In teams, discuss how you would collect information for each of the following report topics. Would your research be primary, secondary, or a combination of methods? What resources would be most useful-books, articles, the Web, interviews, surveys?
a. Investigating employee commuting habits for the purpose of creating a carpool program
b. Comparing mine safety in the three largest mining countries: South Africa, the United States, and Australia
c. Finding the best libel lawyer to defend a company under the SPEECH Act of 2010 from defamation claims overseas
d. Establishing the effectiveness of diversity training programs in U.S. businesses
e. Measuring the number of cars passing through an intersection to establish the need for a traffic light
f. Investigating how a recycling program might be introduced in a business organization to ensure effectiveness and compliance
g. Learning the cost and features of a teleconferencing system such as Cisco TelePresence or LifeSize by Logitech to use at your company
h. Learning how wireless customers are responding to the launch of a radically new smartphone
i. Complying with export control laws in the United States prohibiting the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive technology to foreign citizens