Ali's interest was cricket. When he finished university, he wanted to work in a management job.

Ali's interest was cricket. When he finished university, he wanted to work in a management job. He wanted to do his research project on some aspect of general management and social sciences, preferably for a sports goods manufacturer but had no research idea. He asked five friends, all taking business education degrees, to help him brainstorm the problem. You are requested to use the following problem-solving techniques to generate and refine the research idea in this business scenario.

The technique of Brainstorming
The Delphi technique

Solutions

Expert Solution

A. The technique of Brainstorming: By this technique Ali will sit with his friends taking business education degrees and gather all the ideas by the business education friends and his own and at the end will find out the best case scenarion among all the generated ideas during the brainstorming session. final idea or the decision to go with which research idea will be the one among the ideas that they discussed during the brainstorming session.

B.The Delphi technique: By this technique Ali will prepare the questionnaire about the research project, he will prepare the set of questions which he wanted to get clarity on the research project for a sports goods manufacturer and will get answer for each question in the perspective of business from his friends which are structured in nature and viable answers. at the end of the session based on the questionnarie Ali can decide the research idea or refine in the way he wanted to execute by knowing the nitty-gritty of each problem.

at the end brainstorming technique will give the collective thoughts and come up with one idea which need not to be structured and does not guarantee the best solution to the problem. where as Delphi technique will give an clarity to Ali to decide on which research idea based on his questions and solution is structured and executable manner.

jeff jeffy answered 2 years ago

Next > < Previous

Related Solutions

Job-Order Cost Sheets, Balance in Work in Process and Finished Goods Prull Company, a job-order costing...

Job-Order Cost Sheets, Balance in Work in Process and Finished Goods Prull Company, a job-order costing firm, worked on three jobs in July. Data are as follows: Job 86 Job 87 Job 88 Balance, July 1 $21,370 $6,280 $0 Direct materials $10,510 $12,350 $16,190 Direct labor $16,040 $12,240 $24,030 Machine hours 500 290 980 Overhead is applied to jobs at the rate of $17 per machine hour. By July 31, Jobs 86 and 88 were completed. Jobs 82 and 86...

The Allure of Franchising Neil Erlich knew that he wanted to be an entrepreneur when he...

The Allure of Franchising Neil Erlich knew that he wanted to be an entrepreneur when he helped start a contracting business when he was just 14 years old. During his junior year at Sonoma State University, Erlich, with help from his father, a corporate executive, began investigating franchise options that would suit his interests and skills. They honed in on the automotive service industry and reviewed the regulations of several franchises, including Total, Jiffy Lube, and Midas, before settling on...

Happy face: interaction. Researchers at Temple University wanted to know the following: If you work waiting...

Happy face: interaction. Researchers at Temple University wanted to know the following: If you work waiting tables and you draw a happy face on the back of your customers' checks, will you get better tips? To study this question, they enlisted the cooperation of two servers at a Philadelphia restaurant. One was male, the other female. Each server recorded his or her tips for their next 50 tables. For 25 of the 50, following a predetermined randomization, they drew a...

8) Under a job-order costing system, the dollar amount transferred from Work in Process to Finished...

8) Under a job-order costing system, the dollar amount transferred from Work in Process to Finished Goods is the sum of the costs charged to all jobs: A) started in process during the period. B) in process during the period. C) completed and sold during the period. D) completed during the period. 9) Refer to the T-account below: Manufacturing Overhead (2) 4,000 (9) 150,000 (3) 15,000 (4) 80,000 (5) 30,000 (6) 25,000 154,000 150,000 Bal. 4,000 Entry (4) could represent...

You are currently part of a university work experience program. Your job placement is at the...

You are currently part of a university work experience program. Your job placement is at the municipal transit centre. Your supervisor is responsible for the recording and distribution of monthly transit passes to authorized vendors throughout the city. The vendors pay €50 per bus pass and sell them for €55. Your job is to prepare a monthly reconciliation of the transit passes including the quantity sold, the number actually distributed, the unsold passes, and the cash proceeds. You are unable...

(Management Class) Most of us have to work for a living, and a job is a...

(Management Class) Most of us have to work for a living, and a job is a central part of our lives. So why do managers have to worry so much about employee motivation issues?

Tom O'Neal always wanted to own his own business. When he was in high school, he...

Tom O'Neal always wanted to own his own business. When he was in high school, he worked evenings and most weekends at a neighborhood bicycle shop. When Tom went to college at the nearby State University, he still came home in the summers and worked at the bike shop. Upon graduation from college, with his accounting degree in hand, the sole proprietor (Steven Judson) of the bike shop invited Tom to become a full partner in the bike shop. Steven...

When the physician is finished examining Mr. Masterson, he asks the medical assistant to set up...

When the physician is finished examining Mr. Masterson, he asks the medical assistant to set up the patient for Holter monitoring. How would you explain to the patient the purpose of the Holter monitor test? Be specific providing an actual response that you would give the patient 2. It is important to provide the patient with a full understanding of the purpose of the diary that is used during the Holter monitoring test. How would you explain the use of...

Tom owned a house set on 1 acre of land that he wanted to sell when...

Tom owned a house set on 1 acre of land that he wanted to sell when he retired in April, 2013. On April 1, 2012, Mary and Tom orally agreed that Mary would purchase Tom's house and 1 acre of land for $350,000 cash on April 15, 2013. In the meantime, Mary and Tom agreed that Tom would continue to own and live on the property. On April 15, 2013, Mary presented Tom with a cashier's check for $350,000 for...

Cliff, who has a killer sweet tooth, decided he wanted to work on losing weight this year.

Cliff, who has a killer sweet tooth, decided he wanted to work on losing weight this year. He joined NutriSystem to enable him to have a healthier diet. The cost of the program was $59 per month plus $100 per week for meals. Can Cliff deduct these expenses?Pelase calculate and answer the question:Can Cliff deduct these expenses?

Subjects