Researching Your Subject: A Comprehensive Guide to Effective Information Gathering

The subject of the presentation is market research into the telecommunications industry. The reasons for doing market research will be discussed, and some of the prejudices against doing it will be identified. Having identified reasons, the paper will address the problem of definitions in market research, particularly of market content, geographic definition and price. In its simplest terms, primary research is the gathering of original new data from the industry in order to calculate market size, rank order of vendors, methods of channel distribution, user opinions and so on. Secondary research is the gathering of information which is relevant to the market from existing sources, in order to verify raw data gathered from primary research, and to provide input to the forecasting process. The paper will consider methodologies of primary and secondary research, and some of the problems that are encountered during these processes. It will demonstrate the ways in which secondary research can be used to validate raw data, and discuss some of the software tools that can be used to automate data entry and validation tasks. Finally the paper will consider the various approaches that can be used in making forecasts concerning the future market, and the degree of accuracy of these forecasts.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the findings from a research project that explored the mental health experiences and expectations of the so-called “baby boomer” population born between 1946 and 1955 who are now moving into later life. Design/methodology/approach – The research combined primary and secondary research, and a panel of experts. The primary research was both quantitative and qualitative. Findings – Findings covered issues of identity, health and wellbeing, family and relationships, work, occupation, retirement and financial security, as well as key implications for policy makers, opinion formers and decision makers. Research limitations/implications – The “baby boomer” cohort is extremely large and to provide definitive findings on such a wide range of aspects that potentially influence their mental health requires a much larger study than this as well as one that focuses on particular sub-groups of this cohort. It also raises the question of similarities and differences between this cohort and the second wave of baby boomers born between the late 1950s and early 1960s. Originality/value – This is an important piece of research, drawing together a wide range of resources and data to provide a unique overview of a key dimension of health for this group in the population which because of their numbers as well as perceived shared life experiences will be of great interest to policy makers, academics and the media, as well as members of this population cohort and people who have an interest in them.

Mental Health Correlates of Healthy Lifestyle Attitudes, Beliefs, Choices, and Behaviors in Overweight Adolescents

In the constantly changing economic and social life, the examination of employee satisfaction and motivation is inexhaustible both from a scientific and practical point of view. The main goal of the research was to explore and understand the workplace factors that most affect the satisfaction and motivation of employees working in southern Slovakia. Our goal was to identify the extent to which the factors we identified, i.e. wages and benefits, professional development and learning opportunities, working environment and conditions, and leadership style, affect employee satisfaction and motivation. The study was based on the primary and secondary research. A quantitative research method, a questionnaire survey, was used during the primary research. The snowball method was chosen as the sampling method. The data collection took place in the spring of 2024, among employees working in SME. The research followed the logic of deductive research, according to which the hypotheses were formulated on the basis of similar research. A total of 172 evaluable responses were collected, of which 156 were used to test the hypotheses. For the statistical analysis of the data, linear regression analysis and the Durbin-Watson test were performed. Satisfaction and motivation are closely related phenomena, the development of which in an employee can still be mostly linked to wages and the existence of benefits. Adequate working conditions and an exemplary leadership style also have a significant impact on employee satisfaction, thus their commitment and staying with the company.

Generation Z is slowly coming to the forefront of the interests of businessmen, employers and other stakeholders. The common interest is to find out how they behave on the internet. Is their behavior the same as in real life? The paper analyses the basic knowledge of Generation Z about Internet security. For this analysis, secondary research as well as primary research was used. In secondary research were used open data and the results were confronted with data obtained from primary research - individual deep interviews. Research results allowed us to better understand this targeted group. In some areas, research results point to the specificity of this generation and help us to find answer whether Generation Z is indeed as specific and different from previous ones.

A practitioner's guide to developing critical appraisal skills: The fundamentals of research

Background:A research framework based on the personal characteristic defined by a sense of coherence (SOC) focuses on the effective use of resources to maintain good health.Objectives:To test the hypothesis that...

Blended learning usually refers to the combination of online/offline instructional methods. In this paper, we describe a university course in “E-learning Psychology” designed to blend not only modes of teaching, tools, and media, but also learning contexts; specifically, academic and professional contexts. To achieve an effective blend of learning contexts, students were monitored by academic and company tutors through an instant messaging app (WhatsApp). The unique contribution of the company tutor to the blending of academic and professional contexts is explored. By qualitatively analyzing (i) process data (four WhatsApp log chats) and (ii) self-report data (interviews with six company tutors), we found that the company tutor contributed to both the traditional blended dimension (mixing online and offline) and to the blend of the academic and professional contexts. When company tutors participated in the chat, students moved from an organizational dynamic, featuring chats monitored by only the academic tutor, toward a more collaborative and reflective dynamic. The company tutors considered the opportunity to blend academic and professional contexts as the best aspect of the course for both themselves as educators/company representatives, and for the students. This paper offers insights into the ongoing discussion about what blended is—or should be—and the role of company tutors in blending educational contexts.

A successful start-up begins with an innovative idea, which is then realized by identifying and seizing an opportunity. Innovation is one of the most crucial entrepreneurial qualities in this type of entrepreneurship. The aim of this paper is to determine the fundamental and specific characteristics of start-up entrepreneurship and to examine the entrepreneurial intentions and knowledge of young people in this field. The empirical research in this paper includes both secondary and primary research. Secondary research involves the presentation of relevant studies in the fields of start-up entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education. The primary empirical research was conducted on a sample of 160 students from higher education institutions in Međimurje and Varaždin counties. The results indicate that students are relatively well-informed about the possibilities of starting a start-up company. Their personal assessments of their familiarity with the processes involved in starting a start-up are of average value. Additionally, respondents identified administrative procedures, high taxes, lack of knowledge about funding sources, and insufficient information about reference centers as the main obstacles to entering entrepreneurship. By testing the research hypotheses, it was found that attending formal classes in entrepreneurship positively affects the entrepreneurial intentions of young people. The limitations of the research include the restriction of the sample to northwestern Croatia. The findings suggest a further need to strengthen entrepreneurship education and expand it to younger populations in the Republic of Croatia.

A szabadidő növekedésével párhuzamosan nőtt az emberek egészséges életmódra való törekvésével, mely különböző egészségtrendeket hozott létre. Ezen egészségtrendek az egészséges életmód két alapvető elemét érintik, a fizikai aktivitást és egészséges táplálkozást. Jelen tanulmányban a két elem közül az egészséges táplálkozást vizsgáltuk meg, annak is két szegmensét; a zöldség- és gyümölcsfogyasztást, valamint a folyadékbevitelt. A vizsgálati mintát a Debreceni Egyetem hallgatósága adta. Kutatási módszerként primer és szekunder vizsgálatot is végrehajtottunk. Szekunder kutatás esetében a nemzetközi és hazai irodalmat tekintettük át, valamint az amerikai és európai ajánlásokat hasonlítottuk össze. Primer kutatás esetében kérdőíves megkérdezés történt, mely során a hallgatók egészséges táplálkozási szokásait mértük fel. Kutatásunk során megállapításra került, hogy a felmért hallgatók mindössze 11,3%-a fogyaszt napi rendszerességgel az ajánlásoknak megfelelő zöldséget és gyümölcsöt. A folyadékfogyasztás esetében azonban kedvezőbb eredményt kaptunk. A megkérdezettek 65%-a fogyaszt legalább az ajánlásoknak megfelelő mennyiségű folyadékot.

Molly offers me a handful to sweets from her copious bed-side supply. She is evidently over-weight and the complicity of her family offers little hope that she will shed the tens of kilograms that are inhibiting her recovery. Who am I to say 'no thanks' if that merely compounds my inner disdain at her failure to make healthy choices? This paper invites us to reflect on a Christian contribution to the debate on healthy lifestyle choices that the Scottish Executive and NHS Scotland are cur-rently promoting. How do we make a theologically-informed response to those who make unhealthy lifestyle choices? Where does personal responsibility and autonomy fit when our choices have fiscal implications for the wider community? Can we legitimately stigmatise people who fail to comply with others' model of health? To what extent does a Christian perspective clash with the ultimate value that the healthy lifestyle debate seems to place upon life? By exploring Christian ideas of humanity and shared non-innocence we aim to identify key responses that might enhance the contemporary practice of health promotion.

Strategic Compilation of Rural Tourism Development Using SWOT- ANP Integrated Model (Case Study: Savar Village in Bonab County)

The Study aims at ascertaining how investors perceive gold as a competing asset class and identifying the variables that exercise the greatest influence on the choice of investment option by individuals in different market conditions. Primary research has been conducted using a well-structured questionnaire to be floated to a cross-section of individuals for analysing their perspective while choosing to invest in gold; Secondary research will involve the collection of data from websites and news reports to evaluate investment in gold vis-a-vis other investment alternatives - like stocks. The Study should be able to throw greater light on the key factors that have made an investment in gold an attractive proposition for Indians, irrespective of price movement/inflation. The Study will also be helpful for financial institutions to create relevant financial products and help financial advisers in providing appropriate recommendations in tune with investor requirements. Through primary research, the Study will also focus on investor behaviour - rather than only on the risk-return matrix.

Manufacturing systems under Industry 4.0, and their transition towards Industry 5.0, take into account the Quintuple Helix innovation model, associated with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) set by the UN and Horizon 2030, in which companies focus on operational efficiency in terms of the use and minimisation of resources for the protection of the environment. In this respect, the implementation of the circular economy model, which requires engineers to acquire appropriate competencies, enabling companies to establish this model at the manufacturing level. Moreover, competence has always been a priority for both the professional and the company. In this sense, connectivism has been called a learning theory for the digital era; this is the reason why a review of the state-of-the-art developments of this paradigm focused on engineering has been carried out. In this sense, the potential of the digital transformation in instruction to formulate an engineering model based on neuro-competences is of great interest, taking the connectivist paradigm as a methodological axis. To this end, a first bibliometric analysis has been carried out to identify the drivers on which to base the design of the neuro-competencies of the instructional engineering environment and the trend towards curriculum development under dual training models. The bibliographical research carried out on the connectivist paradigm has served to identify the trends followed to date in education within the subject area of engineering. These trends have not fully taken into account the leading role of the human factor within the socio-technical cyber-physical systems of sustainable manufacturing (SCSSM). The focus was more on the technology than on the adaptation of the uniqueness of the human factor and the tasks entrusted to him, which entails an additional complexity that needs to be addressed in both academic and professional contexts. In light of the foregoing, an improvement to the acquisition and management of competencies has been proposed to the academic, professional and dual engineering contexts. It is based on the transversal inclusion of the concept of neuro-competence applied to the competence engineering (CE) model, transforming it into the neuro-competence engineering (NCE) model. The foregoing provides a better match between the characteristics of the human factor and the uniqueness of the tasks performed by the engineer, incorporating activity theory (AT), the law of variety required (LVR), the connectivist paradigm and neuroscience as a transversal driver of innovation through fractality. This proposal enables a ubiquitous and sustainable learning model throughout the entire academic and professional life cycle of the engineer, placing it sustainably at the heart of the instructional and professional cyber-physical socio-technical system, thus complying with the SDGs set by the UN and Horizon 2030.

Defining and understanding healthy lifestyles choices for adolescents