2. Problem USAO employees vary/are different Within Groups/USAOs Attorneys Paralegals, Legal Support Administrative Support (HR, Budget) Information Technology Support Among Groups/USAOs Size (x-large, large, medium, small) Geography We don’t know how to define leadership!
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4. Study approach Ethnography – An ethnographic study is one that focuses on human society with the goal of describing and interpreting the culture of a group.
5. Site selection Advantages: Ease of Access Employees Rooms Cost savings (travel) Disadvantages: Unnatural setting Volunteers
Describing and interpreting a cultural and social group (i.e., describing what people do, what they know and the things they make and use and/or trying to understand the meaning and importance of what is said and what is taken for granted.
Rationale for NAC: Ease of access to employees across the nation, cost savings in travel (since employees will already be there for training)The NAC also has multiple private, available rooms for interviewing and access to all training schedules and agendas to see who is attending.