 11, 12

Airline merger IT system integration, and motivating grocery shoppers to complete a survey.

Week 4, Ch. 8-9

Qualitative research recommendations for European product placement in the United States. Observation research for Kindle fire redesign to compete with Sony and honor Oprah hype.

Ch. 6 and Ch.7

How will we determine how volunteers are trained at a hospital? What is the best way to conduct a sample study of Nike shoes at foot locker locations; would it be safer for its customers to shop for new shoes online?

Ch. 4 &5

Oaks International Inc. asks a research company to study their customer relations dept. This discusses why the project may fail to adequately contribute to solving management problems.

Research Methods Ch. 3

Is 600 a sufficient sample size to address the target population, number of cases needed, and procedures for determining customer satisfaction at a life insurance company?

Research Methods Ch. 2

Concepts and constructs: defining theory to predict phenomena.

Research Methods Ch.1

Episode 15 Change “the hero’s journey”

Are leaders born or made? This podcast is about learning how to become a better leader.

Today we’ll look at the spiritual nature of leadership and the one thing that unites us all!

Episode 14 Spiritual Leaders 

Strategic Vision and strategic action “plan the work - work the plan” Lord Robert Baden-Powell Chief Scout of the World

Episode 13 Strategic vision and strategic action 

Charismatic Leadership breeds Transformational Leadership through confidence and love. Power in the form of fear breeds transactional leadership.

Episode 12 Transactional vs. Transformational Leadership 

High Power Distance vs. Low Power Distance... what are the barriers between leaders and followers? How can we make the organization better?

Episode 11 Power Distance

Team building at Air Force: Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape School.

Episode 10

See how a Captain can use motivation to change their copilot’s behavior.

Episode 8 Motivation

Leaders know how to tell great stories and empower their active listeners.

Episode 9 Storytelling

How do we use contingency based leadership to motivate followers?

Path-goal theory 

What are the traits of a good leader in an operational role? What are the traits of a good leader in a collaborative role?

Operational vs. Collaborative leadership methods applied to different roles.

Discussion on Leadership. Hero Leader: Captain Sully Sullenberger and Humble Leader: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson

Hero vs. Humble

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