Remember that our 10/6 meeting will be in the little schoolhouse that we met in the first two times (SciTech II 242). Sorry if I announced this wrong today.
Other reminders for next week:
-Read Booth: “Quick Tip” on page 83, and Chapter 6, and pages 271-276. (And Chapter 5 if you missed that last week.)
-Read Heffernan and Lincoln: “Guidelines for Critical Reading” from Writing: A College
Handbook (Course Reader).
-Read Facione: 2006 update preface from Critical Thinking: What It Is & Why it Counts (Course Reader).
-Read Katzer and Cook: “A Step-by-Step Guide for Evaluation” and “Questions to Ask” from Evaluating Information: A Guide for Users of Social Science Research (Course Reader).
-Share (or email) me a draft of your Project Description if you haven't already done so. In a reversal of my previous request, don't send your Project Description to your faculty mentor just yet.
-Post Research Log #4 on course blog by Tuesday at 22:00. This should be a revised list of your 25 research questions.
Lorna V. Beltran
ReplyDeleteI am gathering the list of the questions below in order to find answers and or solutions for BEHAVIORS of employees in a radically changing workplace.
1. What are the strategic organizational behavior objectives are in today’s economy?
2. Why do organizations today focus on activities and behavior for business needs?
3. Why is it important for upper management to win and influence their workers?
4. How do organizations balance the requirements for intellectual and emotional intelligence?
5. The economy continues to remain imbalance, how can organization provide job security?
6. How can organization model behavioral excellence at a workplace?
7. Many baby boomers are qualified to retire, however, many of them refused to and they are being forced to retirement, how can organization make them retire without bringing the moral down?
8. Is outsourcing employees the trend in today’s radically changing workplace?
9. If history tells us that Plato encouraged the essence of leadership, Aristotle heavily focused on clear communication within the organization, Max Weber, Henry Fayol, Abraham Maslow and etc; all of them focused on organizational studies, why do some organizations continue to fail in dealing with human workforce?
10. How can organization change employees from resource-lessness to resourcefulness?
11. Why do employees spend much of their working time on personal internet, email, gossiping and smoking outside?
12. What is better in today’s workplace, micro-managing or macro-managing?
13. What steps is organization taking to deal with the problems of employee’s recruitment and retention?
14. How can organization deal with the 80/20 workload?
15. How can we encourage some baby-boomers employees to keep up with the growing use of technology instead of the manual record keeping tasks? How can we teach them not to be afraid with the up keep of the fast growing techno?
16. How can organization alleviate high absenteeism and constant tardiness?
17. How can organization deal with disrespectful employees and encourage healthy working behaviors.
18. Why is “knowledge” to technology very important? What do we do with employees who are afraid to change?
19. What are the common characteristics involved in being a “good company”?
20. How can employees deal with deadline without having to go through stress?
21. Why does health and well being results to better performance?
22. How important is proper communication in a workplace?
23. How do organization deal with the diversity?
24. Employee Assistance Program…should all organization provide this benefit? Should this become mandatory by all small or big organization who hires people as work force?
25. Should compensation systems in organization be linked to organizational objectives?
26. Should compensation require balancing the interest and costs of the employer with the expectations of employees?
27. How can organization maintain the internal, external and individual equity for employees?
28. How can organization solve low moral problems?
29. How can organization continue to develop skills without resistance from the employees?
30. What works with employees…motivate them or threat them?
Gail Cariota – Research Log #4, Updated List of Questions
ReplyDeleteI will be investigating the viability of the printed newspaper and how ethical and journalistic news standards will be affected by radical changes in the news industry as large national news organizations fight for their survival.
General/Survival Questions
1. Why is it significant to study the viability of the printed newspaper?
2. Will changes in the news industry have a profound impact on the political landscape?
3. Generation Y has not grown up reading a newspaper. Therefore, how would this generation of non-newsprint readers sustain such an industry in the future?
4. Is there a place for everyone at the table?
Historical/Business Model Questions
1. How has the newspaper evolved over time?
2. What can newspapers do to provide differentiation?
3. What’s “missing” with the newspaper?
4. How can studies of news industry failures be used to provide lessons for the future?
5. What have the models of past successes taught us?
6. How did giants such as William Randolph Hearst and Rupert Murdoch shape the newspaper industry?
7. How did radio retain listeners when commercial television came into our homes?
8. What are the methods the newspapers are currently using to remain viable? (Big picture.)
9. Will it become “survival of the fittest” resulting in several large news organizations producing national news content, and small local papers providing community news content?
10. How can (and should?) reputable news organizations create a defense against less ethical organizations? What about defending themselves against the growing number of controversial personalities that are currently sprinkling our landscape?
11. Would a Monday-Friday paper news format (e.g. USA Today) be a model for other organizations to emulate?
12. What role does the recession play in planning for the future?
13. What currently is the most common “news” alternative to the newspaper?
14. Should the newspaper disappear? Isn’t it an outdated way to get news? (Why not always obtain your news as it’s unfolding?)
Gail Cariota – Research Log #4 – Cont.
ReplyDeleteLabor/H-R Questions
1. Will we lose the “voice of experience” in the newsroom as the industry continues to evolve?
2. What measures are news organizations currently using to maintain reputable journalists?
3. What impact has the Newspaper Guild had on journalists?
4. Should all news organizations have an ombudsman or standards editor who is not paid by the paper, but instead paid by a foundation of sorts, in order to prevent any potential bias toward the paper?
5. What is happening with successful news organizations in other countries that maintain a free press?
6. How do these organizations retain experienced journalists?
7. Why should journalists remain in the industry when they can take their talents elsewhere?
8. Should journalists embrace a culture of service?
9. Do studies indicate the number of students studying journalism to be declining? Growing? Remaining stable?
Ethics/Standards (Editorial) Questions
1. How will news organizations maintain ethical standards as costs to produce the paper continue to increase due to declining print advertising and changes in readership?
2. Will standards be cut? Will “Best Practices” be revised to be less stringent? (More stringent?)
3. How can news organizations maintain some semblance of objectivity?
4. Do tactics such as “wrapping” a newspaper in an ad create mistrust with the reader? (This practice is currently creating a revenue stream for many print newspapers, but it has been challenged as unethical by such former news giants as Al Neuharth of USA Today.)
5. How can reputable organizations defend themselves against less ethical organizations?
6. Readers are now often encouraged to email journalists and join on-line chat sessions to share their comments on stories. Might news organizations begin to unofficially mine that information and focus more on content that might sell to those readers? Is this a practice currently in use? We know that the organizations track the stats of their on-line stories (such as the “most emailed” and “most popular” stories) and use these tactics to draw in readers.
7. How does one determine what is news and what is opinion? (Who is “the authority?”)
8. What effect do websites such as Huffington Post have on other newspaper organizations?
9. As the proliferation of news outlets that produce less hard news compete to gain readership, will the hard news organizations need to “fight back” to retain readers?
Gail Cariota – Research Log #4 – Cont.
ReplyDeleteReadership/Demographics Questions
1. What measures are news organizations currently using to maintain readership?
2. Will readers lose the desire for less in-depth news coverage if the newspaper disappears?
3. Who are the current print readers of papers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post and USA Today?
4. Will they be the same readers in the future?
5. Why do many people consider “the media” to be monolithic?
6. How might that view have an impact on news consumption?
7. How might that view actually shape the news?
8. What is lost if young people do not have an opportunity to read a printed newspaper?
9. Does the general public maintain any trust in any of the major news organizations?
10. What does a newspaper reader miss by reading only on-line content?
11. Will the competition from opinion-based media continue to lure away some news readers?
12. Do readers view environmental issues when choosing to get their news electronically vs. in a print format?
13. Do readers choose to read different stories when they buy a newspaper versus when they read the news online?
14. Does the ability to view a story produced in video (or with a large photo gallery associated with it) provide more reality and elicit a deeper connection to a story than a print story?
15. Will changes in readership habits affect readers’ literacy?
Research Log 4-
ReplyDeleteThis time I approached the questions loosely based on one of Booth’s models not sure if I got it right but I thought I would give it a try… I did not change my questions as much as I reorganized them in a way that made a little more sense to me.
1. TOPIC: What are the challenges or opportunities for microfinance opportunities in regions that are recovering from violent conflict?
2. QUESTION: What are the long term economic effects of commercial micro lending practices on the local markets where these loans exist?
3. QUESTION: What are the cultural issues that cause the necessity of these types of loans/ why are these people poor?
4. CONCEPTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE: Why not just give poor people aid or “in kind” payments of food/ housing/ medical care?
5. QUESTION: What are the cultural issues that need to be addresses to make this a success?
6. CONCEPTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE: What are the motivations/ incentives for these businesses?
7. PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: What banking structures both past and present exist in countries where micro lending occurs?
8. PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: What business models already exist?
9. PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: What stops “big” banks from using micro loans?
10. PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: What criterion do banks use to lend to borrowers?
11. CONCEPTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE: What are the motivations of the lenders (AKA you and me)
12. PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: What defines success of micro loans?
13. CONCEPTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE: What are the motivations/ incentives for these businesses?
14. CONCEPTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE: What are the physiological benefits of people who are able to support their families without aid?
15. CONCEPTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE: What are the Regional/ Gender/ Physical/ Legal issues that needs to be addressed?
16. PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Are women receiving these loans at a higher rate than men?
15 A/ PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Are women who receive these loans successful? Why/ Why Not?
16 PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Who are the lenders?
17 PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: What are these loans being used for?
18 PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Are these loans being used for their intended purpose?
19 CONCEPTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE: Who is defining “intended purpose”? And is that what really matters?
20 PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: How well are these loans accepted in Islamic countries/ regions?
21 PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Why is Sharia banking laws different and in what ways do they affect business?
22 PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Why do these loans work in some areas and no in other?
23 PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: How can/ does technology aid in micro lending?
24 PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: How does Sharia Law with regard to banking impact interest rates?
25 PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Is there a connection between terrorism, either at a local level or global, with micro loans?
26 PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: What are the known mitigated risks that are accepted and associated with terrorism and micro lending?
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ReplyDeleteResearch Log #4 (Sorry - computer problems)
ReplyDeleteGeneral Questions:
1. How much internal information from Amadeus to use, vs. other types of research?
Amadeus Questions
1. What is the business plan?
2. What is the mission statement?
3. What are the short- and long-term goals?
4. Volunteer questions:
a. How do they recruit them?
b. How do they use them?
c. Could they expand their use of volunteers or interns?
d. Have they thought about partnering with local educational institutions to find volunteers?
5. How many employees are paid?
6. What are its strengths?
7. What are its weaknesses?
8. What are its threats?
9. What are its opportunities?
10. What are its funding sources?
11. What is its marketing strategy?
12. How much is charged for ads in the programs?
13. Have they considered ads on their website?
14. How successful is the partnership with Fox Hill condos?
. Other partnerships?
a. Have they considered partnering with church groups? -- they perform at churches
15. How does it differentiate itself from other groups?
16. How does it recruit its performers?
17. What are its most successful programs?
. Why were they successful?
a. How were the pieces determined?
18. Who is its typical attendee?
. Why?
a. Is there a strategy to attract a different group?
b. Do they keep a database of performances, costs & audience?
19. What are their various performance locations’ strengths/weaknesses?
Area demographic questions:
1. Education has a large effect on the likelihood of people attending classical music performances. Has Amadeus worked with the many colleges in the area to find a younger audience?
2. What musical works succeed?
a. Why?
b. Do certain genres attract different audiences?
i. Will those audiences be around in five to ten years?
c. Does the season have a great effect?
3. Who attends local concerts?
. Age?
a. Income?
b. How far do they travel?
c. How much does the cost affect the audience?
Competition questions:
1. Who is the competition?
a. How many groups are considered competition?
b. How was their competition determined?
2. What is their success level relative to Amadeus?
3. What do they do for marketing?
4. What business plans do they employ?
5. Do they share audiences or compete for listeners?
6. Is their competition more or less successful?
a) Why?
b) Should Amadeus be targeting certain competition?
7. What funding sources does the competition use?
8. Would merging with another organization be helpful? Or could they work together in another way?
(Research Log #4):
ReplyDelete1. How do film acting techniques differ from theatrical acting techniques?
2. How are film acting techniques similar to theatrical acting techniques?
3. How is film acting relevant in an academic setting?
4. Would a student benefit from getting a film acting degree or would having a Theater degree still open up more opportunities?
5. Who ultimately makes the choices of adding or not adding a film acting program in an academic setting?
6. Why would a university be excited about adding this kind of program to their curriculum?
7. Why would a university be concerned about adding this kind of program to their curriculum?
8. How would a program of this nature impact the university and the Theater Department as far as who backs them monetarily and who does not?
9. Would having a degree of this nature from a four-year college mean more/less than getting it from a film school in getting a job in the future?
10. Why is academic training important to film acting?
11. What percentage of universities has film acting as a part of their curriculums?
12. Is the percentage of film acting universities greater than the Theater acting ones? Why/Why not?
13. Why does there seem to be a decreased desire for formal education for film acting?
14. How could adding this program to a university help influence studies?
15. How could a Theater Department add students to this program without losing students for theirs?
16. Why would a Theater Department be concerned about having this kind of program added to their curriculum?
17. How could film acting intertwine itself into the academic curriculum in universities?
18. Would stage acting techniques be able to work primarily for film?
19. Why is learning this on-screen acting technique mainly offered at expensive film or art schools, where scholarships or loans are harder to come by?
20. Would more students study this program if it were offered at more four-year colleges/universities?
21. Is there really a difference between craft and technique with acting?
22. Can Theater training prepare an actor for film acting?
23. How can an actor use training learned only for Theater when performing primarily in films?
24. How would a student benefit from studying Stella Adler, one of master teachers of Theater acting technique?
25. Would studying Stella Adler’s acting techniques alone help or hinder an actor in film acting?
Research log #4: Questions (Revised):
ReplyDeleteTechnology Categorization Questions
1. Does it matter what type of software development project this is – that is, if this is a new implementation or upgrade of an existing system?
2. Are there existing industry standard definitions for types of software development projects?
3. Does the size of the software project matter (size referring to breadth of the software implementation)?
4. Does it matter if the technology is new (or new to the organization)?
5. Does it matter if the project is a vendor / cots (commercial off the shelf ) implementation or in-house development.
6. Does the software development methodology used impact the types of soft skills needed?
Management / Organizational Questions
7. Does it matter if the software implementation has an associated impact on business processes? Or how large that impact is?
8. Does it matter if the business sponsors are fully engaged or not involved?
9. Does it matter how narrowly the manager’s authority is defined?
10. Should the project manager have administrative/organizational responsibility for the team (resources), or for the project?
11. Is it more important to the success of the project for the project manager to manage up or manage down?
12. Does the size of the software development team matter (number of resources)?
13. Is the relationship between the software development manager and the business sponsor critical?
14. What is the impact or importance of third party (vendors) in the relationship?
15. Should the project manager be a an outside consultant, internal consultant or employee?
16. Does the hierarchical ranking of the project manager matter?
Questions on definition of success
17. Is success based upon perception?
18. Does it go beyond standard criteria of schedule, scope and budget?
19. Is there enough quantifiable data of successful software development and implementation to be able to support a solid conclusion?
20. Is the data to be reviewed from the perspective of the software development team, or from the customer/business sponsor?
21. Could those two viewpoints contradict one another?
Soft Skill Assessment questions
22. Which is more important to the success of a software development project – technical expertise or soft skill competency?
23. Is it important that one leader possess all of these skills, or can it be done via a team?
24. Is it better to select for soft skills and train for technical expertise, or the other way around?
25. Would it make a difference if leaders changed at different phases of the project? How important is continuity?
26. Are some soft skills more important than others?
27. Is there a way to match quantifiable descriptors of software development projects (size, complexity, breath, etc) with qualified soft skills?
Research Log # 4
ReplyDeleteTOPIC: American Expatriates Working in Asian Countries
General
1) What are the general issues faced by an employee selected for an international assignment?
2) What are the challenges for expatriates in the different Asian countries?
3) Does it help to have Asian ancestry when doing business?
4) How does age and seniority affect the expatriate experience?
5) Which overseas positions are better suited for women than men?
6) What are the main reasons why females are interested/not interested in working overseas?
7) Is there more turnover of women vs. male expatriates?
Selection and Career Management
8) How can selection tools be used to select expatriates without creating gender discrimination?
9) What are the costs and benefits of selecting a women vs. a man for an overseas assignment?
10) What type of assistance can the organization provide to support the expatriate before, during and after the assignment?
11) What are the human and financial costs for the company and the employee of terminating the assignment earlier?
12) What are the barriers that women face to be recruited for overseas positions?
13) In what industries are women better positioned to be selected for an overseas assignment?
14) Is there a gender bias when selecting candidates for overseas assignments?
15) What are the specific challenges for the employee and the company at repatriation?
16) What are the views of employers about women vs. male expatriates?
Personality characteristics
17) What broad personality characteristics are more predictive of work success in overseas assignments?
18) What personality type is more likely to terminate their foreign assignment prematurely?
Host country
19) How does prejudice against women, if any, affect them as expatriates?
20) What are the advantages and disadvantages of being female/male in an overseas assignment in Asia?
21) How does the employee’s hierarchical status in the organization influence the perception of host nationals?
The Employee
22) How does marital and family status influence expatriates’ performance?
23) How can married employees avoid family disruption when moving to work overseas?
24) What information should the employee seek about the proposed host country to enable him/her to make an informed decision?
25) What type of training should the employee receive?
Kristina Martin
ReplyDeleteResearch Log #4 – Revised Questions
1. What is the historical dialogue within the UN regarding the addition of water to the UDHR as a human right?
2. What are the challenges and controversies that have prevented it from being added?
3. Who are the biggest proponents of it being defined as a human right?
4. Who are the biggest opponents of it being defined as a human right?
5. Who stands to gain if it is defined as a human right?
6. Who stands to gain if it continues to be undefined as a human right?
7. If we define water as a commodity, what are the implications?
8. If we define water as a public good, what are the implications?
9. If we define water as a human right, what are the implications?
10. Do any nation states have legal and practical clarification on water being classified as a commodity, a human right or a public good?
a. What are the economic implications of their system?
b. What are the social implications of their system?
c. What are the political implications of their system?
d. What are the environmental implications of their system?
11. Globally, how serious is the condition of water scarcity from moderate perspectives?
12. Which regions are experiencing the most water conflict?
a. Why?
b. Are transnational corporations/institutions actors in the conflict?
c. Do these regions also have history and present legacies of social inequity and violations of human rights?
13. What are the most serious top 5 water conflicts today (serious defined as losses and intractability)?
a. What are the similarities in these conflicts?
b. The differences?
c. Have these conflicts impacted unexpected parties or had unexpected consequences?
d. How would these conflicts change if water was defined as a human right that the nation state had responsibility to uphold?
14. What are some historical water conflicts (within last 50 years) that have sustained resolution for 10+ years?
a. How was this resolution reached?
15. Has there been a water conflict in the past 50 years in which grassroots citizen groups challenged government or large corporations for their water rights and won?
a. How was this accomplished?
b. Was this a sustained resolution?
16. Has an asset-based approach ever been tried in the intervention and conflict analysis approach in a water conflict?
a. If not, in a different type of serious conflict?
b. What were the results?
17. Could an asset-based approach practically work in a complex water conflict?
a. If so, what would be the characteristics of the approach?
18. In conflicts identified, what are some ways that citizens are establishing and protecting their water rights against powerful governments/corporations?
19. How would the global water conflict landscape change if it were unlawful to sell water for profit?
20. How would the global water conflict landscape change if all water utilities were privatized and for-profit corporations administered utility?
21. What are some innovative ways that communities or nation states are resolving water conflicts?
22. What are some innovative ways that communities or nation states are making potable water accessible to all its constituents?
23. What are some near-past or present water conflicts within the US?
a. How are they being addressed?
24. What are some predicted water conflicts in the US?
25. What are some predicted global water conflicts?
26. If a nation state does not have enough potable water to meet the needs of it s citizens, how is this remedied?
27. How can water be shared amicably across national jurisdictions?
28. What are some examples of water-sharing across national lines and how is it working?
a. What are the challenges?
b. What are the best practices?
29. Is there momentum gaining to establish water as a human right?
Iris White Revised questions.
ReplyDeleteMy revision is minimal. I added new questions based on an interesting article called "The Effects of Interior Design on Wellness: Theory and Recent Scientific Research" which deals with design in health facilities.
1. Can interior residential design create wellness?
2. What does wellness mean to us?
3. Does design psychology employ an understanding of the way human senses respond to specific design detail?
4. Does a purposeful and well-chosen environment support our positive emotional state?
5. What does purposeful and well-chosen environment mean to us?
6. Not much research has been done in the field of wellness in context of residential interior design. Why has this matter been overlooked for so long?
7. More research has been done in the field of health design. Are the fields of residential and health design connected?
8. If they are connected, how can designer's personal intuition, sensitivity, and experience be related to issues in residential interior design with new findings and theories from health design research?
9. How does light effect us?
10. How does temperature effect us?
11. Is it important to have varying degrees of light in our home?
12. Is it important to have changes of temperature in our homes?
13. Does color effect us?
14. If color effects us – how so?
15. How can we achieve a sense of intimacy in our homes?
16. What does intimacy in our homes mean to us?
17. Can our surroundings have a transformational effect on us?
18. What is Feng Shui?
19. Can you eliminate "problem areas" in your home with Feng Shui?
20. How do we determine which are problem areas in our homes?
21. What is a self-evalution in regards to Feng-Shui?
22. Are we willing to answer questions about our emotions, relationships, finances, and everything that effects us throughout an ordinary day?
23. How can we create a better home by answering these questions?
24. What is Chi?
25. Is there a certain formula that applies to all?
Research Log # 4 (25 Questions revised)
ReplyDeleteLisa Brooks
Topic: Counterfeit / counterfeit components
1. What is the definition of counterfeiting and counterfeit components – what makes them “bad”
parts?
2. What are intellectual property rights, what role does counterfeiting play on this?
3. Who is producing counterfeit components and why?
4. How are they producing these parts, false documentation, changing part numbers printed on
parts etc.?
5. In what conditions are parts being salvaged, quality control or not – Can this in itself produce
bad parts?
6. What country(s) are involved and how do they get the parts to the US and other countries?
7. Why is this (counterfeit components) happening?
8. What has caused the demand or need for obsolete components and why has the military gone
to commercial parts yet expect top quality parts (space level)?
9. What cost does this have on companies and in what ways – returns, warranty, etc?
10. Are companies creating risk mitigation procedures or improved quality systems?
11. How are counterfeit parts being uncovered - at companies or at the boarder- through internal
company control system or government agencies?
12. What global impact does this have on US, general public, military & NASA – cost associated with
creating addition inspection / testing?
13. Are their laws that protect companies from counterfeiters and how are they helping to prevent
counterfeiting?
14. What is a quality plan and how does this help a company prevent counterfeit components from
being accepted?
15. Are their organizations or crime agents who fight counterfeiting, who is the WTO and what role
do they play on counterfeiting?
16. Who is in charge of this issue – government agents or companies networking alerts?
17. How can or can counterfeiting be prevented?
18. Is the US allowing or contributing to this issue, dumping waste electronics, etc - Can the
government stop counterfeiting before it leaves US boarders?
19. Has the trend of reported bad or counterfeit parts increased over the past five years?
20. What cost increases like project delays, overruns and downtime are manufacturers dealing with
because of counterfeit material?
21. What are supply chain brokers and distributors and what involvement do they have in procuring
material?
22. Do companies know what agencies to contact when they find counterfeit parts, FBI, customs,
GIDEP, state or local authorities?
23. Who are the AIA – Aerospace Industries Association and have they increased industry
awareness?
24. Do counterfeit parts pose a threat to our national security or put the military at risk, why or why
not?
25. If counterfeit parts are produced to mimic the appearance and performance of the original
product should we really care if it’s not “authentic”?
Beckyanne's:
ReplyDeleteMain Question
Is it better for an elderly person to age in place or transition to a new residence?
Gerontological (Aging, Health and Safety) Issues
What are the conditions that will determine the route that an elderly person takes when making their lifestyle decisions?
What physical mobility issues should be taken into account?
What are the medical issues that must be considered when making the decision?
What are the modifications that need to be made to existing accommodations if the person involved chooses ‘aging in place’?
What are the considerations that need to be looked at if the person decides on moving into an elderly community?
What are the existing support networks that can help better coordinate specific issues for the person or their family during this process?
What are the overarching attitudes of society at large as regards the aged population and what to do with the increasing amount of seniors in the US today?
Hospitality (Personal Comfort) Issues
What are the housing options for an elderly person if they choose to move?
What emotional issues must be considered when determining the best course of action?
Will the accommodations to be lived in be able to accommodate the person’s overall needs?
Will there be sufficient activities to keep the experience interesting for the person?
What services are available to make the lifestyle change go more smoothly for all involved?
What providers of ancillary aging services are available when determining transition options?
What other support is there that is available from the person’s existing community?
What new innovations have been developed to allow the maximization of the person’s ability to live a full life?
Business (Money, Legal and Institutional) Issues
What financial consideration must be analyzed when making this decision?
Do all of the family members involved agree with the major details regarding the lifestyle change decisions?
What are the legal considerations of this decision?
How will the existing accommodations be sold or otherwise dispersed, if the person involved chooses other accommodations?
What help is there available from existing governmental agencies?
What management styles are being used in the elderly communities that are available to the aging population?
What are the volunteer organizations that can be utilized to lighten the load on the person and/or their families, financially or otherwise?
What are the economic roadblocks that exist today that limit the ability of our society to best serve our aging population?
What are the current governmental policies that exist in today’s society that support the ability of our aging population to make good choices for their lifestyle changes?
Thesis questions -
ReplyDelete1. How do I incorporate a counterinsurgency model that was proven effective in a non-Arab culture?
2. Should I focus more of my ideas around countering America’s 2003 initial Iraq war strategy or just use it as a protagonist voice that frames my ideas?
3. How effective was Iraq’s civil infrastructure before the invasion?
4. Should I introduce past Iraq conflicts for reference.
5. Should I address the conflict from the perspective of insuring basic human needs?
6. Should American national security interest be at the center of my strategy?
7. If so, how far back in history do I need to define American national securities perspectives?
8. What timeline should I put on my strategy for being a success?
9. What are some success markers that I can put in place, such as education levels?
10. How do I target developing seeds of democracy without disrupting the societal power structures?
End goal of strategy questions?
11. How do I target developing the middle range leaders – religious leaders, school superintendents, ngo leaders, etc?
12. Should I be concerned with developing the lower grassroots populations or targeting national leaders for policy changes?
13. What defines success for my strategy?
14. What are the Arab nations that were pre-Iraq America’s national security partners?
15. How can I measure the necessary success parameters for Iraq?
16. What type of infrastructure is needed for Iraq to become an economic asset to America?
17. What are the current educational level statistics of Iraq, can I improve them?
18. What size deployment force do I need?
Research questions-
19. What types of international professionals should I reach out to as primary resources?
20. What primary resources should I develop?
21. Is American produced Iraqi statistics reliable enough for an accurate portrayal of current Iraq?
22. What are some Arabic language resources that I can use as primary sources?
23. What professors at GMU should I reach out to?
24. What global initiatives are currently working within Iraq to provide the basic needs of life?
25. How do I avoid discussing the morality of the Iraq invasion?
Posting the revised questions list that was emailed to Aaron last week:
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Is it better for an elderly person to age in place or transition to a new residence?
Gerontological (Aging, Health and Safety) Issues
What are the conditions that will determine the route that an elderly person takes when making their lifestyle decisions?
What physical mobility issues should be taken into account?
What are the medical issues that must be considered when making the decision?
What are the modifications that need to be made to existing accommodations if the person involved chooses ‘aging in place’?
What are the considerations that need to be looked at if the person decides on moving into an elderly community?
What are the existing support networks that can help better coordinate specific issues for the person or their family during this process?
What are the overarching attitudes of society at large as regards the aged population and what to do with the increasing amount of seniors in the US today?
Hospitality (Personal Comfort) Issues
What are the housing options for an elderly person if they choose to move?
What emotional issues must be considered when determining the best course of action?
Will the accommodations to be lived in be able to accommodate the person’s overall needs?
Will there be sufficient activities to keep the experience interesting for the person?
What services are available to make the lifestyle change go more smoothly for all involved?
What providers of ancillary aging services are available when determining transition options?
What other support is there that is available from the person’s existing community?
What new innovations have been developed to allow the maximization of the person’s ability to live a full life?
Business (Money, Legal and Institutional) Issues
What financial consideration must be analyzed when making this decision?
Do all of the family members involved agree with the major details regarding the lifestyle change decisions?
What are the legal considerations of this decision?
How will the existing accommodations be sold or otherwise dispersed, if the person involved chooses other accommodations?
What help is there available from existing governmental agencies?
What management styles are being used in the elderly communities that are available to the aging population?
What are the volunteer organizations that can be utilized to lighten the load on the person and/or their families, financially or otherwise?
What are the economic roadblocks that exist today that limit the ability of our society to best serve our aging population?
What are the current governmental policies that exist in today’s society that support the ability of our aging population to make good choices for their lifestyle changes?
Research Log 4.5
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Types of sources in my disciplines are international affairs journals, international developmnet NFP's, human rights journals, census data, data from international bodies such as World Bank, IMF, United Nations, or US bodies such as USAID.
Standards of proof are not as rigid as with hard sciences, but not as soft as with some humanities/softer disciplines. Surveys would not be acceptable, statistics from a reputable source (such as listed above), would be.
Critical thinking in my field is realized when the "opposite force" views are explored and validated as influencers (such as neoliberalist/capitalist, military. etc.). For example: when we explore the validity of economic ramifications of enacting water as a human right instead of ignoring the political and economic barriers and just exploring all of the evil things involving the denial of water to citizens; really seeking to understand the precursors from a practical standpoint.