Instructions: To participate in this discussion, please respond to the prompt below based on Chapter 10. You must make your initial post by October 12th. Marketing ResearchComputer technology has significantly changed the complexion of marketing research in key ways. (Exhibit 10-5a)In your initial post comment on a data collection method you like as a consumer and why. Give an example of an organization that uses the method and how that impacts your perception of them. Add a second comment on a data collection method you dislike as a consumer and why. Give a different example of an organization that uses the method and how that impacts your perception of them. When replying to your peer's post, please be specific in why you agree or disagree with their comments. Professional language and manner is expected. Inappropriate language (as determined by the professor) will void an entry.

Ted Brown and Jim Green have been discussing going into business together for several months, and they are anxious to start that business before the end of this month. However, both Ted Brown and Jim Green each have to be out of town for several weeks on other business, so Ted Brown has told his son, Theodore, who is 16, about the discussions with Jim Green and has appointed Theodore to complete negotiation of the final details of the business. Jim Green has told his son James, who is 18 years old, about the discussions with Ted Brown and appointed James to complete the negotiations. The business that Ted Brown and Jim Green want to create will develop an app for cell phones that will identify family-oriented attractions along major highways so families can download the app to help in planning family vacations. The development of the app will take 4 months, and then it will take approximately another 4 months to fully deploy the app. As the app becomes popular, the business will solicit family-oriented businesses to advertise on the app. Ted Brown and Jim Green have very little capital to use in the development and deployment of the app and will probably need to raise the capital necessary to develop and deploy a quality app. In your case study, address the questions below.  Can Theodore Brown and James Green legally create the business that Ted Brown and Jim Green have been discussing? Why, or why not?  If Theodore and James do create the business, what duties do they each owe their father? Describe what those duties mean in this case. What factors do Ted Brown and Jim Green (or their sons on their behalf) need to consider in selecting a form for this business? What form of business will provide the most advantage for their venture? What are the disadvantages of the form of business that they selected? Your case study should be at least four pages in length and include at least two outside sources, one of which must come from the CSU Online Library. Be sure to use APA formatting for all citations and references. Please note that no abstract is needed. To assist in locating articles in the library, you are encouraged to review the document Finding Articles: A Quick Start Guide and The Research Process of Information Literacy LibGuide.

The following letter was addressed to the Human Resources Department by Ms. Donna Hayes, a manager of Cafe Espresso.Dear HR specialist:I work as a "Store Manager" at Store #25. I am a college graduate with a degree in Hospitality Management from the University of Central Florida. It is my understand- ing that this position is classified as "exempt" and that this classification applies to all store managers who work at Cafe Espresso.Although I did not know this at the time I was hired, my primary duties at Cafe Espresso have been performing the same job duties as the baristas who report to me. Most of my time is spent servicing customers in some manner or maintaining the cleanliness of the store. I had conversations with two other store managers for Espresso who told me they had similar job duties. My weekly salary is $755.00, and according to my log, I've been averaging sixty (60) hours of work per week for almost two years now. I do spend part of my work week directing my baristas who work at the store. I also conduct job interviews of applicants, conduct performance appraisals and make recommendations to the District Manager regarding the hiring, firing and rewarding my baristas. However, given that most of my work week is spent doing essentially the same thing as the baristas, I'm wondering whether I am actually entitled to overtime like the baristas are. I would appreciate your response to this inquiry.ASSIGNMENT: As the HR specialist, take a position on the inquiry and draft a memo for the HR Director. Since you are the compensation specialist and you are not sure how much the HR Director knows about the Fair Labor Standards Act, be sureto include all critical questions that need to be answered by HR prior to responding to Ms. Hayes and taking a position on her inquiry. In preparing your letter, refer to the discussion of the FLSA in Chapter 10. You may also consult thewebsite of the U.S. Department of Labor at: http:/www .dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/fairpay/main.htm. With the information gathered from the above resources, make recommendations to your HR Director regarding Ms. Hayes' inquiry and also the exempt status for other store manager positions as well. Take a position as to whether you believe Cafe Espresso is (or is not) in compliance with the FLSA. Be as precise as possible in your position and state what (if any) additional information may be necessary in order for you to take a definitive position.