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INTL 725 Research Method Trade/Development Module 4 Theoretical Framework Name: Chona V. Cataquiz Student Number: 301219043 Instructor: Professor Luis Silva Sec. 403 Mon.11:30 AM- 12:20PM Variable exercise 1 What are the main types of variables discussed in this chapter? The video of Module 4 Theoretical Framework explains the types of variables for the research method. The mediator variable helps us explain the relationship between two variables- independent variable and dependent variable. Each variable has a definition and represents different items of information that affect once we collect the action in our cases. A lot of research define that the two primary variables are generally termed as the “predictor/ dependent variable” and the “outcome/ independent variable”. Below is the figure image of three variables. A mediating variable is a variable that affects/accounts for the relationship between a predictor variable and an outcome variable. Mediator variables explain why or how an effect or relationship between variables occurs. Variable Exercise A store manager observes that the morale of employees in her supermarket is low. She thinks that if their working conditions are improved, pay scales raised, and the vacation benefits made more attractive, the morale will be boosted. She doubts, however, if an increase in pay scales would raise the morale of all employees. Her conjecture is that those who have supplemental incomes will just not be ‘turned on’ by higher pay, and only those without side incomes will be happy with increased pay, with a resultant boost in morale. List and label the variables in this situation. Explain the relationships among the variables and illustrate them using diagrams. What might be the problem statement or problem definition for the situation?  Here the situation clearly stated that the manager needs to gather sufficient data/ survey/sampling research. She can do the data sampling with the questionnaire. Since she’s still in doubt of what kind of benefits will equally boost employees’ morale. In research from Howell (2019). The correlation of each variable is important. The correlation is derived by assessing the variations in one variable as another variable also varies. So if the Manager here already collected the data the variables will illustrate like this. Moderating Variable- Boost Morale/ Improved Workplace condition Dependent Variable/ predictor Pay Increase Independent Variable/outcome Attractive benefits Vacation or Travel - Dependent Variable: wage increase - Independent Variable: attractive benefits- vacation/travel - Moderating variable: Managerial expertise plus - the intervening variable: morale of employees and improved workplace condition Explanation: 2. Morale = a (Benefits) + b(Increase Pay/Supplemental Income) If the management already received the data sampling/ survey analysis or evaluation. The management must determine how much of an average salary boost is required to improve the morale of most workers. She must determine how much of an increase in employee morale may be achieved simply by changing working conditions or enhancing vacation benefits. Her goal is to raise staff morale by ten percent on average.(Howell, 2019). In research from (Sekaran and Bougie et al., 2016 p.77) managers must know how to encourage and coordinate the talents of the various groups to make things work, therefore managerial expertise is an edge to effective organization. They are the first problem solver. The relationship of this 3 variables can be depicted as: Independent variable- workforce diversity Dependent variable- organizational effectiveness Moderating variable- managerial expertise. References: Howell, A. (2019, September 24). Research Terminology: What is a Mediator Variable? Copyright © 2022 Science of Working Theme by: ThemeGrill Powered by: WordPress. http://www.scienceofworking.com/research-terminology-what-is-a-mediator-variable/#:~:text=%20Research%20Terminology%3A%20What%20is%20a%20Mediator%20Variable%3F,involved%20a%20partially%20mediated%20relationship%2C%20it. . .%20More%20 Sekaran, U., & Bougie, R. (2016). Theoretical framework and hypothesis development. In Research Method for Business: A Skill Building Approach (7th ed., pp. 72–79). Wiley.
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The Duha group is the manufacturer of different types of the color marketing tools. They are known for producing different types of the products which includes color cards and systems, albums, big sheets, posters, albums and architect, specifier kids and designer. This company is providing the products in consumer electronics, automotive, architecture and other related sectors.
The owner initially went to child for expanding their family business into the form of new market and he flipped through the phone book so that he can find some paint company listings. They were not afraid at all to cold call businesses for establishing the trade partnerships for the products like paint color cards which were found in the hardware stores across Canada. He's the part of the whole group on the basis of Winnipeg which is responsible for manufacturing color marketing tools and the color systems.
For the group they were having the humble beginnings with the help of presence of the family to expand their business into the international markets. The beginning was done with the old printing press present in the basement of the grandparents in 1940s (Schmidtke, D., Bzovey, C., Schulz, S., Neufeldt, M., & Mak, K. T). Currently the organization is able to export around 80% of their products to 130 companies across the globe. They have stablished their operations in seven different countries which includes Mexico, China, Singapore and Germany. The success of the organization is due in part for the strong Canadian values which they held in high regard at the international level and these values are diversity, high quality and sustainability products which draw attention of the global clients to Canada. This group is known for priding themselves to operate as the sustainable business. It is known for recycling the paper and paint and they have the green supply chain which start from the procurement and ends with the transportation. The organization also encourage all the customers and suppliers to do whatever they want to do so that it can reduce the impact over the environment with their actions. The group has been in the family for the 4 generations and they sees a brighter future of the organization because they are having progressive and comprehensive agreement with the trans Pacific partnership and it will allow them the free access with the new market opportunities. This signed agreement helps them to work within their own company. It is able to open new doors for them which could not have been opened without it.
The organization was also involved in some tasks with a third party known as the streamline systems so that they can easily increase the efficiency and automation of the fan duct completion cell present in the Winnipeg manufacturing facility of the client. The overall objective of the organization was to redesign the fan pack completion process so that they can achieve the throughput of 350 FedEx every hour with the help of no more than six operators working over the cell. For this project the organization had a total project budget of $50,000 to $60,000 CAD, utilization of all the available power present in the cell and it will not exceed the current cell dimensions and it was a constraint of the project. The current system needs 12 operators so that it can achieve the maximum throughput of 200 fan deck every hour. It was calculated that the current annual operating cost of the organization is $1,225,000 CAD and this calculation was done on the provided operator cost of $20 every hour and the assumed annual production of around 10 lacs fan decks. This overall annual operating cost also includes the 200 tooling...
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