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Minnesota General Management Simulation Model, John M. Braasch

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

This paper presents the basic, underlying mathematical model of the Minnesota General Management Simulation. The paper, "Minnesota General Management Simulation," which describes this simulation, and includes the Participant Instructions and Administrative Instructions, is reproduced in the Appendix. Also included in the Appendix is a listing of the FORTRAN program of the simulation. Thus, this paper is also the most complete documentation of the simulation available. On the other hand, the heavy usage of the simulation at the School of Business Administration, University of Minnesota, has caused and may cause changes in both the model and the data-handling section, especially in …

The Development Of A Global Marketing Plan: A Case Study Of An Individual International Organization, Rex W. Lasley

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

In many parts of the world, recent years have brought with them a rapid increase in such things as new products on the market, new consumer demands, as standards of living increase, and new and faster transportation to join these supply and demand elements. One part of the world may be better suited, in terms of land, labor, capital, technology, and management to produce a given product than another. Thus the idea of global marketing has been raised from a position of comparatively minor importance to that of the complex giant it is today.

A Technique For The Evaluation Of Competitive Marketing Strategies, Roger D. Eck

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

As originally conceived, this thesis would have defended a preferred marketing strategy for use in the United States for electrical impulse counters. Such as effort would have required the collection of sufficient data to permit the formulation and testing of a model of the market for electrical impulse counters. With a defensible model- -that is, a model of acceptable accuracy- -the extent to which each of several alternative marketing strategies might satisfy a specified set of objectives could have been evaluated. Investigation indicated that the required data could not be obtained at an acceptable cost in time. In its present …

A Comparative Study Of The 5- And 3-Meal Plans In Six Convalescent Hospitals In San Bernardino County, Donna J. Meek

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A study comparing the 3- and 5-meal plans of food service, as used in long-stay geriatric units in San Bernardino County, have been compared. Three homes utilizing the 5-meal plan and three utilizing the 3-meal plan, to serve as controls, were chosen. A random sample of ten patients from each home was observed for three days to find the daily average nutrients in the foods served, eaten, and wasted. Also, interviews to compare factual information and attitudes were utilized for sample patients and personnel. The nutritional data was analyzed on the computer.

The results indicated that those on the 5-meal …

Alhaji Mai-Bornu Retires, Research Department

Economic and Financial Review

This short article describes the the farewell ceremony of the first indigenous Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Alhaji Mai-Bornu

Patient Satisfaction With Nursing Care During Labor And Delivery, Afton G. Pratt

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Within the scope of the questionnaire designed for this study, it was proposed to determine the satisfactions and dissatisfactions of obstetrical patients at a selected hospital. The study was concerned with patients' perception of nursing care through labor and delivery. Thirty postpartal clinic patients were interviewed in the hospital, using the interview guide which was constructed by the nurse researcher. Groups of questions in the interview guide corresponded to five categories. These five categories comprised the analysis sheet. The findings of the study are given for each of the following categories: One-A--Congeniality of Nurse to Mother. Friendliness of the admitting …

Optimizing Models Of After Tax Earnings Incorporating Depletion Allowances, Daniel Teichroew, Kevin Rice, Gordon P. Wright, William G. Lesso

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Optimization problems in the extractive industries differ from that in other industries in that these industries are permitted to claim a tax allowance for depletion of natural resources. This depletion allowance must be calculated for each mining property separately, based on a relatively complex formula specified in the Internal Revenue Code. The problem of optimizing after-tax earnings for a firm with more than one mine is formulated under the following conditions: constant unit price, linear cost function, no annual change in inventory level and a fixed tax rate. The pre-tax and after-tax earnings functions under these assumptions are piecewise linear. …

The Alternating Queuing Process With Setup Times, Peter Mevert

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Stationary Poisson arrivals from two classes are served by a single server. The customers of the same class are served until no more customers of this class are in the system. The service facility is then switched to serve all customers of the other class and switched again when empty. Service and switch-over times have arbitrary distributions. In this paper the moments of the busy periods and the queue sizes at switching point are obtained and the Laplace transform and expected value of the waiting time for each class. Some special cases are considered in detail.

Administrative Computer Programs For General Management Games, John M. Braasch

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

One frequent complaint of administrators of Business Decision Games has been the lack of computer-programmed routines for use in administering the games—routines which could calculate and print out reports such as Income Statements, Balance Sheets, and Summary Reports covering several simulated periods (such as an Annual Report) for the use of both the administrator and the participants. In addition, these routines could analyze the firms' results in order to facilitate the teaching or research aspects of the games. The purpose of the research described herein was to develop Fortran programs which will perform as indicated above. These programs are designed …

1966-05-30, Morehead State Board Of Regents

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Development Of Automation Of The First National Bank Of Albuquerque, Donald R. Douglass

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

The following thesis is submitted to fulfill partially the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Entitled "Development of Automation of the First National Bank of Albuquerque", it relates the historical background and the development of the automation of demand-deposit accounting procedures at that New Mexico bank. In our ever-growing economy, banking has and will continue to play an increasingly vital role. The growth of its mechanisms and facilities is important and pertinent to each and every citizen. Automation is the latest, and perhaps one of the most striking …

A Study Of Long-Term Leases As A Method Of Financing And Their Disclosure In Corporate Financial Reports, Wendell A. Nelson

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

The widespread distribution of corporate securities and the growth of the corporate form of business have made it necessary to develop better methods for the distribution of information to interested parties. Corporation managers have an obligation to supply information to owners, prospective investors and regulatory bodies. Over the years techniques have been developed for reporting information to these owners and other int rested parties.

A Test Of Criteria For Federal Aviation Agency Control Of High Density Terminal Area Air Traffic, Raymond Jui-Min Wan

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

Airspace is an important resource and its proper or improper utilizat1on will have a profound effect upon the future of the United States. The use of airspace will have an impact not only on transportation, public safety, economic and military posture, but also on the public's convenience and pleasure. The responsibility for air traffic control rests with the Federal Government and is vested in the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA). The National Airspace Utilization Policy, which is executed by the President of the United States, sets the general guidelines for controlling air traffic and the FAA to carry forward the guidelines …

Problem-Oriented Languages: Fortran Vs. Cobol, Wayne S. Boutell

Management Services: A Magazine of Planning, Systems, and Controls

No abstract provided.

Management Services, Vol. 3, No. 3, May-June 1966 [Whole Issue], American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Management Services: A Magazine of Planning, Systems, and Controls

No abstract provided.

Cost Analyses In Representative Metropolitan Transportation Studies, Burton V. Dean, Hillel Jeremy Kumin

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

The Case Operations Research Group, under sponsorship of the Seven County Transportation Study (SCOTS), has been engaged in a study of the social costs and economic benefits associated with metropolitan transportation systems. The purpose of this study is to determine the relevant factors affecting the implementation of plans resulting from transportation studies. As part of the study, this report is concerned with a survey of the reported cost analyses in five representative metropolitan transportation studies, - Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Washington, D. C., and San Francisco. However, (1) no extensive benefit analyses were performed in the above studies on alternative …

1966-04-06, Morehead State Board Of Regents

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Industrial Resources: Bell County - Middlesboro, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Bell County

"Industrial Resources: Middlesboro, Kentucky " prepared by the Middlesboro Chamber of Commerce and the Kentucky Department of Commerce, April 1966. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Inventory Depletion Management With Stochastic Field Life Functions, William P. Pierskalla

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Most inventory depletion analysis has been concerned with the case of a deterministic field life function. Since it is rarely the case that the exact field life function of a stock of items would be known, it is more reasonable to treat the case where the field life of an item is a random variable X(S) which depends only on the age, S, of the item upon issuance. In this stochastic case, it is shown that the policy of issuing the oldest item first (FIFO) is optimal provided E[X(S)] = aS + b where a > 0, b > 0, i.e., where …

The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 7 No. 3, Roy Lechtreck, Timothy Mcdonald, John Q. Reed, William Hanchett, Leonard Gilley, Stanley Trachtenberg, James Binney, Thomas Brumbaugh, Jesse Forbeck, Stuart Friebert, Leonard Gilley, Arthur Kistner, Ann Jonas, Charles L. Squier, Patricia R. King, Paul B. Newman, Mary Oliver, Tracy Thompson

The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought

in this issue. . .

CHARACTERISTICALLY earthbound, the editors of THE MIDWEST QUARTERLY have kept their feet on the ground in the selection of material for publication this spring. Let Armstrong and Scott take their rides in the sky and their walks in space (better luck next time!). Born into this world too early, we leave other worlds, their discovery and exploration, to younger spirits. Here there is enough, were there time. Enough? Too much this spring. For us it is enough to range from enlightened British imperialism on the Gold Coast to the origins of ebullient American imperialism at …

No. 67 1966 April Review

International Journal for Business Education

This initiative documents the preservation and digital release of the organization’s historical print archives, representing decades of scholarship in international business education. By converting legacy issues into accessible online formats, the project enhances global access to foundational research, pedagogical innovations, and early thought leadership that shaped the field. The digitized collection provides educators, researchers, and practitioners with a comprehensive record of evolving theories, instructional practices, and international business trends. Making these archival materials publicly available supports continued inquiry, enables longitudinal analysis, and strengthens the discipline’s historical continuity. This effort reflects the organization’s commitment to advancing international business education by ensuring …

1966 January - June, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases from January to June of 1966.

Direct Costing, Gordon J. Paul

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

Cost accounting developed in three stages, the later ones building on the earlier. These stages are, in order of development: Cost finding, cost control, and cost analysis and projection.

People, Events, Techniques, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Management Services: A Magazine of Planning, Systems, and Controls

No abstract provided.

Management Services, Vol. 3, No. 2, March-April 1966 [Whole Issue], American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Management Services: A Magazine of Planning, Systems, and Controls

No abstract provided.

Optimal Issuing Policies In Inventory Management -- Ii, William P. Pierskalla

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

We are concerned with further generalizations of the inventory depletion model where the inventory deteriorates in time as it remains on the shelf. Once put in use, an item from the inventory of n items has a nonnegative field life, L(s), which is a function of the age, s, of the item upon issuance to the field. The objective is to determine the order of issue that maximizes the total field life of the stockpile. Optimal policies of the form LIFO, last in first out, or FIFO, first in first out, are sought. Earlier writers have considered a static model …

Finite-Source Priority Queues, N. K. Jaiswal, K. Thiruvengadam

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

The effect of assuming priorities in multiple finite-source queuing models is studied in which k ≥ 2 types of units emanate from independent sources, at least one of which is finite. Results are derived for k = 2, assuming preemptive resume, repeat and head-of-the-line priority disciplines. Extensions for k > 2 are pointed out.

A Linear Model Approach To Time And Cost Analysis, William (Bill) H. Williams

Publications and Research

Systems analyses frequently require estimates of the average time that it takes to perform repetitive tasks. These time estimates may be easy to obtain; for example, if one man is performing a single operation, then a simple division of his total working time by the frequency of the task repetition, gives an estimate of the average performance time. However, in many instances, work consolidation requires that individuals be called upon to perform several different operations. For example, crews may be sent into the field to carry out a number of different tasks, for which the relative rate of occurrence may …

1966-01-26, Morehead State Board Of Regents

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Measuring The Value Of Information - An Information Theory Approach, Norton M. Bedford, Mohamed Onsi

Management Services: A Magazine of Planning, Systems, and Controls

No abstract provided.