BUS642 Week 1 Discussion (dq1+dq2)

BUS642 Week 1 Discussion  

Dq1

Scientific Thinking. Reference this week’s lecture to develop a research question and a hypothesis for a hypothetical business problem of your choice. Explain the management dilemma, or the business problem that the research would attempt to solve. Your research question must relate to the business reason for the research. For example, “Why have sales of used cars been declining at a rate of 5% per month since July 2012 at Smith Motors?” is a research question because you can investigate it with research.

A hypothesis must state an “educated guess” about why you think something is happening; think about cause and effect. For example, “Sales are declining at Smith Motors due to road construction around our dealership” is a hypothesis because it offers a possible cause for the problem. “Sales are declining at Smith Motors” is NOT a hypothesis because it doesn’t offer a possible cause for the problem.

Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. 

Dq2

Scholarly Research. Using the Ashford University Library, find a scholarly business research article on a topic you may want to write about for your final paper. 

Sample topics include, but are not limited to:

• ?  Manufacturing Quality/Cost Improvement 
• ?  Service Quality Improvement 
• ?  Systems Design 
• ?  Accounts Receivable/Billing/AR Aging 
• ?  Marketing/Advertising Issues 
• ?  Sales of Goods 
• ?  Investments 
• ?  Product Safety 
• Workplace Safety
  Labor Pools
  HR matters of broad concern Population Studies
  
  
  Use the
  sources
  business research.
  
  
  Library Research Tips Tutorial to help you complete this assignment. The tutorial covers what scholarly are and how to find them, generating and using keywords, and searching in the best library databases for
  
  
  Read the scholarly article all the way through before you post. In your post, provide the following: 
  • ?  The citation in APA format (points will be deducted if APA formatting is incorrect). 
  • ?  The article’s research question. 
  • ?  The article’s hypothesis. 
  • ?  A brief description, in your own words, about how the article answered the research question and tested the hypothesis. 
  • ?  Your evaluation of how well the study answered the question and tested the hypothesis. 
    • Respond to at least two of your classmates' posts.