Focus Group. The City and the Union agree to establish a labor-management focus group, to be comprised of four (4) members. Two (2) members representing management will be the Fire Chief and a second City designee. Two (2) representatives of the Union will be chosen by the Union. This focus group shall meet quarterly, or upon written request of either party. The goal of the focus group is to discuss implementation of this agreement, to consider new or modified methods of performing fire and rescue duties, to address rules and regulations, and to deliberate upon how to provide the best level of service to the citizens of Coral Springs in an efficient and effective manner. The focus group’s meetings are for discussion purposes only and will not in themselves constitute collective bargaining. In addition to the labor-management focus group, the Coral Springs Fire Department will maintain a Fire Department Safety and Health Focus Group. The Fire Department may also form and maintain Operational Focus Groups (e.g. EMS, Building, Truck, etc.), at the discretion of the Fire Chief. The Fire Chief will have the discretion as to the number of members that will sit on each focus group and reserves the right to add or remove Operational Focus Groups and/or focus group members at any time. With prior approval of the Fire Chief or designee, members shall be permitted to participate in the City’s Safety Focus Group. Fire Department members who serve on any focus group will be compensated in accordance with Article 20, Overtime for time spent attending focus group meetings and while performing work related tasks while off duty that are generated by a focus group, subject to prior approval by the Fire Chief or designee.
Focus Group. The creation and implementation of the focus group aimed to obtain data through interaction with the participants, in order to clearly define the themes of the Model and construct the learning tools for healthcare leaders in culturally competent and compassionate care. The focus group consisted of 7 participants (six females and one male), all nursing leaders in nursing education, in clinical practice including community nursing practice. The focus group discussion lasted for about 60 minutes. Data were tape recorded and transcribed. The focus group guide (Annex 5) consisted of five parts:
Focus Group. Statewide experts on adaptation and coastal vulnerability as well as stakeholders in the coastal area.
Focus Group. An additional research tool used on the previous SCORP was the focus groups. This is a qualitative technique used to compile information on opinions, perceptions and preferences of the population. The interaction among participants is very helpful to the researcher in identifying key issues related to a subject. As in the previous SCORP, participants will include representatives from NGOs that work with outdoor recreation in Puerto Rico. These could represent different populations such as kids and youth (i.e. Scouts), elderly population (AARP), Sierra Club, campers, hikers, boaters, bikers among others. The guidelines to conduct the focus group will be discussed with the DRD staff. The results will allow to: obtaining a more precise idea of perceptions concerning the state of outdoor recreation in Puerto Rico; factors considered by the population when selecting outdoor recreation activities; needs and obstacles that hamper satisfying those needs; suggested initiatives and priority areas far action with respect to outdoor recreation in Puerto Rico. lt is recommended to carry out two focus groups. SUBMITTED BY ESTUDIOS TÉCNICOS, INC. PAGEl9 PHASE . EVALUATION IF THE OUTDOOR RECREATION SUPPLV Task 3.1 Update of the inventory of outdoor recreation facilities
Focus Group. In order to collect the requirements of archaeologists in the Netherlands, a vol- untary focus group was set up. This group’s function at the start of the project is to provide their needs and wishes for a system like this, while in further stages of the project they can provide feedback on the developed features. The size and make up of this group is fluid, and can be changed during the project to fit with Group Situation Count Academia PhD Student 3 Academia Assistant Professor 1 Academia Lecturer 1 Commercial Archaeology Excavation 1 Commercial Archaeology Prospection 1 Government Municipal 1 Government National 1 Table 5.3: Overview of participants in focus group per category the current goals and/or address issues of representativeness.
Focus Group. We conducted a focus group to complement our analysis of survey responses. The focus group was organised as an online meeting in March 2023. As is pointed out in the methodological literature, group interviews like focus groups often result in participants being required to make explicit certain logics that are typically implicit because the interview is structured as a social negotiation between participants (Halkier, 2016). The focus group aimed to 1) explore current good practices in research support, 2) discuss challenges faced by research support staff in their work, and 3) identify opportunities for improvement in research support, including new approaches that could enhance the effectiveness of research support activities. By bringing together research support staff from the partner universities, the focus group discussion provided a platform for sharing and exchanging knowledge and experiences.
Focus Group. Xxxxxxx defines a focus group as a “carefully planned discussion designed to obtain perceptions in a defined area of interest in a permissive, non-threatening environment” (Xxxxxxx, 1988). The key element in a focus group is the involvement, where people’s disclosures must be encouraged in a nurturing environment. Focus groups allow participants to confront their points of view and to enrich the collected information. It can be considered a learning moment for all parties involved as well. Indeed, Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxxxx (1990) have summarised the utility of focus groups for: - Obtaining general background information about a topic of interest - Generating research hypotheses that can be submitted for further research and testing, using more quantitative approaches - Stimulating new ideas and creative concepts - Diagnosing impressions of products, programs, services, institutions or other objects of interest - Learning how respondents talk about the phenomenon of interest, which may facilitate quantitative research tools - Interpreting previously obtained qualitative results According to Xxxxxxx (2008), the qualitative content analysis looks at communication, normally oral speech, which is recorded and fixed in written texts. This analysis should proceed systematically according to definite rules and theories and therefore facilitate conclusions on certain aspects of the communication. The collected data were analysed according to the model of summarising content analysis and the Z-rules as described by Xxxxxxx (2008), aiming to develop a system of categories. These categories should describe and summarise the answers given in the interviews. They have also been checked with respect to their reproducibility. The answer of one interviewee might be separated into more than one category.
Focus Group. Personalised data Along with the survey, the inquired is invited to integrate a tourist Focus Group, for which he will be contacted once or twice a year to answer mobility/tourism related questions. For that case, the inquired provides personal data such as name, phone number and e-mail.
Focus Group. Personalised data Personal data is collected in the scope of the mobility/tourism questionnaires. The data is stored in a separate database and for this case we will keep specific codes for specific individuals. Data management and storing procedures
Focus Group. The focus group provided the opportunity to explore in more detail the issues brought up in the questionnaire. ADS were able to discuss lessons learned by recounting their personal experiences in the communities. Lessons learned dealt with how to best approach a couple and initiate a conversation, how often to visit homes, and the best strategies for promotion. The agreed upon most important points to emphasize during promotions were:
