Reference no: EM133017870

1. Staff turnover is much higher (14%) than the average staff turnover (6%) in the industry. This bothers the manager because staff turnover results in a loss of experienced employees. What's more, turnover negatively affects productivity, brings about extra costs (such as replacement costs), and leads to less profits. That is why the manager wants to reduce staff turnover.

Clearly, the above is a management problem. What will be the corresponding research problem?

2.Develop a theoretical framework for the following situation:

A school administrator is interested in finding how the threatened teachers' strike can be averted. He knows that pay demands and the classroom's physical environment are the two main issues in the situation. He, however, feels that these two are not major concerns for the teachers who are extremely dedicated to teaching

3.A university professor wanted to analyze in depth the reasons for absenteeism of employees in organizations. Fortunately, a company within 30 miles of the campus employed her as a consultant to study that very issue without any propriety restrictions. Will this be a basic research or an applied research?

4.A director of Burger King wants to have an overview of the profits made in the last five years in the Netherlands, Germany and the Czech Republic.

a. If the director wants to compare the performance of the different franchises, what will be the unit of analysis?

b. If the director aggregates the profits of all the individual franchise-establishments, what will be the appropriate be the unit of analysis?