Demographics

society that influence an industry and the firms in it. (2012, Ireland, D.R., Hoskisson, R.E., Hitt, M.A.) There are 7 trends in a business’s general environment that should be considered when devising the company’s strategies. Those trends are demographic, economic, political/legal, sociocultural,…

This paper is an academic critique of an article written by Sapna Solanki (2013) titled: Determinants of Consumer Involvement: A Quantitative Analysis of Laptop Purchase. The author undertook a research study to find out the impact of demographic variables and attributes on consumer involvement in purchase of laptops. My examination deliberately concentrates on particular parts of the article as far as procedure and legitimacy of exploration strategies and results. I have attempted to develop a…

1. The research problem (a) Background Melbourne’s transportation structure, and more importantly the tram system plays a crucial role in the lives of many Melbournians providing them with a mode of transport, whether that be travelling to work, education or leisure activities. Obtaining a greater understanding of customer’s satisfaction towards Yarra Trams’ service will assist in determining the strengths of the service, but also areas for improvement. Google Trends data (Appendix A)…

the surrounding area to single out the protective factors and try to replicate them. Lastly, it would be beneficial to also run a qualitative study on parental involvement in the youth’s lives that also reflect the differences within different demographic characteristics and family structure. For this reason, results from the current study need to carefully be taken in to consideration and assess for significant information in order to be generalized and help understand the undermining substance…

second survey instrument to be utilized is a measure of demographics. A list of demographic information to be collected is as follows: gender, age, family structure, spirituality, and academic standing. Demographic information on gender, age, family structure, spirituality, and academic standing will be collected in this last section of the questionnaire (this is the brief statement). The last section of the questionnaire will collect demographic information such as gender, age, family…

Xinman Dou’s study perceived family functioning and depression in bereaved parents 18 months after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, which are important issues for many post-disaster recovery programs. The study pointed out the gender, age, being divorced or widowed, being directly exposed to the death of their kids, not having a new baby and disoriented family functioning are significant causes of severe depression. The study used the multistage stratified sampling method to choose bereaved…

There is no need to explain how important it is to manage four generations in the workplace. About where to start from and how to do it we will try to cover in the next few pages. The four distinct generational groups in today’s workforce are Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y. The Traditionalist Generation, also known as the Silent Generation, the Greatest Generation, or the Veterans comprises employees and retirees born between 1928 and 1945 (Taylor, P., & Keeter, S…

The increasing older population isn’t any different and is probably the most susceptible age group to be affected by those factors. Some of those factors include lifestyle habits such as what they eat, use of alcohol and tobacco, exercise or lack of physical activity and medications. Eating healthy foods especially foods rich in vitamins and proteins is extremely important to keeping up their strength and immune system. Physical activity also keeps up strength and increases mobility. If the…

Demographic Location – Precision Landscaping and Excavation’s main target location will be in the Thurston County region, however, the business should not limit the possibilities for expansion into Mason County. Statistics from the Census shows 64.9% owner occupied homes from 2010-2014 with the median home costing $241,300 in Thurston County. There were 5,923 businesses located in this region. Residential building permits in a privately owned location are 446 in the Olympia region. Thurston…

pertinent environmental concern (eg. climate change, fisheries depletion, deforestation, soil degradation, river health, etc) and discuss how population changes at the global and local levels may impact on the issue. Explain why various change(s) in demographics may or may not result in improvement to the environmental management of this issue. Humanity and our environment are a complex relationship that exists in a delicate balance, yet a growing awareness of climate change and its impacts on…