Sample Research Project Problems
Now that you have digested the “whole” of the Research Project procedures, it is time to introduce some possible problems and titles for the Business Research. The reoccurring theme is that an actual “real live” problem exists that will be researched for a possible solution.
Problem: Why are the part-time National Guard soldiers getting such low scores on their field tests?
Title: COMBINED ARMS TRAINING: MICHIGAN NATIONAL GUARD
Problem: Are employees feeling “short-changed” with only a bi-yearly Assessment?
Title: Assessment OF EMPLOYEES USING THE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL FORM
Problem: Automation has caused low morale among employees, much dissension, and general fear of job loss.
Title: IMPACT AND EFFECT OF AUTOMATION ON THE TECHNOLOGIES AND RELATED TRADE INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENTS
Problem: Many employees of the Engineering Department are feeling that their efforts and progress are not being evaluated fairly.
Title: MEASURING INDICATIONS OF SUCCESS IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Problem: Is there a better and cheaper way to package material into storage containers at the Distribution Center?
Title: FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING MATERIAL-HANDLING ROBOTS
Problem: Procedures for quoting prices at the C.J.B. Corporation are slow and burdensome. Is there a better way?
Title: COMPUTER-HelpED QUOTING PROCEDURES OF THE C.J.B. CORPORATION
Problem: Customers at the Ella Mott Museum are complaining that too many volunteer guides are uninformed and giving wrong information.
Title: THE EFFECT OF A TRAINING PROGRAM ON HISTORIC INTERPRETERS AT THE ELLA MOTT MUSEUM
Problem: Employees complain that fringe benefits do not fit their needs because their spouses get much the same ones.
Title: DEVELOPING A PROGRAM TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES GREATER CHOICE IN FRINGE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THEIR EMPLOYER
Problem: Many small townships do a lot of their work with “pencil and paper.” Is there a better and more economical way of record-keeping?
Title: DATA PROCESSING–COOPERATIVE ACQUISITIONS BY SMALL TOWNSHIPS
Problem: The preschool teacher and aides noticed that many of their students were coming to them without the basic motor skills
such as hopping, skipping, and jumping.
Title: MOTOR SKILLS PROGRAM FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
Problem: When the telephone system was broken up by law, there were numerous problems with work orders and billing.
Title: REDUCTION IN ERROR RATE ON CUSTOMER WORK INVOICES
Problem: A small, local fire department felt that information about location of fire, type of fire, and needed equipment was
sometimes inaccurate, too costly, and too slow.
Title: COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE WATERGRANT AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT
Problem: A historical society needs money. Local tax dollars were shut off by a millage defeat.
Title: DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE JOHNSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Problem: Sales were decreasing. Equipment was not fixed properly. There was an “air of discontent” throughout the company.
Title: MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES TO INCREASE SALES AND REDUCE EQUIPMENT-RELATED COMPLAINTS
Problem: The company was getting negative Assessments every time the government examined the waste water coming from its plant.
Title: UPGRADING THE INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGULATIONS
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Problems in Research Projects
It’s time to introduce some possible difficulties and titles for the Business Research now that you’ve digested the “full” of the Research Project methods. The recurring theme is that there is a genuine “real-life” problem that will be studied for a solution.
Problem: Why are part-time National Guard members performing so poorly on their field tests?
MICHIGAN NATIONAL GUARD COMBINED ARMS TRAINING
Problem: Do employees feel “short-changed” by just receiving a bi-annual Assessment?
Title: PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL FORM FOR EMPLOYEE Assessment
Employee morale is low, there is widespread dissent, and there is a general fear of job loss as a result of automation.
TECHNOLOGIES AND RELATED TRADE INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENTS IMPACT AND EFFECT OF AUTOMATION
The issue is that many of the employees of