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Robust Regression: Method And Applications, Vijay Mahajan, Subhash Sharma, Jerry Wind

Historical Working Papers

Four approaches to linear robust regression analysis are presented. In the presence of outliers or bad data points in marketing data, these procedures provide formal methods to identify outliers and to reduce their influence on the final estimates of the regression coefficients. Use of these procedures in regression models is considered in two typical marketing applications and superiority of these procedures, as compared to the traditional ordinary least squares procedure, in reducing the effect of influential observations is documented. The paper concludes with suggested guidelines for their use in marketing applications.

Diversity And Performance: The Elusive Linkage, C. K. Prahalad, Richard A. Bettis

Historical Working Papers

Studing diversified firms, the key element is revealed that the mindset of management and its ability to adapt to management of a new enterprise is a key element in the success of a diversified business.

Teaching Software System Design: An Experiential Approach, Thomas E. Perkins

Historical Working Papers

A curriculum approach is presented that provides students with experience incorporating user input into the software design process.

Accounting Paradigms And Short-Term Decisions: A Preliminary Study, Michael Van Breda

Historical Working Papers

A survey was conducted of firms that were chosen based on the perception that it would be easiest to observe management and production variables. The study attempted to find what variable mattered most in measuring success within the firm. Results show that short term accounting variables are almost exclusively the measures used in American business to evaluate performance.

Multiple Key Informants' Perceptions Of Business Environments, William L. Cron, John W. Slocum, Jr.

Historical Working Papers

The study validates the need for multiple informants from the breadth of the organizational structure to obtain valid information about the business environment.

Predicting Salesforce Reactions To New Territory Design According To Equity Theory Propositions, William L. Cron

Historical Working Papers

This paper analyzes the various parameters that affect the design of fair sales territories. Among these parameters are the effects of age, seniority, compensation schemes, and market structure. Since human motivation plays a part, there is considerable complexity in modeling the parameters.

The Relationship Between Employee Age And Interpersonal Trust Within An Organizational Context, Dow Scott, Brian Cook

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.

Management Of High Technology, Jon Richards

Touche Ross Publications

No abstract provided.

The Oral Interview As A Predictor Of Academic Performance In A Preservice Law Enforcement Training Program, M. Nicholas Meier

Masters Theses

The oral interview is a standard technique used in the selection of police officers and the prediction of their subsequent academy and on the job performance. This study attempted to construct a model that could accurately predict academic performance from oral interview performance in a preservice law enforcement training program. Previous research in the use of the oral interview as a predictor of academic performance has produced conflicting results.

The sample in this study consisted of 159 candidates accepted by an oral interview board for training in a preservice police academy. Average academic performance was correlated to scores on an …

Report Of The Practice Analysis Task Force, September 1983, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Analysis Task Force

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.

Programs For Students And Educators: A Compendium Of Education Activities Of State Cpa Societies And Aicpa, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.

Mapping Strategic Management Research, Howard Thomas

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

During the last two decades, in particular, there has developed a substantial body of literature in the fields of strategic management, strategic planning, corporate and business policy, and related topics. This literature owes much to the prior writings of Alfred Chandler [10] and the decades of case writing and research undertaken at Harvard Business School by many learned professors. Indeed, Harvard's tradition of leadership in this field dates from 1914 when it first introduced a course requirement for business policy into the business school program. The term strategic management is of relatively recent origin [49] and is currently the accepted …

Center For The Study Of Administration - Course Catalog 1983-84, Nova University

Huizenga Postgraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Nova University Master Of Science In Human Resource Management Without Interrupting Your Career 1983, Nova University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.

Business And Vocational Education, James L. Navara

UND Departmental Histories

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Centennial in 1983.

Management, Helen Kjelmyr

UND Departmental Histories

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Centennial in 1983.

Can The Free Enterprise System Survive In An Ethically Schizophrenic Culture?, Richard C. Chewning

Robins School of Business White Paper Series, 1980-2022

The stock market remained on a virtual plateau from 1968 until 1983—hardly a sign of vigorous national health. Our long-term decline in productivity indicates economic anemia. The national debt continues to soar even when a President espouses fiscal conservatism and Congress passes the largest single tax increase in its history. There are also many social and political problems: decay in our inner cities; rising crime; environmental concerns; and many international crises. Under these pressures the culture is beginning to manifest some neurotic characteristics as it develops many negative attitudes. There is a growing sense of nonspecific guilt. We seem uneasy. …

Controlling Market Variability By The Restructuring Of The Investment Portfolio, Dennis G. Welker

Theses

The major concern in a financial transaction is to maximize profit while minimizing the possibilities of capital loss . The first step necessary to obtain either of these goals is to enhance the financial investor's knowledge of the industry and specific company's history, prospects, and management intentions for the future. Secondly, the present and future economic conditions should be analyzed and their effect on how the respective investment reacts in these types of environments should be determined. After this knowledge has been obtained the investor may have enough supportive information to quantify the components of risk and make his investment …

Motivation, Management Motivation, And Its Perceived Decline In American Bureaucratic Organizations In The Context Of Changing Attitudes And Values, Jon Lawrence Johnson

Theses

This Culminating Project represents an inquiry into the existence, applications, and parameters of human motivation and its impact on perceived management attitudes, values, and motivation to manage.

The topic is examined from three vantage points. Part I embodies a selective indoctrination in human motivation concepts and suggests relevant organizational applications and examples in illustration. The term "motivation" has evolved into a popular but often misapplied catch phrase. Therefore, a foundation in prominent human motivation theory is provided as precedent to issues subsequently discussed in the Project, to offer the reader an accurate base of subject knowledge.

Part II addresses the …

Underreported Taxable Income : The Problem And Possible Solutions, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Federal Taxation Division

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

Social Desirability Response Effects: Three Alternative Models, Daniel C. Ganster, Harry W. Hennessey, Fred Luthans

Department of Management: Faculty Publications

Three models are developed for the effects of social desirability (SD) on organizational behavior research results. SD can act as (a) an unmeasured variable that produces spurious correlations between study variables, (b) a suppressor variable that hides relationships, or (c) a moderator variable that conditions the relationship between two other variable.

Life Styles And Psychographic Characteristics Of Elderly Consumers As Determinants Of Perceptions On Health Care, John Thanopoulos

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

It appears that in today’s United States, the burden of disease prevention is assigned to the consumer. This study examines perceptions, health related information, and demographic data of a sample of elderly Arkansas consumers, with respect to preventive health care. The 226 respondents of the survey are members of the Arkansas Household Research Panel and over fifty-five years of age.

The data gathered were subjected to standard parametric and nonparametric statistical tests, factor analysis, cluster analysis, and discriminant analysis. The analysis identified two major segments. One, with seventy percent of the total, consists of respondents having a predominantly positive attitude …

Microcomputers In The Banking Industry, Chun H. Lam, Geogre H. Hempel

Historical Working Papers

The challenges stemming from deregulation in the 1980's are outlined and the potential role of technology, specifically microcomputers, as a means of improving performance is suggested.

Secps Manual: Organizational Document With Membership Requirements,, Standards For Peer Reviews, Administrative And Other Peer Review Procedures, Revised Edition 1983, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Sec Practice Section

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.

Cpa Client Bulletin, December 1982, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 25 Number 3, Fall 1982, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

8 - A CHRISTIAN IN A NUCLEAR WORLD by William C. Spohn, S.J. Exploring an issue crucial to our time from a Christian perspective.

13 - A TEACHER FOR ALL SEASONS by Paul L. Locatelli, S.J. Discussing the challenges and the relationship between teaching and scholarship that beset today's teachers.

16 - NO MORE PUNCH AND COOKIES 20 successful years at Santa Clara mean women's sports are here to stay.

18 - KRASSOWSKI ON COMMUNICATION by Jeanne Huber '72. Some suggestions on the art from one of the university's most skilled communicators.

21 - ON CONSERVATORSHIP by George J. Alexander. …

Ua28/1 The Personnel File, Wku Human Resources

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by Personnel Services to disseminate information to WKU faculty and staff. This issue has articles about tuition scholarships, Aaron Hughey and Janet Fellwock.

Efforts Of The Occupational Safety And Health Act Of 1970 And Effect On Business, Steven Edward Thompson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Investigation Of Middle Managers’ Perceptions Concerning Factors And Conditions Necessary To Implement And Adapt Career Development Systems To Their Organizations, Gail A. Ganakas

Dissertations

This study investigated middle managers' perceptions concerning factors and conditions necessary to implement and adapt a career development system within an organization. More specifically, this study drew implications regarding the vital role played by middle managers in the initiation, implementation, and adaptation of a career development system in a large industrial organization.

Five research questions dealing with the role of middle managers in implementation of career development systems were investigated by means of an interview schedule developed by the researcher adapted from instruments developed by the American Management Association (Walker & Gutteridge, 1979) and Burack and Mathys (1980). The survey …

A Survey Of Graduates Of A One-Year Clerical Office Block Class —1976-1981— With Recommendations For Curriculum And Course Content Revision, Audrey Lee Watson

Masters Theses

Data were collected by means of a questionnaire sent to 92 Maple Valley Office Block students who graduated in the years 1976-1981 to determine if students are adequately prepared to acquire entry-level clerical/secretarial positions and to adjust to positions in business. Sixty-five questionnaires were returned for a 70% return.

Over 70% of the respondents were employed at the time the survey was conducted. Over 90% indicated the use of keyboarding equipment on the job. Almost 60% of the respondents used shorthand or machine transcription on the job. Frequent job responsibilities included filing, business machine usaqe, telephone usage, receiving visitors, and …