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DescriptionThis literature review explores the application of dynamical system theories to team coordination, following four major trends in the literature: Knowledge, Training, Communication, and Team-Machine Coordination.
ContributorsDolny, Robert (Author) / Amazeen, Polemnia (Thesis director) / Amazeen, Eric (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Psychology (Contributor) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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In an increasingly technological world, people are spending more time inside than ever and less time outside with one another. Our goal is to create a new game that gets people off the couch and on their feet, spending quality time together. Everyone can recall a fond memory where they were outside with friends and family, and we do not want to let that disappear in today’s world.
Three Way is a student-led effort to put an innovative spin on typical lawn games seen at tailgates and backyard barbecues, such as Cornhole and KanJam. Our mission is to bring new life to classic American tailgate games and provide outdoor fun to students and families alike for decades to come.
The tailgate game industry is one that has seen little innovation over time as favorites like cornhole have been dominant standouts for many years. Even with this lack of new products, this industry has still consistently grown for the last 4 decades and is projected to continue to grow over the next decade. The global cornhole market is currently $482 million and is forecasted to grow by a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 8.6% to $1.2 billion by 2033. We believe that because of this growth, there is room for a new product in this space. We have created social media accounts on various platforms (Instagram, X) to reach as wide an audience as possible, along with creating a website and are in the process of designing merchandise to build excitement around our game. The success of our marketing will be dependent on the amount of views we can create.
Our group brings diverse backgrounds to the table with our experience including sports management, marketing, finance, computer information systems, and data analytics. Collectively, we have played a variety of sports in our lives, most notably football, basketball, baseball, golf, and hockey, and are very passionate about sports in general. We believe our extensive experience in sports gives us an advantage over competitors in the industry.
We have developed a prototype that we have utilized at tabling events to obtain consumer feedback. Our goal is to refine our current design until we are satisfied with it prior to releasing it to the public for sale, so profit is currently not our main goal. We have surveyed students before and after playing our game to see the difference between their expectations and the actual game play, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.
ContributorsBotvinnik, Nicolas (Author) / Gaunt, Harrison (Co-author) / Ponteras, Preston (Co-author) / Ilardi, Nicolas (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Pierce, John (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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This thesis examines the relationship and cooperation between Arizona State University Emergency Medical Services (ASU EMS) and local emergency services, such as the Tempe Fire Department, focusing on enhancing collaboration and trust-building within the prehospital care context. ASU EMS, primarily a standby service at university events, relies closely on the Tempe Fire Department for the transportation of patients. The fire department, conversely, is aided when ASU EMS is able to treat and prepare patients before transportation for an expedited arrival to more advanced care at a hospital. There is a significant opportunity to be built upon from improving the relationship and connections between these two organizations, through utilizing shared trainings in order to familiarize one another with operational strategies and potential wisdom about various aspects of patient care. The thesis will apply Bolman & Deal's four-frame model—structural, human resource, political, and symbolic—to dissect and propose improvements to inter-organizational relationships and practices. The structural frame will examine the logistical aspects of coordination between agencies, while the human resource frame will consider the development of mutual respect and effective communication strategies. The political frame will analyze the power dynamics and competition for resources, and the symbolic frame will address the shared values and culture that underpin successful collaboration. The study also draws on experiences from ASU EMS staff, the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NCEMSF), and research from the National Association of State Emergency Medical Services Officials (NASEMSO). Together, this analysis offers a multifaceted approach to strengthening the bonds between collegiate and municipal emergency medical service (EMS) providers for the betterment of the community and patient care in Tempe, Arizona.
ContributorsJohnson, Jeremiah (Author) / deLusé, Stephanie (Thesis director) / Cortes, Fernando (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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Research has confirmed a Vertical Attention Bias that directs attention to the tops of objects and the bottoms of scenes. Consistent with ecological theory, our perceptual system functionally adapts to the natural regularities and affordances in the environment forming biases, and generally adopts a downward gaze vantage that focuses attention on the behaviorally relevant locations. To date, the downward vantage tendency has been investigated using static images where there is a lack of dynamic perspective and natural behavior. The current experiment investigates real-world, active gaze allocation while participants wear mobile eye tracking glasses. Participants simulated their daily routine and executed 8 of the most common behavioral tasks according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: walking inside, walking outside, socializing in person, socializing on webcam, housework, eating and drinking, phone time, and personal care activities. Each of these tasks were performed in consecutive 5 minute blocks. Participants were instructed to perform each task as they normally would, and were allowed to engage in unspecified concurrent behaviors that typically occur (e.g., watching television while eating). For each behavioral task, head and eye tilt were used to calculate gaze angle and that value was compared to the horizontal plane of the observer's eye (i.e., degrees above or below their natural eye-height). Overall, the average participant gaze angle was below the horizontal plane and was moderated by the task-specific context of each behavioral task, supporting a generic downward vantage tendency that focuses attention on personal action space and body-level affordances.
ContributorsKigin, Patrick (Author) / McBeath, Michael (Thesis director) / Coza, Aurel (Committee member) / Corbin, William (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Psychology (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor) / School of Music, Dance and Theatre (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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This undergraduate thesis explores the complexities and richness of navigating a bicultural identity between Indian and American cultures. Through personal narratives and broader societal analysis, it delves into the intricate landscape of living as an American-born Indian, examining the joys, challenges, and profound learnings that arise from straddling two worlds. The work opens with an intimate account of the author's experiences growing up bicultural in America, highlighting the pressures to conform to expectations from both Indian and mainstream American society. It examines issues of racism, cultural traditions, generational divides, and the quest to forge an authentic, hybrid identity. Expanding from the personal, the thesis investigates the impacts of globalization on cultural integration, the importance of community support systems, and the evolving nature of the Indian-American experience across generations. It celebrates the invaluable contributions of the Indian diaspora in enriching the tapestry of American multiculturalism. Ultimately, this exploration is a celebration of the resilience and strength fostered by embracing one's full, multicultural self. It is a call for greater inclusivity, empathy, and respect for the complexities of identity in our increasingly interconnected world. Through sharing this journey, the work empowers others navigating bicultural realities to take pride in their hybrid identities as a source of power rather than compromise.
ContributorsLukka, Arya (Author) / Stanford, Michael (Thesis director) / Bhatti-Klug, Renee (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor) / School of Human Evolution & Social Change (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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This thesis utilizes the four frames (structural, human resource, political, and symbolic) introduced by Bolman and Deal’s Reframing Organizations to analyze the onboarding process at Nammo Defense Systems Inc and suggest potential solutions. The document begins by introducing Nammo Defense Systems Inc. (NDS), including information about the company’s history, products and organizational structure. Next, research is provided to show the negative effects that lackluster onboarding programs have on the business and the effects that influence employees to resign early in their tenures. The issues surrounding employee onboarding processes are introduced as the primary contributors to prolonged ramp-up time in engineering staff, prominently being NDS’s lack of training documentation and training program/structure and mismanagement of engineering aids (3D printers). Each issue illustrates a disconnect between leadership and onboarding employees causing costly ramp-up times for the organization and slow workdays for new employees. The four frames are used to explore solutions addressing the underlying issues present in NDS’s traditional onboarding process and to promote more rigid processes in the future. By including descriptions documented in Reframing Organizations, solutions such as organizing an
onboarding program were analyzed to correct current shortcomings within NDS. As a result, it is recommended that NDS implement a formalized training program for a minimum of 12 weeks accompanied by reference documents and appointing personnel for asset management of the company’s 3D printer resource.
ContributorsPocock, Allistair (Author) / deLusé, Stephanie (Thesis director) / Adamo, Nick (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Program (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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In an increasingly technological world, people are spending more time inside than ever and less time outside with one another. Our goal is to create a new game that gets people off the couch and on their feet, spending quality time together. Three Way is a student-led effort to put an innovative spin on typical lawn games seen at tailgates and backyard barbecues, such as Cornhole and KanJam. Our mission is to bring new life to classic American tailgate games and provide outdoor fun to students and families alike for decades to come. The tailgate game industry is one that has seen little innovation over time as favorites like cornhole have been dominant standouts for many years. Even with this lack of new products, this industry has still consistently grown for the last 4 decades and is projected to continue to grow over the next decade. We believe that because of this growth, there is room for a new product in this space. Collectively, we have played a variety of sports in our lives, most notably football, basketball, baseball, golf, and hockey, and are very passionate about sports in general. We believe our extensive experience in sports gives us an advantage over competitors in the industry.
ContributorsIlardi, Nicolas (Author) / Botvinnik, Nicolas (Co-author) / Ponteras, Preston (Co-author) / Gaunt, Harrison (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Pierce, John (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Marketing (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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While Latinos are assumed to be a homogenous group regarding political opinions, there are actually a variety of factors than can affect them. This thesis analyzes the opinions of Latinos across four generations regarding immigration opinions and how their generational and nativity status can affect those opinions. Using survey data, Latinos were asked about their opinions on various immigration policies and analyzed across generations and nativity status. It was found younger generations of Latinos may actually be more likely to be in favor of restrictive immigration policies.
ContributorsFowler, Morgan (Author) / Neuner, Fabian (Thesis director) / Rouse, Stella (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / School of Social Transformation (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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This document aims to answer the question: how may digital interpersonal communications processes within Slack, the digital workspace used at property-tech startup Culdesac, be made more efficient? To properly do so, one must have a deeper understanding of Culdesac’s values and culture, their positioning among industry competitors, and the manner and cadence by which employees engage with one another digitally to communicate over work outcomes. It analyzes Culdesac’s interpersonal communications on Slack through four frames of thinking from Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal’s Reframing Organizations— human resource, structural, political, and symbolic — to provide frame-based solutions intended to increase creative employee engagement generally and during Slack editing sessions and cut minimize unnecessary setbacks and confusion. These include inviting feedback within the initial Slack, expanded user groupings, increased use of Slack’s huddle feature, a monthly competition for Ramp reimbursement, and positive reinforcement through leadership contributing reactions to complex Slack threads. Exploring the potential plausibility of these recommendations, it provides benefits and drawbacks to implementation while identifying the solutions that are most actionable for Culdesac as of April 2024.
ContributorsDortch, Isabelle (Author) / deLusé, Stephanie (Thesis director) / Berens, Jeff (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Comm (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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Music festivals bring large numbers of attendees together so they can enjoy themselves and listen to their favorite music. Although these festivals create a sense of community and excitement, they are some of the most unsustainable events on the globe as most festivals are powered with gas generators which spew tons of greenhouse emissions into the atmosphere. These generators can produce twice as much carbon dioxide as the power grid, and if festivals want to modernize their events to help our planet, more sustainable energy solutions are needed (Soucy, 2022). Using Tempe Beach Park as a venue for a two-day music festival, the power demands must be analyzed and then I will provide potential power solutions for this event and highlight which solutions are the best in terms of practicality, cost, and sustainability. In this report, I analyzed solar power, battery energy storage, and biodiesel, as well as other alternative solutions. I found that while solar power and battery storage are extremely expensive, they produce clean energy and do not give off any emissions. For smaller festivals, cost will be a big deciding factor in determining how to power the festival. Biodiesel serves as a cost-effective sustainable alternative that can reduce carbon emissions by up to 85%. If a festival has the budget to put in a couple hundred thousand or million dollars into the power system, they should invest that money into sustainable solutions. While biodiesel still gives off carbon emissions, it isn’t too expensive and should be used in cases where festivals are using gas generators and do not have the funds to invest in a clean power system. Festivals can decide what factors matter the most to them, and choose whether these solutions could be implemented at their festivals.
ContributorsClary, Gregory (Author) / del Mar Navarro, María (Thesis director) / Kuhn, Anthony (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Electrical Engineering Program (Contributor)
Created2024-05